Oklahoma: Heartland Virus Disease the cause of a Delaware County death
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has confirmed the state’s first case and death of Heartland virus disease. The individual, a Delaware County resident reportedly died from complications from the relatively More...
What do we know about Heartland virus disease? An interview with a CDC expert
With only eight known cases since 2009, Heartland virus disease is still a relative unknown. Amblyomma americanum image/ CDC I had the opportunity to talk with the author of a CDC-MMWR “Notes from the Field” , EIS More...
Heartland Virus Cases Increase
The Heartland Virus, a new arthropod-harbored contagion, is drawing increased attention from hospitals and public health officials. As it stands now, five new cases have been documented in different parts of More...
Newshounds Unite!: Ebola, Heartland virus disease and Donald Trump with Coston and Crof
It was a fun airing of the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show Saturday as I was joined by two of the premiere newshounds and infectious disease bloggers out there, Mike Coston, who runs Avian Flu Diary, and Crawford More...
Heartland Virus Disease reported in Missouri and Tennessee
PRESS RELEASE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with health officials in Missouri and Tennessee have identified six new cases of people sick with Heartland virus: five in Missouri More...
