Finding Antibodies with Efficacy against Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Vaccination against one SARS-CoV-2 variant can yield antibodies with efficacy against other known and unknown viral variants. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - July 18, 2023 Category: Science Tags: The Marketplace Source Type: news
SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence vs Confirmed Pediatric COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence vs Confirmed Pediatric COVID-19
Does the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 match the number of positive test results among children? Why or why not?Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand COVID-19 ’ s Effect On the Brain
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors started to notice something striking. For what was originally described as a respiratory virus, SARS-CoV-2 seemed to have a strong effect on the brain, causing everything from loss of taste and smell and brain fog to, in serious cases, stroke.
NYU Langone Health, a New York city research hospital, started collating those anecdotes in hopes of better understanding how the virus affects the brain and nervous system. Years later, the project has morphed from focusing solely on acute symptoms to also tracking the long-term neurologic issues that some people with Long COVID experience, sa...
Source: TIME: Health - July 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Angola: Angola Scraps Mandatory Presentation of Covid-19 Test for Travelers
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan government lifted as of Saturday (15) the mandatory presentation of a SARS-Cov-2 vaccination certificate or a negative test for travelers entering and leaving the national territory. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 17, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Coronavirus Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
There ’ s Now a Rapid, Accurate COVID-19 Air Detector
The COVID-19 pandemic will forever be associated with unprecedented lockdowns and inconveniences such as wearing masks in public. And that’s largely because health experts had no idea exactly where the SARS-CoV-2 virus was lurking, and how risky crowded settings such as workplaces, classrooms, and public transportation were.
But what if an easy-to-use, mobile device could detect, in real time, SARS-CoV-2 in a given space? That would give people confidence to go maskless, if no virus were floating around, or take precautions like wearing a mask or avoid the setting altogether if the virus was detected.
Researchers at ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The U.S. Scientist At the Heart of COVID-19 Lab Leak Conspiracies Is Still Trying to Save the World From the Next Pandemic
Ralph Baric stepped onto the auditorium stage at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and looked out at the sparse audience that had come to hear him speak. On the large projector screen hanging behind him, the following words appeared: How Bad the Next Pandemic Could Be, What Might It Look Like, and Will We be Ready. The date was May 29, 2018.
“Well, I have to admit I’m a little worried about giving this talk,” Baric said. “The reason is being labelled a harbinger of doom.” The screen shifted, and images of the four horsemen of the apocalypse—Death, Famine, War, and Plague&mda...
Source: TIME: Health - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dan Werb Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature freelance Source Type: news
SARS-CoV-2 Nursing Home Outbreaks During Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Nursing Home Outbreaks During Delta and Omicron
Did SARS-CoV-2 infections among nursing home residents increase after the emergence of the Omicron and Delta variants?Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Enhanced MHC-I Suppression In Omicron Variants: A Key Factor In Sustained Infection
Recent analyses show that the Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 more strongly suppress important immune markers than previous versions of the virus. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 10, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
Tuberculosis is on the rise for first time in decades after efforts to control it have'stalled, slowed or reversed '
Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread across the world in 2020, tuberculosis was responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious disease. But thanks to targeted public health efforts in the U.S. and globally, tuberculosis cases had been steadily falling for…#covid19tuberculosis #tuberculosis #ukraine #conversation (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on violent injuries in children: a literature review - Georgeades C, Flynn-O'Brien KT.
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and implementation of stay-at-home orders led to changes in the daily lives of children. Subsequently, there have been reports of increases in pediatric violent traumatic injuries. This review summarizes the existing lite... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Africa: Two Years On, Saving Lives and Livelihoods Initiative Administers 32 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses and Strengthens Health Systems in Africa
[Africa CDC] Historic $1.5 billion partnership between Africa CDC and Mastercard Foundation launched in June 2021 to purchase COVID-19 vaccines, support the delivery of vaccinations to millions more, and strengthen Africa's long-term health security and response to future pandemics. Other significant achievements include creating 22,520 jobs across 25 member states, 5,628 youth employed, training and deploying over 37,609 health workers, and establishing 32 laboratories for genomic sequencing of SARS-COV-2 and other p (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 9, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Coronavirus Health and Medicine Source Type: news
Is ‘Long Vax Syndrome’ A Rare Covid-19 Vaccine Side Effect? Here’s What’s Known
While the risk of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) appears to be much higher after a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, there have been reports of people getting POTS after vaccination against Covid-19. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science business pharma standard Source Type: news
SARS-Co-V-2 positive status is associated with a more seriously injured population of trauma patients but not independently associated with worse outcomes of trauma care - Maxwell BG, Greenlaw A, Mako J, Lundeberg MR.
BACKGROUND: SARS-CoV-2 positive status has been considered a predominantly incidental finding among trauma patients. We sought to examine whether concurrent infection is associated with worse outcomes in a contemporary cohort of injured patients during the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Another deadly pandemic seems inevitable – but there is a way to avoid it | John Vidal
We are not helpless: we need to do big things quickly, though, to halt the disturbance of nature. And I fear that ’s not happeningJohn Vidal is a former Guardian environment editorWhen he bought the pretty little striped field mouse on the internet for $8to give to his daughter for her sixth birthday, the businessman from S ão Paulo was told it was free of infection and had been bred by a registered dealer. In fact, it had been sourced from the vast sugar cane fields planted in Brazil to grow biofuels to reduce the use of fossil fuels – and which were swarming with rodents after yet another heatwave.It nipped his daug...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 4, 2023 Category: Science Authors: John Vidal Tags: Infectious diseases Science Global health Animals Environment Climate crisis World news UK news Medical research Source Type: news
Bank of China pips HSBC in bond deals as Hong Kong IPOs face Sars-era slump
Investment bankers got busier arranging more bond deals in Hong Kong while the IPO market slumped to the lowest level since the severe acute respiratory syndrome or Sars struck the city in 2003.#hongkong (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
