Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Group outlines lessons learned from Covid pandemic in new report
NPR Audio NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Philip Zelikow about the forthcoming report “Lessons Learned From Covid War: An Investigative Report” by the Covid Crisis Group.
Apr 25, 2023
Boys may be prone to fetal brain development from COVID
NPR A new study finds that when pregnant people get COVID, their male children have a greater risk of subtle neurodevelopmental effects. AILSA CHANG, HOST: The country’s tally of COVID-19 cases includes more than 200,000 people who were pregnant when they got infected. Now scientists are reporting that boys from those pregnancies may be prone […]
Apr 25, 2023
Dr. Fauci Looks Back: ‘Something Clearly Went Wrong’
New York Times Magazine In his most extensive interview yet, Anthony Fauci wrestles with the hard lessons of the pandemic — and the decisions that will define his legacy. It was, perhaps, an impossible job. Make one man the face of public health amid an unprecedented pandemic, in a country as fractious as the United […]
Apr 25, 2023
Finding the Origin of a Pandemic Is Difficult. Preventing One Shouldn’t Be.
NYT (Opinion) In 1999, the New York State Department of Health asked me to test brain samples from people in Queens experiencing encephalitis, or brain inflammation. Surprisingly, we found they were infected with West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne virus that had never been reported before in North America. How did a virus endemic in Africa […]
Apr 25, 2023
Pathogens in Pop Culture: Fungal Pathogens and The Last of Us
NETEC Could a fungus cause the next pandemic? If you’ve watched HBO’s hit series ‘The Last of Us’ or played the popular video game, then you may be familiar with the concept: a mass outbreak of an infectious fungus turns humans into zombies. But could the scenario played out in ‘The Last of Us’ actually […]
Apr 18, 2023
WHO Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea where in the last week, two healthcare workers that had contracted the virus were discharged from a WHO supported treatment center. There has now been a total of 16 laboratory-confirmed MVD cases. Among these cases, 11 people have died. 23 probable cases of MVD have also been reported […]
Apr 18, 2023
Fish and Wildlife Service Southwest California Condor Flock – April 17, 2023 Free-flying California condors in Arizona continue to be confirmed with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). To be as transparent as possible to the public and stakeholders about the potential extent of this outbreak, until further notice, the Service will disclose and report all […]
Apr 18, 2023
UNMC Video Experiencing dizziness or fainting when standing up after a COVID infection? Dr. Lawler reviews incidences of POTS after acute/long COVID, and he also offers a counter argument on relaxing universal masking policies in hospital settings.h
Apr 18, 2023
Covid is still a leading cause of death as the virus recedes
Washington Post But many Americans dispute the data and the risks — much as they have throughout the pandemic. Millions of Americans gathered maskless in homes and houses of worship this month for Passover, Easter and Ramadan — the latest evidence that coronavirus has retreated from public view as the pandemic winds down. But retreat is not […]
Apr 18, 2023