Author: Claudinne Miller
Northern lights create dazzling spectacle in the sky worldwide
CNN The northern lights were spotted worldwide in countries including the UK, Ukraine and Slovakia. Seeing the Northern lights was high on my bucket list for years, we had the opportunity to travel to Svalbard, Norway in late February (the darkest time of year there) a couple of years ago. It was amazing! We snowmobiled […]
Nov 15, 2023
Tropical diseases move north
Nature As Earth warms, the creatures that spread neglected tropical diseases are gaining a foothold in Europe. Wealthy countries must prepare themselves for more cases. Europe long thought itself safe from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Those old certainties have now evaporated. A warmer and wetter climate has made the continent more welcoming to vectors of […]
Nov 15, 2023
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) from Wild Birds, Poultry, and Mammals, Peru
CDC We identified highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus clade 2.3.4.4b in wild birds, poultry, and a lion in Peru during November 2022–February 2023 and markers associated with transmission adaptation and antiviral drug resistance. Continuous genomic surveillance is needed to inform public health measures and avoid mass animal deaths. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 […]
Nov 15, 2023
What to Know About the Flu Virus
NYT What’s the difference between influenza A and influenza B, and does it matter which you catch? Each fall, the flu emerges as a formidable force, spreading through the droplets produced when people cough, sneeze or talk, and sometimes hitching a ride to our noses by way of the infected surfaces that we touch. Influenza […]
Nov 15, 2023
What Tony Fauci Says about Long COVID and Other Postviral Illnesses
Scientific American The first person I met with long COVID was Kenton Kaplan, a student I was mentoring at Georgetown University. Without much warning, he had called me in January 2022 to drop out of our departmental honors program. As we talked over the next year and a half, he told me about debilitating fatigue, dizziness […]
Nov 14, 2023
An Invisible Killer
Washington Post A flesh-eating fungus is expanding its range in the American West – and Scientists suspect climate change is driving the spread. At some point, Erik McIntyre inhaled the fungal spores. He couldn’t see them, or feel them, and it was weeks before he began to lose energy, to drop weight, to cough up […]
Nov 14, 2023
About 36M American adults have received the updated COVID vaccine: CDC
ABC News An estimated 36 million adults in the United States have received the updated COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday, according to new data from the federal government. Additionally, about 3.5 million children have also gotten the updated shot, according to the survey, which is a sample size of the U.S. population, from the Centers for Disease Control […]
Nov 14, 2023
Two New RSV Products to Protect Infants
Johns Hopkins A new vaccine for pregnant people and an antibody treatment for babies could substantially lower the rates of severe RSV infections among children, but rollout has been slow ahead of the first RSV season the products are available. Virtually all children get an RSV infection by the time they are 2 years old. […]
Nov 14, 2023
The Genetic Edge: Unmasking the Secret of COVID-19 “Super Dodgers”
Sci Tech Daily Scientists have discovered a gene variant, HLA-B*15:01, linked to asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, opening potential avenues for new treatments and vaccines. People who contract COVID-19 but never develop symptoms – the so-called super dodgers – may have a genetic ace up their sleeve. They’re more than twice as likely as those who become symptomatic to […]
Nov 14, 2023
Tuberculosis exposure at daycare prompts ‘urgent’ testing for 500 children
Washington Post Tuberculosis testing for hundreds of children in Omaha began Saturday, after a large group of infants, toddlers and children was potentially exposed to infection through a drop-in day-care program. More than 500 children need to be tested within the next week, local health officials said, and younger ones will be given preventive drugs. […]
Nov 14, 2023
