A flea-borne disease once thought eradicated in the U.S. is resurging in Texas, with researchers identifying domestic cats and their fleas as a key pathway for the bacterium behind murine typhus to enter households.
A flea-borne disease once thought eradicated is resurging in Texas, with researchers identifying domestic cats and their fleas as a key pathway for the bacterium behind murine typhus to enter households. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Flea-borne murine typhus, caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi, is resurging in parts of Texas , with researchers identifying domestic cats and their fleas as a significant vector for the disease entering households. The illness, once nearly eradicated in the U.S., has led to hundreds of hospitalizations in areas like Galveston and is now being increasingly detected in South Texas. DETAIL: The illness spreads to humans through infected flea feces rather than person-to-person contact and typically causes…Open
Every nation has defining moments. Days when history bends toward justice. Days when a promise, long delayed, finally becomes reality. For the United States, Juneteenth is one of those days. On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3, announcing that all enslaved people were […] The post Juneteenth and the Triumph of Freedom appeared first on StoneZone .
Every nation has defining moments. Days when history bends toward justice. Days when a promise, long delayed, finally becomes reality. For the United States, Juneteenth is one of those days. On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3, announcing that all enslaved people were free. More than 250,000 black American men, women, and children living in bondage in Texas learned that the institution which had controlled their lives was finally at an end. The Civil War was effectively over. The Confederacy had collapsed. The Emancipation Proclamation had been law for more than two years. Yet in Texas, slavery persisted until federal authority arrived to enforce freedom. The…Open
Eight students dangling nearly 100 feet in the air after a roller coaster in Galveston, Texas, malfunctioned and became stuck were rescued. The operation took hours, but everyone is OK.
The new projects in Galveston and Port Arthur make Texas operations “ground-zero for the revitalization of the American shipbuilding industry,” Abbott said. “