Mechanisms of Reciprocal Interactions between HIV Associated Neuroinflammation and Central Nervous System (CNS) Persistence: Implications in HIV Neuropathogenesis and Cure
The goal of this concept is to examine mechanisms of reciprocal interactions between HIV-associated neuroinflammation and central nervous system (CNS) persistence in the setting of excellent virologic control using novel CNS cell systems, organoid models, and single-cell technologies. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - February 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news
Bird flu warning as top experts say world is 'nowhere near' ready for inevitable pandemic
Cases of the killer H5N1 strain have already jumped from birds to mammals in the UK, sparking concern among virologists that the deadly pathogen is now closer to spreading in humans. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bird Flu Isn ’t a Danger to Humans … Yet
Bird flu appears to be on the move. A particularly nasty strain of the H5N1 virus is currently causing the worst outbreak of the disease among birds since it was first identified in China in 1996. Europe is deep into its second commercial season of widespread contagion, and the U.S. is seeing its deadliest 12-month period for poultry in recorded history, with 58 million animals affected so far. Records are also being broken in Japan, where a plan to cull 10 million poultry was announced in mid-January amid the appearance of a different but similar subtype, H5N2.
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Source: TIME: Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized Disease Explainer healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Expert Panel Recommends Restrictions On Dangerous Gain-Of-Function Research. Virologists Are Already Pushing Back
This past week, a government-appointed panel of scientists released a new report recommending 13 things the government should do to control “gain-of-function” research that has the potential to create deadly new pathogens. Will any of these new ideas be adopted? We'll see. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 6, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Steven Salzberg, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news
COVID-19: Epidemiology, virology, and prevention, UpToDate (Updated 27th January 2023)
Coronaviruses are important human and animal pathogens. At the end of 2019, a novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, a city in the Hubei Province of China. It rapidly spread, resulting in an epidemic throughout China, followed by a global pandemic. In February 2020, the World Health Organization designated the disease COVID-19, which stands for coronavirus disease 2019 [ 2 External 0 0 0 1 false https://www.uptodate.com/contents/covid-19-epidemiology-virology-and-prevention/abstract/1 true false%>]. The virus that causes COVID-19 is designated severe acute respiratory syndr...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could a popular COVID-19 antiviral supercharge the pandemic?
A widely used COVID-19 drug may be driving the appearance of new SARS-CoV-2 variants, sparking concerns it could prolong and even reinvigorate the pandemic. The drug, molnupiravir, produced by Merck & Co., is designed to kill the virus by inducing mutations in the viral genome. A survey of viral genomes reported in a new preprint, however, suggests some people treated with the drug generate novel viruses that not only remain viable, but spread.
“It’s very clear that viable mutant viruses can survive [molnupiravir treatment] and compete [with existing variants],” says virologist William Haseltine, chair of A...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 1, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Small Details You Probably Missed In I Am Legend
Learn More Small Details You Probably Missed In I Am Legend In the 2007 post-apocalyptic thriller "I Am Legend," Will Smith stars as Robert Neville, a former military virologist living in what remains of New York City after the catastrophic collapse of civilization resulting from a deadly virus…#iamlegend #willsmith #robertneville #newyorkcity #darkseekers #pursuitofhappyness #neville #cgi #francislawrence #denofgeek (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Virologists defend their science as officials eye more oversight of risky experiments
Policymakers have long grappled with how to handle experiments that might generate potentially dangerous viruses. Now, officials are considering whether oversight needs to be expanded.(Image credit: NIAID) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nell Greenfieldboyce Source Type: news
COVID-19 Is No Longer a Public Health Emergency
A month before his recent retirement, Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned that the U.S. “certainly” remains in the midst of a COVID pandemic. Other experts repeatedly warn of impending “deadly” waves caused by the latest genetic variants, and recently President Biden once again extended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Yet those dire warnings hinge largely on an assumption that some 400 people in the U.S. continue dying daily from the disease. There are important reasons to question this assertion, as Dr. Leana Wen explored in the Washington Post. And if therefore in fact we’re no longer in a pub...
Source: TIME: Health - January 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniel Halperin Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 freelance Source Type: news
Wuhan Collaborator EcoHealth Alliance Gets Fresh $3 Million Grant From DoD
Six weeks ago the Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $3 million grant to EcoHealth Alliance, the New York-based nonprofit which was used to funnel millions of US taxpayer dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where…#departmentofdefense #ecohealthalliance #dod #justnewsandrutgers #richardhebright #usaid #dodusu #dhs #niaid #nsf (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Top virologist fear new 'worrisome' bird flu pandemic - symptoms of infection in humans
An outbreak of bird flu has top virologists concerned about "potential public health implications". (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New bird flu pandemic fears as top virologists sound alarm over 'worrisome' spread
Top virologists from across the world have sounded the alarm after tests confirmed the H5N1 bird flu strain was spreading between mammals at a farm in Spain. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lab-leak fears are putting virologists under scrutiny
The “lab leak” conjectures about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic have cast a shadow over pathogen research amid broader calls for more government oversight. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - January 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joel Achenbach Source Type: news
Data Doesn ’t Support New COVID-19 Booster Shots for Most, Says Vaccine Expert
In a perspective published Jan. 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine, vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit says it’s time to rethink booster recommendations.
In the third year of the pandemic, the population’s immune situation is vastly different from what it was in 2019 when SARS-CoV-2 emerged. Now, most people have been vaccinated against the virus, been infected with it (once or multiple times), or both. And the latest data show that the newest booster shot, which targets the Omicron BA.4/5 strain and original virus variants in a bivalent formulation, isn’t that much more effective in generating virus-fi...
Source: TIME: Health - January 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
