Author: Claudinne Miller
Delta and Omicron Variants Partially Evaded COVID-19 Vaccines, Study Indicates
University of Florida The original COVID-19 vaccines protected against disease and saved lives. However, a new study published in Nature Immunology, and co-authored by researchers with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, uncovers a caveat. Vaccinated people’s immune responses to newly emerged versions of the virus showed less specificity to these variants. Essential workers and […]
May 28, 2025
Nebraska has first confirmed measles case this year
Nebraska Public Media Nebraska health officials have confirmed the state’s first measles case in almost a decade. The case was reported to the Panhandle Public Health District, which covers 12 counties in the western region of the state, as well as the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. PPHD Health Director Jessica Davies said […]
May 28, 2025
A New Covid Variant Is Rising Fast. Here’s What We Know About NB.1.8.1
Gizmodo A new Omicron offshoot is spreading fast across Australia and Asia, prompting renewed concerns about the covid-19 pandemic. As we enter the colder months in Australia, covid is making headlines again, this time due to the emergence of a new variant: NB.1.8.1. Last week, the World Health Organization designated NB.1.8.1 as a “variant under monitoring”, owing to its […]
May 28, 2025
Cambodia reports 11-year-old boy is country’s fourth bird flu death this year
WFMJ An 11-year-old boy in Cambodia died from bird flu, the country’s fourth victim of four confirmed cases of the infection this year, the Health Ministry announced Wednesday. The ministry issued a statement saying laboratory tests from the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia confirmed the boy, who lived in a village in the western province of Kampong […]
May 28, 2025
The C.D.C. Now Says Healthy Kids Don’t Need Covid Shots. Is That True?
NYT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer advise that healthy children receive routine Covid shots, a significant departure from its previous approach of suggesting annual shots for everyone age 6 months and older. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the change on X on Tuesday, citing a lack of data to support shots for […]
May 28, 2025
Can we stop killer fungi?
BBC Fungal diseases are becoming more common, more dangerous, and more difficult to treat. There’s concern that they may cause the next global pandemic. Rising global temperatures, better survival rates for vulnerable patients, and increased medical interventions contribute to the rise in fungal infections. Access to effective diagnostics and treatment remains limited, with significant disparities […]
May 28, 2025
COVID variant NB.1.8.1 hits U.S. What to know about symptoms, new booster vaccine restrictions
CBS News Cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, linked to a large surge in China, have been detected in multiple locations across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The earliest cases in the U.S. date back to late March and early April, and were detected through a screening program at airports […]
May 28, 2025
Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier
AP Texas this year has been the center of the nation’s largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, as a mostly eradicated disease has sickened more than 700 in the state, sent dozens to hospitals and led to the death of two children who were unvaccinated. But even as the outbreak slows, a bill approved by state lawmakers […]
May 28, 2025
Brazil finds bird flu in wild bird, investigates potential case on commercial farm
Reuters Brazil identified fresh bird flu cases in wild animals, which it said should not have any commercial impact, and is investigating a new potential case on a commercial farm, Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro said on Tuesday. Brazil, the world’s largest chicken exporter, earlier this month identified a bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm […]
May 27, 2025
Bird Flu: The Next Pandemic?
Science Vs Podcast Bird flu has been in the headlines for ages, with scientists warning that we could be headed for a pandemic. But we’ve been hearing about this H5N1 virus for so long that it’s kind of starting to feel like the boy who cried wolf. So — what’s really going on with H5N1 […]
May 27, 2025