(Above image: A non-polio enterovirus as seen under a microscope) As CDC resources have been stretched in dealing with the Ebola crisis, a lesser-known virus has become widespread in the U.S. and is now linked to a seventh death. The latest CDC update on the current outbreak of the polio-like Enterovirus D-68 states that it has now been […]
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Polio-like Illness Claims Sixth Life in U.S.
(Above image: A non-polio enterovirus as seen under a microscope) A Michigan toddler has become the sixth patient to die of Enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68) in the past two months. Madeline Reid was just 21-months old when she passed away at Children's Hospital of Michigan Friday afternoon. A hospital official says the Centers for Disease Control […]
Ebola: Officials Sound the Alarm
(Above image: Color-enhanced electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles. Courtesy: Thomas W. Geisbert, Boston University School of Medicine) Public health and policy officials believe a big part of their job is preventing panic: Panic breeds behavior that can spread infectious disease. So when some of these health professionals begin speaking in alarming terms, there is […]
Polio-like illness claims fifth life in U.S.
At least five children infected with the respiratory illness known enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) have died in the U.S. in the past month. (Above image: a non-polio enterovirus as seen using an immunoelectron microscopic technique. Courtesy: CDC) The lastest confirmed victim was a four-year-old New Jersey boy, Eli Waller. He died at home on September 25. The […]
US Health Officials See Ebola Case in Texas as Success Story?
At a White House briefing today, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell declared, “These processes work.” She was referring to the systems in place since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa last March. It's hard to imagine a bigger disconnect between the optimistic tone of today’s news conference and the reality that some ordinary Americans […]
How Ebola Spread (Map)
PBS Frontline has put together a graphic map that shows how the current Ebola outbreak began and spread. Click through the graphic slides to see. By the way, Frontline was the recipient of four Emmy awards this week. Check out its investigative journalism. PBS Frontline: How Ebola Spread
Questions Surrounding Review of Challenged Vaccine-Autism Study
Did the medical journal Pediatrics stand by a questioned vaccine-autism study without interviewing the coauthor who confessed to and exposed alleged scientific misconduct? If so, that would deviate from what should be standard procedure in such an investigation, according to internationally recognized medical ethicist Dr. Michael Carome. “If the evidence seems substantial, the journal should […]
Ten More Under-served Stories Covered by Attkisson
1. Cost of Illegal Immigrant Minor Crisis, Aug. 6, 2014 https://sattkisson.wpengine.com/cost-of-illegal-immigration-minors-crisis 2. HHS Also Lost Subpoenaed Documents, Aug. 7, 2014 https://sattkisson.wpengine.com/no-kidding-hhs-likely-lost-subpoenaed-docs-too 3. Another Fast and Furious Indictment, Aug. 7, 2014 https://sattkisson.wpengine.com/another-fast-and-furious-murder-indictment-in-brian-terry-case 4. Did Bank Help Reward Suicide Bombers? Aug. 11, 2014 http://dailysignal.com/2014/08/11/terrorism-lawsuit-accuses-arab-bank-helping-reward-hamas-suicide-bombers/ 5. IG: Obama Administration Released 600+ Convicted Criminal Illegal Immigrants, Aug. 12, 2014 […]
