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The US Department of Health and Human Services is weighing whether to fund new Marburg and Sudan Ebola virus vaccines even as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overhauls the US immunization landscape, ...
Take for example a 2016 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which presented data from the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa and concluded that approximately 20% of ...
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MACON COUNTY, Ill. (WICS) — The Macon County Health Department has confirmed the first mosquito batch testing positive for West Nile Virus in the area. The batch was collected by the Macon Mosquito ...
So far in 2025, West Nile Virus has been confirmed in 19 counties. The first West Nile Virus-positive mosquito batch of this year was found on May 9 in Rockford. In 2024, there were 69 confirmed ...
PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) — So far, no human cases, but West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Minnehaha and Brown Counties. State Epidemiologist Dr. Joshua Clayton is recommending residents ...
Animals and Wildlife Mosquito tests positive for West Nile virus for first time this season in CT By Angela Fortuna and Jayne Chacko • Published June 24, 2025 • Updated on June 24, 2025 at 9:02 pm ...
Updated: Jun 24, 2025 / 12:01 PM MDT DENVER (KDVR) — The West Nile virus was found in a mosquito sample in Larimer County, marking the first detection in the area this season.
As mosquito samples testing positive for West Nile have been detected in multiple areas throughout the county. Symptoms of the virus include a fever, head or body aches, and joint pain.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WSIL) -- The CDC has confirmed Illinois' first human case of West Nile virus in 2025. The individual from Southern Illinois was hospitalized due to complications. This marks the ...
As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility that the virus will spread to neighboring countries and spark a larger ...
Joel Breman, Who Helped Stop an Ebola Outbreak in Africa, Dies at 87 Part of a team flown in to fight the deadly virus in 1976, Dr. Breman also worked to stamp out tropical diseases like smallpox ...