There Isn ’t a COVID-19 Vaccine Yet. But Some Are Already Skeptical About It
Amid the American flags, “Make America Great Again” hats and “freedom is essential” posters appearing at recent protests against coronavirus lockdowns in Sacramento, Calif., another familiar slogan has materialized: “We do not consent.” It’s long been a popular rallying cry among antivaccine activists, who claim without evidence that vaccines cause autism or other conditions. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, those activists have become intertwined with demonstrators who want businesses to reopen despite public health experts’ warnings.
Offline, the “anti-vaxxers”...
Source: TIME: Health - May 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
UK researchers hope dogs can be trained to detect coronavirus
£500,000 government funding for project that ‘could revolutionise’ screeningCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDogs are to be trained to try to sniff out the coronavirus before symptoms appear in humans, under trials launched with £500,000 of government funding.Dogs have already beensuccessfully trained to detect the odour of certain cancers, malaria and Parkinson ’s disease, and a new study will look at whether labradors and cocker spaniels can be trained to detect Covid-19 in people.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 15, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Frances Perraudin Tags: Medical research Coronavirus outbreak UK news Infectious diseases Microbiology Science London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Durham University Higher education Academic experts Dogs Animals Source Type: news
Coronavirus UK: Contract tracing may mean 770k self-isolate a day
Contact tracing could impact thousands of people every day, according to researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Finally, a virus got me': Ebola expert on nearly dying of coronavirus
Peter Piot tells of his brush with death and predicts people will suffer effects of the virus for yearsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeter Piot, the scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus, and the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has told of his brush with death after contracting Covid-19.The professor had never previously been seriously ill, but after 40 years studying and leading the global response to infectious diseases including HIV and Aids, he said that “finally, a virus got me”.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 13, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Lisa O'Carroll Tags: Global development Global health Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Medical research Science London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Ebola World news UK news Source Type: news
UK scientists hit back at attempts to discredit scientific basis for lockdown
Letter seeks to dispel view that Prof Neil Ferguson was single architect of lockdown ideaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA group of leading UK scientists have insisted that the scientific basis for the coronavirus lockdown is the work of a large group of experts, and that epidemiologist Prof Neil Ferguson is just one voice among many.In a letter co-ordinated by Dr Thibaut Jombart, an associate professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,more than 25 prominent scientists said debates after Ferguson ’s “individual error” – in which he flouted lockdown rules by receivi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 9, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Mattha Busby Tags: UK news Coronavirus outbreak Science Politics Source Type: news
Tracking Public Health and Social Measures: A Global Dataset, WHO
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations began tracking implementation of Public health and social measures (PHSMs) around the world. A unique collaboration between WHO, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, ACAPS, University of Oxford, Global Public Health Intelligence Network, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Complexity Science Hub Vienna has brought these datasets together into a single, open-content dataset for public use. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lipophilic guanylhydrazone analogues as promising trypanocidal agents: An extended SAR study
In this report, a team of researchers lead by Dr. Grigoris Zoidis at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Athens, Greece), in collaboration with researchers at the Ruder Boskovic Institute (Zagreb (Croatia), and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London, United Kingdom) have attempted to extend the structure-activity relationship (SAR) analysis of a number of lipophilic guanylhydrazone analogues with respect to in vitro growth inhibition of T. brucei and T. cruzi. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 30, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Global Advocacy and Communications Effort Launched to Drive Action Against COVID-19 and Stop Future Pandemics
April 22, 2020, Seattle, WA – A network of leading international organizations announced today the creation of an advocacy initiative to ignite a global movement to help accelerate an end to the COVID-19 pandemic and enhance our preparedness to stop future pandemics. The Pandemic Action Network will advocate for policy changes and increased support and resources to ensure countries are better prepared to prevent, detect and respond to pandemic threats. This initiative will also host “For Humankind”, a new effort to promote accurate information to ensure people around the world understand what they need to do to prote...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - April 23, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Coronavirus Could Hit the U.K. Harder Than Any Other European Country. Here ’s What Went Wrong
Every Thursday evening for the past month, the streets of the U.K. have erupted with noise as people stand on doorsteps or balconies, clapping or banging pots and pans, in a weekly sign of appreciation for healthcare workers.
