Category: Infection
India: 100% rise in Delhi’s Covid hospitalisations in 14 days
Covid hospitalizations in Delhi have nearly doubled in the last two weeks, and the positivity rate is nearing 20%. More...
Monkeypox: 87% of household samples still contaminated after 15 days
Of the 31 environmental swab samples collected by the CDC from the property of a person infected with monkeypox, 87% were still contaminated with the virus after 15 days. More...
Nigeria: Outbreak of Marburg disease
A Nigerian hospital has notified the hospital community ‘of an outbreak’ of the Marburg virus in Abuja. More...
Monkeypox: Anecdotal evidence of reinfection within three weeks
An anecdotal report from Reddit of someone who may have become reinfected with monkeypox within three weeks of his first infection, although an uncleared persistent infection is also a possibility. More...
Lancet: Evidence of human-to-dog transmission of monkeypox virus
“Here we describe the first case of a dog with confirmed monkeypox virus infection that might have been acquired through human transmission.” More...
Traffic accident victim refused hospital treatment after testing positive for Covid
An ambulance crew in Japan returned an injured man to the scene of a traffic accident and left him there after a hospital refused to accept him because he had tested positive for the coronavirus. More...
India: BA.2.75 Centaurus takes off in Dehli, masks mandatory again
In Delhi, India, 2146 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the last 24 hours. More...
USA: Polio in New York City wastewater
Sewage samples in New York City provided to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified presence of polioviruses indicating a risk of community transmission. More...
Lassa Fever: 867 cases, 164 deaths in Nigeria
A total of 867 people have tested positive for Lassa fever in Nigeria in 2022, and there have been 164 deaths, according to the Nigerian CDC. More...
Monkeypox: Infected by a kiss on the cheek, unimaginable pain, then my DOGS got lesions..
David Watson from California giving evidence on his recent experience with monkeypox – he caught it by kissing a friend on the cheek – his husband then became infected – then his TWO DOGS started showing lesions. More...