Your Complete Guide To Staying Healthy During The Summer Olympics
Rio de Janeiro is expecting about 500,000 visitors for the Olympic and Paralympic games this August. If you’re one of them, there are a few things you need to consider in order to have a safe, happy and healthy trip to Brazil this year.
1. Make sure you’re up to date on all your vaccines.
This is travel safety 101. Infectious disease loves a crowd, and one way to make sure a nasty bug doesn't hitch a ride with you is to get vaccinated.
What to do: Make an appointment with a travel doctor now to make sure you’re current on all your regular vaccines (measles, mumps, rubella, etc.) an...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
[Feature] The Truest Test
Over the past few years, there has been a surge in studies that intentionally infect volunteers with a wide variety of pathogens to test novel drugs and vaccines. The so-called "human challenge model" has a long and checkered past that began with 18th century experiments by smallpox vaccine developer Edward Jenner and later fell under intense scrutiny when they were conducted by Nazi doctors, military researchers, and academic scientists working with prisoners. Today, challenge experiments follow strict ethical guidelines, minimize risks to volunteers at every turn, and face increased scrutiny from regulatory agencies. The...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 19, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Jon Cohen Source Type: news
Talking Science: Facts About Vaccines and Herd Immunity
This week is World Immunization Week and what better way to commemorate it than by discussing the facts about vaccines and the importance of herd immunity. But first...
What exactly IS a vaccine?
A vaccine is a biological agent that stimulates a person's immune system to produce immunity to a specific pathogen, protecting the person from a disease. That's how vaccines work. You get an inactivated, attenuated, or a portion of the version of the pathogen you're hoping to avoid.
According to the CDC, routine vaccines given to children in the last two decades will prevent hundreds of millions illnesses, tens of millions h...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 26, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Talking Science: Facts About Vaccines and Herd Immunity
This week is World Immunization Week and what better way to commemorate it than by discussing the facts about vaccines and the importance of herd immunity. But first...
What exactly IS a vaccine?
A vaccine is a biological agent that stimulates a person's immune system to produce immunity to a specific pathogen, protecting the person from a disease. That's how vaccines work. You get an inactivated, attenuated, or a portion of the version of the pathogen you're hoping to avoid.
According to the CDC, routine vaccines given to children in the last two decades will prevent hundreds of millions illnesses, tens of millions h...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
7 Expert-Backed Tips For Staying Healthy On Your Next Big Trip
As spring approaches, you may be thinking about this year’s summer getaway. Or maybe you’re an Type A planner who is already booking a Thanksgiving or Christmas trip. Whatever your travel style, here's something you probably haven't considered: How to stay healthy while abroad. While you probably won’t make a Pinterest board of vaccinations with the same enthusiasm as you pin must-eat pastries and stylish travel outfits, taking care of your health on a trip might just save your life. Here are seven tips to help keep your vacations as stress- and sickness-free as possible: 1. First, call your doctor....
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
WHO Regional Director calls for urgent funding to support Syria health response
Statement by Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean
Cairo, 3 March, 2016 The health situation in Syria continues to deteriorate, not just day by day, but hour by hour. As always in conflict, it is innocent civilians that pay the highest price. Almost two thirds of all Syrians have no access to safe water, putting them at risk of diseases like typhoid and cholera. Throughout the country, almost 300 000 pregnant women are not getting the care they need for a safe and healthy pregnancy. Every month, more than 30 000 people need treatment for injuries. People with chronic diseases are dying of compl...
Source: WHO EMRO News - March 3, 2016 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Zika Was First Discovered in 1947. Why Is it Now a Threat?
Mostly innocuous and fairly unknown until a few weeks ago, the Zika virus is suddenly dominating the news. Under scrutiny is the virus's putative link with a congenital birth defect called microcephaly, which causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and undeveloped brains. Two recent publications [1,2] have documented finding the genome of the Zika virus in the amniotic fluid and brains of fetuses affected by microcephaly from three different mothers. These numbers are still too small to constitute a proof, and in fact, alternative theories are already cropping up: an organization of Argentinean doctors has p...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 22, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Nigeria: Institute Honours Nigerian Researchers for Developing Typhoid Vaccine, Micro-Needles, Anti-Snake Venom
[Leadership] The International Institute for Training, Research and Economic Development (IITRED) has awarded prizes to three Nigerian researchers for developing typhoid fever vaccine, micro-needles and anti-snake venom respectively. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 27, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Scientists 'amazed' at spread of typhoid 'superbug'
ConclusionThis study has provided information about the spread of a strain of typhoid called H58, which is commonly antibiotic-resistant, by looking at the genetics of samples collected between 1903 and 2013. It has shown that the strain was likely to have arisen in South Asia and then spread to Southeast Asia and Africa. The strain showed different patterns of antibiotic resistance in different regions – likely driven by different patterns in the use of antibiotics. While this study has not estimated the number of cases or deaths worldwide attributable to this strain specifically, there are reported to be 20-30 million ...
Source: NHS News Feed - May 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Source Type: news
Updated Recommendations for the Use of Typhoid VaccineUpdated Recommendations for the Use of Typhoid Vaccine
This report presents the latest ACIP recommendations. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Updated Recommendations for the Use of Typhoid Vaccine — Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2015
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 27, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
ACIP Updates Typhoid Vaccination RecommendationsACIP Updates Typhoid Vaccination Recommendations
The typhoid vaccine should not be given routinely in the United States but should be given to patients traveling to certain countries, as specified in the updated ACIP recommendations. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
ACIP Updates Typhoid Vaccine Recommendations (FREE)
By Cara Adler
Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH
CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has updated its typhoid vaccine recommendations — last revised in 1994 — in MMWR. The major change is removal of a discontinued parenteral whole-cell vaccine from … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - March 27, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Ebola risk remains low as medic flown home
A UK military healthcare worker who was infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone has been flown home and is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
Four other healthcare workers who had been in contact with the infected person are also being assessed. Two were flown home on the same flight as the infected worker and are now being monitored at the Royal Free. The others are being assessed in Sierra Leone. None of the four has been diagnosed with Ebola.
The latest case follows that of Glasgow nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who was found to have Ebola after arriving in Glasgow from Sierra Leone in December 2014. She reco...
Source: NHS News Feed - March 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: QA articles Source Type: news
Typhoid vaccination campaign cost effective in Uganda
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - March 1, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
