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Anguished Parents, Crying Doctors: Life Amid Utah’s Measles Outbreak

Ben Dowse hadn’t expected to treat measles when he became a doctor, but there he was, examining a newborn exposed to the virus in the womb. The infected mother had given birth just hours earlier. The hospital had alerted Dowse to the case before delivery, and he’d braced himself for the worst.

Wired 1d ago

How do you stop Ebola at the World Cup?

LOS ANGELES — When the United States, Canada and Mexico formally submitted their co-hosting bid to soccer governing body FIFA in 2018, they touted the safety of the region, noting “no major endemic infectious diseases across any of our Host Countries.” Now, as the three countries prepare to welcome one of the largest international gatherings around the globe since the Covid-19 pandemic, infectious diseases are front of mind. Of particular concern is an outbreak of Ebola that is...

Politico EU 2d ago

How do you stop Ebola at the World Cup?

LOS ANGELES — When the United States, Canada and Mexico formally submitted their co-hosting bid to soccer governing body FIFA in 2018, they touted the safety of the region, noting “no major endemic infectious diseases across any of our Host Countries.” Now, as the three countries prepare to welcome one of the largest international gatherings around the globe since the Covid-19 pandemic, infectious diseases are front of mind. Of particular concern is an outbreak of...

Politico EU 3d ago

As the largest World Cup ever kicks off, health officials are focused on more than Ebola

As athletes and millions of fans gear up for the FIFA World Cup starting next week, global health officials are preparing for a high-stakes challenge of their own: protecting against infectious diseases. For the first time, the tournament will span 16 host cities across three countries — the United States, Canada and Mexico — and feature 48 teams, making it the largest World Cup in history. The event also comes amid an Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda that the World Health Organization has...

CNBC 6d ago

Flesh-eating screwworm is confirmed in the U.S., officials say

A New World screwworm has been detected in a bovine located in Zavala County, Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said. A three-week-old calf was affected, with larvae were identified in its umbilical area, according to a press statement on Wednesday, adding that there are no further detections to date. "USDA invested heavily in the tools needed to eliminate NWS ever since cases started increasing in Central America and Mexico.

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State trooper guards and daily fever checks: Some hantavirus cruise passengers go home

Five of the 18 U.S. cruise ship passengers quarantined in Nebraska went home Monday, halfway through their quarantine after being exposed to hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesperson said. The five passengers were permitted to leave under the condition that they stay home — no quick runs for takeout or trips to the grocery store — for the second half of the virus’s full 42-day quarantine period, set to end on June 22. The CDC said all of the...

NBC News 8d ago

California neighborhood on alert after bat found near sidewalk tests positive for rabies virus

A rabid bat found near a California neighborhood has prompted health officials to urge residents to avoid contact with wildlife and seek immediate medical attention if they believe they may have been exposed. On May 26, a bat was found near Palo Verde Common in South Fremont, close to a sidewalk and "within reachable distance of pedestrians and animals," the Fremont Police Department said. Alameda County Vector Control confirmed Thursday that the bat tested positive for rabies.

Fox News 10d ago

Rare type of Lyme disease found for the first time in New York

There’s a new type of Lyme disease in New York state. Almost all cases of the tick-borne illness in the United States are caused by corkscrew-shaped bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi. But B. burgdorferi is actually one of two Lyme disease-causing species in the U.S.

NBC News 6d ago

Measles is still spreading in the U.S., with more than 2,000 cases this year

Measles cases in the U.S. reached 2,030 on Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. That’s just a few hundred shy of the 2,288 logged in all of 2025, a record-breaking year that saw more measles diagnoses than any year since 1991. There have been 30 new outbreaks this year, compared to 48 last year, the CDC said.

NBC News 4d ago

US confirms three new cases of flesh-eating screwworm in livestock

Department of Agriculture says new cases in Texas and New Mexico as officials move to combat parasite’s spreadThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday confirmed three additional cases of New World screwworm – two more in Texas and the other in New Mexico, according to the agency’s animal health arm. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said the two Texas cases affected a calf in La Salle county and a goat in Gillespie county.

The Guardian World 1d ago