Tag Archives: Outbreaks

California’s first bird flu outbreaks of the 2025-26 winter season have hit close to home. The owner of Reichardt Duck Farm, which sits in the rolling hills between Petaluma and the Two Rock area, confirmed that his facility recently recorded positive cases of the dreaded virus. And Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture added to its public database a second …

Cruise ships are seeing a record year for outbreaks  SFGATE Portland notifies residents that cruise ship with norovirus outbreak will dock this weekend  Maine Public Cruise ship with norovirus outbreak will dock in Maine as planned  Bangor Daily News Norovirus outbreak sickens 75 on cruise ship bound for Boston  CBS News 11-Day Oceania Cruise Norovirus Outbreak Sickens 75, Leaving Crew and Guests Isolated for …

They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.  The New York Times Source link

Raynard Covarrubio fills a syringe with the MMR vaccine, at a vaccine clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department on March 1 in Lubbock, Texas. West Texas saw a measles outbreak this year. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images Nearly two months after a deadly, massive measles outbreak in Texas was declared over, the highly …

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days. In Minnesota, where a small outbreak has been growing for the last month, 118 students are also under quarantine in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area after being exposed to the highly contagious virus, …

A deadly measles outbreak in Texas ended in August, but outbreaks in other parts of the United States continue to add hundreds of new measles cases to this year’s record national total. There have been an average of 27 new measles cases reported each week since the end of August, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control …

Measles-free status in jeopardy in the Americas as outbreaks continue  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in the province in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother contracted measles during pregnancy, died shortly after birth. “Since measles cases were first reported in Alberta this spring, I had hoped this moment would not come,” Adriana LaGrange, …

Measles outbreaks continue to simmer and spread across the country, with cases now popping up quickly in Minnesota. On Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Health alerted residents that it had confirmed 10 new cases since Monday, bringing the state’s tally so far this year to 18. “We have been worried about this all year,” said Dr. Chase Shutak, a pediatrician …

A wave of floating blobs has appeared throughout US waterways, leaving some swimmers and boaters fearful that these could be giant marine parasites. The gelatinous objects have been called ‘cursed gummy bears,’ ‘mutant brains,’ and even ‘sci-fi nightmares,’ as more and more people come across them in freshwater ponds, lakes, and rivers this summer.  Despite growing to the size of a human …