Tag: CDC

How Climate Change May Fuel the EEE Outbreaks in the United States

by yaleglobalhealthreview, posted in Uncategorized

BY VANESSA BLAS Between August and October 2019, the Center for Disease Control received word of over thirty cases of patients infected with the eastern encephalitis virus, including twelve deaths, confirming a series of unprecedented outbreaks occurring in the United States.1 Three of those deaths occurred in Connecticut. A press release by Connecticut Governor Ned … Continue reading How Climate Change May Fuel the EEE Outbreaks in the United States

Diagnosing Lyme Disease

by yaleglobalhealthreview, posted in Issue 3 (Spring 2015)

BY SREEJA KODALI Before 1977, Lyme, Connecticut was afflicted with an epidemic: children with skin lesions, headaches, stiff necks, myalgias, arthalgias, and fatigue. These symptoms later developed and months after the brain, heart, and muscular system were affected too. This unexplained phenomenon plagued patients until Dr. Allan Steere of Yale School of Medicine and his … Continue reading Diagnosing Lyme Disease