Current Monkeypox Outbreak Is Showing Different Symptoms – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, July 29, 2022 The monkeypox illness now spreading around the globe is showing some symptoms that are very different from those seen in previous outbreaks, a new study shows. These unique symptoms include rectal pain, penile swelling, solitary lesions and swollen tonsils, researchers report in the July 28 issue of […]
CDC Issues Warning on Dangerous Parechovirus in U.S. – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Healthy Kids News MONDAY, July 18, 2022 A virus dangerous to infants is spreading across the United States, and parents and pediatricians should be on the lookout for symptoms, federal health officials say. Parechovirus has caused at least one infant death and has cropped up in multiple states since May, according to a health […]
Two New Omicron Subvariants Gain Ground in U.S.
Latest Coronavirus News THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 The Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are spreading rapidly in the United States, but it’s not yet clear if they’ll trigger a new wave of infections or a surge in hospitalizations and deaths, experts say. The subvariants now account for 13% of new coronavirus cases nationwide, compared with […]
CDC: Two Distinct Monkeypox Strains Detected in U.S.
Gene sequencing efforts suggest that two different monkeypox variants are spreading in the U.S., raising the possibility that the virus has been circulating longer than experts initially thought, CDC officials said on Friday. Currently, there have been 20 monkeypox cases identified in 11 U.S. states, all in adults, Jennifer McQuiston, DVM, deputy director of CDC’s […]
What The Lambda COVID-19 Variant Means For Us Right Now
The delta variant first identified in India is spreading widely in the United States, accounting for more than half of all new COVID-19 infections. But even as it becomes the dominant strain here, threatening to increase new infections among unvaccinated individuals, a new variant, called the lambda variant, or C.37, has also caught public health […]