Your monkeypox questions answered as vaccine access expands
Editor's note:This story was originally published July 25 onUCLA Health's Connect blog. It was updated Aug. 2.As monkeypox spreads across the United States, there are now documented cases in Los Angeles County. As of July 25, there were 162 confirmed cases in Los Angeles County and at least 3,400 cases in the United States, prompting fears of another coronavirus-style outbreak.Monkeypox, however, is an entirely different virus. It is not a respiratory illness like COVID-19, notes Dr. Omai Garner, director of clinical microbiology for UCLA Health.“It’s a different disease and it’s not the kind of thing that trans...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 3, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Syphilis: A rising community presence
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — The infection rate of syphilis is increasing. The rate of infection has increased by 81% in Iowa, 28% in Minnesota and 34% in Wisconsin from 2016 to 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Across the country, syphilis infections increased over the same time by 52%. Here are answers to questions on how to prevent and treat this infection: What is syphilis? "Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection spread… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 1, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Post-Exposure Doxycycline Reduces STIs
(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL – Men who have sex with men appeared to avoid contracting gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis by taking a single dose of the antibiotic doxycycline after engaging in condomless sexual activity, researchers said... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - July 29, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Global HIV/AIDS Fight Is At a Crossroads After COVID-19 Setbacks
Hard-won progress against HIV has stalled, putting millions of lives at risk, according to an alarming report Wednesday on how the COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises are jeopardizing efforts to end AIDS.
Worldwide, the years-long decline in new HIV infections is leveling off. Worse, cases began climbing in parts of Asia and the Pacific where they previously had been falling, according to the United Nations agency leading the global AIDS fight.
The number of people on lifesaving HIV treatments grew more slowly last year than it has in a decade. Inequities are widening. Every two minutes last year, a teen girl or youn...
Source: TIME: Health - July 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lauran Neergaard/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate HIV/AIDS Public Health wire Source Type: news
AP Exposes the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The 50th Anniversary AP Exposes the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The 50th Anniversary
On July 25, 1972, Jean Heller, a reporter on The Associated Press investigative team, then called the Special Assignment Team, broke news that rocked the nation.Associated Press (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - July 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Urology News Source Type: news
AP exposes the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The 50th Anniversary
The men were told they were being treated for “bad blood.” (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
How an AP reporter broke the Tuskegee syphilis story
For four decades, the United States government enrolled hundreds of Black men in Alabama in a study on syphilis, just so they could document the disease’s ravages on the human body (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Monkeypox: Large Study Highlights New Symptoms Monkeypox: Large Study Highlights New Symptoms
Researchers argue that monkeypox case definitions should be broadened so that cases are not misdiagnosed as other infections such as syphilis or herpes.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - July 22, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Rapid tests deployed to curb growing syphilis outbreak in N.W.T.
Public health officials in the N.W.T. are rolling out a limited supply of rapid syphilis tests to try and bring a growing outbreak of the disease under control, and prevent it from being passed on to babies. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - July 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/North Source Type: news
Opinion: Manuscripts and Art Support Archaeological Evidence that Syphilis Was in Europe Long Before Explorers Could Have Brought It Home From the Americas
Multiple lines of evidence contradict the idea that the disease came to Europe via trans-Atlantic exchange. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - July 13, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Syphilis Is Rising —And May Not Be Recognized
Syphilis cases are rising rapidly nationally. Cases can be confused with monkeypox or herpes. Congenital syphilis cases are most worrisome, up nearly 15% from 2019 and 235% from 2016. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 6, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Judy Stone, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Concerning rise in syphilis cases across Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is raising a red flag over what it says was a sharp rise in syphilis cases across the state in 2021, according to an annual report of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV data. According to MDH, the increase in syphilis cases in the state mirrors a disturbing national trend of starkly rising syphilis cases, affecting all communities. Of special concern was a syphilis outbreak in the Duluth area and… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - June 30, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
What are Potential Problems with Placental Abnormalities?
Discussion
“The placenta is a unique organ that sits at the interface of, and facilitates nearly all interactions between, maternal and fetal physiology. It is the sole source of oxygen and nutrition for the fetus, and provides a protective barrier against external insults. The placenta is also a highly adaptable organ that is capable of showing a wide range of pathological changes in response to various maternal and fetal factors and stressors.” The placenta has 3 layers: the amnion (fetal side), the chorion, and decidua (maternal side). In addition to making observations about the maternal and fetal sides, co...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - June 27, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Monkeypox Testing Shows the U.S. Learned Little from the COVID-19 Pandemic
U.S. testing for monkeypox is insufficient to determine how widespread the virus is and where new cases are cropping up, according to infectious disease experts and advocates concerned about a sluggish response to the outbreak that’s already hit 32 countries.
While government labs have the capacity to test as many as 8,000 samples a week, they’re only using 2% of that capability, suggesting that about 23 monkeypox tests are being performed a day, said James Krellenstein, the cofounder of PrEP4All, an HIV advocacy group that widened its focus during the pandemic. Much more testing is needed to find out where the...
Source: TIME: Health - June 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Madison Muller / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate News Desk wire Source Type: news
New York Fund Apologizes for Role in Tuskegee Syphilis Study New York Fund Apologizes for Role in Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Altruistic as they might sound, the checks — $100 at most — were no simple act of charity: They were part of an almost unimaginable scheme.Associated Press (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology News Source Type: news
