A Fasting Population Exhibits Lower COVID-19 Severity and Mortality
Researchers here report that an epidemiological study population that practices long term intermittent fasting suffered a lesser severity and lower mortality rate in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The SARS-CoV-2 virus produces mortality via runaway inflammatory signaling, and people with a greater burden of chronic inflammation, such as through age or obesity, are less resilient. Intermittent fasting lowers inflammatory signaling, but it also produces a range of other benefits that improve resistance to infection. Further, it may be the case that the ability to fast on a schedule for decades selects for people ...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 14, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
How COVID-19 Has Infected the Totality of Life (Including Law)
David M. Frankford (Rutgers University), How COVID-19 Has Infected the Totality of Life (Including Law), 74 Rutgers L. Rev. 3 (2022): The COVID-19 pandemic, stemming from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has shown, as if proof were necessary, that a pandemic is... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 7, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
TWiV 915: Mouse mouth to mouse mom
TWiV discusses the recent decision by an FDA advisory committee to update COVID vaccines for the fall, the monkeypox virus outbreak, and the finding that enteric viruses infect the salivary glands and are transmitted through saliva. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 3, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology coronavirus COVID-19 enteric virus norovirus pandemic rotavirus saliva saliva transmissions salivary gland SARS-CoV-2 vaccine variant of concern viral viruses Source Type: blogs
TWiEVO 79: When the immune system is away, SARS-CoV-2 will play
Nels and Vincent discuss an analysis of the drivers of evolution of SARS-CoV-2 during chronic infections, indicating that a tradeoff exists between antibody evasion and fitness. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 2, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Evolution antibody evasion chronic infection coronavirus COVID-19 fitness immunocompromised natural selection pandemic SARS-CoV-2 Source Type: blogs
TWiV 914: COVID-19 clinical update #121 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #121, Dr. Griffin discusses age as a risk factor for severe disease, updated vaccine boosters for the fall, pediatric infection and antibody seroprevalence in Arkansas over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, all-cause maternal mortality in the United States before and during the pandemic, and the effect of 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment and how it impacts vaccine immunity. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 2, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation Long Covid monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern viruses Source Type: blogs
Digital Vaccines – Can This AI Tool Save Us from Ourselves?
The following is a guest article by Dr. Neecey Hudson, PhD – Founder & Chief Scientist at Hood Medicine Initiative.
Pandemic preparedness has now become a paramount concern across the globe. From vaccine supply chain logistics to hospital capacity management, many nations have failed to provide competent response measures that equitably protect their citizens and reduce the spread of infection, while low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are facing enormous challenges to do so. This global crisis has tested our ability as a civilization to respond to public health emergencies and mitigate the impact of geopo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 24, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Bhargav Sri Prakash Carnegie Mellon Universtiy COVID-19 Digital Vaccines Dr. Neecy Hudson FriendsLearn Healthcare AI Healthcare Infodemic Hood Medicine I Source Type: blogs
TWiV 911: Antibody can get vaccinated now
TWiV provides an update on hepatitis of unknown etiology in children, an experimental nanoparticle vaccine for Epstein-Barr virus, and minimal impact of bamlanivimab therapy on antiviral antibodies induced by vaccination. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 911 (76 MB .mp3, 127 min)Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 20, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology bamlanivimab COVID-19 Epstein-Barr virus hepatitis nanoparticle vaccine pandemic SARS-CoV-2 viral viruses Source Type: blogs
TWiV 910: COVID-19 clinical update #119 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #119, Dr. Griffin reviews tixagevimab for infection prevention, ivermectin for outpatient infection treatment, symptom rebound after PAXLOVID treatment, bamlanivimab minimally impacting immune response to vaccination, in-hospital mortality among infection patients, residual viral antigen in patients following infection, usage of Casirvimab/Imdevimab and Remdesivir in infected patients with depleted B-cells, and rheumatic symptoms […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 18, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation Long Covid monoclonal antibody pandemic SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern viruses Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - research and news - 17th June 2022
Two pieces of research that might be useful:Effect of acupoint hot compress on postpartum urinary retention after vaginal delivery, an RCT Systematic review and critical evaluation of quality of clinical practice guidelines on the management of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy (librarian intervention may be needed for full text)And one news item:Guardian report of a Doctors of the World report into migrant women being charged for maternity services in England (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - June 17, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
How Inflation Erodes Financial Privacy
Nicholas AnthonyThe hidden tax of inflation has been a little less hidden lately. From grocery stores to gas stations, people are seeing prices rise before their eyes. Yet it’s not just our wallets that are paying the price. For 50 years, inflation has helped the U.S. government increase financial surveillance under the Bank Secrecy Act by silently increasing the activities banks must report in their effort to counter financial crime.One of the key requirements of the 1970Bank Secrecy Act was that banks must report to the government any time a customer’s financial activity crosses any number of thresholds. For ins...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 10, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Nicholas Anthony Source Type: blogs
To Realize the Promise of Connected Healthcare, Embrace Edge Computing
The following is a guest article by Bridget Meuse, Industry Strategist at Akamai. The evolution of connected healthcare, already well underway, got a major boost during the COVID pandemic. The shift to remote healthcare service delivery, together with the expansion of the Internet of medical things (IoMT), went into overdrive with the arrival of SARS […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Security and Privacy Akamai BemusedBridget Connected Healthcare COVID-19 Digital Transformation Healthcare Cloud Healthcare D Source Type: blogs
TWiV 906: Long COVID, giant viruses, and smallish pox
TWiV reviews human monkeypox infections, evidence for human Mimivrus infections, and incidence of long COVID in post-vaccine SARS-CoV-2 infections. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 5, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology Source Type: blogs
TWiV 905: COVID-19 clinical update #117 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #117, Dr. Griffin discusses duration of virus shedding, association between pre-exposure to steroids and infection outcome, post-infection subtypes, rehabilitation for post-acute infection, Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab for infection prevention, antibody prophylaxis and vaccination in kidney transplant recipients, remdesivir and bebtelovimab fact sheets for providers, the updated guidelines on treatment with Famotidine, Paxlovid rebound symptom characterizations, antigen test positivity duration, viral dynamics of variants and isolation, association of inflammation in CS fluid, and transmission dynami...
Source: virology blog - June 4, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation Long Covid monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern viruses Source Type: blogs
Public Alerted to Omicron in New Mexico Through Quick Detection
Genetic material inside a virus. Credit: iStock.
Over the past 2 years, you’ve probably heard a lot about the spread of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—and the emergence of variants. The discovery and tracking of these variants is possible thanks to genomic surveillance, a technique that involves sequencing and analyzing the genomes of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles from many COVID-19 patients. Genomic surveillance has not only shed light on how SARS-CoV-2 has evolved and spread, but it has also helped public health officials decide when to introduce measures to help protect people.
In December 2021, the N...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 1, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Genes Injury and Illness COVID-19 Genomics Infectious Diseases Viruses Source Type: blogs
Index-Based Policy to Guide Mask-Wearing for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Pandemics
Sandeep Puri (Brooklyn Law School), Eli Perencevich (University of Iowa), Michael Weiner (Indiana University), Index-Based Policy to Guide Mask-Wearing for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Pandemics, U. Dayton L. Rev. (Forthcoming): As the world experiences yet another surge in cases of COVID-19,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 26, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
