COVID Vaccines and New-Onset Seizures: New Data COVID Vaccines and New-Onset Seizures: New Data
There is no link between the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and increased risk for new-onset seizure activity, results from a new meta-analysis showed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - May 8, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
ISMRM: Long-COVID researchers learn from voxel-wise analysis in brain MRI
Certain advanced MRI metrics are more useful than others for assessing white matter alterations that could be linked to long-COVID brain fog, according to research results presented May 6 at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting.
A team led by Nicolò Rolandi, PhD, of University College London in the U.K. explored voxel-wise analysis of core white-matter voxels using advanced MRI metrics and neuropsychological scores.
The study dataset included 25 healthy control participants and 47 with long COVID who were scanned and clinically assessed between June 2020 and August 2023. MRI data ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 7, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Neuroradiology ISMRM 2024 Source Type: news
Scientists Developing Vaccine Against Present and Future COVID Viruses
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Scientists are busy working on a vaccine that might fight strains of the COVID virus SARS-CoV-2 that haven ' t even emerged yet.The effort from a British team at the University of Cambridge is already showing promise in mouse... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 6, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Proposal to apply a "Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA)" based approach to manage the COVID-19-related mental health problems in the era of long COVID - Sun K, Zhou R, Xu F, Lu H, Asakawa T.
Long COVID (LC)-related health problems are highly concerned. Many patients seem to have "recovered" from an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, however, they might experience various symptoms, almost involving all organs and systems. Of those, neuropsychiatric sy... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Ralph Baric Admits Covid-19 Lab Origin Possible
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (purple) infected with a variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (pink), isolated from a patient sample. (NIAID via The Epoch…#ralphbaric #laboriginpossible #zacharystieber #epochtimes #niaid #shizhengli #wuhan #peterdaszak #ecohealthalliance #wiv (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Automated Lineage Definitions Now Available in NCBI Virus SARS-CoV-2 Variants Overview
Recently, NCBI Virus SARS-CoV-2 Variants Overview moved from a manual to an automated process for selecting mutations required to define a lineage (e.g., Omicron, BA.2, JN.1, etc.). With this update, the SARS-CoV-2 Variant Overview provides coverage for all SARS-CoV-2 lineages and is no longer limited to only lineages with CDC status. The SARS-CoV-2 Variants Overview … Continue reading Automated Lineage Definitions Now Available in NCBI Virus SARS-CoV-2 Variants Overview → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - May 2, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New GenBank SARS-CoV-2 Sequence Read Archive (SRA) Source Type: news
Long-Term Smell, but Not Taste, Deficits Seen After COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 -- Olfactory dysfunction, especially for smell, is more common in individuals with prior COVID-19 versus individuals with no history of infection, with deficits varying by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Does Not Increase New-Onset Seizure Risk
TUESDAY, April 30, 2024 -- There is no risk for new-onset seizure incidence for individuals receiving a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine versus placebo, according to a review published online April 29 in JAMA... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 30, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What to Know About the ‘ FLiRT ’ Variants of COVID-19
The COVID-19 lull in the U.S. may soon come to an end, as a new family of SARS-CoV-2 variants—nicknamed “FLiRT” variants—begins to spread nationwide.
These variants are distant Omicron relatives that spun out from JN.1, the variant behind the surge in cases this past winter. They’ve been dubbed “FLiRT” variants based on the technical names for their mutations, one of which includes the letters “F” and “L,” and another of which includes the letters “R” and “T.”
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Within the FLiRT family...
Source: TIME: Health - April 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Scientists discover higher levels of CO2 increase survival of viruses in the air and transmission risk
A new study has revealed for the first time the vital role carbon dioxide (CO2) plays in determining the lifespan of airborne viruses – namely SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - April 26, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Alumni, Health, International, Postgraduate, Public engagement, Publications, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, School of Chemistry; Press Release Source Type: news
SARS-CoV-2 Viral Shedding and Rapid Antigen Test Performance - Respiratory Virus Transmission Network, November 2022-May 2023
This report describes the sensitivity of different kinds of tests that detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 25, 2024 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
COVID Shot Boosts Mucosal Immunity in Previously Infected People
(MedPage Today) -- COVID-19 mRNA vaccines stimulated mucosal immunity in people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, but generated only a tiny amount of immunity in people who had never been infected, according to a cohort study using data from... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 23, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Forced to eat bat feces, chimps could spread deadly viruses to humans
On a sunny day 7 years ago in the Budongo Forest Reserve in Uganda, researchers were startled to observe chimpanzees scoop dry bat feces from under a hollow tree and devour it. In 60 years of observations at Budongo, no one had ever seen such a thing, recalls veterinary epidemiologist Tony Goldberg of the University of Wisconsin—Madison. “Aside from the ick factor, we all had the exact same thought,” he says. “They must be exposed to horrible bat-borne viruses.”
That suspicion proved correct. Though the bat feces is rich in nutrients,
it contains dozens of previously unknown viruses
, Goldberg and...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
The pandemic cost 7 million lives, but talks to prevent a repeat stall
An unknown future pathogen could have far more devastating consequences than SARS-CoV-2. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Frances Stead Sellers Source Type: news
Africa: Leading Health Agencies Outline Updated Terminology for Pathogens That Transmit Through the Air
[WHO] Following consultation with public health agencies and experts, the World Health Organization (WHO) publishes a global technical consultation report introducing updated terminology for pathogens that transmit through the air. The pathogens covered include those that cause respiratory infections, e.g. COVID-19, influenza, measles, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and tuberculosis, among others. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
