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Australia confirms first mainland H5N1 case in a mammal
Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said a long-nosed fur seal found dead at Beachport, South Australia, is Australia’s first confirmed H5 bird flu case in a mammal; no wider marine-mammal outbreak reported yet.
Louisiana 8-year-old dies after Naegleria fowleri infection tied to Lake Claiborne
LDH said a state resident was infected with the rare brain-eating amoeba, most likely while swimming in Lake Claiborne. Family and local outlets identified Lillian Smart of Ruston, who died Saturday.
UN: DRC Ebola spreading exponentially; 2,516 dead as funding runs short
UN Senior Ebola Coordinator Julien Harneis warned the deadliest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo history is growing faster than the response, with 2,516 deaths and funding near exhaustion.
DR Congo receives first 16,000+ Ervebo doses amid record Ebola outbreak
Kinshasa took delivery of more than 16,000 Ervebo doses as Congo’s Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak topped about 5,290 cases and 2,516 deaths; WHO pledged 70,000 doses total.
FDA and CDC track multistate Cyclospora outbreak tied to recalled Mexican iceberg lettuce
US officials report 10,930 illnesses in a multistate Cyclospora cluster linked to Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce; 454 hospitalizations and 2 deaths.
CDC updates guidance on late-summer respiratory vaccines
CDC updates guidance on late-summer respiratory vaccines
CDC counts more than 15,700 U.S. Cyclospora cases since May as lettuce cluster continues
CDC weekly update put laboratory-confirmed cyclosporiasis near 15,700 since May 1 across most states. Largest cluster remains linked to Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce; public-health capacity debates intensified Aug. 20.
CDC weekly update: more than 15,700 U.S. Cyclospora cases since May
CDC’s Aug. 18 accounting, carried by later newsroom tallies, listed 15,716 laboratory-confirmed domestically acquired cyclosporiasis cases since May 1, with hundreds hospitalized and two deaths.
DRC Bundibugyo Ebola deaths top 1,700 as WHO accelerates experimental trials
On Aug. 4 DRC figures put Bundibugyo Ebola at 3,802 confirmed cases and 1,707 deaths—the second-largest and fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record—as WHO said experimental treatment and vaccine trials were advancing at
WHO links Europe heatwave to more than 1,300 excess deaths
Tedros: 1,300+ excess deaths since June 21; France ~1,000 since Wednesday; Germany 41.7°C, Poland and Czech Republic break records.
Europe heatwave shatters records in Germany, Denmark and Czech Republic
Provisional all-time highs: Germany 41.5°C at Möckern-Drewitz, Czech Republic 40.8°C at Doksany, Denmark 37°C; dozens of heat-linked deaths reported.