Author: Claudinne Miller
White House launching $5 billion program to speed coronavirus vaccines
Washington Post ‘Project Next Gen’ would succeed ‘Operation Warp Speed’ with a mission to develop next-generation vaccines and therapies. The Biden administration is launching a $5 billion-plus program to accelerate development of new coronavirus vaccines and treatments, seeking to better protect against a still-mutating virus, as well as other coronaviruses that might threaten us in the future. […]
Apr 11, 2023
At Least 3 California Condors Die From Bird Flu in Arizona
NYT Exposure to the virus is expected to rise as condors, an endangered species, migrate north in the spring, the National Park Service said. At least three California condors in northern Arizona have died since last month from bird flu, which could spread and pose yet another threat to the endangered species, the National Park Service […]
Apr 11, 2023
Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality of Pregnant Patients With COVID-19 Infection During the Early Pandemic Period in the US
JAMA From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March, 2020, through mid-February 2023, nearly 103 million cases and 1.1 million deaths were reported in the United States.1 Increasing evidence suggests that pregnant patients with COVID-19 infection are at high risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes.2–4 Several studies have examined outcomes before and during the pandemic periods.2–4 National-level […]
Apr 11, 2023
Yes, COVID Is Still Deadlier Than the Flu
MedPageToday VA study finds 61% higher mortality rate in hospitalized cases this past winter. Hospitalizations from COVID-19 during the most recent flu season remained significantly more deadly than those resulting from influenza, but the gap appears to have narrowed substantially since earlier in the pandemic, according to findings from Veterans Affairs’ (VA) databases. Examining over […]
Apr 11, 2023
Greater traditionalism predicts COVID-19 precautionary behaviors across 27 societies
Nature People vary both in their embrace of their society’s traditions, and in their perception of hazards as salient and necessitating a response. Over evolutionary time, traditions have offered avenues for addressing hazards, plausibly resulting in linkages between orientations toward tradition and orientations toward danger. Emerging research documents connections between traditionalism and threat responsivity, including […]
Apr 11, 2023
United States: COVID national emergency ends after Congress acts
AP The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan congressional resolution to bring it to a close after three years — weeks before it was set to expire alongside a separate public health emergency. The national emergency allowed the government to take sweeping steps to respond […]
Apr 11, 2023
COVID caused brain damage in 2 infants infected during pregnancy -US study
Reuters Researchers at the University of Miami reported on Thursday what they believe are the first two confirmed cases in which the SARS-CoV-2 virus crossed a mother’s placenta and caused brain damage in the infants they were carrying. (Related paper in Pediatrics from University of Miami) Doctors previously had suspected this was possible, but until […]
Apr 7, 2023
A comprehensive analysis of gene expression profiling data in COVID-19 patients for discovery of specific and differential blood biomarker signatures
Nature COVID-19 is a newly recognized illness with a predominantly respiratory presentation. Although initial analyses have identified groups of candidate gene biomarkers for the diagnosis of COVID-19, they have yet to identify clinically applicable biomarkers, so we need disease-specific diagnostic biomarkers in biofluid and differential diagnosis in comparison with other infectious diseases. This can further […]
Apr 6, 2023
A new flu is spilling over from cows to people in the U.S. How worried should we be?
NPR In 2011, a farmer in Oklahoma had a bunch of sick pigs. The animals had what looked like the flu. “Just like a person with respiratory disease, the pigs had labored breathing, maybe a runny nose, cough and potentially a fever,” says virologist Benjamin Hause. At the time, Hause was working at the company […]
Apr 6, 2023
FROM BAD TO WORSE
Science The victims are varied, from thousands of sea lions off the coast of Peru to mink farmed for fur in Spain to grizzly bears in Montana and harbor seals in Maine. For months, the avian influenza virus that has been decimating birds across the world has also sickened and killed a menagerie of mammals, raising fears […]
Apr 6, 2023
