Emerging Diseases News

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Long COVID, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome demonstrate overlapping characteristics that warrant further investigation, according to a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.

Mortality in the United States has returned to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels for the most part, but several groups continue to experience disparities that existed before March 2020, according to a study.

Bucking CDC guidance, Florida’s top health official said parents and guardians can decide for themselves whether to send unvaccinated students to an elementary school with an ongoing measles outbreak.

Ritonavir crystals grown in low Earth orbit landed in a spacecraft in the Utah desert Wednesday, completing the manufacturing portion of a proof-of-concept manufacturing effort.

Although the number of reported Lyme disease cases in the United States in 2022 was nearly double the annual average from 2017 to 2019, the actual increase is not likely to have been that large, according to experts.

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness, or CEPI, is funding a project to develop on-the-spot rapid tests for Nipah virus and Lassa fever to better monitor outbreaks of both diseases, the organization announced.

Seven U.S. states have a prevalence of adult long COVID that surpasses 8.8%, according to survey data published by the CDC.

Health officials in Alaska have reported the first-ever death from Alaskapox, and although the disease may be wider spread than previously believed, experts say there is no evidence of risk outside of Alaska.

More than three-quarters of people with mild COVID-19 reported experiencing insomnia after recovery, and it was more common among those with anxiety or depression, according to the results of a survey.

Higher physical activity levels before the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with lower odds of developing and being hospitalized for COVID-19 in older adults, according to a recent study.