Emerging Diseases News

Brazil became the 20th country or territory in the world to eliminate lymphatic filariasis as a public health crisis after nearly 3 decades of efforts to stop the painful, disfiguring parasitic infection, according to WHO.

Rwanda’s Ministry of Health confirmed 26 cases and six deaths in a growing outbreak of Marburg virus, a severe viral hemorrhagic virus spread by bats in some African countries.

SAN DIEGO — Although a flood of COVID-19 and long COVID research continues to emerge, concerns may be limited for rheumatologists, according to a speaker at the 2024 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

The CDC announced that it has awarded more than $176 million to 48 public health partners to strengthen the public health infrastructure and workforce in the United States.

Hospital overcrowding accounted for roughly 20% of COVID-19 deaths even when vaccines and other therapeutics became available, highlighting the importance of managing case surges during public health crises, according to an expert.

Almost one-third of people do not plan on receiving recommended vaccinations this fall, according to the results of a recent survey from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

The antiviral molnupiravir modestly reduces the risk for severe symptoms of COVID-19 and may also reduce the risk for long COVID, according to a randomized controlled trial.

Adults with type 2 diabetes using metformin before or during a SARS-CoV-2 infection may have a lower risk for long COVID than those using other diabetes medications, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

A household contact of a person in Missouri confirmed to be infected with H5 avian influenza began exhibiting symptoms of infection on the same day but was not tested for the virus, the CDC said.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The COVID-19 pandemic likely altered stroke patient characteristics, as those admitted to the hospital were younger and had more severe symptoms over a 2-year post-pandemic interval, according to a poster.