You ’ ve Heard of Long COVID. Long Flu Is a Health Risk, Too
Statistically, there’s a good chance you know somebody who has experienced Long COVID, the name for chronic symptoms including fatigue, brain fog, and pain following a case of COVID-19. About 14% of U.S. adults report having had Long COVID at some point, according to federal data.
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But many people don’t realize that other viruses, even very common ones, can trigger similarly long-lasting and debilitating symptoms. A study published Dec. 14 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases focuses on the risk of developing “Long flu” after a severe case of influenza.
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Source: TIME: Health - December 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Getting Sick All the Time? Don ’ t (Necessarily) Blame COVID-19
Respiratory disease season is in full swing, with influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 case counts rising in various parts of the U.S. Hospitals in some states are also reporting upticks in pediatric pneumonia diagnoses, which experts say seems to be unrelated to the recent spike of pneumonias reported in China.
On the heels of last year’s severe flu and RSV reason, all this contagion has some people wondering if SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may be to blame. Some studies suggest the virus leaves its mark on the immune system even after an acute illness passes, raising an important question: does having COVI...
Source: TIME: Health - December 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
China Faces a Surge in Children Suffering Respiratory Illnesses
The World Health Organization asked China for detailed information about a surge in respiratory illnesses in children, including pneumonia, as top pediatric medical centers across the country are overwhelmed with patients.
The WHO cited reports including one this week from ProMED, which tracks outbreaks of infectious diseases around the world, warning of an “undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China.” The international health body has requested additional epidemiological and clinical information and test results from Chinese officials, it said in a statement Wednesday.
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Source: TIME: Health - November 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bloomberg News Tags: Uncategorized News Desk wire Source Type: news
In Early Weeks of Flu Season, COVID-19 Patients Show Milder Symptoms as SARS-CoV-2 Continues to Evolve
Doctors report difficulty differentiating COVID-19 from other viral infections, impacting clinical laboratory test orders Because the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is in the same family of viruses that cause the common cold and influenza, virologists expected this virus—which caused the global COVID-19 pandemic—would evolve and mutate into a milder form of infection. Early evidence from this influenza […]
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Source: Dark Daily - November 17, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing Precision Medicine anatomic pathology Andrew Read PhD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CDC centers for disease contro Source Type: news
Scaling up infection prevention and control capacities in fragile, conflict-affected and ...
25 Oct 2023, Field visit to the very well-equipped central sterile services department (CSSD) at Zarqa Hospital, Jordan.
The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region is at a critical juncture to capitalize on the momentum from the COVID-19 response. Turning temporarily scaled-up capacity in countries and territories into permanent capacities, agendas and networks will strengthen health security and systems for the future.
Infection prevention and control (IPC) is an area in which the Region made substantial gains during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Region has also historically been vulnerable to the emergence and rapid transmissio...
Source: WHO EMRO News - November 13, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Declines in Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel in Acute Care Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, 2017-2023
This report describes declines in influenza vaccination coverage among health care personnel working in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 9, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Fight Over Covid Lab Leak Stalls Virology Research
Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic virus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Benjamin Mueller and Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Coronavirus Origins Investigation Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Laboratories and Scientific Equipment Genetic Engineering Research Avian Influenza United States Politics and Government Ferrets Epidemics Viruses National Institutes of Health Source Type: news
Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill Over Virology Research
Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic virus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Benjamin Mueller and Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Research Avian Influenza United States Politics and Government Ferrets Laboratories and Scientific Equipment Epidemics Viruses National Institutes of Health Pennsylvania State University Chin Source Type: news
Bed Bugs Aren ’t Just a Problem In Paris. Here’s Why
The news reports are alarming to say the least. Paris, the city known for its style, cuisine, and amour, has a bed bug problem. Video of the insects crawling over Metro seats, in hotels, and swarming buses and movie theaters swept the internet, and bed bug anxiety reached a new high.
But what’s behind the Parisian invasion? How did bed bugs launch such a widespread infestation of the city? With Paris hosting the first Olympics in the post-COVID-19 era next summer, those questions aren’t just matters for idle conversation.
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The reality is that the infestation di...
Source: TIME: Health - October 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Skeletons of 1918 Flu Victims Reveal Clues About Who Was Likely to Die
While a narrative emerged that the pandemic indiscriminately struck the young and healthy, new evidence suggests that frail young adults were most vulnerable. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Influenza Epidemic (1918-19) Deaths (Fatalities) Youth Bones Skeletons Archaeology and Anthropology Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Source Type: news
News at a glance: More success for fusion, medical tests under scrutiny, and a grizzly reintroduction
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Fusion experiment beats previous energy record
Lightning has struck a second time for physicists using lasers to achieve nuclear fusion, in which two atomic nuclei combine into one while releasing enormous amounts of energy. On 30 July, the 192 lasers of the stadium-size National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory instantaneously crushed a tiny capsule filled with heavy isotopes of hydrogen. In doing so, they prompted a fusion reaction that produced more energy than the laser beams deposited onto the target. The new results, presented by NIF scientists at a conf...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 5, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Nobel Prize Awarded to mRNA Pioneers Who Paved the Way for COVID-19 Vaccines
It was an unlikely collaboration, and it began in an unlikely place, but the partnership that Katalin Kariko and Dr. Drew Weissman formed in the 1990s at the University of Pennsylvania has now led to a shared Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.
Kariko and Weissman were awarded the Nobel for their work in tweaking the genetic material mRNA to make it more amenable to working in vaccines. Their discovery led to the first approved mRNA vaccines, targeting the COVID-19 virus, in 2020. And that success is seeding mRNA-based strategies across a number of different conditions, including other infectious diseases as well as...
Source: TIME: Health - October 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
UK-produced pandemic flu vaccine deal agreed by government
The UK Health Security Agency's agreement enables the production of millions of influenza vaccines. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is It Flu, COVID-19, or RSV? How to Navigate the New World of At-Home Testing
Before COVID-19, figuring out whether a sore throat, fever, and runny nose were caused by a cold, flu, or strep wasn’t a top priority. You either powered through, knowing you’d be miserable for a few days but would probably feel better soon or you visited the doctor’s office, urgent care, or emergency room where you might get a test to figure out which virus or bacteria was behind your misery, and maybe a prescription to treat it. But even doctors often don’t order tests, preferring instead to make diagnoses based on symptoms.
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During the pandemic, how...
Source: TIME: Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
How to Avoid the Tripledemic of Respiratory Diseases This Winter
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“Tripledemic“ jumped into our vocabulary and lives last year, referring to the winter surges of three respiratory viruses—RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), flu (influenza), and COVID-19. The tripledemic of 2022 infected millions, overwhelmed hospital systems, and killed more than 100,000 people in the U.S. over the 4-month peak span of these viruses.
As much as we hoped that respiratory illness would fade with the COVID-19 public health emergency ending, we must recognize that these viruses will continue to impact us for years. As the school year b...
Source: TIME: Health - September 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Scott A. Rivkees Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
