Author: Claudinne Miller
COVID May Affect Type 1 Diabetes in Kids, and Not in a Good Way
MedPageToday COVID-19 may accelerate progression of presymptomatic type 1 diabetes in youth, a German study suggested. Incidence of clinical type 1 diabetes nearly doubled after the pandemic started among 591 youth ages 1 to 16 known to have presymptomatic type 1 diabetes, Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, MD, of the Institute of Diabetes Research at Helmholtz Munich in […]
Jul 16, 2024
Here’s Why COVID Measures Like Masking And New Ones Like Safety Goggles Could Return If A Bird Flu Pandemic Is Declared
Forbes Here’s the latest news about a global outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that started in 2020, and recently spread among cattle in U.S. states and marine mammals across the world, which has health officials closely monitoring it and experts concerned the virus could mutate and eventually spread to humans, where it has proven rare […]
Jul 16, 2024
5 Cases of Bird Flu Reported in Colorado Poultry Workers, Doubling This Year’s US Tally
KHN Five people who work at a poultry farm in northeastern Colorado have tested positive for the bird flu, the Colorado public health department reported July 14. This brings the known number of U.S. cases to nine. The five people were likely infected by chickens, which they had been tasked with killing in response to a bird […]
Jul 16, 2024
COVID-19 leads to long-term changes in the immune system, study shows
MSN In a study recently published in the renowned journal “Allergy”, a MedUni Vienna research team shows that COVID-19 leads to considerable long-term changes in the immune system, even in mild cases. The findings could help to better understand the long-term consequences of an infection with SARS-CoV-2. As part of the study, the team led […]
Jul 16, 2024
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