New Mexico teen dies from hantavirus, 3rd case in McKinley County this year
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews New Mexico state health officials are reporting the death of a 15-year-old McKinley County boy from hantavirus disease. This is the third case of hantavirus in New Mexico this More...
San Juan County Woman is New Mexico’s first hantavirus case of 2014
The New Mexico Department of Health announced today that a 67-year-old woman from San Juan County has died of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). This is the first case of HPS in New Mexico this year. An environmental More...
Hantavirus death reported in North Dakota
The North Dakota Department of Health announced today that a resident of central North Dakota has died recently from complications of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), a rare disease spread by infected rodent More...
Texas County adult dies from hantavirus, first case in Oklahoma in 2014
The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) announced today that a Texas County adult has died due to Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). Deer MouseImage/CDC This is the first case confirmed in Oklahoma during More...
Author, Mark Jerome Walters discusses his new book, ‘Seven Modern Plagues’
A new book, which examines seven relatively new and emerging infectious diseases and how human action and the change in the ecology, causes them to produce, according to the author, “ecodemics”. The More...
Texas reports first hantavirus case of 2014
A Swisher County resident, in Texas’ Panhandle, is the Lone Star State’s first case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) this year, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced Thursday. Health More...
Hantavirus confirmed in Kane County, Utah
The Southwest Utah Public Health Department (SWUPHD) has confirmed a case of hantavirus infection in Kane County. No details were released on the patient. Peromyscus maniculatus Image/CDC Hantavirus incidences are More...
Panama dengue fever death toll rises to 13, first hantavirus death of 2014
The Ministry of Health (MoH ) of Panama today confirmed that the country has reported 13 deaths from dengue transmitted by the bite of the Aedes aegypti , and the first death of the year for hantavirus , according More...
Panama: Second case of hantavirus confirmed in Azuero Peninsula
With the Panamanian Carnival, one of the largest in the world, right around the corner, health officials in Herrera province are reporting the second confirmed case of hantavirus in Azuero Peninsula, according More...
New Mexico: 12-year-old McKinley County boy is state’s second death due to hantavirus
New Mexico health officials announced today the death of a 12-year-old McKinley County boy due to Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). This is the third case of Hantavirus in New Mexico this year and the second death. Health More...
New Mexico: Santa Fe County woman dies from hantavirus
Deer MouseImage/CDC New Mexico health officials are reporting the first ever fatality due to Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in Santa Fe County in a 73-year-old woman. This is the second case of HPS in New More...
Hantavirus reported in rural Alberta, health officials advise on precautions
The Alberta Health Services is advising area residents of a rural community in central Alberta, and all Albertans, to take simple precautions to protect themselves after health officials reported a case of Hantavirus More...
Hantavirus the cause of at least one death in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan health officials are confirming the death of an adult male in west central Saskatchewan from complications resulting from hantavirus, according to a news release today. The fatality was from the Heartland More...
Fresno County woman succumbs to hantavirus, health officials say it was contracted out-of-state
A Fresno County, California woman has died from hantavirus, according to a Fresno Bee report Friday. However, Fresno County health officials believe the woman contracted the deadly virus out-of-state. The woman More...
Singapore scientists develop biochip, VereTrop, which can detect 13 tropical diseases from a single drop of blood
Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Veredus Laboratories, a leading supplier of innovative molecular diagnostic tools, announced the release of the “lab-on-chip” More...
Oklahoma: Texas County resident first hantavirus death in 12 years
Oklahoma health officials are reporting that a Texas County resident has died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, or hantavirus, the first such occurrence in the state in a dozen years, according to a Oklahoma More...
New Mexico reports first hantavirus case of 2013 in McKinley County woman
New Mexico health officials have reported the first case of hantavirus in the state this year. The patient is a 45-year-old McKinley County woman who is currently being treated in a Albuquerque hospital, according More...
Hantavirus positive mice prompt Riverside County to remind public of preventive measures
Riverside County Environmental officials are offering a reminder to the public on how to prevent hantavirus after three mice were confirmed positive for the virus during routine testing in January, according to More...
Outbreaks in the United States 2012: A year in review
This was an active year for outbreaks in the United States, some more common than others. In this review, I will summarize what 2012 brought us in the world of infectious disease outbreaks (this list is by no means More...
Yosemite National Park hantavirus outbreak: 10 confirmed cases, 3 deaths
Since the outbreak began in mid-August, there have been 10 cases and three deaths of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) linked to Yosemite National Park’s “signature” cabins in Curry Village, according More...
