Author: Claudinne Miller
Animal health body urges bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic
KSL Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health said. The severity of the current outbreak of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, and […]
May 22, 2023
Verified: COVID-19 Infection Increases Diabetes Risk
Cedars Sinai Results Also Suggest the Diabetes Risk Persists Across COVID-19 Variants, and That Upfront Vaccination May Help to Reduce Risk of Post-Infection Diabetes Investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have confirmed that people who have had COVID-19 have an increased risk for new-onset diabetes—the most significant contributor to cardiovascular disease. “Our results validate early […]
May 17, 2023
Congo: a positive Ebola recorded in the Butembo health zone
Local News A positive case of Covid-19 was listed on the 4 samples tested from the Butembo health zone in North Kivu. This revelation was made on Monday, May 8, 2023 by the communicator of the provincial health division of Butembo, Dps-Butembo, Damulo Luhavo, during a press briefing he hosted at the permanence of this […]
May 16, 2023
Uganda: Fatal Rift Valley Fever
Monitor A 42-year-old man has died after presenting signs of Rift Valley Fever in Bushenyi District in western Uganda, health officials said Tuesday. Mr John Muramira Kein, a resident of Kyaruhijika village in Rwijangye Parish, Kyabugimbi Sub County died at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital on Sunday. Rift Valley Fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever […]
May 16, 2023
How Concerned Should We Be About Bird Flu? Big Take Podcast
Bloomberg Podcast Cases of avian flu in birds have hit record levels globally—but so far, there’s no evidence of human-to-human transmission. Bloomberg reporters Suzi Ring and Michelle Fay Cortez discuss how scientists are tracking the virus after lessons learned from Covid-19. Then, the World Health Organization’s Dr. Richard Webby talks about how communities can respond to and prevent bird […]
May 16, 2023
Long COVID: The Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the Mucous Membranes May Be A Factor
Inserm.FR Several months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, some patients still have symptoms: a phenomenon commonly referred to as “long COVID”. In new research, teams from Inserm and Université Paris Cité[1], in collaboration with the University of Minho in Braga (Portugal), have shown that this could be explained biologically by abnormalities of the immune system associated […]
May 16, 2023
COVID-19 could put us at a greater risk of neurodegenerative diseases and stroke
Science Focus Analysis of nearly one million Danish health records has found patients who tested positive for COVID-19 were subsequently more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and stroke. COVID-19 could be linked to an increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, a study carried out at […]
May 16, 2023
Profiling post-COVID-19 condition across different variants of SARS-CoV-2: a prospective longitudinal study in unvaccinated wild-type, unvaccinated alpha-variant, and vaccinated delta-variant populations
The Lancet Self-reported symptom studies rapidly increased understanding of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic and enabled monitoring of long-term effects of COVID-19 outside hospital settings. Post-COVID-19 condition presents as heterogeneous profiles, which need characterisation to enable personalised patient care. We aimed to describe post-COVID-19 condition profiles by viral variant and vaccination status. In this prospective […]
May 16, 2023
Families of Those Lost to Covid Wrestle With Mixed Emotions as Emergency Ends
NYT More than 1.1 million Americans have died of Covid. An official end to the health emergency has landed in complicated ways for those affected most acutely. Shannon Cummings, 53, has tried to push forward after her husband, Larry, a college professor, died of Covid-19 in March 2020. She flew from her home in Michigan to Southern […]
May 16, 2023