As the Northern Hemisphere confronts the impact of the 2022-2023 flu season, India is reporting a different type of infectious disease known as 'tomato flu' that is rapidly spreading into various states in India.
Tomato flu gained its name based on the eruption of red and painful blisters throughout the body that gradually enlarged to the size of a tomato.
Like other types of influenza, tomato flu is very contagious, as reported by the peer-review journal The Lancet.
India's Tomato Flu Isn't Influenza
Pet Traveling Tips For Airport Screening
With year-end holiday travel accelerating, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects a measurable increase in pets brought to airport security checkpoints in 2022.
Recent TSA data indicates airport activity is fast approaching levels last seen in 2019.
Traveling through the security checkpoint with your pet can be easy when you know what to expect, confirmed the TSA on December 14, 2022.
New Surveillance Case Definition Developed for MIS-C
Four changes included in new case definition, including no required duration of subjective or measured fever