Author: Claudinne Miller
About 7 percent of U.S. adults have had long covid, report says
Washington Post Just 6 percent of the vaccinated and boosted respondents reported long covid symptoms vs. 8 percent of those who weren’t vaccinated. About 7 percent of U.S. adults — nearly 18 million people — had suffered from long covid as of early last year, according to a recent report in JAMA Data Brief. The […]
Jul 16, 2024
Second malaria vaccine launched in Ivory Coast marks new milestone
VOA The world’s second vaccine against malaria was launched on Monday as Ivory Coast began a routine vaccine program using shots developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India. The introduction of the World Health Organization (WHO)-approved R21 vaccine comes six months after the first malaria vaccine, called RTS,S and developed […]
Jul 16, 2024
More human avian flu cases have been confirmed in Colorado
Colorado News Four cases of avian flu have been confirmed in poultry workers at a farm in northeast Colorado, with an additional presumed case pending confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment described the facility as a commercial egg layer operation. According to a recent release by the […]
Jul 16, 2024
A robot gets a face of living ‘skin’ that allows it to smile
NPR If humanoid robots make you a bit queasy — would it help if they had fleshy faces that can smile at you? The uncanny feat is the result of new technology using engineered living skin tissue and human-like ligaments to give robots a more natural smile, according to Tokyo University researchers who unveiled their […]
Jul 10, 2024
Dozens of NJ residents sickened with dengue fever as CDC warns of deadly virus
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Jul 10, 2024
Cambodia detects another H5N1 bird flu case in human
Vietnam News The Cambodian Ministry of Health on July 8 announced that another human case of H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed on a 5-year-old girl in Takeo province, bringing the number of the infections to seven since the start of 2024. According to the ministry, the patient has a fever and is the cousin […]
Jul 10, 2024
Forbes The lone star tick, which is known for its aggressive nature and bites that can cause alpha-gal syndrome, or red meat allergy, as well as other dangerous viruses, is spreading across the United States beyond its usual habitat in the southeast, a study suggests, as climate change exacerbates rising temperatures and longer warm seasons across the […]
Jul 10, 2024
Colorado Sun Nearly 1.8 million chickens will be killed after bird flu was detected at an egg-laying operation in Weld County, a major resurgence on a commercial farm of the disease that has already seen more than 6 million birds culled. Gov. Jared Polis verbally declared a disaster declaration for the facility over the long holiday […]
Jul 10, 2024
Connecticut: 11 Diagnosed With Mpox
Patch Eleven Connecticut residents have been diagnosed with mpox so far this year, the state Department of Public Health announced Monday. All the mpox patients are between the ages of 20 and 50, and reside in Fairfield, New Haven, New London and Hartford counties. The majority of these patients have not been hospitalized. In 2023, […]
Jul 10, 2024