Emerging Diseases News

In early December, health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, announced that an unknown illness had emerged and had already killed dozens of patients, with hundreds more sick.

A suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania has been linked to nine cases and eight deaths, according to WHO.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that 15 more states have enrolled in a national H5N1 milk testing program, raising the number to 28 states, which represents roughly 65% of the nation’s milk production, the agency said.

The largest documented outbreak of blastomycosis in the United States was reported at a paper mill in Michigan in 2022-2023. However, researchers were unable to identify the source of Blastomyces exposure, according to a MMWR report.

A person hospitalized last month with the first case of severe bird flu in the United States has died, Louisiana health officials announced Monday.

Cases of tularemia — a relatively rare zoonotic disease — increased by nearly 60% in the United States from 2011 to 2022 compared with the preceding decade, according to CDC researchers.

SARS-CoV-2 infection, especially a severe case or without vaccination, significantly increases the long-term risk for developing autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue diseases, according to data published in JAMA Dermatology.

A surge in measles cases linked to declining vaccination rates could threaten the United States’ measles elimination status, the CDC said in 2024.

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