A Young Biotech Company Garners Australian Design Award for Innovative Diagnostics
A Danish and Taiwanese company has won Australia’s Good Design Award for a portable diagnostic device—small enough to fit in a camera case—that allows diagnosis of infectious diseases on the spot from a single drop of blood.
“The Good Design Award ranked BluBox as the best solution for the rapid and accurate assessment of communicable diseases in heavily populated as well as resource-constrained, expertise-lacking areas,†explained Filippo Bosco, CEO and one of the three founders of BluSense Diagnostics (Copenhagen).
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Source: MDDI - September 3, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Jenevieve Blair Polin Tags: IVD Source Type: news
Pinterest Searches About Vaccines Will Bring Up Content From Public Health Organizations
(CNN) — Pinterest searches for “measles”, “vaccine safety” and other vaccine-related content will only return results from public health organizations, the social media company announced Wednesday.
Last year, Pinterest stopped showing search results related to vaccines in order to the prevent the spread of harmful health misinformation.
Searching Pinterest now only shows results from institutions such as the World Health Organization, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the WHO-established Vaccine Safety Net.
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - August 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Syndicated CBSN Boston CNN Measles Pinterest Vaccines Source Type: news
Live from Geneva: Q & A on #Dengue
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 8/14/2019.
This 25-minute video features live responses from an expert to questions about dengue, which is transmitted through Aedes aegypti and Aedes Albopictus mosquitoes, also known as Asian tiger mosquitoes. These are the same mosquitoes that transmit chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika. Topics include identifying the warning signs and symptoms of severe dengue, and complications caused by dengue.
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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Country Battles Deadly Yellow Fever Outbreak
[CAJ News] Abuja -More than 20 people have died from a suspected outbreak of Yellow fever in southern Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 13, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Yellow Fever - Ebonyi to Conduct Mass Immunisation of Residents
[Premium Times] Following a recent outbreak of Yellow Fever in Ebonyi State, the state government on Monday said it will soon begin mass immunisation campaign against the disease in the 13 local government areas of the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 13, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: 16 Killed in Yellow Fever Outbreak in Ebonyi
[Premium Times] At least 16 persons have died in an outbreak of yellow fever in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, the state's health ministry has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 9, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
WHO (World Health Organization) Report of the Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics ( EYE) Strategy Regional Kick-Off Meeting for Africa
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 8/2019.
This 48-page report, published with UNICEF and the Gavi Vaccine Alliance, summarizes a meeting held on April 10-12, 2018, that concentrated on the three main current priorities for the Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) Strategy: preventive mass vaccination campaigns, routine immunization, and laboratory and surveillance capacities. Outcomes included strong political engagement from priority countries, and 11 high-risk countries drafting three-year national work plans for accelerated implementation of the EYE Strategy.
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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
WHO (World Health Organization) Report of the Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) Strategy Annual Partners ’ Meeting, 2018
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 8/2019.
This 84-page document summarizes the second meeting of the Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) Strategy Partners on September 11-13, 2018. The main objectives of the meeting were to review and discuss the EYE Strategy future plans and the way forward; to strengthen partners ’, particularly country partners’, engagement; and to discuss key issues relating to the strategy’s implementation. The Strategy is currently on track to meet its objectives, and a number of achievements were highlighted.
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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
The Dengue Dance?
Discussion
Dengue is an important arboviral infection that affects about 40% of the world population. It is found mainly in topical and subtropical areas of the world mainly in developing countries but it range is spreading including the United States. A review of common arboviruses can be found here. It is a flaviavirus with 4 distinct serotypes named DENV-1 through DENV-4 and is spread by A. aegypti a day biting mosquito. Infection with one serotype confers immunity to that serotype but not the others. It does offer some protection for cross-infection but this only lasts a few months. Incubation period is 3-14 days with ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 29, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Howler monkeys are to blame for Brazil's worst yellow fever outbreak in 40 years
Researchers in São Paolo, the city of 12million people to where the virus has spread, found that thousands of dead howler monkeys had been killed by the virus and it was spreading via mosquitoes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Yellow fever virus responsible for current epidemic in Brazil originated in Amazon in 1980
(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) Researchers have retraced the pathogen's route as it spread from the state of Par á by analyzing tissue samples from dead monkeys. Their findings are published in Scientific Reports. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 1, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
East Africa: East Africa Tightens Travel to Contain Yellow Fever Spread
[East African] It may soon be harder to cross the border into any East African country without a yellow fever certificate if a new policy to reintroduce the stringent measures of old is adopted. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 11, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Combating mosquito-borne diseases with bacteria
(Penn State) Viruses, spread through mosquito bites, cause human illnesses such as dengue fever, Zika and yellow fever. A new control technique harnesses a naturally occurring bacterium called Wolbachia that blocks replication of viruses and breaks the cycle of mosquito-borne disease, according to an international team of researchers. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 10, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How Arlington National Cemetery Became the Resting Place for America ’s ‘Heroic Dead’
On May 30, 1868, Gen. John A. Logan visited Arlington National Cemetery to speak at a ceremony for what was then called Decoration Day — and in doing so, set a precedent that holds to this day.
That event, organized three years after the end of the Civil War by the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), the major Union veterans association that he ran, is considered the first national Memorial Day celebration ever to be held at Arlington National Cemetery.
“Cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead,” Logan said, “who made their breasts a barricade between our country and its foes… We should...
Source: TIME: Health - May 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Olivia B. Waxman Tags: Uncategorized Holidays remembrance Source Type: news
Nigeria: EFCC Arrests 4 Health Officials for E-Yellow Card Racketeering
[Leadership] The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested four officials of Port Health Service of the Federal Ministry of Health, Benin City, the Edo State capital, over e-yellow fever travel card racketeering. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 18, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
