Author: Claudinne Miller
Science Today’s post is not exactly chemical per se, but it’s very promising news on the anti-infectives front. Dengue fever is a viral disease whose range has been extending in recent years, very likely as a result of changes in the climate (it was formerly considered more of a tropical disease). It’s yet another mosquito-carried […]
Nov 7, 2023
I Just Got Over Covid but Still Feel Awful
New York Times Symptoms can linger for days or weeks after testing negative, even for those who don’t develop long Covid. Q: It’s been a week since I tested negative for Covid, but I don’t feel totally better. Why am I still sick? The rapid test is finally, blissfully, negative after a week of dark […]
Nov 7, 2023
RSV Spike in San Francisco: What To Know Ahead of ‘Tripledemic’ Season
SF Standard RSV—or respiratory syncytial virus—is spiking in San Francisco, according to WastewaterSCAN data, a program that traces pathogens in municipal sewer treatment plants. RSV is a virus that often causes colds and can be severe for infants and older adults, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health. The department monitors wastewater data to help […]
Nov 7, 2023
Some Covid Vaccines Are Still Hard to Find
New York Times Vaccine appointments for kids remain limited, and Novavax shots are hard to come by. The recently authorized Covid vaccines promised to protect the public against an expected uptick of respiratory illness this winter. But getting shots into arms is still proving challenging. At first, there were distribution issues: Pharmacies and clinics had a […]
Nov 7, 2023
Dengue is spreading. Can new vaccines and antivirals halt its rise?
Nature Dengue is on the march. This year, more than 4.2 million cases of the disease, which is caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, had been reported by 2 October, compared with half a million in 2000. And the disease, which was once confined to the tropics, is spreading to new locations around the world, including southern […]
Nov 7, 2023
In a first, scientists see viruses cling to each other
Times of India In a groundbreaking discovery, reported by LiveScience, scientists have observed an unprecedented phenomenon in which one virus attached itself to another. This unique event involves two bacteriophage viruses that are believed to have cooperated in the replication process. “No one has ever seen a bacteriophage — or any other virus — attach […]
Nov 7, 2023
Ending TB Is Within Reach — So Why Are Millions Still Dying?
New York Times Tuberculosis has passed Covid as the top infectious disease killer, despite new medicines and better diagnostic tools. At Kaneshie Polyclinic, a health center in a hardscrabble neighborhood of Accra, the capital of Ghana, there is a rule. Every patient who walks through the door — a woman in labor, a construction worker […]
Nov 7, 2023
Nearly 1M chickens will be killed on a Minnesota farm because of bird flu
AP Nearly 1 million chickens on a Minnesota egg farm will be slaughtered to help limit the spread of the highly contagious bird flu after it was confirmed there, officials said Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the virus was found at a farm in Wright County, Minnesota, as well as in three smaller flocks in South […]
Nov 7, 2023
CDC to expand testing for respiratory viruses at airports
CIDRAP The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced yesterday that it will expand testing of international air travelers beyond COVID-19 to provide early detection of other respiratory viruses. The Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance (TGS) program, which covers flights from more than 135 countries and has been implemented at seven airports nationwide, collects and analyzes […]
Nov 7, 2023
The Long Journey to Treat the Long Covid Brain
CNN Podcast More than three years after the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, many long Covid patients are still experiencing brain fog, extreme fatigue, and myriad other health issues, leaving some unable to complete even the most basic of daily tasks. How should long Covid patients approach treatment, let alone everyday life? In this episode, […]
Nov 7, 2023
