Multiple federal agencies are looking into 15 vials, including five alarmingly labelled as smallpox, that was found at a pharmaceutical laboratory outside of Philadelphia. According to Centres for Disease Control, the vials, 10 of which were labelled vaccinia after the virus used to make smallpox vaccines, were discovered by a laboratory worker who was cleaningContinue reading “The FBI Launches An Urgent Investigation After Smallpox Is Found At Merck”
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Michigan Reports Its First Human Hantavirus Case
Michigan has confirmed its first case of hantavirus, a possibly dangerous respiratory disease spread through contact with infected rodents. Michigan health officials announced on Monday that a woman from Washtenaw County was recently hospitalised with a serious pulmonary illness from Sin Nombre hantavirus, which she was likely exposed to when cleaning an empty dwelling thatContinue reading “Michigan Reports Its First Human Hantavirus Case”