Senate Confirms Monarez as CDC Director
By a vote of 51-47 on Tuesday evening, the Senate confirmed Susan Monarez, PhD, as the next director of the CDC. The vote fell along party lines, with 51 Republicans voting for the nominee and all 45 Democratic senators and two Independent senators voting no. Two senators, Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), did […]
Health Insider West Nile Virus in Arizona: Best EPA-approved mosquito repellents for 2025 Kaley O’Kelley
Maricopa County has confirmed 17 cases of West Nile virus and, tragically, one death this season. These new numbers come as a stark reminder to take mosquito protection seriously and especially as monsoon season ramps up. Health officials point to the EPA’s list of approved repellents as the best defense against mosquitoes that spread West […]
Health Insider Maricopa County officials confirm first West Nile death of the year abc15.com staff
Maricopa County health officials have confirmed the first West Nile virus death of the season. The victim is said to be an “older adult with underlying health conditions,” health officials say. Seventeen human cases of West Nile, which is typically spread through bites from infected mosquitoes, have been confirmed this year in Maricopa County. Here’s […]
Cook County reports first two measles cases of 2025
Health officials confirmed the first two measles cases in Cook County on Wednesday.
Two Approaches for Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis Go Head-to-Head
Upfront endoscopic necrosectomy may be suitable for certain patients with confirmed or suspected infected necrotizing pancreatitis, results of a small randomized trial suggested. In 70 patients undergoing drainage with endoscopic transluminal stenting, upfront necrosectomy immediately afterward led to fewer subsequent interventions to achieve treatment success compared with when this procedure was reserved for stubborn cases […]
Plague Recently Confirmed in a Wyoming Pet – Wyoming Department of Health
Plague Recently Confirmed in a Wyoming Pet July 24, 2023 Laboratory testing completed last week has recently confirmed plague in a Fremont County cat, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). The Lander-area cat is an indoor-outdoor pet, known to hunt rodents, and is being treated. While no human illnesses are associated with the […]
CDC Alerts Docs to Watch for Potential Imported Marburg Cases
While there have been no confirmed cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD) outside Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, clinicians and public health experts should be aware of the potential for imported cases, the CDC said. In a Health Alert Network advisory, the agency said that it is important for clinicians to assess patients for the possibility […]
10-Year Follow-Up Confirms Benefit of Chemoradiotherapy in MIBC Patients
Long-term results confirmed that the benefit of adding chemotherapy to radiotherapy was maintained in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) in a follow-up to the phase III randomized BC2001 trial. Over a median follow-up of about 10 years, locoregional control was significantly improved by adding 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin C to radiotherapy, with a 5-year recurrence-free […]
CDC: Up to Five Monkeypox Cases Now Presumed in the U.S.
With one confirmed case and four presumptive cases of monkeypox in the U.S., clinicians should continue to be on high alert if their patients report new onset of rash, especially in the genital or perianal area, CDC staff said Monday. The one confirmed case in Massachusetts had over 200 close contacts, the majority of whom […]
Computational sleuthing confirms first 3D quantum spin liquid: Numerical detective work verifies liquidlike magnetic order in prior experiments
Computational detective work by U.S. and German physicists has confirmed cerium zirconium pyrochlore is a 3D quantum spin liquid. Despite the name, quantum spin liquids are solid materials in which quantum entanglement and the geometric arrangement of atoms frustrate the natural tendency of electrons to magnetically order themselves in relation to one another. The geometric […]