Dr. Anthony Epstein, Pathologist Who Discovered Epstein-Barr Virus, Dies at 102
His groundbreaking research, which he performed with Yvonne Barr, his doctoral student, uncovered the first virus capable of causing cancer in humans. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Delthia Ricks Tags: Dr. Michael Anthony Epstein Medicine and Health Cancer Deaths (Obituaries) Research Vaccination and Immunization Herpes Viruses University of Bristol Africa England Source Type: news

Oral Herpes Tied to Double Dementia Risk in Older Adults Oral Herpes Tied to Double Dementia Risk in Older Adults
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is associated with an increased risk for dementia but cytomegalovirus (CMV) is not, new observational data suggested.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - March 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: news

Herpes-Dementia Link; How COVID Affects the Brain; FDA to Decide on Duchenne Drug
(MedPage Today) -- A prospective study in Sweden reported a link between herpes simplex virus and dementia. (Journal of Alzheimer's Disease) Researchers differentiated people with Parkinson's disease from healthy controls with 68% accuracy using... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - February 20, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Prone to cold sores? You may have DOUBLE the risk of dementia later in life, study suggests
Researchers from Sweden found that people who have been infected with the herpes simplex virus - which causes cold sores - were twice as likely to develop all forms of dementia. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Shingrix Tied to Higher Risk of Ophthalmic Shingles Recurrence
(MedPage Today) -- The recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV; Shingrix) was associated with a significantly increased risk of recurrence of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), according to a retrospective cohort study. Within 56 days after the start of... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Who Kissed First? Archaeology Has an Answer.
A married pair of researchers have “set the record straight” on the ancient history of smooching. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Franz Lidz Tags: Archaeology and Anthropology Assyrian Civilization Sexually Transmitted Diseases Herpes Viruses Lips (Body Part) Language and Languages Bryn Mawr College Cambridge University Babylonia Denmark your-feed-science Source Type: news

Dartmouth Researchers Offer New Insights into How Antibodies Function Against HSV
Findings from a new study from researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Thayer School of Engineering and published in Cell Reports Medicine, offer new insights into how antibodies function in combating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections. Their research may lead to possible new treatments for neonatal herpes. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - February 12, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: News Research herpes simplex virus HSV Iara Backes Matthew Slein Source Type: news

Two Doses of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine Highly Effective
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 -- Two doses of recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) are effective against herpes zoster (HZ), with the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of two doses waning little over four years of follow-up, according to a study published online Jan.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 9, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Shingles Vaccine Reduced Zoster Attacks in Patients With IBD
(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- While patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are historically more prone to herpes zoster attacks, those who received recombinant zoster vaccines had a far lower risk of the painful rash emerging, researchers... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - December 18, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

When Should We Consider A Rickettsial Disease?
Discussion Rickettsioses are “small, obligate intracellular, gram-negative, aerobic coccobacillary α-proeobacteria” from the genuses Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, and Orientia genuses. Often they cause limited health problems but can cause severe disease and death. They present with a fever and other non-specific signs and symptoms, usually with a rash and lymphadenopathy. Other problems can include: Cardiac – endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis Gastrointestinal – abdominal pain, acute abdomen, cholecystitis, hepatitis, pancreatitis Heme/Lymph – hemophagocytosis, lymph...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 18, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

The Best of Reason: Monkey herpes, face eating, and the Pork Chop Gang: The origins of Florida Man
This week's featured article is "Monkey Herpes, Face Eating, and the Pork Chop Gang: How Public Records Laws Created the Florida Man" by C.J. Ciaramella. This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward. Music credits: "Deep in Thought" by CTRL and "Sunsettling" by…#florida #cjciaramella #katherinemanguward #deepinthought #monkeyherpes #porkchopgang #reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Effectiveness of Live Zoster Vaccine Wanes Over Time
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 -- Live zoster vaccination is initially effective against outcomes, including herpes zoster and admission for herpes zoster, but the effectiveness wanes over time, according to a study published online Nov. 8 in The BMJ.Nicola... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 11, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Viral Awakening: The Hidden Threat Of Human Herpes 6 (HHV-6) In CAR T Therapy
Stanford University researchers investigate how novel cancer treatment CAR T therapy can reactivate a strain of herpes virus in a minority of patients. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news

How Late Can You Give Routine Newborn Care?
Discussion Routine newborn screening and treatment is focused on assisting the infant’s transition to extrauterine life, screening for health problems that may or may not be easily identifiable, and preventing acute or chronic health problems. Healthy infants begin with healthy pregnancies including risk factor assessment and screening of mothers. Such routine maternal screening and treatment does or may include glucose tolerance tests, ultrasound examinations, screenings for maternal blood type (with appropriate administration of Rho(D) immunoglobulin if appropriate), Hepatitis B, Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Cyt...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

How Late Can You Give Routine Newborn Care?
Discussion Routine newborn screening and treatment is focused on assisting the infant’s transition to extrauterine life, screening for health problems that may or may not be easily identifiable, and preventing acute or chronic health problems. Healthy infants begin with healthy pregnancies including risk factor assessment and screening of mothers. Such routine maternal screening and treatment does or may include glucose tolerance tests, ultrasound examinations, screenings for maternal blood type (with appropriate administration of Rho(D) immunoglobulin if appropriate), Hepatitis B, Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Cyt...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news