The Quad-Demic: A Winter Storm of Illnesses

The holiday season is usually a time for joy and togetherness, but this year, health experts are warning about a concerning surge of illnesses, creating what's being called a "quad-demic." This refers to the simultaneous rise in cases of four different infectious...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency over bird flu, calling it a “proactive action”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an emergency proclamation on Wednesday in response to growing concerns over bird flu cases in the state and across the country. The State of Emergency proclamation comes after more bird flu cases were detected in Southern California...

Single bird flu mutation could let it latch easily to human cells, study finds

Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute are reporting that it would take just a single mutation in the version of bird flu that has swept through U.S. dairy herds to produce a virus adept at latching on to human cells, a much simpler step than previously...

Stay Healthy This Holiday Season: The Importance of Getting Your COVID-19 and Flu Shots

As the holiday season approaches, we all look forward to reuniting with family and friends, celebrating traditions, and enjoying festive gatherings. However, the colder months also bring an increased risk of respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 and the flu.

Bird flu is confirmed in hospitalized Canadian teen

Health officials on Wednesday confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen and said the virus was related to a poultry outbreak in the province.

NH man fights for life with 3 mosquito viruses, including EEE

KENSINGTON, N.H. - A New Hampshire man is fighting for his life because of a mosquito bite. Fifty-four-year-old Joe Casey of Kensington has tested positive for three mosquito-borne viruses, including eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile Virus. "He's my...

LA County Reports First Cases of New Arcturus Strain of COVID-19

Los Angeles County has identified the first local cases of a newly emerging strain of COVID-19, the public health director said, although the numbers remain generally low and current vaccines are believed to be effective in preventing severe illness from it. Commonly...

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Fang Bin: China Covid whistleblower returns home to Wuhan after jail

Fang Bin, who documented the initial Covid outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has been freed from jail after three years, sources told the BBC. Mr Fang is one of several so-called citizen journalists who disappeared after sharing videos of scenes in Wuhan, the...

Five die with Arcturus variant in UK as strain spreads globally

Five people who had the Arcturus strain of Covid have died, according to the latest data from public health chiefs. As of 17 April there were 105 cases of XBB.1.16 – also known as Arcturus – in England, with infections located in all regions apart from the North East....

Apple: Chinese workers flee Covid lockdown at iPhone factory

Workers have broken out of Apple's largest iPhone assembly factory in China after a Covid outbreak forced staff to lockdown at the workplace. Video shared online showed about 10 people jumping a fence outside the plant, owned by manufacturer Foxconn, in the central...

Ebola outbreak in Uganda — racing to contain the spread

Johannesburg, South Africa — Two weeks ago, a 24-year-old man in Uganda felt ill. He went to a private clinic several times between September 11 and 13 with a high fever, convulsions, blood in his vomit, pain and swelling everywhere, and bleeding in his eyes. He...

Around 1 million children in London offered polio boosters after virus is detected in sewage

Children living in London will be offered an extra dose of the polio vaccine following the discovery of poliovirus in sewage in the British capital, health authorities announced Wednesday. The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said a targeted...

China New, Potentially Fatal Langya Virus Detected … Cause For Alarm Overseas

China New, Potentially Fatal Langya Virus Detected ... Cause For Alarm Overseas No, this isn't deja-vu ... China has discovered a new, potentially fatal virus within its borders, which experts say could trigger yet another pandemic. The Langya Henipavirus, referred to...

COVID-19 cases decline 9% worldwide in week but Asia up 26% with Japan 200,000 daily

Despite a worldwide 9% decline in COVID-19 cases in the past week, the virus is spiking in Asia with a 26% gain, including surpassing 200,000 cases for the first time in Japan. Deaths were down 4% and remain at among the lowest levels since the pandemic was declared...

Centaurus: what we know about the new COVID variant and why there’s no cause for alarm

Centaurus: what we know about the new COVID variant and why there's no cause for alarm A new COVID variant has recently been detected in several countries including the UK, US, India, Australia and Germany. Called BA.2.75, it’s a subvariant of omicron. You might have...

New coronavirus mutant raises concerns in India and beyond

The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States. Scientists say the variant – called BA.2.75 – may be...

Half of Canadians were infected with Omicron in only five months: report

'Omicron has been a tsunami,' with an average of 100,000 infections per day from December to May, says the COVID-19 Immunity Task ForceHalf of the Canadian population — more than 17 million people — were infected with Omicron in only five months starting in December...