There is a new study about vampire bats that, while perfectly timed for Halloween season, is raising alarms for the food supply chain and public health. The study, published Thursday in the journal Ecography, found that climate change is correlated with the range of vampire bat habitats and increase the risk of rabies spillover events. …
The Intersection of Climate Change and the Rise of Fungal Diseases Published by Undark Magazine In the early 2000s, valley fever was a little-known fungal disease in the US, with fewer than 3,000 reported cases each year, mainly in California and Arizona. Fast forward two decades, and cases of valley fever have skyrocketed, increasing by …
Paul Offit: The Vaccine Debate and Annual COVID Shots Paul Offit, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine, is not an anti-vaxxer. In fact, he has authored several books debunking anti-vaccine claims and has stressed the importance of COVID-19 vaccines. However, when it comes to annual COVID shots for …
It’s no illusion if you’ve noticed an abrupt increase in COVID cases among people around you, even after over three years since the pandemic began and more than three months after the pandemic public health emergency ended. According to the New York Times, COVID hospitalizations have risen by 24% in the two weeks leading …
The rates of leprosy cases in the United States have been increasing, leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to declare it as endemic in the Southeast. In a recently published research letter, the CDC revealed that cases of leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, have more than doubled in the southeastern states …
In a recent release, the CDC has revealed that leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is becoming a growing concern in Florida. This infectious condition has taken hold in the Sunshine State, particularly in the central region. In 2020, Florida contributed to 159 new cases in the United States, with Central Florida accounting for 81% …
According to a recent analysis, humans have transmitted COVID-19 to American deer over 100 times. Surprisingly, the virus has also passed back to humans on a few occasions. The study discovered that the “deer-adapted” virus, containing early alpha and gamma variants, circulated in deer after becoming less common in human populations. This raises concerns …