Articles

Johnny Sheng

Nov 167 min read

H5N1 Is (Still) Out of Control

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGERY Cows dying from H5N1 left to rot in the open in California, where the deadly virus has spread to hundreds of...

Rwanda Faces First Outbreak of Deadly Marburg Virus

Nirav Akkanapragada

Oct 33 min read

Rwanda Faces First Outbreak of Deadly Marburg Virus

On September 27, 2024, Rwanda reported its first case of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever, a lethal Ebola-like virus, setting off alarms in the...

What is EEE? 4 US Towns Under Curfew Over Virus Concerns

Johnny Sheng

Aug 243 min read

What is EEE? 4 US Towns Under Curfew Over Virus Concerns

EEE is a life-threatening viral disease carried by mosquitoes. Source When Americans experience viral outbreaks, they often do so through...

Optimism and Vigilance as H5N1 Persists in American Cows

Johnny Sheng

Aug 224 min read

Optimism and Vigilance as H5N1 Persists in American Cows

Since it first appeared in dairy cows in the American South in early 2024, H5N1 bird flu has hopscotched across the nation. While the...

World Health Organization Considers Mpox Emergency Declaration

Johnny Sheng

Aug 75 min read

World Health Organization Considers Mpox Emergency Declaration

Update: Mpox is now a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Less than two years after the World Health Organization (WHO)...

Johnny Sheng

Aug 13 min read

Why COVID Keeps Surging

We are in the midst of another COVID wave. At the Paris Olympics, masks have made a return as athletes fall ill. In the United States,...

Cholera Vaccine In Short Supply as Deaths Rise

Lawrence Wu

Jul 223 min read

Cholera Vaccine In Short Supply as Deaths Rise

Recent months have seen a global rebound of cholera, a dreaded bacterial disease that can kill within hours. The World Health...

US Spread Vaccine Disinformation During Pandemic

Andrew Jiang

Jul 203 min read

US Spread Vaccine Disinformation During Pandemic

There is no doubt that tensions have been rising between the world’s great powers in recent years, an issue only accelerated by the...

Gun Violence Is Now a Public Health Crisis

Johnny Sheng

Jul 196 min read

Gun Violence Is Now a Public Health Crisis

Earlier last month, United States Surgeon-General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis. To bring gun deaths under...

Johnny Sheng

Jul 82 min read

Outbreak Summer

A closer look at five diseases making headlines this summer To view this article as an instagram post, click here H5N1: is cow flu the...

From Mecca to Karachi, Heat Waves Take a Deadly Toll

Johnny Sheng

Jun 273 min read

From Mecca to Karachi, Heat Waves Take a Deadly Toll

The Pakistani port city of Karachi has been battered by extreme temperatures this week. Source Since temperatures in Karachi, Pakistan...

Oropouche Fever: 9 Years After Zika, a New Threat Rises

Johnny Sheng

Jun 204 min read

Oropouche Fever: 9 Years After Zika, a New Threat Rises

Nine years ago, Brazilian health authorities reported the country’s first cases of a rare but mild viral infection called Zika. At first,...

As Long COVID Lingers, a Moonshot Is Launched

Andrew Jiang

Jun 144 min read

As Long COVID Lingers, a Moonshot Is Launched

Since its emergence in 2019, COVID-19 has caused one of the most destructive pandemics in history. Excess deaths alone are estimated to...

Johnny Sheng

Jun 25 min read

Pandemic Treaty Fails?

In 2021, when excess deaths from COVID-19 reached an all-time high, countries everywhere called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to...

Johnny Sheng

May 314 min read

Bird Flu Accelerates Across America

For a more recent update on this topic, see here . What began as a drop in milk production in Texan dairy herds has become an epidemic...

Pandemic Hero Successfully Protests Lab Shutdown

Johnny Sheng

May 43 min read

Pandemic Hero Successfully Protests Lab Shutdown

At the end of April 2024, images appeared on social media showing Chinese virologist Zhang Yongzhen sleeping outside his lab in protest....

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mpox Crisis Has Global Implications

Johnny Sheng

Apr 303 min read

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mpox Crisis Has Global Implications

In May 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared its first post-COVID Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)....

20% of US Milk Samples Test Positive for Bird Flu—Should We Be Worried?

Johnny Sheng

Apr 273 min read

20% of US Milk Samples Test Positive for Bird Flu—Should We Be Worried?

It began with a mysterious illness among dairy cows in Northern Texas. Some animals lost their appetite while others began to produce...