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☆ Enterovirus D68: What to know about the virus that could lead to paralysis in kids
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Faye Chiu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Rates of enterovirus D68 infections are on the rise across the United States, according to the nonprofit WastewaterSCAN network. This common virus can lead to a rare but serious polio-like complication known as acute flaccid myelitis. Dr. Leana Wen: Enterovirus D68 is part of a group of more than 100 non-polio enteroviruses. CNN: What can you tell us about acute flaccid myelitis, the rare but dangerous complication that can result from enterovirus D68 infection? CNN: How likely is it that enterovirus D68 infection will result in acute flaccid myelitis?

Persons: Leana Wen, Wen, myelitis Organizations: CNN, George Washington University, US Centers for Disease Control, CDC Locations: United States

“The second clue,” she said, “is that the time of year is right.”Historically, September has been the biggest month for AFM cases. “We saw the virus that was previously driving the AFM cases, but we didn’t see the AFM cases associated with it,” said Dr. Kevin Messacar, an infectious disease specialist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, who treated some of the earliest AFM cases in 2014. So far in 2024, 13 AFM cases have been confirmed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vishnu Kagolanu as a young child with his father; Vishnu as a young man. Even the doctors couldn’t find out what was going on," said Saila Kagolanu, Vishnu's mother.

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☆ Fact Check-WHO did not link mother’s COVID shots to newborn heart problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The World Health Organization has not released any statement saying that vaccination against COVID is linked to babies being born with heart problems, contrary to social media posts claiming the WHO “admitted” that the vaccine leads to “severe heart defects” in neonates. Some social media accounts are sharing the claim by screenshotting an article headline, which reads: “WHO admits that fully jabbed moms are giving birth to babies with severe heart defects” here and here . The actual WHO and UKHSA reports cited - (here) and (here) - make no reference to COVID vaccines, nor does the article itself offer any evidence of a link between pregnant women being vaccinated and heart defects in their newborns, as suggested in its headline. “I can confirm that WHO has not said that fully vaccinated women give ‘birth to babies with severe heart defects’,” a WHO spokesperson told Reuters via email. The World Health Organization (WHO) has not said that fully vaccinated women give “birth to babies with severe heart defects”.

Persons: WHO “, ”, screenshotting, enteroviral myocarditis, Victoria Male, Read Organizations: World Health Organization, COVID, WHO, UK Health Security Agency, Reuters, Imperial College London Locations: neonates

☆ How to stay healthy this summer, according to an expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Katia Hetter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Stay healthy so you can have fun all summer with family and friends. Maskot/Getty ImagesCNN: What should people consider as they aim to have fun and stay healthy this summer? How can people prevent Lyme disease, and why is this important? Wen: Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. Short-term, Lyme disease manifests as muscle aches, joint pain, fever, rash and headaches.

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☆ CDC is talking to airlines about wastewater testing in planes. New reports support that strategy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Aria-Bendix-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Aria Bendix | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The U.S. has been monitoring for the coronavirus in wastewater since the CDC launched its National Wastewater Surveillance System in September 2020. But that testing mainly involves wastewater from households or buildings, not samples from airports or planes. Previous Covid-19 wastewater surveillance has shown to be a valuable tool, and airplane wastewater surveillance could potentially be an option," CDC press officer Scott Pauley told NBC News. Politico first reported that the agency is considering airplane wastewater testing. As of October, more than 1,250 sites were conducting wastewater testing across the U.S.

☆ Fact Check-‘Catastrophic Contagion’ video is fictional and does not support claims about pandemic preparedness exercises
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Baseless claims that pandemic preparedness exercises are proof that disease outbreaks are “planned” by authorities have been a recurring narrative since the coronavirus pandemic broke out. These fictional scenarios go beyond infectious diseases, as such exercises also exist for natural disasters or nuclear events, for example. These rules, that are binding for WHO members, set out countries’ obligations when handling public health events and emergencies that could potentially cross borders (here) (here). Otherwise, we will be unprepared for the next infectious disease event. Experts told Reuters that preparedness exercises like “Catastrophic Contagion” have been a part of pandemic preparedness for at least the last two decades.

