Infectious disease expert Dr. Tyler Evans explains why the CDC's new passenger questioning requirements could help prevent Ebola transmission. Major U.S. and international airline groups are pushing back against a new Ebola-related travel requirement that will affect millions of people flying…
A USDA-funded project will use samples from the outbreak in Honduras to track how New World screwworm spreads and whether it could become resistant to the drugs used to control it. Researchers at Texas A&M University are planning what…
By SEBASTIEN KITSA MUSAYI and MARK BANCHEREAU The chief of Bapakombe-Bakondo was in despair. His village lies on the outskirts of the city of Beni in North Kivu province, a major hot spot in what has been the fastest-growing Ebola…
Doctors treating a 71-year-old farmer discovered 11 parasitic worms in his eye, including females that were already producing larvae. The farmer spent agonizing months bent over, feeling like something was stuck in his eyes. When ophthalmologists finally took a look, they…
Home » National News » Indiana finds cases of bird flu in waterfowl Bloomington, Indiana — The Indiana DNR has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) as the cause of death for multiple geese in Hamilton County. Additionally, multiple blue-wing teal in Greene…
The Central Regional Health Directorate is stepping up Ebola surveillance and outbreak preparedness, urging health facilities to remain alert to suspected cases and strengthen infection prevention measures. Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Alberta Biritwum-Nyarko, says health workers must intensify…
With the vast majority of the 10,000 cases recorded to date in Africa’s latest outbreak of the deadly virus having been logged in the DRC, officials in the Centrafrican capital Bangui are worried about the disease spilling over the Oubangui river…
Brazil has found Newcastle disease, a bird virus, on a third farm in Santa Catarina. Foreign buyers are watching to see whether they widen their poultry bans. Brazil’s agriculture ministry confirmed a third Newcastle disease outbreak, a contagious bird virus,…
White House border official Tom Homan told reporters on Thursday that a massive data breach at the Department of Homeland Security could put thousands of officers whose identities were made public at greater risk. A “hacktivist” group on Wednesday published…
New World screwworm was found in Arizona for the first time, as cases of the deadly parasite threatening the US cattle herd spread west into a third state. The US Department of Agriculture confirmed the infection late Wednesday in a…
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