Author: Claudinne Miller
New clues about long covid’s cause could unlock treatments
Washington Post The latest research signals progress in understanding a condition that is afflicting millions of people. Why some people experience long-lasting physical and mental effects from covid-19 could be linked to chronic inflammation, according to new research that experts say could help develop new treatments for the confounding condition that continues to afflict millions. […]
Dec 17, 2025
Getting a COVID Vaccine while Pregnant Slashes Risk of Premature Birth, Major New Study Finds
American Scientific Pregnant people who receive a COVID vaccine are 60 percent less likely to experience severe disease and around 30 percent less likely to give birth prematurely, according to new research. Pregnant people who get a COVID vaccine are dramatically less likely to experience severe symptoms of the disease or to give birth prematurely, […]
Dec 17, 2025
Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?
The Conversation COVID rarely rates a mention in the news these days, yet it hasn’t gone away. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is still with us. It continues to infect thousands of Australians each month, still puts vulnerable people into hospital, sadly still causes deaths and leaves a steady stream of people living with disability […]
Dec 17, 2025
Warning issued after new mpox strain identified in England
The Independant Symptoms include skin rash with blisters, spots or ulcers that can appear anywhere on the body, as well as fever, headache, backache and muscle aches. A new strain of mpox – the virus formerly known as monkeypox – has been found in England, scientists have said. The disease, which is transmitted by close contact with sufferers, including […]
Dec 17, 2025
El Paso reports first Mpox case of 2025, health officials launch contact tracing efforts
Kfox14 The City of El Paso Public Health Department is reporting the first Mpox case of 2025. A male in his 50’s is currently recovering at home. Public Health officials have initiated contact tracing and the City’s DPH epidemiology team is actively working to identify close contacts and offer the vaccine to those individuals. We […]
Dec 17, 2025
S. Korea reports 2 new bird flu cases at chicken farms in Chungcheong Province
Korea Herald South Korea reported two new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) at layer farms in its central region Wednesday, bringing the total to 14 cases since the cold season began. The H5N1 bird flu was detected at a farm in Goesan, North Chungcheong Province, about 130 kilometers southeast of Seoul, and at […]
Dec 17, 2025
Wisconsin confirms first avian flu case in dairy cattle
Ag Daily This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reported the first confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy cattle herd in Wisconsin. Detections of avian influenza in dairy cattle have been limited this year, in contrast to 2024, when an outbreak that began in March spread nationwide […]
Dec 17, 2025
Break in the case for long COVID investigators
Harvard Gazette Research highlighting chronic inflammation opens path to treating illness that affects millions of Americans A new study from investigators at Harvard and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center sheds light on why some people never fully recover from COVID-19. In research that analyzed blood samples from more than 140 participants, scientists led by Dan […]
Dec 17, 2025
Stopping the next pandemic
Harvard Gazette Disease surveillance network faced ‘existential cliff’ despite proven success. Then came the $100 million. It began with some intriguing scientific discoveries. A team of researchers from the Broad Institute and Harvard began to suspect nearly two decades ago that so-called “emerging diseases” such as Ebola and Lassa virus were not quite what they […]
Dec 17, 2025
Pennsylvania: Avian flu suspected in deaths of hundreds of snow geese at Northampton County quarry
6 Action News Avian influenza is believed to be the cause of death for hundreds of snow geese discovered at a quarry in Northampton County, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Officials are working to safely remove the birds and conduct testing. The U.S. outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza began in January 2022 and […]
Dec 17, 2025