☆ Surge of viruses leaves children’s hospitals scrambling to free up beds and find room for patients
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Aria Bendix | Aria Bendix Is The Breaking Health Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Every inpatient bed at Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago has been full for more than six weeks. Many of the patients at Comer Children’s have RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, which can cause lung infections. Some hospitals are sending ICU patients directly home once their cases are no longer acute, rather than to another floor. Dr. Kevin Messacar, an infectious disease specialist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, said his hospital is accepting patients from five nearby states. But suctioning can be tricky for parents, according to Dr. Elizabeth Schlaudecker, an infectious disease specialist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

☆ While respiratory viruses surge, shortage of pediatric hospital beds delays care for some kids
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Mikalsen knows this process intimately because in addition to being a worried mom, she works in health care. Seattle Children’s Hospital says it is seeing double the number patients they would normally see in October. The Illinois Department of Health alerted hospital systems in the state that they are running out of pediatric intensive care beds. “That’s actually an optimistic number,” says Dr. Deanna Behrens, a pediatric critical care specialist at a children’s hospital in Chicago. With hospital beds in short supply, Mattie McKoy waited weeks for scans he needed.

An unseasonal early surge of respiratory viruses among babies and toddlers has caught doctors off guard and worried about the coming months. "There is no one virus that's causing pediatric respiratory viruses this fall," said Dr. Deanna Behrens, a pediatric critical care physician at Advocate Children's Hospital in suburban Chicago. CDCWhile RSV is inundating many children's hospitals, the number of pediatric flu cases is also increasing. But the fact that kids are testing positive for multiple respiratory viruses at once can blur the signs of any one virus. In addition to RSV, Combs expects the number of pediatric flu illnesses to double in the coming weeks.

☆ Fact Check-Guillain-Barré syndrome, Bell’s palsy, acute flaccid myelitis and transverse myelitis are not polio ‘renamed’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Guillain-Barré syndrome, Bell’s palsy, acute flaccid myelitis and transverse myelitis are not polio “renamed”, despite claims posted online. It was NEVER eradicated, it's been renamed several times, Guillian Barre, Bells Palsy, Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Transverse Myelitis... Any neurological disorder has been renamed polio.”A similar post can be found here. Though primarily seen following an acute infection, GBS can also be a rare side effect of vaccination (here). Four medical syndromes with symptoms that can include muscle weakness and paralysis are not “polio renamed”, as claimed on social media. Poliovirus infection, while extremely rare, can lead to some of these syndromes, but the syndromes themselves also have other, more common causes and distinct symptoms.

☆ US sees increase in respiratory infections that can lead to acute flaccid myelitis in children, CDC data shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Carma Hassan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

There was an increase in acute respiratory illnesses and emergency department visits driven by rhinovirus and enterovirus in children and adolescents this summer, new CDC data shows. The rise might be more specifically attributed to enterovirus D68, which, in rare cases, can lead to acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM. The CDC has detected increases in enterovirus D68 every two years or so, and this month, the agency warned doctors to be on the lookout for infections. Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta every Tuesday from the CNN Health team. Enterovirus D68 causes symptoms that mirror those of common colds, with cough, shortness of breath, wheezing and sometimes fever.

☆ Numărul copiilor bolnavi de COVID-19, în creştere în Moldova. Avertismentul experților
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-23 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Numărul copiilor bolnavi de COVID-19 creşte în Moldova. Dacă la începutul pandemiei, pacienţii sub 19 ani reprezentau 4 la sută din numărul total de cazuri de COVID-19 din ţară, după 9 luni numărul lor aproape s-a dublat. Potrivit Ministerului Sănătății, până acum 9.500 de copii și adolescenți sub 19 ani s-au îmbolnăvit de COVID-19. Adică prezența diareei indică faptul că aceasta nu este o infecție obişnuită cu enterovirală, ci cu noul coronavirus", a spus Nicolae Cechir, medic pediatru. De la începutul pandemiei, doi adolescenți din Moldova, de 10 și 19 ani, au murit din cauza noului coronavirus.

Persons: Nicolae, Stela Organizations: Sănătății, Organizației Mondiale, OMS Locations: Moldova, ţară

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