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Hong Kong biotech firm races to develop chikungunya fever test for early detection
South China Morning Post Phase Scientific’s CEO says his team is working on rapid test that can yield results in 10 to 15 minutes by finger pricking. Hong Kong researchers are developing a rapid test for chikungunya fever that they hope will detect the mosquito-borne disease at an earlier stage, as part of the city’s […]
Aug 13, 2025
Kennedy’s case against mRNA vaccines collapses under his own evidence
STAT RFK Jr.’s ‘evidence’ doesn’t support ending the research — it makes the case for expanding it. When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. terminated $500 million in federal funding for mRNA vaccine research last week, claiming he had “reviewed the science,” his press release linked to a 181-page document as justification. I reviewed Kennedy’s “evidence.” […]
Aug 13, 2025
mRNA technology could hold hope for fighting cancer, but future is in doubt under RFK Jr.
CBS News If you think last week’s decision by the federal government to halt 0 million in funding for vaccine development projects that use mRNA technology will only affect COVID vaccines, think again. These types of vaccines use messenger RNA, or mRNA, to prompt the body to make proteins that induce an antibody response to protect against a pathogen. […]
Aug 13, 2025
Cambodia reports 14th human H5N1 bird flu infection in 2025
BNO News Cambodia has confirmed a new human case of H5N1 avian influenza in a 26-year-old man who is currently receiving intensive medical treatment, according to health officials. It is the country’s 14th confirmed human case of H5N1 this year. The man, from Kravan village in Siem Reap Province, tested positive for the virus on […]
Jul 30, 2025
Top White House pandemic preparedness official resigns, officials say, in sign of broader disarray
STAT When reports circulated in February that the White House had selected biosecurity expert Gerald Parker as the head of its Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, there was palpable relief among infectious disease experts. As former commander of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, his reported appointment seemed to speak to both the […]
Jul 30, 2025
Remembering David Nabarro: ‘a great champion of global health and health equity’
NPR Sir David Nunes Nabarro, a physician, international public health advocate and one of the early experts helping with the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, died on Friday at age 75. “David was a great champion of global health and health equity, and a wise, generous mentor to countless individuals,” WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus […]
Jul 30, 2025
Cambodia reports 13th human case of H5N1 bird flu this year
BNO Cambodia has confirmed a new human case of H5N1 bird flu in a 6-year-old boy who is currently in intensive care, according to health officials. It is the country’s 13th confirmed human case in 2025. The child, from Bos Russey village in Tbong Khmum province, tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza on Monday. He […]
Jul 23, 2025
Kennedy Rescinds Endorsements for Some Flu Vaccines
NYT Federal guidelines no longer recommend flu vaccines containing a preservative, used in a small percentage of vaccines, that has been falsely linked to autism. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday formally rescinded federal recommendations for all flu vaccines containing thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative that the anti-vaccine movement has falsely linked to autism. […]
Jul 23, 2025
Patient dies of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina, hospital confirms
CBS News A patient in a South Carolina children’s hospital has died of a brain-eating amoeba, according to the facility. In a news briefing Tuesday, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Midlands confirmed the patient died of primary amebic meningoencephalitis, also known as PAM, a rare but often fatal brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri organism. The hospital […]
Jul 23, 2025
Man Catches Plague From His Cat
MedPageToday Case occurred outside the typical season, suggesting the influence of a changing climate. In a rare, off-season occurrence, a man in Oregon contracted plague from his infected cat, researchers reported. The case occurred in January 2024, earlier in the year than all of the other 18 cases of plague reported in Oregon in the […]
Jul 23, 2025