The DRACO Fundraiser Site: killingsickness
This is a year of much grassroots fundraising for longevity science, it seems, with more new projects launched and more new faces joining the community of supporters. All of these developments are collectively, hopefully, yet another sign that faster growth and more publicity are yet to come: the tipping point for public acceptance of efforts to treat aging as a medical condition is somewhere near, just around the corner. Ten years from now, people will conveniently forget that they were ever opposed to the development of therapies for aging. How silly that would be, like opposing cancer research or heart disease treatment...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 25, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs
Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV)
In the last hour or so up popped an alert on my phone from the Guardian, reporting that Manchester Royal Infirmary has closed its A and E department while it investigates two possible cases of this syndrome.A search of Google for news shows that many other news sources are reporting the same story.According to the Guardian, reporting Public Health England, there have been no new cases of MERS-CoV in the UK since February 2013. This is PHE's guidance, first produced in 2012, but still being updated. NCBI have a MERS-CoV Resource Page, giving links to their MERS coronavirus database and other NC...
Source: Browsing - July 27, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: MERS-COV Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 190
Welcome to the 190th LITFL Review. Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chuck of FOAM.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week
Ken and Chris over at The SGEM are trialling a new project: ‘Hot or Not’ They want to know what you think of five recently published articles. Looks like it could be an interesting addition to cutting down the Knowledge Translation window f...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 26, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs
MERS: Another Lesson in Quarantine and Health Disparity
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
At the G7 meeting this week, the developed nations which compose the Group of 7 pledged to “wipe out Ebola.” With over 11,000 Ebola-related deaths worldwide since March 2014, this certainly is worth public health efforts and funding.
While the “world leaders” focus on Ebola, which of course made small incursions in to the U.S. and Europe, a new epidemic lurks on the horizon—MERS. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome was first reported in September 2012 in Saudi Arabia.… (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - June 9, 2015 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Craig Klugman Tags: Featured Posts Health Care Health Disparities Public Health infectious disease MERS Source Type: blogs
MERS Outbreak in South Korea Grows as Quarantines Climb and Schools Close
Over 1,300 schools in South Korea have closed as a result of a MERS outbreak that has infected 41 people so far.
Read more on sciencespacerobots.com (Source: HealthNewsBlog.com)
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - June 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: mers Source Type: blogs
TWiV 287: A potentially pandemic podcast
On episode #287 of the science show This Week in Virology, Matt Frieman updates the TWiV team on MERS-coronavirus, and joins in a discussion of whether we should further regulate research on potentially pandemic pathogens.
You can find TWiV #287 at www.twiv.tv. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 1, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology aerosol transmission avian influenza H5N1 coronavirus ferret fouchier gain of function kawaoka laboratory accident MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome Nuremberg pandemic SARS viral Source Type: blogs
The next emerging threat
Ian Lipkin, Columbia University, New York, and Lyle Petersen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, discuss recently emerged pathogens, and how to prepare should their range expand. When asked if MERS-coronavirus would cause the next pandemic, Ian Lipkin responded ‘I don’t have a crystal ball’.
Recorded at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Boston, MA on 19 May 2014. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 22, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information Chikungunya Dengue emerging infection ian lipkin MERS-CoV middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus viral yellow fever Source Type: blogs
There’s a MERS patient in your hospital, now what?
Today we learned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the first case of MERS ( Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ) that appears to have been transmitted from one person to another within the United States. Even more concerning is the...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - May 19, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Illinois Man Catches MERS From Indiana Man
An Illinois man has caught MERS from an Indiana man. The man tested positive for MERS but has had a very mild case.
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - May 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: mers Source Type: blogs
Two Orlando Health Care Workers Exposed to MERS Patient Fall Ill
Two Orlando health care workers exposed to the MERS patient may have contracted MERS.
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - May 13, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: mers Source Type: blogs
Second MERS Case Confirmed in the U.S.
A second MERS case has been confirmed in the U.S. The patient is a healthcare worker who had been traveling in the Middle East.
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - May 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: mers Source Type: blogs
CDC Confirms First U.S. Case of MERS
The first U.S. case of MERS has been confirmed. The man is in a hospital in Indiana. He recently traveled to Riyadh.
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - May 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: mers indiana Source Type: blogs
New Study Implicates Camels in MERS Outbreak
A new study implicates camels as the source of the MERS outbreak in the Middle East.
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - April 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: mers camels Source Type: blogs
First MERS Case Reported in Mecca as Cases Spike in Saudi Arabia
The first MERS-CoV case has been reported in the Muslim holy city of Mecca. Cases of the mysterious coronavirus have spiked in recent weeks.
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - April 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: mers middle-east Source Type: blogs
MERS comes to Malaysia (II)
Following Malaysia’s first victim mentioned in part one, the MOH has issued a MERS warning
The Health Ministry director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah in a press release has urged Malaysian’s traveling to the Middle East to increase their level of cleanliness by washing their hands often with soap or to sanitise their hands, especially when they cough and sneeze.
“The public should wear a mouth mask and stay away from anyone who is sick. They should also avoid eating raw food, unwashed fruits or drinking untreated water while on their visit,” Hisham said today.
“Tour agencies handling umrah and haj packages nee...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - April 21, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Nation MERS Source Type: blogs
