CIDRAP- NEWS BRIEFS September 4, 2024 News brief Today at 2:12 p m Stephanie Soucheray, MA Topics COVID-19 A new study from researchers at the University of South Australia reveals that wearable activity trackers, such as Apple Watches and Fitbits, show promise in detecting early signals of disease—particularly atrial fibrillation associated with stroke and COVID-19
US - Human H5N1 bird flu case confirmed in Missouri - September 06 . . . I’m actually quite nervous about that case I think that, from what we know, as you probably heard in the news, this case had no known link to exposure to H5N1 It was a person with underlying predisposition to pulmonary infection, but no contact to anything that could remotely be linked back to a likelihood of H5N1 exposure
CIDRAP- NEWS BRIEFS August 5, 2024 - FluTrackers News and Information News brief 53 minutes ago Lisa Schnirring Topics Misc Emerging Topics The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recently issued an epidemiological alert for rising Oropouche virus infections, urging countries to step up surveillance amid spread to new areas, reports of the first deaths, and suspected maternal transmission
Avian flu H5N1 discussion - news case lists links - 2022+ BBC News The current wave of bird flu is the worst one ever in Europe, and in the US "A hundred and sixty million domestic birds worldwide have been killed by this virus, or have had to be culled by farmers to contain it," says Professor Munir Iqbal of the UK's Pirbright Institute, which specialises in animal welfare
CIDRAP- NEWS BRIEFS 13 June, 2025 - FluTrackers News and Information News brief Today at 1:30 p m Chris Dall, MA Topics Chikungunya Cholera Polio Three African countries reported new vaccine-derived polio cases this week, according to the latest update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative Angola reported a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) case from Benguela, with paralysis onset
CIDRAP- NEWS BRIEFS May 6, 2025 - FluTrackers News and Information News brief 39 minutes ago Stephanie Soucheray, MA A study in European Heart Journal yesterday shows a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular events in recipients of the shingles vaccine in the 8 years following vaccination
US - News: Increasing violence as a health and safety threat - 2022 . . . Rothschild used to ride the subway every day but after surviving a traumatizing attack, as well as following the news of a mass shooting on a Manhattan-bound N train Brooklyn earlier this week that left 10 shot and 19 others injured, she now takes Ubers “I am not planning to take the subway for a while,” she said
CIDRAP- NEWS BRIEFS April 9, 2025 - FluTrackers News and Information News brief Today at 3:30 p m Lisa Schnirring Topics Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Cholera A 3-year-old girl from Mexico who was recently hospitalized with H5N1 avian flu has died from her infection, Mexico’s government announced yesterday In a statement, the government said the girl died due to respiratory complications of her illness The