West Nile kills 2 in NJ — 5 total dead across US
Two people have died after contracting West Nile virus in New Jersey, the fourth and fifth deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in the United States this year. The state health department announced the deaths. In a statement Friday. Little is known about the victims other than they have been identified as “elderly people.” Culex pipien […]
Missouri teen who just graduated high school paralyzed and placed on a ventilator from West Nile infection
A recent high school graduate in Missouri was infected with West Nile virus, which left him paralyzed and on a ventilator in the intensive care unit. John Proctor VI, known as “BB” by family and friends, developed headaches and dizziness on Aug. 8 and has been hospitalized for more than two weeks. St. Louis 11 […]
Fauci’s West Nile diagnosis, veterans call for health care and communication with dementia patients
According to reports, former NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus earlier this month and is currently recovering at home. (Drew Ungerer/Getty Images, Main; E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images, top right; NIH-NIAID/IMAGE POINT FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, bottom right) High-profile infectious diseases – Dr. Anthony […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci Hospitalized for 6 Days with West Nile Virus
Former coronavirus response chief Anthony Fauci has been hospitalized for six days after contracting West Nile virus, a spokesman confirmed. Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has returned from the hospital and is recuperating at home and is expected to be OK, the spokesman said. said CNN on […]
West Nile Virus detected at New York beach
The first cases of West Nile virus this year have been detected at a popular New York beach and campground, authorities said Friday. According to the National Park Service (NPS), the virus was found in mosquito samples taken from traps set on Watch Hill at Fire Island National Seashore, a 30-mile-long barrier island off the […]
6 confirmed dead after vehicle slides off ferry, plunges into Nile River
Six people were killed on Tuesday when a car carrying around 24 passengers fell off a ferry and into the Nile River near Cairo. The incident occurred in the town of Monshat el-Kanater in Giza province. Nine other passengers were injured, six were treated at the scene and three were taken to hospital. At least […]
Ferry sinks in Egypt’s Nile River, 10 people dead
At least 10 of the 15 people on board were killed when a ferry carrying day laborers sank in the Nile River near the Egyptian capital, authorities said Monday. The five survivors were taken to a hospital and later released, the Ministry of Labor said in a statement. The cause of the sinking was not […]