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News at a glance: New gene therapy, Europe ’s drought, and a black hole’s photon ring
ARCHAEOLOGY Drought exposes ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ for study Scientists are rushing to examine a 7000-year-old stone circle in central Spain that had been drowned by a reservoir for decades and was uncovered after the drought plaguing Europe lowered water levels. Nicknamed the “Spanish Stonehenge”—although 2000 years older than the U.K. stone circle—the Dolmen of Guadalperal (above) was described by archaeologists in the 1920s. The approximately 100 standing stones, up to 1.8 meters tall and arranged around an oval open space, were submerged in the Valdecañas reservoir after the construction of a ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - August 25, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

He battled AIDS, COVID-19, and Trump. Now, Anthony Fauci is stepping down
Anthony Fauci, the renowned physician-scientist who has led the $6.3 billion National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for nearly 4 decades and since early 2020 has been the U.S. government’s voice of scientific reason during the COVID-19 pandemic, will step down from government service in December. Fauci, 81, had said in recent interviews that he planned to retire from the government by the end of President Joe Biden’s administration, but did not give a date until today. He said in a statement that although leading NIAID “has been the honor of a lifetime,” he plans to “pursue...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - August 22, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Will Monkeypox Be the ' Syphilis of the 21st Century? ' Will Monkeypox Be the ' Syphilis of the 21st Century? '
An infectious disease specialist shares his concerns that the risks of the monkeypox outbreak have been minimized, and that the response to date has been inadequate.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - August 22, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News 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

Atypical Presentation of Monkeypox Creates Confusion Atypical Presentation of Monkeypox Creates Confusion
Atypical presentations are common in the current monkeypox outbreak. This factor may contribute to missed diagnoses and an underestimation of the number of cases.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - August 12, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

How effective is the monkeypox vaccine? Scientists scramble for clues as trials ramp up
When mo nkeypox suddenly started spreading globally in May, the world was fortunate in one respect: a vaccine was available. MVA, originally developed by Bavarian Nordic as a smallpox vaccine, was already licensed for monkeypox in Canada and the United States. EU regulators have since followed suit. Vaccine supplies are limited, and no doses have been shared with countries in Africa that have long been affected by monkeypox. But in Europe and North America, clinics have by now delivered thousands of doses to people in high-risk groups. There’s little doubt the vaccine can help, but that’s about all that’s...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - August 10, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

What to Know About the Monkeypox Drug TPOXX —And Why It ’ s So Hard to Get
Monkeypox, which federal officials declared a public health emergency on August 4, is not as contagious as the other ongoing public health emergency in the U.S.: COVID-19. Monkeypox primarily spreads through contact with infected skin lesions. Theoretically, containing monkeypox should therefore be more feasible, as long as testing, vaccines, and treatments are accessible. But in reality, the rollouts of all three approaches have faced major challenges. Getting the antiviral drug tecovirimat, also known as TPOXX, is particularly difficult. Here’s what to know about the antiviral drug treatment TPOXX. What is TPOXX? T...
Source: TIME: Health - August 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate monkeypox Source Type: news

How Worried Should We Be About the Monkeypox Health Emergency? How Worried Should We Be About the Monkeypox Health Emergency?
The US declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move that may allow the government new avenues for increasing production and use of existing vaccines.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - August 5, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Why efforts to make better, more universal coronavirus vaccines are struggling
There’s a new call from the White House to develop vaccines that might protect against future SARS-CoV-2 mutants or even unknown coronaviruses. “The vaccines we have are terrific, but we can do better than terrific,” Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said at a vaccine summit yesterday that gathered researchers, companies, and government officials. “Ultimately, we need vaccines that can protect us no matter what Mother Nature throws at us.” But no specific funding request to Congress was revealed at the summit, or any concrete plans, so vaccine developers and the public shouldn’t expect...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - July 27, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

SARS-CoV-2 pandemics and RSV off-season outbreaks
Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Jul 9. doi: 10.23822/EurAnnACI.1764-1489.263. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:35852514 | DOI:10.23822/EurAnnACI.1764-1489.263
Source: European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - July 19, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: R B Pestana A R Aguiar M Morais-Almeida Source Type: research