Author: Claudinne Miller
A protein found in human sweat may protect against Lyme disease
MIT News Researchers also found that a variant of the protein is not as protective against the bacteria and increases susceptibility to the disease. Lyme disease, a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks, affects nearly half a million people in the United States every year. In most cases, antibiotics effectively clear the infection, but for some […]
Mar 20, 2024
Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission
NBC The agency is developing a crucial set of guidelines that health care facilities will use to control the spread of infectious diseases for years to come. Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with Covid patients, emergency physician Dr. Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided the American health system […]
Mar 19, 2024
Breaking down the effects of remote learning on students during Covid
NBC News Video New research found that shutdowns and remote learning for students during the pandemic resulted in students falling behind. NBC News’ Hallie Jackson reports on the effects shutdowns had on students and the spread of Covid-19.
Mar 19, 2024
They panic-bought bidets during the pandemic. It changed their lives.
Washington Post While the toilet paper shortages that hit the United States during pandemic lockdowns in the spring of 2020 ultimately eased up, they’ve had a lasting impact on one industry: the bidet business. “The industry here in the U.S. just blew up. You couldn’t get a bidet if you wanted to,” says James Lin, founder of BidetKing.com, […]
Mar 19, 2024
Countries Where the Most People Have Died From COVID-19
USA Today As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its third year, the U.S. is approaching a grim milestone – nearly 1 million COVID-19-related deaths. Even as new cases and deaths have dropped to relatively low levels as of May 2022, local and state health officials are still reporting anywhere from dozens to hundreds of fatal […]
Mar 19, 2024
What the Data Says About Pandemic School Closures, Four Years Later
New York Times The more time students spent in remote instruction, the further they fell behind. And, experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid. Four years ago this month, schools nationwide began to shut down, igniting one of the most polarizing and partisan debates of the pandemic. Some schools, often […]
Mar 19, 2024
U.S. measles milestone: 60 cases so far in 2024 — more than all of 2023
CBS News The U.S. has now tallied at least 60 confirmed or suspected measles cases investigated so far this year by authorities in 17 states — more than the 58 cases reported nationwide in all of 2023. It comes as health officials are grappling with multiple major outbreaks of the highly contagious virus around the world. Now with spring break travel looming, […]
Mar 19, 2024
COVID-19 is waning but these viruses are still hanging around as we head into early spring
USA Today As the country begins to thaw out in preparation for spring, COVID-19 cases are finally waning although other viruses are on the rise. Data from Wastewater SCAN, a network run by Stanford and Emory University that monitors sewage for signs of disease, shows concentrations of the virus have ranged from low to medium […]
Mar 19, 2024
How Often Should Immunocompromised People Get a COVID Booster?
MedPageToday Preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection in immunocompromised people hasn’t gotten any easier as the pandemic trundles on into its fifth year. The monoclonal antibody tixagevimab-cilgavimab (Evusheld) has long gone by the wayside for pre-exposure prophylaxis and no replacements are on the horizon. Other prevention strategies among the general population, such as mask-wearing, have all but disappeared. […]
Mar 19, 2024