Some countries have pledged to donate doses of mpox vaccines to combat an outbreak of the disease in Africa, after the World Health Organization declared it a global public health emergency in August for the second time in two years. Such donations are meant to address the huge inequity that left African nations with no...
Scientists are warning of a new tick-borne disease called Wetland virus (WELV) that was recently discovered in China. A member of the orthonairovirus genus of viruses, WELV previously infected a man in Inner Mongolia, China, in 2019, but it was not identified until this new study, which was published in the New England Journal of...
A patient in Missouri was hospitalized with bird flu despite having no known contact with animals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the positive case of avian influenza A (H5) on Friday. The patient, who had underlying medical conditions, was successfully treated with antiviral medications at the hospital and has since been...
Another town in Vermont has been designated “high risk” for eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV). Sudbury, a tiny town of only a few hundred residents in Rutland County, Vermont, was added to the state’s warning list on Wednesday — joining Burlington, Alburgh, Colchester and Swanton, according to local outlet WCAX3. Health officials have asked state...
Three senior citizens have died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease — a form of pneumonia that can spread via water — at an assisted living facility in Albany, New York, according to reports. The Albany CountyDepartment of Health was first notified of a “cluster of cases” at Peregrine Senior Living on Aug. 30, according to a...
Several people have contracted Valley fever following an outdoor music festival near Bakersfield, California, according to a statement from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Valley fever (coccidioidomycosis) is a lung infection caused by breathing in a soil-borne fungus found in California and some parts of the southwestern U.S. So far, five patients who...
“Real Housewives of Orange County” star Vicki Gunvalson, 62, is sharing her recent health scare after she was hospitalized with sepsis, a potentially deadly disease that results from the body’s response to an infection. “This entire health scare came unannounced — with no warning,” Gunvalson told Fox News Digital. As Sepsis Awareness Month kicks off...
A rare, potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease has sparked concern in the Northeastern U.S. Last week, a man from Hampstead, New Hampshire, died after testing positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The man “was hospitalized due to severe central nervous system disease, and has passed away due to [the] illness,” according to a statement from the...
The U.N. health agency and partners are launching a campaign starting Sunday to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children in Gaza against polio, an ambitious effort amid a devastating war that has destroyed the territory’s healthcare system. The campaign comes after the first polio case was reported in Gaza in 25 years — a 10-month-old boy, now...
A growing number of Americans are skeptical of vaccines for COVID and other infectious diseases, according to the most recent national health survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. More than a quarter of respondents (28%) said they believe the COVID vaccines have contributed to thousands of deaths, according to...
