Africa: Leading Health Agencies Outline Updated Terminology for Pathogens That Transmit Through the Air
[WHO] Following consultation with public health agencies and experts, the World Health Organization (WHO) publishes a global technical consultation report introducing updated terminology for pathogens that transmit through the air. The pathogens covered include those that cause respiratory infections, e.g. COVID-19, influenza, measles, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and tuberculosis, among others. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Some Believe the 1889 Russian Flu Pandemic Was Actually Caused By a Coronavirus - Here's Why That's Unlikely
[The Conversation Africa] COVID-19 was the first coronavirus pandemic. The original Sars virus from 2003 and the Mers virus that created a health emergency in South Korea in 2015 were both coronaviruses, but fortunately failed to turn into pandemics in the way that COVID did. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 10, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Coronavirus Health and Medicine Science and Biotechnology 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
Covid jabs can protect patients by giving them antibodies against 21 other viruses - including potentially fatal SARS and MERS
Participants in the study had received two or three doses of the Moderna or Pfizer jabs, had been infected with Covid, or both. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Republican vs Democrat Excess Deaths; New MERS Case; Watch Out for Rocks in Cookies
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Excess mortality was significantly higher for Republican voters than Democratic voters after COVID-19 vaccines were available to all adults in Ohio and Florida... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - July 25, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Warning as new case of potentially fatal MERS-CoV virus confirmed - symptoms to spot
Around 35 percent of people who contract the infection die as a result, according to the NHS. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Killer coronavirus outbreak fears as man, 28, gets struck down with MERS in Abu Dhabi - and doctors are baffled as to how he caught it
The 28-year-old, who lives in Al Ain city, was struck down with MERS. Officials in the UAE are now scrambling to contain the virus which can spread between humans. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The U.S. Scientist At the Heart of COVID-19 Lab Leak Conspiracies Is Still Trying to Save the World From the Next Pandemic
Ralph Baric stepped onto the auditorium stage at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and looked out at the sparse audience that had come to hear him speak. On the large projector screen hanging behind him, the following words appeared: How Bad the Next Pandemic Could Be, What Might It Look Like, and Will We be Ready. The date was May 29, 2018.
“Well, I have to admit I’m a little worried about giving this talk,” Baric said. “The reason is being labelled a harbinger of doom.” The screen shifted, and images of the four horsemen of the apocalypse—Death, Famine, War, and Plague&mda...
Source: TIME: Health - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dan Werb Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature freelance Source Type: news
This Emergency Is Over. Now It ’ s Time to Get Ready for the Next Pandemic
Having been a part of the team that developed a leading COVID-19 vaccine, I am often invited to speak or write about the successes of our work—work that led to the fastest vaccine development in history.
But, more than three years into the COVID-19 pandemic and with America’s public health emergency expiring on May 11th, it has become increasingly clear that this moment is not only an opportunity to reflect on successes but also grapple with the setbacks, pitfalls, and failures that defined our response to COVID-19.
Read More: Don’t Move Past COVID-19. Learn From It
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Source: TIME: Health - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kizzmekia Corbett Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 freelance Magazine Source Type: news
Did COVID Originally Leak From a Chinese Lab? Politics May Prevent Us Ever Knowing for Sure
China was quick to dispel reemergent COVID-19 “lab leak” theories following a Wall Street Journal report this weekend that the U.S. Department of Energy has concluded, with “low confidence,” that the virus behind the pandemic most likely originated in a Chinese laboratory.
Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s foreign affairs ministry, told reporters Monday that “certain parties” should “stop smearing China” and that the “lab leak” theory has already been authoritatively disproven. “The origins-tracing of SARS-CoV-2 is about science and should not be poli...
Source: TIME: Health - February 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chad de Guzman Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Team Source Type: news
MERS: 5 things to know
MERS-CoV, short for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, first surfaced in Saudi Arabia in spring 2012. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - February 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
At #JPM23, another rare disease buyout as Ipsen acquires Albireo for $952M
Before most JPMers arose Monday morning, Ipsen announced that it is buying rare disease biotech Albireo Pharma. That’s the second deal disclosed Monday morning, along with AstraZeneca grabbing cardiovascular upstart CinCor Pharma. With the Chiesi-Amryt rare disease deal…#cholestatic #roncooper #medicines #albireo #arena #epizyme #vielabio #albo #expanded #into2024 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is MERS Coronavirus Really A Concern At The 2022 World Cup?
MERS has been trending on Twitter. But are concerns about the so-called "camel flu" justified? (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 15, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business SportsMoney /sportsmoney pharma Source Type: news
A New Lab-Made COVID-19 Virus Puts Gain-of-Function Research Under the Microscope
On October 14, a team of scientists at Boston University released a pre-print study reporting that they had created a version of SARS-CoV-2 combining two features of different, existing strains that boosted its virulence and transmissibility. Scientists and the public raised questions about the work, which refocused attention on such experiments, and prompted the U.S. government to investigate whether the research followed protocols for these kinds of studies.
The concerns surround what is known as gain-of-function studies, in which viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens are created in the lab—either intentionally or ...
Source: TIME: Science - October 27, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
U.S. weighs crackdown on experiments that could make viruses more dangerous
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Source: ScienceNOW - October 19, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
