3 patients evacuated from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak, new case confirmed in Switzerland

. . . the patient got off during its stop in St. Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was not immediately clear when that was or how he was returned to Switzerland . . . The WHO said in a social media post that the man responded to “an email from the ship’s operator informing the passengers of the health event” and went to the hospital.

WHO - Disease Outbreak News (DON) - Situation Report - Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country

‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds

Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors say

Why are so many scientific articles wrong about the disease I study?

Incorrect answers by AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT may be helping to fuel a proliferation of misinformation in junk science publications. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, speaks at a World Economic Forum conference in 2024. Credit: World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Spirit Airlines Shuts Down Due to Iran War Fuel Crisis. Other Low-Cost Airlines Could Be Next

The sudden global energy crisis caused by Iran’s closure and control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of the world’s oil flowed, accelerated the company’s demise. Dave Davis, Spirit’s President and Chief Executive Officer, cited “the sudden and sustained rise in fuel prices in recent weeks” as the reason for the company’s closure.

Public Health Alerts: Detection of a single measles infection using untargeted ultra-deep metagenomic sequencing of wastewater in Cook County, Illinois

The authors conclude, “The detection of measles RNA through ultra‐deep MGS of municipal wastewater appeared to capture a single case within the population of more than 1 million people and wastewater flow exceeding 300 million gallons per day.”

Exposure to Wildfire Smoke May Be Linked To Increased Risk of Developing Several Cancers

“For the general public, the key message is that wildfire smoke is not only a short-term respiratory or cardiovascular concern—chronic exposure may also carry long-term cancer risks . . . Notably, increased cancer risk may occur even at relatively low levels of wildfire smoke PM2.5 commonly experienced by general populations.”

Editorial - The Lancet: The US CDC on the brink

The CDC was once the gold standard for public health leadership. Today, it is struggling to maintain scientific excellence, trustworthiness, and relevance, a result of the actions of the Trump administration and the US Department of Health and Human Services that have undermined the agency.

Approximately 40 homes in Enid damaged after severe storms produced large tornado

The National Weather Service said the preliminary rating for the Enid tornado is EF-4.