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A Madison County resident has been hospitalized with the county’s first-ever human infection of EEE, an extremely rare, but deadly, virus. It’s the first Central New York case of EEE since a Salina man died in 2015. An Ulster County resident died from the virus in 2024. The mosquito-borne virus attacks the brain. About 30% of infected people die, while …

BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) said the state has experienced its first confirmed death caused by infection with eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus in more than 20 years. EEE virus is spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito and is not transmissible from person to person. Infection …

‘Terrifying’: Ohio mother shares warning after daughter contracts rare mosquito-borne virus  10TV Source link

BRIDGEVIEW, IL — Health officials confirmed Wednesday the first human West Nile virus-related death of the year in Illinois occurred in suburban Cook County. The Cook County Department of Public Health said the resident was in their 60s. Laboratory testing showed that the West Nile virus was a contributing factor to the resident’s death. The virus occurs in humans when …

Local News One of the dogs, named Big Red, will be up for adoption once the virus and gastrointestinal parasites clear his system. Big Red during his hospitalization. MSPCA-Angell MSPCA-Angell is advising owners to vaccinate their dogs after golden retriever puppies with a potentially deadly disease were found abandoned in Boston. Five young puppies were found near Geneva Avenue in …

For most people, a COVID-19 infection clears up within weeks. But scientists have now documented a case where the virus stayed inside one man’s body for over 750 days, more than two years. This rare case was linked to an individual living with advanced HIV, whose immune system was too weak to fight back. When the body cannot clear the …

Support for this article was provided by the Pulitzer Center. Last month, a parade of vehicles wound its way through three cities in Brazil, releasing clouds of mosquitoes into the air. The insects all carry a secret weapon — a bacterium called Wolbachia that lowers the odds that the mosquitoes can transmit the dreaded dengue virus to humans. This is …

Potentially severe mosquito-borne virus surges in US above normal levels  AOL.comView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

A fungus flagged as a “critical” concern by the World Health Organization may have a secret weapon: a virus hidden inside it. Now, a new study suggests that targeting this virus may offer a new strategy for treating these dangerous fungal infections in people. The virus, called A. fumigatus Polymycovirus-1 (AfuPmV-1M), was known prior to the new research. But the …