Author: Claudinne Miller
Cases of leprosy, ‘historically uncommon’ in US, surge in central Florida, CDC says
Fox News Florida The letter said that the number of reported leprosy cases in southeastern states has more than doubled in the last decade. Citing the National Hansen’s Disease Program, it said 159 new cases were reported in the U.S. in 2020, with Florida among the top reporting states. Central Florida accounted for 81% of […]
Aug 1, 2023
NIH Opens Phase II Clinical Trials on Four Potential Treatments for Long COVID
Inside Precision Medicine On Monday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it opened phase II clinical trials on four potential treatments for long COVID spanning drugs, medical devices, biologics, and other therapies. The trials are a part of the NIH’s Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative, a $1.5 billion research program launched in 2021 to […]
Aug 1, 2023
Launch of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy
US Dept of State Today the State Department is officially launching a new Bureau of Global Heath Security and Diplomacy. The Bureau’s overarching mission is to fortify the global health security architecture to effectively prevent, detect, control, and respond to infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS. By leveraging and coordinating U.S. foreign assistance, the Bureau aims to […]
Aug 1, 2023
Mauritania reports a death case of Congolese Crimean fever
Sahara Media (machine translated) Today, Friday, the Mauritanian Ministry of Health announced the death of a person due to the Crimean-Congolese hemorrhagic fever, after it was discovered that he was infected with the epidemic during his treatment in a neighboring country for a health condition. The Director General of Public Health, Muhammad Mahmoud Ould Eal […]
Aug 1, 2023
Could the Next Pandemic Start at the County Fair?
New York Times Since 2011, there have been more human swine flu cases reported in the United States than anywhere else in the world. Most have occurred at farm-animal showcases. It was showtime at the youth swine exhibition, and the pig barn was bustling. The competitors, ages 3 to 21, were practicing their walks for […]
Aug 1, 2023
Has COVID’s Patient Zero Finally Been Named?
The Atlantic A major revelation about researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology emerged this week. We still can’t say we’re any closer to the truth. The lab-leak theory of COVID’s origin has always been a little squirrelly. If SARS-CoV-2 really did begin infecting humans in a research setting, the evidence that got left behind […]
Aug 1, 2023
The Atlantic A mid-year wave might be brewing for the fourth year in a row. Will it always be like this? Since the pandemic’s earliest days, epidemiologists have been waiting for the coronavirus to finally snap out of its pan-season spree. No more spring waves like the first to hit the United States in 2020, no more […]
Aug 1, 2023
Pfizer 2Q numbers tumble and COVID-19 vaccine, treatment sales dry up
Washington Post Crumbling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment sales chopped Pfizer’s second-quarter earnings, but both the drugmaker and Wall Street expect a rebound in the back half of 2023. Pfizer recorded no U.S. sales of its treatment, Paxlovid, in the recently completed quarter, as the company shifts to selling the pills on the commercial market after contracting […]
Aug 1, 2023
Scientists woke up a 46,000-year-old roundworm from Siberian permafrost
Washington Post A female microscopic roundworm that spent the last 46,000 years in suspended animation deep in the Siberian permafrost was revived and started having babies in a laboratory dish. By sequencing the genome of this Rip Van Winkle roundworm, scientists revealed it to be a new species of nematode, which is described in a […]
Aug 1, 2023
Doctors who put lives at risk with covid misinformation rarely punished
Washington Post A Wisconsin doctor in 2021 prescribed ivermectin, typically used to treat parasitic infections, to two covid-19 patients who later died of the disease. He was fined less than $4,000 — and was free to continue practicing. A Massachusetts doctor has continued practicing without restriction despite being under investigation for more than a year over allegations of […]
Aug 1, 2023
