Influenza activity is currently low in the United States as a whole, but is increasing in some parts of the country. This season, influenza A (H3N2) viruses have been reported most frequently and have been detected in almost all states. During past seasons when influenza A (H3N2) viruses have predominated, higher overall and age-specific hospitalization […]
The numbers are sobering: While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 3.2 million Americans are currently infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), the World Health Organization (WHO) further estimates that a staggering 130–150 million people globally have a chronic HCV infection and that 350,000 to 500,000 people die each […]
U.S. Senator Mark Begich issued a statement Tuesday following a briefing by the U.S. Centers of Disease Control (CDC) on the response to the Ebola outbreak and Alaska’s ability to respond to and prevent the spread of the disease. “Though an outbreak in Alaska is highly unlikely, I know that Alaskans are concerned about Ebola—especially […]
A second nurse has been confirmed to have contracted Ebola connected with the care of Thomas Eric Duncan. Director of the Center for Disease Control Dr Thomas Frieden says that the health worker boarded a commercial airliner from Cleveland to Dallas on Monday just one day before she reported the symptoms of the deadly pathogen. […]