Author: Claudinne Miller
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
Infected Immune Cells In Brain Could Be Causing Long COVID Symptoms
Medical Daily Scientists may have finally found an explanation for what has been causing neurological symptoms in long COVID patients. A research team at Tokyo’s Keio University conducted a study on how SARS-CoV-2 infects the microglia and not the neurons in the brain using 2D and 3D cultures. The former refers to the resident immune […]
Apr 4, 2023
Wild Iguana Steals Little Girl’s Cake, Gives Her Rare Bacterial Infection
Gizmodo The toddler is thought to be the first known case of Mycobacterium marinum caught from an iguana bite. A 3-year-old girl’s holiday in Costa Rica was ruined by an iguana in more ways than one. The scaly reptile stole her cake, but not before biting her hand and transmitting a rare bacterial infection that endured for […]
Apr 4, 2023
