Author: Claudinne Miller
Mpox Outbreak Risk Remains in 2023
Precision Vaccinations The U.S. CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Podcast Briefing, published today, offers an overview of the latest scientific information regarding mpox vaccinations. This podcast discusses three MMWR reports as of the week of May 15, 2023. First, although the number of mpox cases has decreased since the peak of the U.S. outbreak in August 2022, the […]
May 30, 2023
Senegal confirms 2nd Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) case
Outbreak News Today The first case was confirmed on April 21 in a 35-year-old male patient. He was a butcher residing in Fadia city, Guédiawaye district, Dakar region. The date of onset of symptoms was 10 April with fever and flu-like syndrome. Samples were collected on 20 April for suspected viral hemorrhagic fever after he […]
May 30, 2023
Oldest evidence of plague in Britain is over 4,000 years old
UK Natural History Museum The plague was already circulating in Britain thousands of years before the Black Death. New research reveals that Yersinia pestis was widespread across Europe during the Bronze Age, with multiple strains circulating across the continent. The earliest evidence of the plague in Britain has been discovered. Researchers investigating Bronze Age human remains found […]
May 30, 2023
Lab-grown mini lungs could accelerate the study of respiratory diseases
Rockefeller University When we’re driving to a new destination, we often turn down the stereo as we follow the directions. What had been music suddenly sounds like noise, and it interferes with our focus. Our understanding of how infectious diseases like COVID affect human lungs has been similarly confounded by noise. Data from patient lung […]
May 30, 2023
FDA Approves First Oral Antiviral Drug for COVID-19
MedPageToday The FDA has granted full approval to nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) for treating adult outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at risk for severe disease, the agency announced on Thursday. “Today’s approval demonstrates that Paxlovid has met the agency’s rigorous standards for safety and effectiveness, and that it remains an important treatment option for people […]
May 30, 2023
COVID-19 Can Cause New Cholesterol Problems. What to Know
Time Magazine Not long after the start of the global coronavirus pandemic, it was apparent that many people infected with SARS-CoV-2 were developing persistent and, in some cases, debilitating health problems. Now known widely as post-Covid syndrome or Long COVID, the most common symptoms of this condition are fatigue, attention problems, headaches, muscle or joint pain, […]
May 30, 2023
Genetic change increased bird flu severity during U.S. spread
NewsWise St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists discovered how the current epizootic H5N1 avian influenza virus (bird flu) gained new genes and greater virulence as it spread west. Researchers showed that the avian virus could severely infect the brains of mammalian research models, a notable departure from previous related strains of the virus. The researchers […]
May 30, 2023
Neurologic Events After COVID-19 Vaccines Assessed
MedPageToday All patients hospitalized with new or relapsing neurologic events after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination at a New York tertiary hospital had one or more risk factors for their neurologic condition, a prospective study showed. The most prominent neurologic index events in these vaccinated patients were ischemic stroke (37.7%), encephalopathy (32.6%), seizure (15.9%), and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH; […]
May 30, 2023
China Might Have 65 Million COVID Cases a Week by June. How Worried Should the World Be?
Time Magazine Last week when a Chinese senior health adviser projected 65 million COVID-19 cases per week in China by June, some health experts sounded the alarm. China has been facing a new COVID-19 wave fueled by the XBB variant since April. Data from Zhong Nanshan—a respiratory disease doctor who was among the first to confirm COVID-19’s easy […]
May 30, 2023
Tally of covid-19 cases after CDC conference climbs to 181
Washington Post The tally of people infected with the coronavirus after attending a high-profile Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conference in April has risen to at least 181, the agency reported Friday. No one was hospitalized. The CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service officers and alumni — the disease detectives deployed to identify and fight outbreaks — met […]
May 30, 2023