More than half a million chikungunya cases reported globally in 2025 News brief Today at 2:51 p.m. Jim Wappes Topics Chikungunya Through December 10, the world has seen more than 500,000 chikungunya cases worldwide, with almost 300,000 in the Americas region alone, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported in a risk assessment yesterday.
News brief . Lisa Schnirring Topics Misc Emerging Topics The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recently issued an epidemiological alert for rising Oropouche virus infections, urging countries to step up surveillance amid spread to new areas, reports of the first deaths, and suspected maternal transmission.
News brief Today at 1:57 p.m. Mary Van Beusekom, MS Topics Chronic Wasting Disease The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has reported the first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Page County. The white-tailed doe was reported in July after showing clinical signs of the fatal neurodegenerative disease.
News brief . Stephanie Soucheray, MA Topics Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Minnesota has reported its first H5N1 detection in poultry since April, which involves a commercial turkey farm in Redwood County. The detection comes on the heels of similar outbreaks in South Dakota and North Dakota earlier this month.
News brief Today at 3:29 p.m. Stephanie Soucheray, MA Topics Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, reported more detections of avian influenza in commercial flocks this week, affecting more than 160,000 birds, according to notifications from the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ...
The Des Moines Register reported today that the birds were roughly 200 Canada geese. But the DNR hasn’t posted a news release confirming the findings on its website. In Florida, Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan held a news conference yesterday to discuss the deaths of a dozen or more swans in downtown Orlando’s Lake Eola Park.