Desde 2022, entre tantos otros mamíferos, ha habido más de 80 casos confirmados de gatos domésticos con gripe aviar: generalmente gatos de granero que vivían en granjas lecheras, gatos salvajes y mascotas que pasan tiempo al aire libre y probablemente la contrajeron al cazar roedores o aves silvestres enfermas. Ahora, un pequeño pero creciente número…
By MATTHEW HOLT There’s been a lot of discussion lately about whether digital health is a legitimate place for venture capital. There have been lots of huge failures, very few notable successes (and certainly no “biggest companies in the world” yet, while some real giants (Walmart/Walgreens/Amazon) have come in and then got out of health…
More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or wild birds. Now, a small…
One August afternoon in 2023, Angela Martin’s cousin called with alarming news. Martin’s 74-year-old aunt had been mauled by four dogs while out for a walk near her home in rural Purlear, North Carolina. She was bleeding heavily from bites on both legs and her right arm, where she’d tried to protect her face and…
Un brote de sarampión está diseminándose en un condado de Texas que tiene tasas de vacunación peligrosamente bajas. A fines de enero, dos niños escolares del condado de Gaines fueron internados con sarampión. Ya que se estima que 1 de cada 5 personas con la enfermedad termina en el hospital, los dos casos sugirieron un…
SUITLAND, Maryland — En una lavandería SuperSuds en el borde sur con Washington, D.C., un flujo constante de clientes cargaba ropa en lavadoras y secadoras un domingo por la mañana reciente, mientras esperaban mirando sus teléfonos o la televisión. En medio del suave zumbido de la ropa centrifugándose, Adrienne Jones inició su ronda vistiendo una…
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump repeatedly said that restricting abortion access at the national level would not be a priority in a second term. “My view is, now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they…
A measles outbreak is growing in a Texas county with dangerously low vaccination rates. In late January, two school-age children from Gaines County were hospitalized with measles. Since an estimated 1 in 5 people with the disease end up in the hospital, the two cases suggested a larger outbreak. As of Feb. 6, there were…
Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas prison in 2019 at age 21. But he didn’t have health insurance, mental health medications, or access to a doctor, he said. Three years later, he landed in an inpatient hospital after…