But many doctors, nurses and carers say they don’t want applause—they want better testing and equipment. The U.K. has more than 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, making it the sixth-worst affected in the world—but its real number is widely believed to be far higher due to a shortage of test kits. And more than 14,500 people are confirmed to have died in U.K. hospitals from COVID-1...
Source: TIME: Health - April 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Billy Perrigo/London Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature Londontime Source Type: news
COVID-19 news from Annals of Internal Medicine
(American College of Physicians) The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation model for predicting the course of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has attracted considerable attention, including from the U.S. government. According to the authors from the London School of Hygiene& Tropical Medicine, the appearance of certainty of model estimates is seductive when the world is desperate to know what lies ahead, but caution is warranted regarding the validity and usefulness of the mode projections for policymakers. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 14, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Governments Are Weighing How to Ease Coronavirus Lockdowns. Letting Young Adults Out First Could Be One Option
As European countries settle into weeks of tough measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, governments are beginning to chart possible routes out of their lockdowns. Austria and Denmark have both announced an easing of restrictions, with the opening of small stores and elementary schools.
Researchers in the U.K. have presented the government with a different proposal, under which young people aged 20-30 would be the first to be allowed to leave their homes and get back to work—once the infection rate has been brought under control in the next few months —leaving their parents and bosses stuck at home.
A resea...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ciara Nugent Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Explainer United Kingdom Source Type: news
UK coronavirus: record daily death toll of 938, as Rishi Sunak says Boris Johnson is 'sitting up in bed'
This live blog is closed.Follow latest updates on our global live blogBoris Johnson improving and sitting up in bed, chancellor saysUK schools will not reopen straight after Easter, officials sayVolunteering: how can I help in the UK?See all of our coronavirus coverage6.10pmBSTLive updates continue on our global blog:Related:Coronavirus live news: global trade forecast to fall by up to a third as US sees highest one-day death toll5.57pmBSTAxel Scheffler, illustrator of the beloved Gruffalo stories, has created an ebook to help children understand thecoronavirus pandemic.The book, written in collaboration with theLondon Sch...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 8, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Lucy Campbell (now) and Sarah Marsh (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Science Politics UK news London NHS Hospitals Source Type: news
COVID-19 and Humanitarian Crises
Source: Johns Hopkins University. Published: 4/2020.
This open-access, web-based platform is for use by humanitarian actors in preparedness and response to COVID-19. Many evolving COVID-19 guidance and tools exist for humanitarian settings; humanitarians in the field are creating new programs and adapting existing programs, to continue life-saving services in the safest manner possible while trying to reduce COVID-19 transmission. This platform promotes the exchange of field-based COVID-19 program adaptations and innovations, facilitating learning among organizations in different sectors and contexts. The site is managed ...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
COVID-19 and Humanitarian Settings: Landing Page
Source: Johns Hopkins University. Published: 4/2020.
The READY Initiative, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Center for Humanitarian Health at Johns Hopkins University, and the Center of Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH) are hosting this weekly webinar series on COVID-19 and humanitarian settings.
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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Why Is Germany ’s Coronavirus Death Rate So Low?
With more than 63,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of March 30, Germany is one of the countries worst-affected by the pandemic, according to official statistics.
But only 560 people known to be suffering from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus have died there, putting Germany’s case fatality rate at just 0.9%. That gives Germany one of the lowest rates in the world, making it an outlier compared to places like Italy, where 11.0% of confirmed patients have died from the disease, and even the U.S., which has a rate of 1.8%.
According to experts, Germany’s case fatality rate is so low due to its widesp...
Source: TIME: Health - March 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Billy Perrigo Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Explainer Londontime Source Type: news
