Author: Claudinne Miller
FDA warns of infection risk from certain over-the-counter eye drops
FDA FDA is updating the list of over-the-counter eye drop products consumers should not purchase or use to include Equate Hydration PF Lubricant Eye Drop 10 mL sold by Walmart in stores and online. Walmart is removing the product from their store shelves and website. [10/27/2023] FDA is warning consumers not to purchase and to immediately stop using 26 […]
Oct 31, 2023
Researchers Show SARS-Cov-2 Infection Affects Energy Stores in the Body, Causing Organ Failure
UNC The lungs were once at the forefront of SARS-Cov-2 research, but as reports of organ failure and other serious complications poured in, scientists set out to discover how and why the respiratory virus was causing serious damage to the body’s major organs, including the lungs. An interdisciplinary COVID-19 International Research Team (COV-IRT), which includes […]
Oct 31, 2023
It’s Covid Season. What Are the New Rules for Staying Safe?
NYT A primer on how to minimize your risk and know when you’re in the clear after an exposure. We want to be done with Covid. But the virus isn’t done with us. While cases are not as high as they were at the end of this summer, newer variants are spreading, and experts predict that the patterns often […]
Oct 31, 2023
Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Monitoring Project
SCAR Avian Influenza is a highly contagious viral disease, that comprises the avian strains of the influenza A virus, which comprises both low pathogenicity (little to no disease) and high pathogenicity strains (causes high levels of morbidity and mortality in poultry and wild birds). Since 2021, a highly pathogenicity strain of avian influenza known as […]
Oct 31, 2023
What to Know About the New Covid Variants
New York Times HV.1 has overtaken EG.5 as the leading variant in the U.S. Two closely related variants, EG.5 and HV.1, now comprise roughly half of the Covid-19 cases in the United States. EG.5 became the dominant variant nationwide in August. At that time, the World Health Organization classified it as a “variant of interest,” meaning it […]
Oct 31, 2023
Effectiveness of Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir Against the Development of Post–COVID-19 Conditions Among U.S. Veterans
Annals of Internal Medicine COVID-19 has been linked to the development of many post–COVID-19 conditions (PCCs) after acute infection. Limited information is available on the effectiveness of oral antivirals used to treat acute COVID-19 in preventing the development of PCCs. Eighty-six percent of the participants were male, with a median age of 66 years, and […]
Oct 31, 2023
Matthew Perry Deserved Better Than #DiedSuddenly
Wired IT DIDN’T TAKE long for news of actor Matthew Perry’s death to go public. TMZ broke the story so early that paparazzi had already camped out to photograph the Friends star’s grieving parents as they arrived on the scene. The vulturous routines of the celebrity death news complex are, at this point, predictable. Tabloids compete for 911 […]
Oct 31, 2023
Neurotropic Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Red Foxes, Northern Germany
CDC In a 1-year survey of wild terrestrial predators in northern Germany, we found that 5 of 110 foxes were infected with contemporary avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses, forming a temporal cluster during January‒March 2023. Encephalitis and strong cerebral virus replication but only sporadic mammalian-adaptive viral polymerase basic 2 protein E627K mutations were seen. Since emergence […]
Oct 31, 2023
Three states report more avian flu outbreaks, pushing total past 60 million bird mark
CIDRAP Highly pathogenic avian flu outbreak struck poultry and commercial flocks in three more states, as the number of affected birds since the events began in early 2022 topped the 60 million mark, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said its latest updates. In Alabama, the virus was […]
Oct 31, 2023
Unique Souvenir from Vacation in Kenya
CNN Customs workers at a Minnesota airport discovered a traveler had brought a unique souvenir in her luggage: Giraffe feces. The passenger arrived at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport from Kenya on September 29, according to a news release from US Customs and Border Protection. “The passenger declared giraffe feces and stated she had obtained the […]
Oct 25, 2023
