Author: Claudinne Miller
COVID-related loss of smell tied to changes in the brain
CIDRAP A new study of 73 adults recovering from COVID-19 finds that those who lost their sense of smell showed behavioral, functional, and structural brain changes. Researchers in Chile conducted cognitive screening, performance on a decision-making task, functional testing, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results with 73 patients after mild to moderate COVID-19 infection and 27 COVID-naïve […]
Aug 20, 2024
How the World Sleepwalked Into the Global Mpox Emergency
Bloomberg A mutated form of mpox has been circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo for months. Now the response to what has become a global health emergency faces a key obstacle: The country still doesn’t have a single vaccine. The absence of shots and challenges in understanding the spread of the disease in the […]
Aug 20, 2024
The untold story of how Nigeria’s mpox outbreak sparked a worldwide epidemic
Science Mpox circulated in Nigeria for 8 years before it sparked a global outbreak. What happened? And could it have been stopped? n 1 May 2017, a 35-year-old man with lesions all over his body came to the university hospital in Port Harcourt, an oil industry hub and the capital of Rivers state in southern Nigeria. […]
Aug 20, 2024
What to Know About Mpox
NYT The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over an outbreak that has spread to more than a dozen African countries. Mpox was declared a global health emergency on Wednesday for the second time in three years, as the World Health Organization urged action on a virus spreading rapidly through more than a dozen African […]
Aug 20, 2024
Mpox Case in Sweden Sets Off Concerns of Wider Spread in Europe
NYT Experts expect more cases to surface in European countries because of frequent travel to and from Africa, with the threat of contracting the disease raised from “very low” to “low.” The announcement that a new version of mpox had been discovered in Sweden this week was the first indication that the disease had slipped […]
Aug 20, 2024
Key Avian Influenza Enzyme Mutates Enabling Virus Replication in Mammals
Technology Networks Immunology and Microbiology A new publication sheds light on how a key avian influenza virus enzyme can mutate to allow the virus to replicate in mammals. In recent years, public health measures, surveillance, and vaccination have helped bring about significant progress in reducing the impact of seasonal flu epidemics, caused by human influenza […]
Aug 20, 2024
Philippines Reports First Mpox Case Since W.H.O. Declared Global Emergency
NYT It was not clear if the patient had contracted the new, potentially more deadly strain of the disease, which first appeared outside of Africa in Sweden last week. The Philippines reported its first case this year of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, on Monday, just days after the World Health Organization declared the disease […]
Aug 20, 2024
Mpox is a global health emergency. Will it cause a lockdown like COVID? Experts say no
NBC News Mpox has been declared a global health emergency by WHO. What does this mean and where is it spreading? Experts discuss mpox outbreaks, symptoms, and risk. Mpox is now considered a global health emergency as cases surge in Central Africa and a new subtype of the virus, which causes severe illness, spreads to […]
Aug 20, 2024
Mpox Declared Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Now What?
Harvard Medical Making sense of the latest developments with HMS infectious disease specialist Daniel Kuritzkes. On Aug. 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the latest mpox outbreak in Africa a public health emergency of international concern. While the virus is not new, its behavior warrants vigilance and raises critical questions about infectivity, transmissibility, and the optimal […]
Aug 20, 2024
CDC warns clinicians about Oropouche virus disease that has turned deadly
Washington Post The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning clinicians to be on the lookout for a viral disease that is spread by small flies and some types of mosquitoes and that causes sudden fever, severe headaches and chills. Cases of Oropouche virus disease have been climbing in South America and the Caribbean […]
Aug 20, 2024