Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is announcing the State’s first human case of Jamestown Canyon Virus (JCV) infection in an adult from Hillsborough County. In addition, DPHS is reporting two cases of Powassan Virus (POWV), one in an adult in Rockingham […]
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INDIANAPOLIS — If you walk into Tom Duszynski’s office, you’d think it’s Halloween year round. Scary masks, bat covered mugs and a skull -clattered sign that reads ‘beware of zombies.’ The epidemiologist has an affinity for the undead. “Everybody knows what a zombie is. Everybody loves zombies. We all have our favorite zombie shows. It […]
Bill Sullivan is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Indiana University. Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal – threat to people. In September 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory alerting doctors and public health officials of an […]
Nigeria has recorded 210 new suspected cases of Cholera infections and 10 ‘suspected’ deaths across eight states of the federation from 31 July to 27 August. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its latest monthly situation report on Cholera, covering Epidemiological (EP) weeks 31 to 34. The latest report shows that […]
Shi Zhengli. Photo:IC After virologist Shi Zhengli warned another coronavirus outbreak “highly likely”, other Chinese virologists shot down the possibility of outbreak the world experienced in the past three years would reappear, claiming that the immunity most population gained during this period could help fend off possible outbreaks. However, those virologists also warned sporadic outbreaks […]
Saima Iqbal is the fall 2023 science writing intern at Science News. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, where she studied the history of medicine, conducted research on cancer immunotherapies, and fell in love with narrative science writing.
New Hampshire health officials announced two human cases of the Powassan virus and one case of the Jamestown Canyon virus on Monday, warning that the risk of tick- and mosquito-borne infections remains high even as temperatures have begun to drop across the state. An adult in Rockingham County and a child from Carroll County were […]