Health Alerts

A June 12 CDC Vital Signs report names bats as the source of almost three-quarters of all human rabies cases in the US, with many people unaware of the risk. The report also notes that the ‘large percentage of deaths tied to bats is particularly striking since bats account for just a third of the 5,000 rabid animals reported each year in the U.S’.

THE SCALE of the Hep A outbreak in Ohio is concerning authorities after it was revealed that cases had doubled over the past four months, with one-third in four counties of the greater Cincinnati area (Butler, Mongomery, Hamilton and Claremont). Information from the CDC on the Hep A epidemic, now into its 28th month, reveals that Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, and Indiana have suffered the highest number of infections and deaths of the 20 states currently reporting outbreaks.  Read more.