Poised to be first widely consumed gene-edited animals, virus-resistant pigs trot toward market
Pigs, cattle, and other livestock with edited genes are still far from most dinner plates, but a U.K. company has taken a big step toward the supermarket by engineering several commercial breeds of pigs to be resistant to a virus that devastates the swine industry. The firm, Genus plc, hopes that by year’s end the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will formally approve the pigs for widespread human consumption, a first for a gene-edited animal.
Alison Van Eenennaam, an animal geneticist at the University of California, Davis, is cheering the news. “There’s no point having a pig getting sick and dying if t...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 23, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Evaluation of scorpion stings in children - Parlak ME, Öz E, Küçükkelepçe O.
INTRODUCTION: Scorpion stings are a significant public health problem in many parts of the world. Children are at a higher risk of developing severe complications from scorpion envenoming, including cardiac, respiratory, and neurologic complications. In Tu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
A deadly viral illness is exploding in West Africa. Researchers are scrambling to figure out why
Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
Irrua, Nigeria, and Kenema, Sierra Leone—
Sitting on a bench outside the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo state in southwestern Nigeria in September 2023, Muhammed Luqman Dagana recounted his ordeal earlier in the year with Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic disease of West Africa. At first the 33-year-old wasn’t alarmed—his fever, headache, body aches, and cough were innocuous enough. A doctor at his local clinic gave him antibiotics for typhoid fever and antimalarial drugs. But his symptoms persisted, so he tried anoth...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Reemergence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Children and Adolescents After the COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, 2018-2024
This report describes an increase in Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a common cause of respiratory illness, beginning in fall 2023. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 22, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
This Is the Best Time to Get a Flu Shot
Getting the flu shot any time during respiratory virus season is better than not getting it at all. But vaccine protection wanes, so timing the shot properly can help antibodies peak when cases are highest.
Researchers wanted to figure out the optimal time for getting a flu shot, and took advantage of the fact that children tend to get vaccinated in the month they were born. In a study published in BMJ, they analyzed health insurance data from more than 800,000 children, ages 2-5, who got a flu shot from 2011 to 2018. The data showed that kids vaccinated in October had the strongest protection—they were about 12%...
Source: TIME: Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Medtronic won't spin off respiratory monitoring business, will drop ventilators
Medtronic on Tuesday said it would stop making ventilators, a product that became known worldwide early in the Covid-19 pandemic. But it has changed course on a plan to spin off its patient-monitoring and respiratory intervention businesses into a standalone company. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mark Reilly Source Type: news
Antiviral Mechanism and Clinical Benefits of Mouthwash Active Against SARS-CoV-2
Reia, V.C.B., da Fonseca Orcina, B., Vilhena, F.V.et al. Antiviral Mechanism and Clinical Benefits of Mouthwash Active Against SARS-CoV-2.Curr Oral Health Rep (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40496-024-00368-1AbstractPurpose of ReviewWe
aim to review the spectrum of biological mechanisms of mouthwashes
shown to be active against SARS-CoV-2, evidence for efficacy in
reduction of viral load, in vitro and in vivo, and the potential for
clinical benefit in use of mouthwashes in the context of COVID-19.Recent FindingsNumerous
studies have now been performed to establish the antiviral efficacy of
specific mouthwash i...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - February 19, 2024 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Europe Faces Loneliness Epidemic Head-On Europe Faces Loneliness Epidemic Head-On
Loneliness isn ' t just hurting hearts, it ' s a threat to our very well-being.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - February 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
Heavy Sedation Could Drive Hispanic Patients' Higher Death Rate While on Ventilators
MONDAY, Feb. 19, 2024 -- Hispanic Americans who are hospitalized and placed on ventilators have a higher risk of death than their white peers, and new research may reveal a reason why.
The study found that Hispanic patients in respiratory failure... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Brazil retail billionaire Abilio Diniz dies at 87
Brazilian billionaire Abilio Diniz, who built an empire in the supermarket retail sector, died on Sunday in Sao Paulo, according to his press office. The 87-year-old had been hospitalized at the Albert Einstein Hospital and suffered respiratory failure due to pneumonitis, his press office said in…#brazilian #abiliodiniz #saopaulo #carrefourbrasil #carrefour #paodeacucar #brf #diniz #peninsula (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What are Some Causes of Acute Onset of Loss of Speech Abilities?
Discussion
Acute mental status changes are worrisome in the least and scary at their worst. Seizures, cerebrovascular problems and central nervous system tumor swirl in professionals’ heads as they take in the history, physical examination and start to evaluate and manage the problem. Usually respiratory distress is recognized by family members and treatment is also sought.
Another cause of loss of speech is selective (or elective) mutism (SM). The child does not speak at all or minimally. When speaking it is usually within a close group of individuals or in certain circumstances such as only speaking to a parent o...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 19, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
FDA approves Xolair as first and only medicine for children and adults with one or more food allergies
Approval is based on data from the NIH-sponsored Phase III OUtMATCH study, which showed a significantly higher proportion of food allergy patients as young as 1 year treated with Xolair could tolerate small amounts of peanut, milk, egg and cashew without an allergic reaction, compared to placeboMore than 40% of children and more than half of adults with food allergies have experienced a severe reaction at least once1,2 Detailed OUtMATCH results will be featured in a late-breaking symposiumat the 2024 AAAAI Annual MeetingBasel, 16 February 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the U.S. Food ...
Source: Roche Investor Update - February 16, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
FDA approves Xolair as first and only medicine for children and adults with one or more food allergies
Approval is based on data from the NIH-sponsored Phase III OUtMATCH study, which showed a significantly higher proportion of food allergy patients as young as 1 year treated with Xolair could tolerate small amounts of peanut, milk, egg and cashew without an allergic reaction, compared to placeboMore than 40% of children and more than half of adults with food allergies have experienced a severe reaction at least once1,2 Detailed OUtMATCH results will be featured in a late-breaking symposiumat the 2024 AAAAI Annual MeetingBasel, 16 February 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the U.S. Food ...
Source: Roche Media News - February 16, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Why It ’s So Hard to Get Kids Vaccinated Against COVID-19
When medical treatments or vaccines are hard to get, it’s usually because of too much demand and not enough supply. But in the case of COVID-19 vaccines for kids, it’s the other way around: low demand for the shot is tanking supply.
While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone ages six months and older get vaccinated against COVID-19, parents are finding it hard to track down kid-sized doses. Usually, they would rely on their pediatricians for all childhood vaccines, but many are not stocking the latest COVID-19 shot.
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Source: TIME: Health - February 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Government must double maternity pay so mothers can afford to eat and heat their homes, say UNISON and Maternity Action
The government must increase statutory maternity pay to £364.70 a week so new mothers are not forced back to work too early, say UNISON and Maternity Action today (Friday).
Both organisations are concerned some women are cutting short their maternity leave, skipping meals and making other drastic choices because they cannot afford to live on the current statutory weekly amount of £172.48*.
UNISON and Maternity Action are urging ministers to more than double the payment at the very least so women receive the equivalent of the national minimum wage of £10.42 an hour.
A recent survey by Maternity Action on ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - February 16, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Sophie Goodchild Tags: News Press release maternity pay Source Type: news
