Mayo Clinic Minute: Why do people get sick with viruses in the winter?
Respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and influenza surge in the colder months. And it's not just because people are spending more time indoors. Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the Clinical Microbiology Molecular Lab and co-director of the Clinical Virology Lab at Mayo Clinic, explains what other factors promote virus spread in the winter. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute https://youtu.be/EmTS3jtdPTw Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1:10) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 26, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Should I worry about my gut microbiome?
It ’s often overlooked and left to its own devices, but should you listen to your gut more, or is it listening to you? Here’s what the science saysUntil fairly recently, the idea of listening to your gut was mostly metaphorical. The heart, lungs and liver are important to keep in good shape. But the stomach, intestines and colon? Surely they just keep chugging along, processing whatever you put into them, occasionally objecting, but basically doing their job.Well, not quite. Over the last five years or so, evidence has been piling up that the huge community of microorganisms – bacteria, viruses and fungi – that liv...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 17, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Joel Snape Tags: Life and style Health & wellbeing Microbiology Science Source Type: news
Child pneumonia cases in Europe mapped as fear China's mystery Covid-like virus has spread
An expert in microbiology warned the infection could spread to the UK. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Royal Society Publishing photography competition 2023 – in pictures
The microscopic world hidden within an autumn leaf has won theRoyal Society Publishing photography competition 2023. Overall winner Irina Petrova Adamatzky researches the electrical activity of fungi, slime moulds and other micro-organisms, at Unconventional Computing Lab, UWE Bristol.‘I unintentionally captured this scene while collecting samples of slime moulds in a field near my home in Somerset, noticed them the evening before and had intended to gather samples to measure their electrical activity for our research. However, my attention was diverted by a simple autumn leaf that, although seemingly ordinary, held some...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Matt Fidler Tags: Photography Microbiology Art and design Science UK news Royal Society Awards and prizes Source Type: news
Microbiologists reveal what grows on your ears when you get pierced
What happens to the millions of microbes on your earlobes when you get your ears pierced? Body piercings are a uniquely human practice—one which we have been practicing for thousands of years. But exactly how this practice influences the millions of microbes on our skin has been largely unstudied,…#charlescyxu #mcgilluniversity #montreal #actofinsertion #biologicalsciences #staphylococcus #aka (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UK detects its first human case of swine flu strain
Health officials scramble to trace contacts of person infected with H1N2 strainSwine flu in the UK: what we know so farHealth officials are scrambling to trace contacts of a person infected with a new form of swine flu, after the UK detected its first human case of H1N2.Fifty human cases of the strain have been reported globally since 2005. The new case is the first to be detected in the UK and is unrelated genetically to the previous cases.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Swine flu Health UK news Infectious diseases Society World news Science Microbiology Source Type: news
Swine flu in the UK: what we know so far
One person found to be infected with H1N2 strain, of which 50 cases have been reported globally since 2005UK detects its first human case of swine flu strainThe UK has detected its first human case of H1N2, a swine flu strain that has been reported in 50 people worldwide since 2005.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Swine flu Health UK news World news Infectious diseases Microbiology Medical research Science Society Source Type: news
Bleach does not tackle fatal hospital superbug, UK researchers find
Following government guidance by using disinfectant to tackle C diff bacteria proved ineffective in experimentsLiquid bleach does not kill off a hospital superbug that can cause fatal infections, researchers have found.The researchers say new approaches are needed towards disinfection in care settings.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science UK news Research publishing Education Health Source Type: news
Patrick Vallance contradicts Rishi Sunak ’s evidence to Covid inquiry
PM would almost certainly have known concerns over ‘eat out to help out’ scheme, says former chief scientific adviserExplainer: How Vallance ’s diaries exposed chaos inside No 10UK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak would almost certainly have known scientists were worried about his“eat out to help out” scheme during the pandemic, Sir Patrick Vallance has said, directly contradicting the prime minister ’s evidence to the Covid inquiry.In potentially damaging testimony, Vallance, the UK government ’s chief scientific adviser during the pandemic, said he would be “very surprised” if Sunak, then cha...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Peter Walker Deputy political editor Tags: Covid inquiry Rishi Sunak Coronavirus Science Infectious diseases Patrick Vallance Politics UK news Medical research Boris Johnson Microbiology Chris Whitty Health policy Economic policy Source Type: news
Meet the heroes powering our emergency response
16 November 2023 – I am Nevien Attalla, and I serve as Operations Manager at the WHO logistics hub in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. My background in pharmacy has facilitated my career journey and contributed significantly to humanitarian efforts. I had been a microbiological instructor to the retail field before joining the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot in 2012, where I found my true passion in humanitarian response. In 2015, the WHO logistics hub in Dubai was established, and it has since provided me with many valuable experiences in the humanitarian sector.
Humanitarian work, by its nature, ofte...
Source: WHO EMRO News - November 16, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Rebound Infections Occur in 20% of Paxlovid Users, According to New Research
COVID-19 has become less of an urgent threat than it was in 2019 largely because of vaccines and growing immunity from natural infections, but antiviral treatments have also changed the course of the disease. The most popular of these is nirmatrelvir-ritonavir, sold under the brand name Paxlovid, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends for older people and anyone over age 12 who is at higher risk of COVID-19 complications. But people taking the drug have reported incomplete recovery, or testing positive again after testing negative once they finished the five-day course of the oral medica...
Source: TIME: Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Seasonality of microbiology of combat-related wounds and wound infections in Afghanistan - Soderstrom MA, Blyth DM, Carson ML, Campbell WR, Yabes JM, Shaikh F, Stewart L, Tribble DR, Murray CK, Kiley JL.
INTRODUCTION: Battlefield-related wound infections are a significant source of morbidity among combat casualties. Seasonality of these infections was demonstrated in previous conflicts (e.g., Korea) but has not been described with trauma-related health car... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Expert warns new Covid variants could be more severe or transmissible
As viruses always try to adapt to increasing environmental pressures, more severe variants could appear, according to a lecturer in microbiology. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Male-Killing Virus Is Discovered in Insects
The chance finding in a Japanese university ’s greenhouse could help researchers find ways to control agricultural pests or even insects that spread disease. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Anne Brown Tags: Viruses Butterflies and Moths Caterpillars Insects Microbiology Research Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Japan your-feed-science Source Type: news
Microbiome Firm Raises $86.5 Million and Inks Deal to Sell Consumer Test Kits in 200 CVS Pharmacies
Studying gut bacteria continues to intrigue investors, but can the results produce viable diagnostic data for healthcare providers? Even as microbiologists and clinical pathologists closely watch research into the human microbiome and anticipate study findings that could lead to new medical laboratory tests based on microbiome testing, there are entrepreneurs ready to tout the benefits […]
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Source: Dark Daily - November 3, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing AI anatomic pathology artificial intelligence clinical laboratory clinical pathology CVS Dark Daily dark intel Source Type: news
