"There was also not enough time for scientists to properly shut down the laboratories before they were locked out from their email systems and the building, two CDC officials said, with equipment still running and hazardous materials left unattended."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-cdc-labs-stds-hepatitis/
Rise in mosquito-borne viruses likely after outback flooding
By Stephen Clarke
The latest data from Queensland Health shows the number of confirmed dengue fever cases this year are more than four times higher than at the same time in the previous four years.
https://www.alojapan.com/1237385/human-immunology-soars-in-japan/ Human immunology soars in Japan #Biomedicine #general #ImmunologicalDisorders #Immunology #InfectiousDiseases #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #news We thank the Takeda Science Foundation and staff members for supporting the Takeda Symposium, ASHBi, KIC, Kyoto University, AMED-SCARDA and WPI programs for supporting the Kyoto Symposium, and Cytek for sponsoring the Kyoto Symposium. We also thank the invited speakers and participants for sharing…
Doctors urge government to fight poverty after rise in patients with Victorian diseases https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/03/doctors-urge-government-fight-poverty-victorian-diseases #Infectiousdiseases #Medicalresearch #Microbiology #Inequality #Doctors #Society #Science #Poverty #Health #UKnews
Battling #InfectiousDiseases in the #20thCentury: The Impact of #Vaccines
The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines were introduced.
The heat maps show number of cases per 100,000 people.
https://graphics.wsj.com/infectious-diseases-and-vaccines/
https://archive.ph/fTcGF
Understanding the health impacts of the climate crisis
and imagining a positive future
"Climate change is the greatest threat to human health now."
"Climate change is already causing significant shifts in weather patterns and an increase in extreme weather events around the world, including droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, storms and floods."
"The major cause of pollution is the burning of fossil fuels, further motivating action on reducing GHG; adverse weather events, such as heatwaves, can acutely amplify pollution impacts."
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2514664525000190
#climate #FossilFuels #meat #food #water #insecurity #mentalhealth #neurology #ClimateBreakdown #ExtremeHeatwaves #drought #bushfires #floods #pollution #pesticides #InfectiousDiseases #mortality #restoration #biosphere #inaction #governance
Queenslander likely died from Japanese encephalitis but local exposure uncertain
By Danielle Jesser
A Bowen man is believed to be the first Queenslander to die from the mosquito-borne infection since 2022.
New WA measles cases confirmed from hospital, prison exposure sites
By Andrew Williams
WA Health authorities say the number of measles cases is likely to grow in coming days after three more cases were identified during the weekend.
We published a paper. We used phylodynamics to analyze over 2000 isolates from the meningococcal B epidemic that New Zealand experienced from 1991 to 2008. We found the epidemic strain maybe circulating a decade before disease was detected and suggest that increasing inequalities in New Zealand during late 1980s/early 1990s may have contributed to the start of the epidemic in. the https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39924093/ #phylogeny #infectiousdiseases #publichealth
Robert F Kennedy Jr to cut 10,000 US health department jobs
The health secretary says the move will reduce "bureaucratic sprawl" but has led to concerns it would lead agencies to drastically scale back their operations.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-28/rfk-jr-cuts-10k-jobs-at-us-health-depts/105106328
Health experts call for vigilance after fourth NSW case of flesh-eating ulcer
By James Tugwell
The Buruli ulcer, a bacterial infection that eats away at skin tissue, affected more than 350 people in Victoria last year. Now there's a new case in NSW.
Health experts call for vigilance after fourth case of flesh-eating ulcer in NSW
By James Tugwell
The Buruli ulcer, a bacterial infection that eats away at skin tissue, affected more than 350 people in Victoria last year. Now there's a new case in NSW.
Trump administration to end funding for child vaccines in poorest nations
The administration also plans to scale back efforts to combat malaria, according to documents, but would continue grants for drugs that treat HIV and tuberculosis.
UK experts urge prioritising research into 24 types of deadly pathogen families https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/25/uk-experts-urge-prioritising-research-into-24-types-of-deadly-pathogen-families #Infectiousdiseases #Medicalresearch #Climatecrisis #Microbiology #Coronavirus #Science #Biology #Malaria #Health #UKnews #Ebola
UK experts urge prioritising research into 24 types of deadly pathogen families https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/25/uk-experts-urge-prioritising-research-into-24-types-of-deadly-pathogen-families #Infectiousdiseases #Medicalresearch #Climatecrisis #Microbiology #Coronavirus #Science #Biology #Malaria #Health #UKnews #Ebola
Bird flu detected in sheep for first time in the world https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/24/bird-flu-detected-sheep-first-time-england-world-risk-public #Infectiousdiseases #Farmanimals #Environment #Foodsafety #Worldnews #Birdflu #Society #Farming #England #Science #Health #UKnews
