Author: Claudinne Miller
Long-term cardiovascular complications in COVID-19 survivors according to disease severity
Nature Post-sepsis syndrome is a major concern affecting sepsis survivors. COVID-19 increases the risk of long-term complications, but existing data lack detail on patient-specific factors and long-term cardiovascular complications, namely major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Our objective was to analyze and compare the MACE occurrence, among COVID-19 survivors, according to the severity of infection. Adults […]
Oct 29, 2025
When Covid-19 took hold, cruise ship operators struggled to stay afloat. One option was to scrap older vessels – giving one photographer a unique perspective.
BBC As Covid-19 spread at the start of 2020, the modern, globalized economy began to shudder to a halt. Shops shut their doors. Factory production lines grew silent. The world’s vast armada of airliners stayed stationary in quiet airports – at least for the most part. And the cruise ship industry started to close down operations to avoid spreading […]
Oct 29, 2025
Covid 2020: Where cruise ships went to die
BBC When Covid-19 took hold, cruise ship operators struggled to stay afloat. One option was to scrap older vessels – giving one photographer a unique perspective. As Covid-19 spread at the start of 2020, the modern, globalised economy began to shudder to a halt. Shops shut their doors. Factory production lines grew silent. The world’s […]
Oct 29, 2025
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
NYT A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease. A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed. The risk of a heart attack triples within the first few weeks after […]
Oct 29, 2025
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent
NYT A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s return. Qurraisha Mukhtar’s two youngest children fell sick in early September, with a fever, cough and short gasping breaths. Their throats turned white, their necks swelled. She asked a healer in the neighborhood for […]
Oct 29, 2025
Behind the Dismantling of the C.D.C.: Reform or ‘Humiliation’?
NYT The agency has lost a third of its work force this year. The Trump administration maintains that the losses are necessary, but critics say that there is no real plan, only animosity. Months before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became health secretary, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began preparing for his […]
Oct 29, 2025
What to know about the ‘Frankenstein’ variant of COVID-19
Euronews The currently dominant COVID-19 variant in Germany has been referred to as the ‘Frankenstein’ variant. Here’s why. As is the case every year, new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 are circulating in Europe. In Germany, the variant XFG is now dominant. It is often referred to in the media as the “Frankenstein […]
Oct 29, 2025
Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next.
NBC News Neither country has been able to stop continuous spread of the highly contagious virus within the past year. Canada is on track to lose its measles elimination status as an outbreak that began a year ago continues to spread. The United States could follow in the coming months. The Canadian outbreak began in […]
Oct 29, 2025
Why honey bees overthrow their queen
Phys.org It sounds like the plot of a medieval historical drama: A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such high-stakes coups aren’t just fantasy—they’re a common occurrence that comes with both risk and reward for bee colonies and the food systems that depend on […]
Oct 29, 2025
Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
NPR When there’s an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That’s standard practice, public health and infectious disease experts told NPR and KFF Health News. The goal is to keep as many other vulnerable people as possible from […]
Oct 29, 2025