After the relentless rain, South Africa sounds the alarm on the climate crisis
theguardian.com, South Africa
Survivors of South Africa’s devastating floods have described “sheet upon sheet of relentless rain” that washed away entire houses, bridges and roads, killing about 450 people and making thousands homeless.The storm, which delivered close to an entire year’s usual rainfall in 48 hours, took meteorologists by surprise and has been blamed by experts on climate change...read more

CDC Alerts Providers to Hepatitis Cases of Unknown Origin
cdc.gov, worldwide
CDC today issued a nationwide health alert to notify clinicians and public health authorities about a cluster of children identified with hepatitis and adenovirus infection – and to ask all physicians to be on the lookout for symptoms and to report any suspected cases of hepatitis of unknown origin to their local and state health departments...read more

Rapid outbreak assessment: Multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to chocolate products
ecdc.europa.eu, worldwide
On 12 April 2022, ECDC and EFSA published a rapid outbreak assessment on a multi-country outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium linked to chocolate products made at a factory in Arlon, Belgium.The assessment outlines the rapid evolvement of the outbreak. Most cases are children under 10 years of age, with many being hospitalised...read more

Alzheimer’s study reveals 42 new genes that may drive risk
medicalnewstoday.com, worldwide
An international team of researchers from eight partner countries has found a total of 75 genes linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Of those genes, 42 are new genes that had not previously been associated with the disease. For this study, researchers compared the genes of more than 111,000 people with Alzheimer’s disease to those of more than 677,000 people without the condition...read more