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News at a glance: A win for obesity drugs, NIH unionization roadblocks, and Mexican fireflies under threat
CONSERVATION Researchers raise alarm over threat to Mexican fireflies Scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) last week delivered a letter to the Mexican government requesting it regulate tourism centered on the threatened firefly species Photinus palaciosi . Endemic to Mexico’s Tlaxcala forests, P. palaciosi is one of the few species that glow in synchrony, offering an annual spectacle that attracts thousands of visitors during summer mating season. The letter describes how littering, artificial light, and noise interfere with the insects’ courtship and eg...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 10, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

News at a glance: A win for obesity drugs, a new infectious disease institute head, and Mexican fireflies under threat
CONSERVATION Researchers raise alarm over threat to Mexican fireflies Scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) last week delivered a letter to the Mexican government requesting it regulate tourism centered on the threatened firefly species Photinus palaciosi . Endemic to Mexico’s Tlaxcala forests, P. palaciosi is one of the few species that glow in synchrony, offering an annual spectacle that attracts thousands of visitors during summer mating season. The letter describes how littering, artificial light, and noise interfere with the insects’ courtship and eg...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - August 10, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

HIV researcher will head NIH ’s infectious disease institute
The infectious disease institute at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) will soon have its first new chief in nearly 4 decades. Jeanne Marrazzo, an expert on sexually transmitted infections, will become director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the fall. She will succeed Anthony Fauci, who stepped down in December 2022 after 38 years at NIAID’s helm. Marrazzo, 61, currently directs the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). A physician and epidemiologist, she has expertise in HIV prevention, vaginal infections, horm...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 2, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

University of Alabama HIV researcher will head NIH ’s infectious disease institute
The infectious disease institute at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) will soon have its first new chief in nearly 4 decades. Jeanne Marrazzo, an expert on sexually transmitted infections, will become director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the fall. She will succeed Anthony Fauci, who stepped down in December 2022 after 38 years at NIAID’s helm. Marrazzo, 61, currently directs the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). A physician and epidemiologist, she has expertise in HIV prevention, vaginal infections, horm...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 2, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

What You Need to Know About Pfizer ' s COVID-19 Vaccine, According to an Immunobiologist
What You Need to Know About Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine, According to an Immunobiologist University of Arizona immunobiologist Deepta Bhattacharya says the COVID-19 vaccine is safe, and he will take it when it becomes available. Mikayla Mace Today University Communications201208_TMC Mock Vaccine.jpg Cars line up during a COVID-19 vaccination distribution run-through at Tucson Medical Center. Pima CountyHealthCOVID-19 Media contact(s)Mikayla Mace Science Writer, University Communicationsmikaylamace@arizona.edu520-621-1878 Researcher contact(s)Deepta Bhattacharya Department of Immunobiologydeeptab@email.arizona....
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - December 15, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mikaylamace Source Type: research

What You Need to Know About Pfizer ' s COVID-19 Vaccine
What You Need to Know About Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine University of Arizona immunobiologist Deepta Bhattacharya says the COVID-19 vaccine is safe, and he will take it when it becomes available. Mikayla Mace Tuesday University Communications201208_TMC Mock Vaccine.jpg Cars line up during a COVID-19 vaccination distribution run-through at Tucson Medical Center. Pima CountyHealthCOVID-19 Media contact(s)Mikayla Mace Science Writer, University Communicationsmikaylamace@arizona.edu520-621-1878 Researcher contact(s)Deepta Bhattacharya Department of Immunobiologydeeptab@email.arizona.edu520-626-8088Americans began ...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - December 15, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mikaylamace Source Type: research

How Convalescent Plasma Could Help Fight COVID-19
The last time most of us gave any thought to antibodies was probably in high school biology, but we’re getting a crash refresher course thanks to COVID-19. They are, after all, the key to our best defenses against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that’s caused the global pandemic. People who have been infected likely rely on antibodies to recover, and antibodies are what vaccines are designed to produce. Or at least that’s what infectious-disease and public-health experts assume for now. Because SARS-CoV-2 is such a new virus, even the world’s best authorities aren’t yet sure what it will take to build p...
Source: TIME: Health - August 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Air Microbiome and Pollution: Composition and Potential Effects on Human Health, Including SARS Coronavirus Infection.
Authors: Moelling K, Broecker F Abstract Polluted air poses a significant threat to human health. Exposure to particulate matter (PM) and harmful gases contributes to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including allergies and obstructive lung disease. Air pollution may also be linked to cancer and reduced life expectancy. Uptake of PM has been shown to cause pathological changes in the intestinal microbiota in mice and humans. Less is known about the effects of pollution-associated microbiota on human health. Several recent studies described the microbiomes of urban and rural air samples, of the stratosphere ...
Source: Journal of Environmental and Public Health - June 24, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Tags: J Environ Public Health Source Type: research

Unusual Symptoms of Coronavirus: What We Know So Far
While most people are familiar with the hallmark symptoms of COVID-19 by now—cough, fever, muscle aches, headaches and difficulty breathing—a new crop of medical conditions are emerging from the more than 4 million confirmed cases of the disease around the world. These include skin rashes, diarrhea, kidney abnormalities and potentially life-threatening blood clots. It’s not unusual for viruses to directly infect and affect different tissues and organs in the body, but it is a bit unusual for a primarily respiratory virus like SARS-CoV-2, which is responsible for COVID-19, to have such a wide-ranging reach...
Source: TIME: Health - May 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Coronavirus vs Flu vs Allergies: Which One is It?
Seasonal allergy symptoms differ from those caused by viral infections like influenza or the coronavirus.
Source: NYT Health - April 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Knvul Sheikh Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Tests (Medical) Quarantines Fever Influenza Throat Allergies Seasons and Months United States your-feed-health China Source Type: news

Hay Fever or Coronavirus? For Allergy Sufferers, a Pollen Season of Extra Worries Is Starting Up
(HAMBURG, Pa.) — The spring breezes of 2020 are carrying more than just tree pollen. There’s a whiff of paranoia in the air. For millions of seasonal allergy sufferers, the annual onset of watery eyes and scratchy throats is bumping up against the global spread of a new virus that produces its own constellation of respiratory symptoms. Forecasters are predicting a brutal spring allergy season for swaths of the U.S. at the same time that COVID-19 cases are rising dramatically. That’s causing angst for people who never have had to particularly worry about their hay fever, other than to stock up on antihista...
Source: TIME: Health - March 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Desk wire Source Type: news

Your Nose Itches. Is It Allergies, Flu or the Coronavirus?
Seasonal allergy symptoms differ from those caused by viral infections like influenza or the coronavirus.
Source: NYT Health - March 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Knvul Sheikh Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Tests (Medical) Influenza Fever Allergies Seasons and Months Throat United States China your-feed-health Source Type: news

Your Nose Itches. You Wonder: Is It the Coronavirus?
Seasonal allergy symptoms differ from those caused by viral infections like influenza or the coronavirus.
Source: NYT Health - March 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Knvul Sheikh Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Tests (Medical) Influenza Fever Allergies Seasons and Months Throat United States China your-feed-health Source Type: news