CDC Details Rabies Death After Boy Goes Untreated Following Bat Bite
Public health officials released details on how a 7-year-old boy from Texas died from a rare rabies infection last year. Although the boy had informed his parents he had been bitten by a bat while playing outside his apartment home, there were no visible bite marks, so the parents did not seek rabies postexposure prophylaxis […]
What To Know About The Flu Shot In A Pandemic
Health officials are encouraging Canadians to get the flu shot this year to avoid overwhelming health-care systems with influenza and COVID-19 cases.
ACOs Fight Looming Cuts, Privatization Rhetoric
WASHINGTON — CMS officials responded to concerns from accountable care organization (ACO) leaders about growth, a substantial pending payment cut, and ideological opposition, speaking at the meeting of the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) here last week. During a question-and-answer session with CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, NAACOS CEO Clif Gaus, ScD, said the administration’s goal […]
CDC Investigating E. coli Outbreak in Ohio, Michigan – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 U.S. health officials said Wednesday that they are investigating an outbreak of E. coli that has infected 29 people in Michigan and Ohio. The outbreak has led to nine hospitalizations but no deaths, and investigators have not yet found a food source responsible for sickening people. They […]
CDC Investigating E. coli Outbreak in Ohio, Michigan – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 U.S. health officials said Wednesday that they are investigating an outbreak of E. coli that has infected 29 people in Michigan and Ohio. The outbreak has led to nine hospitalizations but no deaths, and investigators have not yet found a food source responsible for sickening people. They […]
Poliovirus Discovered in New York Wastewater – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 State and local health officials have detected the poliovirus in New York City’s wastewater, a finding that indicates the virus has spread widely since first being discovered in the wastewater of a neighboring county last month. The New York State Department of Health and the New York […]
Poliovirus Discovered in New York Wastewater – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 State and local health officials have detected the poliovirus in New York City’s wastewater, a finding that indicates the virus has spread widely since first being discovered in the wastewater of a neighboring county last month. The New York State Department of Health and the New York […]
Rising Number of Americans Think It’s OK to Harass Public Health Officials
Latest Mental Health News TUESDAY, Aug. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) U.S. health officials are in the crosshairs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, facing threats and harassment from the public they serve. And a growing percentage of U.S. adults are fine with that, according to a new Cornell University study. Analysis of public opinion […]
New York City Declares Monkeypox A Public Health Emergency
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials in New York City declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus Saturday, calling the city “the epicenter” of the outbreak. The announcement Saturday by Mayor Eric Adams and health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said as many as 150,000 city residents could be at risk of […]
First U.S. Polio Case in Nearly a Decade Reported in New York – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, July 22, 2022 New York health officials said Thursday that the first U.S. case of polio in nearly a decade has been confirmed in a young unvaccinated adult in Rockland County. “Based on what we know about this case, and polio in general, the [New York] Department of Health strongly […]