Author: Claudinne Miller
What to Know About Covid Right Now
NYT Experts expect cases to rise again this winter. Here’s the latest on symptoms, treatments and testing. There are few constants when it comes to Covid, but one thing has held true over the years: Cases climb in the winter. In the weeks after the holidays, especially, more people tend to get sick, as we […]
Jan 28, 2025
Flu Season Is in Full Swing. When Do You Need Tamiflu?
NYT With cases of the flu on the rise, we asked experts what you need to know about an antiviral medication that can ease symptoms. The flu is raging across the United States — and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expect cases will remain high over the next few weeks. “It’s out of control,” said […]
Jan 28, 2025
US reports first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry
Reuters The United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry on a duck farm in California, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday. U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California, they said in a report to Paris-based […]
Jan 28, 2025
‘A Dangerous Virus’: Bird Flu Enters a New Phase
NYT A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected. When bird flu first struck dairy cattle a year ago, it seemed possible that it might affect a few isolated herds and disappear as quickly as it had appeared. Instead, […]
Jan 28, 2025
COVID, Flu, and RSV: Which Virus Has the Worst Outcomes?
MedPageToday COVID-19 still worse, but differences narrowed in 2023-2024 season compared with prior yearSARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with more severe disease outcomes than influenza or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) during the 2022-2023 respiratory illness season, while differences were less striking during the 2023-2024 season, according to a retrospective cohort study of veterans. The 30-day risk […]
Jan 28, 2025
Vaccine misinformation: a lasting side effect from Covid
AFP A fringe anti-vaccine movement took advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to bring conspiracy theories to a much wider audience, propelling dangerous misinformation about life-saving jabs that still endures five years later, experts warn. Vaccine scepticism was around long before Covid but the pandemic “served as an accelerant, helping to turn a niche movement into […]
Jan 22, 2025
New case of more spreadable mpox detected
BBC A new case of Clade Ib mpox has been detected in East Sussex, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. First detected in central Africa, this variant of the virus appears to transmit more easily between people. Symptoms include pus-filled lesions, fever, headaches and low energy. The individual is now under specialist care at Guy’s […]
Jan 22, 2025
Texas A&M, University of Minnesota receive $3.8M for Mpox treatment research
KRHD TX Researchers from Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the University of Minnesota have received a $3.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop antiviral treatments for mpox, formerly known as monkeypox. The disease, which causes rashes and blisters, remains a significant public health concern in […]
Jan 22, 2025
Covering an Mpox Outbreak in Congo: Mile After Mile of Muck
NYT A reporter made a long journey, much of it spent fighting through mud on a motorbike, to reach the epicenter of a viral outbreak in Africa. Last July, I read an article in a medical journal about a puzzling new strain of the mpox virus that had turned up in Kamituga, a scrappy mining […]
Jan 22, 2025
Farmers and Doctors
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Jan 22, 2025