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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
Virtual Healthcare Is Everywhere, But Are Caregivers Satisfied With Virtual Learning And Does It Have A Role Moving Forward?
This study assesses caregivers' experiences following an online anaphylaxis education session.
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - February 1, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Ciobha OKelly, Caoimhe Cronin, Hannah Keohane, Laura Flores Villarta, Juan Trujillo Wurttele Source Type: research
The Role of Quality Improvement in Allergy Practices
Over the past three years, Allergy/Immunology practices have faced unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This forced rapid and significant changes to the manner in which patient care was delivered and demonstrated adaptability, resiliency, and fortitude among clinicians.1 Unfortunately, it also contributed to widespread burnout, stress, and fatigue. There are many lessons to learn from the past few years and undoubtedly the strength of our specialty and powerful impact we have on our patients ’ lives will remain at the forefront of our mission moving forward.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - December 17, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: David R. Stukus Tags: Perspective Source Type: research
Science ’s 2022 Breakthrough of the Year: A telescope’s golden eye sees the universe anew
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Source: ScienceNOW - December 15, 2022 Category: Science 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
Why You Should Rest —a Lot—If You Have COVID-19
Until recently, running was a major part of Emma Zimmerman’s life. The 26-year-old freelance journalist and graduate student was a competitive distance runner in college and, even after she graduated, logged about 50 miles per week. So she tentatively tried to return to her running routine roughly a week after a probable case of COVID-19 in March, doing her best to overcome the malaise that followed her initial allergy-like symptoms. Each time, though, “I’d be stuck in bed for days with a severe level of crippling fatigue,” Zimmerman says.
Months later, Zimmerman still experiences health issues incl...
Source: TIME: Health - September 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Creating a kinder world for children with food allergies
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has accelerated the pediatric mental health crisis, with increased rates of anxiety and depression among children, especially during school closures.1 In-person interactions shifted online, racial and ethnic tensions heightened, and socioeconomic disparities increased. A survey comparing parents ’ concerns about their children being bullied during the pandemic vs prepandemic revealed decreased concerns when children attended school remotely, which parents attributed to remote learning, and increased concerns in non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic parents, which parents attributed to racism.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - September 23, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Lisa M. Bartnikas, Wanda Phipatanakul Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Will the monkeypox virus become more dangerous?
A few years ago, researchers scoured the remains of 1867 people who lived between 30,000 and 150 years ago for genetic traces of variola, the virus that causes smallpox. In the teeth and bones of four Northern Europeans from the Viking era, they found enough DNA to reconstruct entire variola genomes. The sequenced viruses weren’t direct ancestors of the feared variola strain that was eradicated in the second half of the 20th century. But they may hold a clue to how smallpox became so deadly.
Over the span of 350 years,
the Viking virus lost several genes
, the researchers reported in a 2020 paper in
Science...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - September 15, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Anthony Fauci, loved and hated, plots his next move: ‘I'm not going to sit in my house’
In 1984, when Anthony Fauci took over as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), his wife gave him a plant for the new office. Both the palm and the 81-year-old physician are still there, the giant plant now crowding the office of one of the most celebrated—and polarizing—scientific figures in U.S. history. But not for much longer. Fauci announced on 22 August that he would step down at the end of the year from both NIAID and his post as the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden.
“What am I going to do with this plant? It’s a monster. I can’t fit it in any other plac...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 1, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Anthony Fauci, loved and hated, plots his next move: ‘I’m not going to sit in my house’
In 1984, when Anthony Fauci took over as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), his wife gave him a plant for the new office. Both the palm and the 81-year-old physician are still there, the giant plant now crowding the office of one of the most celebrated—and polarizing—scientific figures in U.S. history. But not for much longer. Fauci announced on 22 August that he would step down at the end of the year from both NIAID and his post as the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden.
“What am I going to do with this plant? It’s a monster. I can’t fit it in any other plac...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 1, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Your Kid ’ s School Needs Better Ventilation to Help Keep COVID-19 in Check
Across the country, K-12 schools are starting their next year of classes in the middle of a COVID-19 surge. As the BA.5 Omicron subvariant drives thousands of reinfections, schools have largely put aside safety measures like mask requirements and physical distancing.
In response, some parents and experts are trying to improve ventilation in schools, since better air quality in buildings can reduce COVID-19’s spread and even improve other health outcomes. But, despite readily available resources—including millions of dollars in funding from the federal government—many schools have not invested in upgrading...
Source: TIME: Health - August 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Betsy Ladyzhets Tags: Uncategorized biztech2030 COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Top Local Changemakers Addressing Health Equity Gaps Across the U.S. Named Johnson & Johnson Health Equity Innovation Challenge Awardees
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 14, 2022 – After an extensive search for the top changemakers in six key U.S. cities, Johnson & Johnson today announced the 14 awardees of its Health Equity Innovation Challenge. The awardees, who possess lived experience and a deep understanding of the communities they serve, were selected for their work in generating solutions to help close racial health and mortality gaps in six cities where Black and Brown individuals experience significant health inequities: Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City and Philadelphia.The Health Equity Innovation Challenge was created by J...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - June 14, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
News at a glance: China ’s carbon pledge, ARPA-H’s interim head, and an exascale computer
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A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 376, Issue 6597.
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U.S. moves to stop Alaska copper mine
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to block construction of a massive copper and gold mine that would risk polluting the headwaters of Alaska’s Bristol Bay, home to the world’s largest sockeye salmon runs. EPA announced last week it plans to forbid dis...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - June 2, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The Current COVID-19 Booster-Shot Strategy is Not Sustainable, Says FDA ’s Expert Panel
While the currently available COVID-19 vaccines remain effective in protecting people from serious disease, public health experts still face a handful of important questions about the shots and their ability to continue to protect against the virus in coming years. Will a new version of the vaccine be more effective? How long does protection last? Are boosters the only way to extend that protection? Is there a better, more coordinated way to give vaccines and boosters to maximize immunity in the face of an ever-changing virus?
Those were the discussion topics that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
