Author: Claudinne Miller
NIH opens long COVID trials to evaluate treatments for autonomic nervous system dysfunction
NIH Two phase 2 clinical trials to test the safety and effectiveness of three treatments for adults with autonomic nervous system dysfunction from long COVID have begun. The autonomic nervous system acts largely unconsciously and regulates bodily functions, such as heart rate, digestion and respiratory rate. Symptoms associated with autonomic nervous system dysfunction have been […]
Mar 12, 2024
The Fourth Anniversary of the Covid Pandemic
New York Times Four years ago today, society began to shut down. Shortly after noon Eastern on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid — or “the coronavirus,” then the more popular term — to be a global pandemic. Stocks plummeted in the afternoon. In the span of a single hour that night, President […]
Mar 12, 2024
No parent who has seen the children I’ve treated for measles would refuse a vaccine
STAT News Over the past year, I have watched many children die of measles. In the final stages, little lungs, filled with fluid and racked with inflammation, struggle for oxygen. The victims breathe faster and faster, gasping for air until, exhausted, they stop. Where I live, in one of the poorest places on earth, measles […]
Mar 12, 2024
South Georgia Island: Bird flu infects penguins at famous wildlife haven
BBC Bird flu has been confirmed in 10 penguins on South Georgia, one of the world’s great wildlife havens. Avian influenza had already infected other seabirds and mammals on the British Overseas Territory, but scientists report gentoo and king penguins have now fallen victim, too. The breeding season is closing on the sub-Antarctic island so […]
Mar 12, 2024
The next pandemic? It’s already here for Earth’s wildlife
The Conversation I am a conservation biologist who studies emerging infectious diseases. When people ask me what I think the next pandemic will be I often say that we are in the midst of one – it’s just afflicting a great many species more than ours. I am referring to the highly pathogenic strain of […]
Mar 12, 2024
A look at the Avian Influenza situation in Alberta
Alberta City View Since Jan. 1, there have been two confirmed cases of Avian influenza, one in a commercial flock in Mountain View County and the second in a backyard flock in Vermilion River County. Avian influenza hit the Province of Alberta for the first time in 2022 and outbreaks are still popping up two […]
Mar 12, 2024
Hidden COVID virus found nearly two years after infection
Mercury News Pieces of the COVID virus can lurk in our blood and tissue for almost two years after the initial illness has vanished, a discovery that might offer clues to the mystery of lingering post-infection disability, according to new research from UC San Francisco. Four years after the U.S. went into lockdown, the worst […]
Mar 12, 2024
Zika Vaccine Candidate Battles Brain Cancer
Precision Vaccinations Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) have developed a new approach using the Zika virus to destroy brain cancer cells and inhibit tumor growth while sparing healthy cells. Using Zika virus vaccine candidates developed at Duke-NUS, the team discovered how these strains target rapidly proliferating cells over mature cells—making them an ideal option […]
Mar 12, 2024
4 things you should know about measles amid an uptick in cases
The Hill The U.S. is seeing a rash of measles cases, with more than three dozen cases reported across 17 states already this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This comes two months after the agency warned clinicians to remain alert for measles cases. So far this year, 45 cases have been reported […]
Mar 12, 2024
Masks work, telehealth is here to stay — and other health lessons we’ve learned since the pandemic started 4 years ago
Yahoo News This month marks the four-year anniversary of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. During the months on lockdown, millions of Americans were grappling with uncertainty, with worries ranging from becoming ill and being separated from loved ones to facing unemployment — while simultaneously helping kids with virtual learning, sanitizing the […]
Mar 12, 2024