Scientists Step Closer to Vaccine for Tick Bites
NIH researcher Andaleeb Sajid discusses her study ’s finding that ticks were unable to feed on vaccinated guinea pigs, preventing transmission of the pathogen that causes Lyme disease. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - November 18, 2021 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Novel Lyme vaccine shows promise
A Yale-developed vaccine that helps more quickly identify tick bites on guinea pigs could offer humans protection against Lyme Disease and other pathogens. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - November 17, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Antimicrobial Resistance Calls for Brainpower of a Space Agency and Campaigning Zeal of an NGO
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Global Headlines Health Source Type: news
Public Health Pioneer Peter Pharoah Dies at 87
Pharoah’s work ended endemic cretinism in a remote region of Papua New Guinea and contributed to the understanding of myriad other perinatal health conditions. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - November 11, 2021 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
At COP26, China and the U.S. Pledge to Increase Cooperation on Climate Action
China and the United States have pledged to increase cooperation on climate action at U.N. talks in Glasgow, China’s climate envoy said Wednesday.
As the talks approached a Friday deadline, Xie Zhenhua told reporters that the two biggest carbon polluters would outline their efforts in a joint statement based on the guidelines of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
The agreement calls for “concrete and pragmatic’’ regulations in decarbonization, reducing methane emissions and fighting deforestation, Xie said.
“Both sides recognize that there is a gap between the current effort and the P...
Source: TIME: Science - November 10, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Seth Borenstein, Aniruddha Ghosal and Frank Jordans / AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change wire Source Type: news
Peter Pharoah obituary
My father, Peter Pharoah, who has died aged 87 from dementia, was a professor of public health whose work eradicated iodine deficiency in Papua New Guinea and furthered understanding of the causes of cerebral palsy and perinatal death.Peter was son of two teachers, Phyllis (nee Gahan) and Oswald Pharoah. Born in Ranchi, India, he attended schools in Lovedale and Sanawar. After the death of his father when Peter was seven, he came to Britain with his mother and brother in 1948. He attended Palmer ’s school in Grays, Essex, and St Mary’s hospital medical school, London, where he met his future wife, Margaret McMinn, also...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 8, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Paul Pharoah Tags: Medical research Medicine NHS Higher education Health Science Source Type: news
Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2020-June 2021
This report describes progress towards global eradication of dracunculiasis. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 4, 2021 Category: American Health Tags: Diseases & Conditions Global Health MMWR Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report Guinea Worm Disease [Dracunculiasis] Source Type: news
Statement on Data Published in PLOS Medicine on Tolerability and Immune Response of Johnson & Johnson Ebola Vaccine Regimen in Adults Living with HIV
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., October 29, 2021 – Data published in PLOS Medicine demonstrated that the Johnson & Johnson (the Company) Ebola vaccine regimen, Zabdeno® (Ad26.ZEBOV) and Mvabea® (MVA-BN-Filo), was well tolerated and induced a robust immune response in both healthy adults and adults living with HIV. These findings, alongside Phase 3 data recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, support the potential prophylactic use of the vaccine regimen to protect people at risk of acquiring Ebola. The regimen was granted Marketing Authorisation by the European Commission in July 2020 and Prequalification from th...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - October 29, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mass burial to relieve overflowing Papua New Guinea morgue as Covid cases surge
Follows attacks on Covid nurses in the country where less than 1% of the population is fully vaccinatedPapua New Guinea authorities have approved a mass burial to take pressure off Port Moresby ’s hospital morgue where bodies are stacked on top of each otheras Covid-19 cases surge.The burial of more than 200 bodies comes as health teams around the country report being attacked as they took part in vaccination programs.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 26, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Leanne Jorari in Port Moresby and agencies Tags: Papua New Guinea Coronavirus Asia Pacific Infectious diseases World news Science Pacific islands Source Type: news
Guinea: Papers Show What Lay Behind Conde Regime's Ebola Denialism
[The Conversation Africa] More than 11,300 people died when the Ebola virus ripped through three West African countries - Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia - from 2014 to 2016. It was the worst Ebola outbreak in known history. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 12, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
When Girls Have Access to Technologies, A True Digital Revolution Will Be In Sight
2.2 billion young people below the age of 25 don't have internet connections at home, and girls are more likely to lack access.
Young girls in Guinea. Credit: Karl Grobl/EDCBy Margaret Butler, Julia Fan, and Amy WestNEW YORK, Oct 11 2021 (IPS) This year’s International Day of the Girl theme, Digital Generation, Our Generation, celebrates the potential of digital technologies while calling for the inclusion of all girls in accessing technology. The digital revolution will not be realized if girls without access to digital solutions are left behind. For years, advocates of technology for development have been repeating th...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Margaret Butler - Julia Fan - and Amy West Tags: COVID-19 Development & Aid Education Gender Global Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
CDC: Norway, Bulgaria Now ‘Very High Risk’ For Travel Due To Covid-19
CDC also raised the risk level for three other destinations. Singapore and Slovakia went from Level 2 to 3. And Equatorial Guinea jumped up to 3 from Level 1. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 28, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Lifestyle /lifestyle Travel /travel business pharma Source Type: news
‘A great loss’: tributes pour in for pioneering PNG female doctor who died from Covid
Naomi Kori Pomat, the first female doctor in her province, died in country ’s first government-confirmed death of a health worker from virusTributes have poured in for a doctor in Papua New Guinea ’s Western Province who died last week, in the country’s first death of a healthcare worker from Covid-19 confirmed by the government.Dr Naomi Kori Pomat, 60, the director for curative health services at the Western Provincial Health Authority (WPHA), was medevaced to Port Moresby after contracting the virus and died on 19 September.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 27, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Leanne Jorari in Port Moresby Tags: Papua New Guinea Coronavirus World news Science Pacific islands Infectious diseases Asia Pacific Source Type: news
Ministers told to bar EU from UK trial data in vaccines row
England ’s deputy medical chief asked for data to be withheld unless British vaccine guinea pigs allowed to travel abroad•Coronavirus – latest updates•See all our coronavirus coverageEngland ’s deputy chief medical officer asked ministers to withhold all UK clinical trial data from the EU if European countries continued to deny entry to British vaccine trial volunteers, theObserver can reveal.Jonathan Van-Tam made the extraordinary proposal after months of uncertainty for the 19,000 volunteers who are effectively unable to travel to Europe to see family, work or go on holiday because they took part in trials of N...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 18, 2021 Category: Science Authors: James Tapper Tags: Vaccines and immunisation Coronavirus Medical research Health Drugs Science Society European Union UK news World news Pharmaceuticals industry Source Type: news
The land of painted bones: warfare, trauma, and history in Papua New Guinea's Hela Province - Main MA.
This paper is an analysis of organised armed conflict, as occurs among the Huli speaking population of Papua New Guinea's Hela Province. I argue that Huli warfare is viewed from a Huli perspective in historical terms, and that Huli wars are fundamentally f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Violence and Weapons Issues Source Type: news
