Author: Claudinne Miller
Bats Shrug Off Viruses and Rarely Get Cancer. We’re Trying to Learn From Them.
WSJ To many people, bats are a terrifying menace, vampirish carriers of dangerous viruses—including, likely, an ancestor to Covid-19. But to researchers and biotech investors, they are a miracle mammal that could help prevent pandemics and reveal blockbuster treatments for deadly human diseases or to slow aging. Bats are infected with viruses that kill humans but don’t usually […]
Apr 4, 2023
Saliva antibody-fingerprint of reactivated latent viruses after mild/asymptomatic COVID-19 is unique in patients with myalgic-encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Frontiers in Immunology Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic disease considered to be triggered by viral infections in a majority of cases. Symptoms overlap largely with those of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19/long-COVID implying common pathogenetic mechanisms. SARS-CoV-2 infection is risk factor for sustained latent virus reactivation that may account for the symptoms of […]
Apr 4, 2023
Long COVID Is Making Some People Choose Not to Have Kids
Time For a long time, Tessa thought about freezing her eggs once she turned 30, so she and her partner could have a child when they felt ready. But her 30th birthday came and went in March, and she’s made no moves to act on her plan. Tessa, who lives in Massachusetts and asked to be identified […]
Apr 4, 2023
Domestic dog tests positive for avian influenza in Canada
Canadadian Food Inspection Agency Today, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Public Health Agency of Canada issued the following joint statement: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, confirmed on April 1, 2023, that a domestic dog in Oshawa, Ontario has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). […]
Apr 4, 2023
COVID isn’t just infecting you—it could be reactivating viruses that have been dormant in your body for years
Fortune COVID can cause reservoirs of some viruses you’ve previously battled to reactivate, potentially leading to symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome—a condition that resembles long COVID, a recent study found. You had COVID a few months ago and recovered—but things still aren’t quite right. When you stand up, you feel dizzy, and your heart races. […]
Apr 4, 2023
FDA authorizes Gohibic (vilobelimab) injection for the treatment of COVID-19
FDA FDA has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of Gohibic (vilobelimab) injection for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults when initiated within 48 hours of receiving invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (artificial life support). The treatment targets a part of the immune system that is thought to play […]
Apr 4, 2023
Response against the Deadly Marburg Virus Disease in Tanzania: Amref Health Africa’s Support
Relief Web For the first time in the history of the United Republic of Tanzania, an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) was reported by the Ministry of Health on 21 March 2023. The Ministry declared the outbreak in Bukoba District, Kagera region, North Western Tanzania. The Kagera region borders Uganda to the north, Rwanda […]
Apr 4, 2023
What’s at Stake as the US Ends Covid Emergency Measures
Bloomberg The US has started unwinding its Covid-19 crisis measures that have expanded access to health care for millions of people since the beginning of the outbreak in the country in 2020. President Joe Biden is imminently expected to sign a bill passed by Congress that will conclude the country’s national emergency. The White House on May […]
Apr 4, 2023
In the War on Bacteria, It’s Time to Call in the Phages
Wired ELLA BALASA WAS 26 when she realized the routine medical treatments that sustained her were no longer working. The slender lab assistant had lived since childhood with the side effects of cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that turns mucus in the lungs and other organs into a thick, sticky goo that gives pathogens a place […]
Apr 4, 2023