A study spotlighting the case was published last week in the American Journal of Infection Control. In 2023, a certified ...

In total, 5% of dogs and 13% of cats tested positive for COVID-19 on polymerase chain reaction, and 25% and 36%, respectively ...

The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued ...

Recent viral outbreaks such as hMPV highlight the need for routine surveillance effective risk communication and boosting healthcare infrastructure Acute respiratory infections are a serious public he ...

Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Monday that at least one person in the northwest of the ...

Police took swabs of the blood located on Ogle’s clothes. After being transported to a hospital for his self-inflicted injuries, Ogle was placed under arrest and taken to Marion County Jail.

"We would expect further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves." Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the ...

Newly published research in JAMA presents an alternative: a nasal swab test that researchers say accurately diagnoses a child’s asthma subtype. Researchers used the new tests in three studies of ...

This is done via rapid antigen tests — where a nasal swab is examined — or a PCR test, which looks for traces of genetic material from the virus in nasal swabs. The surge in hPMV in the UK is ...

Swabs are analysed for influenza genetic material ... A Global Preparedness Monitoring Board set up after the Ebola crisis of 2014 to 2016 issues assessments of threats, including zoonoses.

Ah, January. The season of new beginnings, icy winds, and respiratory infections. With a “quad-demic” of diseases circulating the country—flu, COVID, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and ...