Postacute Effects of COVID on par With Those of Sepsis, Flu Postacute Effects of COVID on par With Those of Sepsis, Flu
Compared with influenza and sepsis, severe COVID-19 infections resulted in similar risk for neurological and cardiovascular conditions, suggesting a common need for long-term support.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - July 5, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Federal Officials Hatch a Three-Pronged Defense Against Another ‘Tripledemic’
This fall, Americans will be urged to get shots against the flu, Covid and, if they ’re older, R.S.V. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Vaccination and Immunization Deaths (Fatalities) Elderly Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Guillain-Barre Syndrome Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Influenza Winter (Season) GSK PLC Pfizer Inc Clinical Trials Source Type: news
Three Vaccines for Fall: What You Need to Know
Here ’s who should get the flu, Covid and R.S.V. vaccines, and when. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Guillain-Barre Syndrome Elderly Influenza Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Immune System Viruses Winter (Season) GSK PLC Moderna Inc Novavax Inc Pfizer Inc Source Type: news
AI? Brain manipulation? WHO ’s new chief scientist aims to anticipate global challenges
At the beginning of May, after almost 10 years at the helm of one of the world’s richest biomedical foundations, British physician Jeremy Farrar traded funding clout for a bigger international stage, moving to Geneva to become chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO). Farrar had
helped make the U.K.-based Wellcome Trust a major player
in global issues such as infectious diseases and the health effects of climate change. He also wasn’t shy about criticizing WHO’s leadership, specifically its slow response to the West African Ebola outbreak in 2014.
Only the second person in the chief scie...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 29, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Sanofi says it's back to the drawing board on mRNA flu vaccines
Sanofi, one of the top global vaccine makers, has stated that the current mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines is not effective against influenza. The company is working on a next-generation flu shot based on mRNA, which showed a strong immune response against A strains but not against less prevalent B strains. Sanofi aims to upgrade the technology to improve the immune response against B strains and enhance the durability of the vaccine at normal fridge temperatures. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 29, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Clot Risk More Common in Survivors of Severe COVID Versus Flu
(MedPage Today) -- The burden of post-acute medical and mental health conditions among those who had been hospitalized for COVID-19 was mostly comparable to those who had been hospitalized for influenza and sepsis, with one difference, a population... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - June 21, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
The COVID-19 Vaccine Is Likely Getting an Update
In a unanimous vote, the 21 members of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s vaccine committee recommended an update to the COVID-19 vaccine to better match the viral strains currently circulating in the country and around the world.
The panel voted to move away from the current bivalent vaccine, which is designed to tackle the original virus and BA.4 and BA.5 variants, to a vaccine that is better able to protect against the XBB family of variants. The half a dozen different versions of XBB viruses account for nearly all new infections in the U.S., with two—XBB.1.5 and XBB.1.16—currently dominatin...
Source: TIME: Health - June 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The COVID-19 Vaccine Is Getting an Update. Here ’ s What to Know
In a unanimous vote, the 21 members of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s vaccine committee recommended an update to the COVID-19 vaccine to better match the viral strains currently circulating in the country and around the world.
The panel voted to move away from the current bivalent vaccine, which is designed to tackle the original virus and BA.4 and BA.5 variants, to a vaccine that is better able to protect against the XBB family of variants. The half a dozen different versions of XBB viruses account for nearly all new infections in the U.S., with two—XBB.1.5 and XBB.1.16—currently dominatin...
Source: TIME: Health - June 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Could chatbots help devise the next pandemic virus?
Tech experts have been sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence (AI) could turn against humanity by taking over everything from business to warfare. Now, Kevin Esvelt is adding another worry: AI could help somebody with no science background and evil intentions design and order a virus capable of unleashing a pandemic.
Esvelt, a biosecurity expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recently asked students to create a dangerous virus with the help of ChatGPT or other so-called large language models, systems that can generate humanlike responses to broad questions based on vast training sets of intern...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Oseltamivir Not Linked to Reduced Risk for Flu Hospitalization
WEDNESDAY, June 14, 2023 -- For outpatients with influenza infection, oseltamivir is not associated with a reduced risk for hospitalization, according to a review published online June 12 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Ryan Hanula, from the McGill... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Smart-Bed Technology Reveals Insomnia, Flu Risk Link Smart-Bed Technology Reveals Insomnia, Flu Risk Link
Individuals with insomnia had more and longer episodes of influenza-like illness relative to peers without insomnia, a novel finding that was revealed by using smart-bed technology.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - June 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Tamiflu a Bust for Preventing Flu Admissions, Meta-Analysis Finds
(MedPage Today) -- Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) has not panned out for reducing the risk of influenza hospitalization, according to a large meta-analysis.
Among over 6,000 flu patients across 15 studies, the 0.14-percentage point difference in hospitalization... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - June 12, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Should I Get the Flu Vaccine? South African Experts Say Yes - Here's Why
[The Conversation Africa] The winter months are synonymous with the flu in South Africa. Similar to other countries in the southern hemisphere, South Africa has an annual influenza season stretching from April to August. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 11, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Unseasonal flu epidemic hits Japan amid lower immunity after COVID
TOKYO -- A number of schools across Japan have been closed due to mass infections of seasonal influenza. The unseasonal outbreaks are thought to have been caused by the recategorization of COVID-19 as a "category 5" disease under the Infectious Disease Control Law, along with the relaxation of…#tokyo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Six 'zombie viruses' that are being unleashed on the world right now due to climate change
The viruses have turned up in mammoth wool, Siberian mummies, prehistoric wolves, and the lungs of an Influenza victim buried in Alaska's permafrost (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
