Roche receives FDA approval for the first molecular test to screen for malaria in blood donors
The cobas Malaria test is the first FDA-approved molecular test to screen U.S. blood donors for malariaMalaria is a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection most commonly transmitted by mosquitoes that can also be spread through blood transfusionRoche is dedicated to saving patients ’ lives through diagnostic solutions that aid in the protection of the global blood supply from infectious diseasesBasel, 26 March 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the cobas® Malaria test for use on the cobas® 6800/8800 Systems. This approved test ca...
Source: Roche Media News - March 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche receives FDA approval for the first molecular test to screen for malaria in blood donors
The cobas Malaria test is the first FDA-approved molecular test to screen U.S. blood donors for malariaMalaria is a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection most commonly transmitted by mosquitoes that can also be spread through blood transfusionRoche is dedicated to saving patients ’ lives through diagnostic solutions that aid in the protection of the global blood supply from infectious diseasesBasel, 26 March 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the cobas® Malaria test for use on the cobas® 6800/8800 Systems. This approved test ca...
Source: Roche Investor Update - March 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
A new therapy effective against drug-sensitive and resistant parasites
A novel combination therapy developed by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine can help fight the drug-resistant cases of the tickborne illness babesiosis. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - January 5, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
When Should We Consider A Rickettsial Disease?
Discussion
Rickettsioses are “small, obligate intracellular, gram-negative, aerobic coccobacillary α-proeobacteria” from the genuses Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, and Orientia genuses. Often they cause limited health problems but can cause severe disease and death. They present with a fever and other non-specific signs and symptoms, usually with a rash and lymphadenopathy. Other problems can include:
Cardiac – endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis
Gastrointestinal – abdominal pain, acute abdomen, cholecystitis, hepatitis, pancreatitis
Heme/Lymph – hemophagocytosis, lymph...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 18, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What Is Babesiosis, a Tick-Borne Illness?
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 -- You likely know that Lyme disease can be spread by ticks, but have you heard of babesiosis?
It’s a different disease caused by the bite of a deer tick, and cases are rising in the United States, scientists from the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Ontario's top doctor says rise in tick-borne illnesses linked to climate change
There have been anecdotal reports and publications about anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus being found in Ontario in recent years, but the province now needs to start formally tracking them, said Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - July 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
This Year Might Be the Worst Tick Season Ever. Here ’ s Why
Marci Silbert wasn’t walking far on the evening of May 6. She, her husband, and another couple were visiting friends for dinner, and after eating, took a brief stroll down a short path to a small pond on their hosts’ property in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. They lingered for just a few moments, and then walked back. But that was all it took.
The next day, her husband noticed a tick embedded in his forearm. Silbert had one on the inside of her knee, and the husband in the other couple had one on his thigh. Out of an abundance of caution, they went to the hospital, had them removed, and were given prophylacti...
Source: TIME: Health - June 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized climate change Disease Environment healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Trends in Reported Babesiosis Cases Trends in Reported Babesiosis Cases
This report indicates that babesiosis, a tickborne disease caused by Babesia parasites, has significantly increased in northeastern states in the last decade.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Researchers warn of tick-borne disease babesiosis
' Tis the season for hiking now that spring has arrived and temperatures are on the upswing. But with hikes come insect bites and on the increase in North America is babesiosis, a malaria-like disease spread especially between May and October by a … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - May 15, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
A Rare Tick-Borne Disease Is On The Rise. Here’s How To Tell If You Have It.
Experts say cases of babesiosis are increasing along with Lyme disease. Pay attention to these symptoms. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Rare Tick-Borne Disease Is On The Rise. Here's How To Tell If You Have It.
Experts say cases of babesiosis are increasing along with Lyme disease. Pay attention to these symptoms. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experts sound alarm over malaria-like tick-borne disease that kills up to 20% of people it infects
Human cases of babesiosis have more than doubled in a decade in the US, with the disease advancing across the mid-west, northeast and the west. It is more common in the summer months. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ticks Carry More Diseases Than Just Lyme. Here ’ s What You Need to Know
Chris Rose lost ten years of his health—not to mention his gallbladder—to a single tick bite. The tick bit in 2010 and Rose, now a 50-year-old network engineer in Chapel Hill, N.C., thought little of it at the time.
“It was one of those lone star ticks,” he says, “and I just picked it off me. It wasn’t a big deal.”
Before long, however, Rose began developing crushing chest pains, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, and other symptoms. Doctors screened him for heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and gallstones, and even removed his gallbladder to see if that might ease the intesti...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Babesiosis and what you need to know about the 2023 tick season
An infected black-legged tick can transmit babesiosis and other infections Tick season is underway in much of the U.S. This season, another tick-borne disease is on the list of concerns. That's because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a significant increase in reported cases of babesiosis(bah-beez-E-oh-sis) infection in eastern parts of the U.S. "Babesiosis is another tick-borne disease that we hear about, in addition to Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and others," says Dr. Bobbi… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 24, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
News at a glance: Modernizing bed nets, IDing a Solar System visitor, and health lessons from Beethoven ’s hair
PUBLIC HEALTH
Next-gen bed nets get go-ahead
A new type of malaria-fighting bed net
received a major endorsement
from the World Health Organization (WHO) last week. The net combines two chemicals to more effectively kill the mosquitoes that transmit the parasite behind malaria, a disease that killed an estimated 619,000 people in 2022, most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Insecticide-treated bed nets have helped drive malaria rates down dramatically. But in recent years, resistance to the insecticide used to treat nets, pyrethroid, has been spreading. That has contributed to ...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 23, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
