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World Health Organization Declares COVID-19 a ‘Pandemic.’ Here’s What That Means
The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 declared COVID-19 a pandemic, pointing to the over 118,000 cases of the coronavirus illness in over 110 countries and territories around the world and the sustained risk of further global spread.
“This is not just a public health crisis, it is a crisis that will touch every sector,” said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, at a media briefing. “So every sector and every individual must be involved in the fights.”
An epidemic refers to an uptick in the spread of a disease within a specific community. By contrast, the WHO defines a pand...
Source: TIME: Health - March 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Bulgaria Declares Nationwide Flu Epidemic Bulgaria Declares Nationwide Flu Epidemic
Bulgaria declared a nationwide influenza epidemic on Thursday to deal with the rapid rise of type B flu cases in the Balkan country, the health minister said.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 7, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
FDA OKs Quadrivalent, Adjuvanted Flu Vaccine for Older Adults FDA OKs Quadrivalent, Adjuvanted Flu Vaccine for Older Adults
The quadrivalent version of Fluad was safe and effective against influenza strains included in the vaccine in multiple clinical studies with adults aged 65 years or older.News Alerts
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 24, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Alert Source Type: news
Pediatric Influenza Deaths in US Second Highest on Record: CDC Pediatric Influenza Deaths in US Second Highest on Record: CDC
Child influenza-related deaths at this point in the season are the second highest since such deaths were made a nationally notifiable condition in 2004.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 24, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Flu Vaccine Effectiveness Good This Season, CDC Says Flu Vaccine Effectiveness Good This Season, CDC Says
Preliminary estimates show influenza vaccine effectiveness for 2019-2020 was 55% in children and 45% overall, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 20, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Influenza Activity in US Remains High, and Still Rising Influenza Activity in US Remains High, and Still Rising
Influenza activity is still high and rose again during the week ending February 8, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 19, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
NIH Slated for 7 percent Budget Cut
The President has proposed a $38.7 billion budget for the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year (FY) 2021. This translates to a $3 billion or 7 percent cut in the agency’s funding compared to FY 2020.
The NIH budget request includes a $50 million initiative to use artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a better understanding of the causes of chronic diseases and to identify early treatments. This plan is in line with the Administration’s “Industries of the Future” effort, which supports using and developing AI across sectors.
The budget would provide $50 million for the Childhood Cancer ...
Source: Public Policy Reports - February 18, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Delayed-Onset Anaphylaxis Caused by IgE Response to Influenza Vaccination.
In this study, we analyzed the immunoglobulin E (IgE) response to whole influenza vaccines in a pediatric case of delayed-onset anaphylaxis after influenza vaccination. The patient showed elevated specific IgE levels against whole influenza vaccines, especially with split virion from egg-based manufacturing process. Specific IgE levels to influenza vaccines showed decreased over. We evaluated a causal relationship between influenza vaccine and anaphylaxis event by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Delayed-onset anaphylaxis after influenza vaccination can occur in children without predisposing allergic diseases. In additio...
Source: Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research - February 7, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Allergy Asthma Immunol Res Source Type: research
Broadly Protective Strategies Against Influenza Viruses: Universal Vaccines and Therapeutics
Influenza virus is a respiratory pathogen that can cause disease in humans, with symptoms ranging from mild to life-threatening. The vast majority of influenza virus infections in humans are observed during seasonal epidemics and occasional pandemics. Given the substantial public health burden associated with influenza virus infection, yearly vaccination is recommended for protection against seasonal influenza viruses. Despite vigilant surveillance for new variants and careful selection of seasonal vaccine strains, the efficacy of seasonal vaccines can vary widely from year to year. This often results in lowered protection...
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - February 6, 2020 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
RIG-I and TLR4 Responses and Adverse Outcomes in Pediatric Influenza-Related Critical Illness
Suppression of both RIG-I and TLR4-mediated immune responses is common in previously immunocompetent children with critical influenza and is associated with worse clinical outcomes than suppression of either pathway alone.
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - February 4, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tanya Novak, Mark W. Hall, Douglas R. McDonald, Margaret M. Newhams, Anushay J. Mistry, Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, Peter M. Mourani, Laura L. Loftis, Scott L. Weiss, Keiko M. Tarquinio, Barry Markovitz, Mary E. Hartman, Adam Schwarz, Wolfgang G. Junger, Source Type: research
First childhood flu helps explain why virus hits some people harder than others
Why are some people better able to fight off the flu than others? Part of the answer, according to a new study, is related to the first flu strain we encounter in childhood.Scientists from UCLA and the University of Arizona have found that people ’s ability to fight off the flu virus is determined not only by the subtypes of flu they have had throughout their lives, but also by the sequence in which they are been infected by the viruses. Their study is published in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.The research offers an explanation for why some people fare much worse than others when infected with the same strain...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 4, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Coronavirus Is Bad but US Flu ' s New Numbers Still Far Worse Coronavirus Is Bad but US Flu ' s New Numbers Still Far Worse
At a time when many are worried about the new coronavirus, the CDC warns citizens not to let their guard down about influenza, saying flu season could still continue for weeks.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 3, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Oral Flu Vaccine Well-Tolerated and Immunogenic Oral Flu Vaccine Well-Tolerated and Immunogenic
The VXA-A1.1 oral influenza vaccine was well tolerated and provided protective immunity against virus shedding similar to that of intramuscular inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV), in a phase II trial.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 1, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
A computable phenotype for influenza vaccination status in patients with asthma
Upper respiratory infections are associated with up to 80% of asthma exacerbations. Investigating the role of influenza vaccination on asthma exacerbations using electronic health records (EHRs) is challenging due to lack of a computable phenotype for influenza vaccination. The purpose of this project was to develop an influenza vaccination computable phenotype, and evaluate its performance against manual chart review.
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - January 31, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Edwin Dovigi, Rafsa Khan, Pankaja Desai, Raj Shah, Ekta Kishen, Christopher Codispoti Source Type: research
