Author: Claudinne Miller
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – United Arab Emirates
WHO On 10 July 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), notified WHO of a case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a 28-year-old male from Al Ain city in Abu Dhabi. The case had no history of direct or indirect contact with dromedaries, goats, or sheep. The patient was admitted to the hospital […]
Jul 25, 2023
Brazil’s Parana declares animal health emergency due to bird flu cases in wild birds
Reuters The Brazilian state of Parana, the country’s biggest poultry producer, said on Tuesday it has declared an animal health emergency due to the detection of avian flu cases in wild birds. The move comes after the country’s agriculture ministry directed the states to take such a measure, Parana’s government said in a statement. It […]
Jul 25, 2023
Long COVID Persists as a Mass Disabling Event
MedPageToday The latest CDC data on long COVID in U.S. adults and an alarming World Health Organization (WHO) statement about its long-term impact underscore the pandemic’s lingering and debilitating effects. Like the satirical film “Don’t Look Up,” in which scientists couldn’t focus media or politicians on the climate crisis, most Americans are content to avert their eyes […]
Jul 25, 2023
Man tests positive for MERS in Abu Dhabi near Oman border
Reuters A 28-year-old man has tested positive for the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a city in Abu Dhabi on the border with Oman, the World Health Organization said on Monday. The man in the city of Al Ain was admitted to hospital last month, the WHO said in a statement. […]
Jul 25, 2023
Snail Racing World Championships make post-pandemic return
A snail racing event making its return this weekend in England has been awarded a Guinness World Record as the longest running humane snail-racing world championships. The Snail Racing World Championships in Congham, England, are returning Saturday after being suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was founded by Tom Elwes in the 1960s after he […]
Jul 18, 2023
Why the Remote-Work Debate Stays So Heated
The Atlantic The conversation often foregrounds large-scale issues such as productivity and company culture, but the question of where an employee works is intensely personal. Better Together? In the summer of 2021, I started going back to the office. It was not the allure of watercooler chatter or the promise of juiced-up productivity that pulled […]
Jul 18, 2023
Scent dogs can detect COVID-19 more rapidly and accurately than current tests
Eureka Alert Scent dogs may represent a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect COVID-19, and could be a key tool in future pandemics, a new review of recent research suggests. The review, published in De Gruyter’s Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, found that scent dogs are as effective, or even more effective, than conventional COVID-19 tests such as […]
Jul 18, 2023
Long COVID—unravelling a complex condition
The Lancet Long COVID is an overarching term that was originally coined by patients and is widely used to describe ongoing symptoms after the acute phase of COVID-19, including both short-term symptoms (4–12 weeks) and longer-term sequelae (beyond 12 weeks). The term post-COVID-19 condition, developed by WHO, describes the continuation or development of new symptoms […]
Jul 18, 2023
The Challenges of Defining, Understanding, and Addressing Long COVID
Pfizer Years have passed since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. And though some immunity (acquired by vaccination or through a combination of vaccination and prior infection) allows people to reincorporate some of the lifestyle and activities that they used to enjoy, the virus continues to significantly impact patients, health systems, and economies around the […]
Jul 18, 2023
After a historic downturn due to the pandemic, childhood immunizations are improving
NPR Fewer children around the world missed receiving routine vaccinations in 2022 compared to the year before, indicating a rebound in childhood immunizations following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new statistics released by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. Last year, 20.5 million children did not get one or more rounds of the DTaP (diphtheria, […]
Jul 18, 2023