Author: Claudinne Miller
Marburg Virus Disease Outbreaks inEquatorial Guinea and Tanzania
CDC SummaryThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) HealthAdvisory to inform clinicians and public health departments in the United States about two confirmedoutbreaks of Marburg virus disease (MVD)—one in Equatorial Guinea and one in Tanzania. Currently,there is no evidence to suggest that these two outbreaks are related; […]
Apr 6, 2023
Avian flu is devastating seabird colonies across North Atlantic ocean
CBC Seabird scientist Bill Montevecchi explains how avian flu made its way to Newfoundland and what can be done. Where did avian flu come from? Avian Influenza (HPAI H5Nx) variants were first detected in 1996 among domestic fowl in Asia. The influenza then radiated in poultry through Russia to Europe, Africa, and North America. Since 2005, […]
Apr 4, 2023
Nevada leads in superbug fungus infections
Nevada Local News Federal public health officials have identified southern Nevada as the place in the U.S. with the highest number of cases of a potentially lethal fungus that is resistant to common antibiotics and can be a major risk for hospital and nursing home patients. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked and […]
Apr 4, 2023
Duke-NUS’ influenza expert assesses how worried we should be about H5N1
Duke The current outbreak of a highly contagious strain of H5N1 avian influenza has been called the worst in history. By January 2023, poultry farmers in the US had slaughtered almost 60 million birds infected or at risk of being infected with H5N1, with a similar number being culled in Europe while in Japan, farmers set […]
Apr 4, 2023
Pfizer, Moderna and more look to combine COVID and flu vaccine markets
Fierce Pharma When Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna swooped in to save the day with pandemic mRNA vaccines, few people—if any—were thinking about the long-term structure of the COVID-19 vaccine market. Now, as vaccination rates decline and government contracts dry up, that future is becoming clearer. While COVID-19 took a back seat to other topics during […]
Apr 4, 2023
1.5 Million People in Japan Are Living as ‘Recluses’ After Covid
Bloomberg About 1.5 million people of working age in Japan are estimated to be living as recluses, with some 20% citing the Covid pandemic for their withdrawal, a government survey showed. Hikikomori, as they are called in Japanese, are defined as those who rarely leave their room or house, and only to shop at a […]
Apr 4, 2023
Covid-19 Surveillance Testing and Resident Outcomes in Nursing Homes
NEJM Despite widespread adoption of surveillance testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) among staff members in skilled nursing facilities, evidence is limited regarding its relationship with outcomes among facility residents. METHODS Using data obtained from 2020 to 2022, we performed a retrospective cohort study of testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among […]
Apr 4, 2023
Less COVID testing of nursing home staff linked with higher resident death rates
Harvard School of Public Health Related Study in NEJM Nursing homes in the U.S. that conducted more COVID-19 testing of their staff early in the pandemic experienced fewer COVID cases and deaths among residents, according to a study co-authored by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Michael Barnett. The study was published March 23 in the New England Journal […]
Apr 4, 2023
Understanding neurological complications of COVID-19
NIH Although SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was initially identified as a respiratory virus, its effects on the nervous system have been profound. There were reports in the initial phases of the pandemic that the virus was contributing to large, severe strokes in individuals, including younger people typically at lower risk for such events. […]
Apr 4, 2023
Concerns about exercise as a treatment for long COVID
Nature Advocates say an NIH trial of exercise for long COVID could harm participants. Plus, split-site doctorates boost African research and hibernating dormice glow under ultraviolet light. Patients and patient advocates are calling on the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to reconsider its decision to include exercise trials in its RECOVER initiative, which aims […]
Apr 4, 2023
