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Today, the Vaccine Integrity Project of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota presented reassuring data from its comprehensive evidence review on the safety and efficacy of the US influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the upcoming respiratory virus season. CIDRAP is the publisher of CIDRAP News. In April, …

SALT LAKE CITY — The St. Louis encephalitis virus — which is similar to West Nile virus — has been detected in Utah’s mosquitoes, the Salt Lake County Health Department announced on Wednesday. A statement from the health department says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed this year is the first time the virus has been detected …

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 4:42PM Officials say West Nile Virus has been detected in mosquitoes in nearly every Pennsylvania county. The rates of West Nile Virus are increasing throughout the Philadelphia region. This is placing people at significant risk for the mosquito-borne illness. No one has tested positive for West Nile in Pennsylvania this year. However, officials say it has …

A rare genetic mutation appears to make people basically invulnerable to viruses – and it could potentially be harnessed as a therapy. Researchers have now shown this surprising viral protection can be replicated in mice and hamsters. “We have yet to find a virus that can break through the therapy’s defenses [in cell culture tests],” explains Columbia University immunologist Dusan …

Cases of Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Are Surging Globally: What to Know  The New York Times Glacial Lake Outburst in Alaska and Discovery of a New Human Ancestor  Scientific American World Health Organization warns of epidemic threat as dangerous virus spreads: ‘We are seeing history repeating itself’  The Cool Down Chikungunya fever cases continue to drop in South China, no after-effects reported: experts  China Daily …

Physician Brendan Phibbs, who wrote “The Other Side of Time: A Combat Surgeon in World War II,” said, “It is a merciful God that doesn’t let us see the future.”  But we all have dreams for that future, and so we went into public health knowing it was not a great approach to riches, and we also knew it was …

An unassuming green alga that has lived quietly in laboratory flasks for decades just revealed it carries a giant virus so large, and so stealthy, that nobody had noticed it before. The find rewrites what scientists thought they knew about how big a virus can grow while still hiding inside a single-celled host. The work, led by Maria …

The first human case of West Nile virus this season has been confirmed.  The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) says one person has tested positive.  West Nile is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito and residents are urged to take precautions such as wearing bug spray, removing standing water from their property, wearing long sleeves and pants and …

WASHINGTON – Guyana is the only Caribbean Community (Caricom) country that has a confirmed case of the Oropouche fever, a viral disease that has resurged across the Americas since late 2023, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has reported. In its latest epidemiological update, PAHO said that so far this year, 12,786 confirmed cases have been reported across 11 countries …

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a major source of cancer that’s now almost entirely preventable through vaccination. But sobering research out today shows that Americans are largely in the dark about HPV and its many health risks, much less the HPV vaccine. Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina conducted the study, which examined nationally representative survey data. A …