Author: Claudinne Miller
BBC Podcast: The Hunt for COVID’s Origins
Introduction: Fever: The Hunt for COVID Origins Episode 1: Batshit Episode 2: A Question of Trust Episode 3: Uncertainty and Trump US President Donald Trump wades into the Covid origins debate. It’s April 2020 and at the podium of the White House’s press room, Donald Trump makes a geopolitically incendiary claim: he has a high […]
Jun 14, 2023
In pandemic’s wake, only 57% of doctors would choose medicine again
AMA Early in the pandemic, physician experiences were largely influenced by geography, specialty and personal COVID-19 experiences. But a year into the pandemic, the environment was different because physicians were facing staffing shortages, anti-science aggression, incivility and new dimensions of moral distress. All of this may have had an impact on professional fulfillment, which can […]
Jun 14, 2023
More than 50% of COVID-19 deaths could have been prevented with better global vaccine distribution, says study
Medical Express Better access to vaccines could have prevented more than 50% of COVID-19 deaths in 20 lower income countries, according to a new paper in Nature Communications co-authored by Northeastern professor Alessandro Vespignani. The estimation that “thousands and thousands” of lives were lost to vaccine inequity was a “punch in the stomach,” says Vespignani, director of […]
Jun 14, 2023
I Studied Five Countries’ Health Care Systems. We Need to Get More Creative With Ours.
NYT Opinion Although we just experienced a pandemic in which over one million Americans died, health care reform doesn’t seem to be a top political issue in the United States right now. That’s a mistake. The American health care system is broken. We are one of the few developed countries that does not have universal coverage. We […]
Jun 14, 2023
More than 11,000 animals have died from bird flu in Chile
cooperativa The authorities corroborated the death of 9,853 sea lions, 1,555 Humboldt penguins, 27 chungungos, 21 spiny porpoises, 14 Chilean dolphins and one mane. Senapesca made a balance this Monday on the advance of bird flu in Chile, detailing that a total of 11,471 specimens have died as a result of this influenza. Of this universe, the […]
Jun 14, 2023
Some Who Lost Sense Of Smell From Covid May Never Get It Fully Back
Boston Globe Millions of Americans stricken with COVID-19 in 2021 may not have fully recovered their senses of smell and taste after contracting the virus, according to a study from researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear. The study, published recently in The Laryngoscope, a peer-reviewed medical journal, culled data from the CDC’s National Health Interview […]
Jun 14, 2023
Malaria Parasite Found in Medici Organ
Archeology.org Evidence of the parasite that causes a virulent type of malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) has been detected in a 500-year-old organ stored in a terracotta jar bearing the Medici family crest by researchers led by Albert Zink of Italy’s Institute for Mummy Studies, according to a Live Science report. Zink and his colleagues were working to match […]
Jun 14, 2023
Farm update
The sheep have finally arrived to our farm! Let me introduce you to the new crew… These are Southdown Babydoll sheep, they grow to be about 24″ tall and perfect for mowing the lawn in our vineyard. Right now they are enjoying the fresh greens in our pasture, and getting used to the new surroundings. […]
Jun 14, 2023
Designing a SARS-CoV-2 decoy
NIH Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, monoclonal antibodies played an important role in treating some people with severe disease. A combination of antibodies was also approved as a prevention strategy for people with certain immune system problems. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to mutate, the spike protein it uses to enter human cells has changed […]
Jun 14, 2023
Marburg Virus Outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania Declared Over
Homeland Security Today In response to a request from the GREG, CDC deployed staff with expertise in viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) and laboratorians to set up a mobile lab. On February 13, 2023, the Government of Equatorial Guinea (GREG) declared a Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak, the country’s first outbreak of the disease. Cases were […]
Jun 14, 2023
