HIV Prevention: New Injection Could Boost the Fight, But Some Hurdles Remain
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 30, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs #HIV/Aids Source Type: news
People Living With HIV Are a Model Population for Vaccination People Living With HIV Are a Model Population for Vaccination
People living with HIV were more likely to seek vaccine information from reputable sources and be compliant with recommendations, a new survey reveals.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - November 23, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Small victories: South Africa is struggling to improve kids ’ health decades after apartheid’s demise
KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA—
By her country’s standards at the time, there was nothing too unusual about how Nosipho Mshengu arrived in the world. She was born on the side of the road on 20 September 1993, as her mother tried to get from Mafakatini, a rural village in South Africa where there was then no health facility, to a Roman Catholic clinic an hour away. The bus she awaited was nowhere in sight when time ran out, and Mshengu made her entry then and there.
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
A little more than 14 years later, Mshengu was pregnant herself. Her labor story...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 22, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
FDA Oversight of Clinical Trials Described as ‘ Grossly Inadequate ’
Article describes inadequate oversight relating to development of COVID - 19 vaccines and predating the pandemic (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - November 17, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Nursing, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Source Type: news
The Latest COVID-19 Variants Can Evade Vaccine Protection, According to New Data
New lab data suggest that vaccines and prior infections may not offer enough protection against several new COVID-19 variants cropping up in the U.S. and around the world.
Dr. David Ho, director of Columbia University’s Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, and his team reported the results from a set of studies published in the journal Nature. They showed how well some of the latest variants—BQ.1, BQ.1.1, XBB, and XBB.1, which were all derived from Omicron—are evading both vaccine-derived and infection-derived immunity.
These new variants all have mutations in the region that binds to cells and infects the...
Source: TIME: Health - November 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
South Sudan's Health Workforce Is Better Equipped than Ever, Thanks to Investments in Strategic Information
November 03, 2022
Juba, South SudanFor ten years, IntraHealth International’sStrengthening National Capacity for Integrated HIV/AIDS Health Data Collection, Use, and Dissemination in Support of Evidence Based Response project in South Sudan has helped transform the Ministry of Health’s data, policies, surveillance, reporting, and strategic plans. The results: a better-equipped health workforce and stronger health systems for South Sudan.IntraHealth has been working in South Sudan since 2006 and began to focus on strategic information in 2012 with theStrengthening Systems, Capacity& Data Collection with a ...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: South Sudan Strengthening Systems, Capacity & Data Collection with a Focus on Strategic Information in South Sudan HIV AIDS COVID-19 Digital Health Health workforce development Global health security Management and Performance Health Source Type: news
A New Lab-Made COVID-19 Virus Puts Gain-of-Function Research Under the Microscope
On October 14, a team of scientists at Boston University released a pre-print study reporting that they had created a version of SARS-CoV-2 combining two features of different, existing strains that boosted its virulence and transmissibility. Scientists and the public raised questions about the work, which refocused attention on such experiments, and prompted the U.S. government to investigate whether the research followed protocols for these kinds of studies.
The concerns surround what is known as gain-of-function studies, in which viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens are created in the lab—either intentionally or ...
Source: TIME: Science - October 27, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Flu, COVID - 19 Vaccination Cover High Among Health Care Personnel
HCP who reported employer vaccination requirements had higher vaccination coverage for flu, COVID - 19 primary series, COVID - 19 booster (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - October 25, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Nursing, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Source Type: news
Merck locates frozen batch of undisclosed Ebola vaccine, will donate for testing in Uganda ’s outbreak
In a revelation that may help Uganda combat its outbreak of Ebola, the pharmaceutical giant Merck has acknowledged to
Science—
after repeated inquiries
—
that it has up to 100,000 doses of an experimental vaccine for the deadly viral disease in its freezers in Pennsylvania and will donate them. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ugandan government are discussing if and how these doses can be incorporated into one or more clinical trials of
other
candidate Ebola vaccines that could launch as soon as next month.
The Merck vaccine targets Sudan ebolavirus, the pathogen currentl...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 23, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Monkeypox Presentations, Prevention Strategies Shifting Monkeypox Presentations, Prevention Strategies Shifting
Specialists say that infections in the immunocompromised and homeless populations are a growing concern. Early CDC data show that the vaccine is effective.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - October 20, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
‘We Just Lost Two Years.’ How COVID-19 Disrupted the Fight Against HIV
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Andrés Cantero tried to see his doctor every three months to discuss his treatment for HIV. He’d visit four times per year, asking questions about his antiretroviral medication, discussing side effects, and confirming he still had an undetectable viral load, meaning he could not transmit the virus to his partner.
But in the two and a half years since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Cantero, a 32-year-old lawyer in California, says he has only been able to see his doctor in person twice. It’s been difficult to get an appointment, he says, initially because of lockdown restriction...
Source: TIME: Health - October 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Madeleine Carlisle Tags: Uncategorized Exclusive HIV/AIDS uspoliticspolicy Source Type: news
Gardasil 9 HPV Vaccine Advised for MSM Living With HIV Gardasil 9 HPV Vaccine Advised for MSM Living With HIV
Italian researchers say the HPV vaccine is needed in young MSM with gonorrhea exposure. The WHO says only 30% of the target population worldwide has received the HPV vaccine.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - October 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
News at a glance: Earth science satellites, Global Fund ’s haul, and Neptune’s rings
EARTH SCIENCE
European satellite duo will study oceans and warming
The European Space Agency (ESA) last week approved the $420 million Harmony mission as the next in its Earth Explorer line of science missions, following a competition. Harmony’s two satellites will carry infrared sensors and radar receivers to observe the turbulent waves, winds, and eddies that govern the interchange of heat and gases between the oceans and atmosphere. Scientists know oceans soak up more than 90% of the excess heat of global warming, but they need Harmony’s finer scale observations to explain how—and to calibra...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 29, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
HHS: Meeting of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee; Correction
Notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health making corrections to theSeptember 14, 2022, notice announcing a meeting of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC). The meeting will be held on September 22-23, 2022. Agenda items include presentations on COVID-19, monkeypox, influenza, and polio vaccination, as well as vaccine safety, innovation, and gaps in rural vaccination coverage. The confirmed meeting time and agenda will be posted on theNVAC website. Pre-registration for the meeting is required. (...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - September 20, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Long COVID Experts and Advocates Say the Government Is Ignoring ‘ the Greatest Mass-Disabling Event in Human History ’
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is used to feeling like the only person in the country who still cares about COVID-19. He ignores the side-eye he gets for wearing an N95 mask at parties—a self-imposed policy that makes him “look odd” but kept him safe after a recent work dinner turned into a superspreader event. The oncologist, bioethicist, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania provides each of his students with an N95 and runs four HEPA air filters during lectures. He rolls down the windows when he gets in an Uber and goes hungry on planes so he can wear his mask the whole time. He’s given up one of ...
Source: TIME: Health - September 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
