Jamie Hansen

4 weeks ago | m.farms.com | Jamie Hansen |Ranu S. Dhillon

By Jamie Hansen and Ranu S. DhillonThe H5N1 bird flu has been making news for driving up the price of eggs nationwide, but it also has the potential to spur a major epidemic if its circulation among poultry, cattle and humans is not carefully checked. Such an outcome can be averted by taking the correct preventive steps now, said Abraar Karan, MD, a postdoctoral scholar of infectious diseases at Stanford Medicine who specializes in emerging diseases.

1 month ago | scopeblog.stanford.edu | Jamie Hansen |Beth Duff-Brown |Christopher Vaughan

Raw milk has made headlines recently for widespread samples containing the virus that causes H5N1, or bird flu, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture launching a program in December to track the virus through milk testing. But bird flu is far from the only disease-causing pathogen lurking in raw milk: Unpasteurized milk can contain bacteria such as E. coli and Listeria, for instance.

Jan 13, 2025 | medicalxpress.com | Jamie Hansen

As cases of dengue fever skyrocketed globally this past year, new findings by Stanford researchers and their international collaborators underscore the importance of one measure that can significantly reduce disease risk: cleaning up trash. Dengue fever is a viral illness spread through mosquito bites. While cases can be asymptomatic, many people experience high fever and painful body aches. Second infections are often more severe and can lead to hemorrhagic fever, shock, and sometimes death.

Sep 12, 2024 | scopeblog.stanford.edu | Jamie Hansen |Nina Bai |Krista Conger |Nina BaiPublished

Mpox has returned as a significant global health concern in recent months. A relative of smallpox, mpox (formerly called monkeypox) has circulated in Central and West African countries for decades. In the last few years, a new offshoot of the virus emerged which spread more readily through close person-to-person contact.

Aug 5, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Jamie Hansen

In Brazil, climate and other human-made environmental changes threaten decades-long efforts to fight a widespread and debilitating parasitic disease. Now, a partnership between researchers from Stanford and Brazil is helping to proactively predict these impacts. Schistosomiasis, spread by freshwater snails, affects more than 200 million people in many tropical regions of the world. It can cause stomach pain and irreversible consequences such as enlarged liver and cancer.