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An outbreak of H5N1 killed 70% of Southern elephant seal pups born in the 2023 breeding season. In surveyed areas of Península Valdés, Argentina, seal mortality rates reached 96%. [7] In February 2024 it was estimated that the outbreak of H5N1 in South America had killed at least 600,000 wild birds and 50,000 mammals since 2022. [7]
The 2024 norovirus outbreak hitting the Northeast, including nearly 70 cases now being investigated in an upstate New York college town, has health officials scrambling to contain the stomach bug ...
Outbreaks of norovirus are also on the rise. From Aug. 1, 2023, to Feb. 12, 2024, there were 759 norovirus outbreaks reported by the 15 states participating in the CDC’s NoroSTAT surveillance ...
By comparison, there were just 41 suspected or confirmed outbreaks during the same week from 2021 to 2024. Basically, there’s a ton of norovirus floating around out there.
2023–2024 Oropouche virus disease outbreak; 2023—2024 cholera outbreak in South Africa; 2024 dengue outbreak in Latin America and the Caribbean; 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic; 2024 Kwango province malaria outbreak; 2024 McDonald's E. coli outbreak; 2024 Russian botulism outbreak; 2024 United Kingdom Shigatoxigenic E. coli outbreak
Sloths, in addition to some bird species and non-human primates, are known to serve as natural reservoirs for the virus. [3] Since the 1960s, periodic outbreaks have occurred, albeit only in the Amazon region. [1] Unlike the mosquito-borne dengue or Zika, the Oropouche virus is transmitted by a biting midge, specifically Culicoides paraensis.
Cases of norovirus, also known as food poisoning or the stomach bug, have picked up steam across the U.S. The number of suspected or confirmed outbreaks skyrocketed at the end of 2024, with more ...
The 2024 McDonald's E. coli outbreak was an outbreak from September to October 2024 involving contaminated slivered onions on Quarter Pounders sold at McDonald's stores in 14 U.S. states. At least 104 people contracted Escherichia coli , and one person died.