Fighting Zika With Network Medicine
By BRIAN ANDERSON, MD
On Monday, the medical establishment and the general public were put on alert by an emergency notification from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Florida’s Miami-Dade County had 14 confirmed cases of the Zika virus, the infectious disease which causes birth defects, and was at risk of continued active transmission. In the following days, the CDC has advised pregnant women and their partners to avoid Wynwood, a small community north of downtown Miami–the first time it has ever issued a travel alert in the United States for an infectious disease. It has also issued specific Zika...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Health and Safety at the Rio Olympics: It's Not Just About Zika
The risk of contracting Zika in Rio de Janeiro is low. But there is a broader range of health and safety concerns for which travelers can and should take specific precautions. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 4, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Local Zika Virus Transmission Confirmed in Florida
An outbreak of Zika vrius has been confirmed in the U.S. for the first time with local transmission in northern Miami. < BR > < BR > < A HREF="http://www.sciencespacerobots.com/local-zika-virus-transmission-confirmed-in-florida-72920161" > Read more < /A > on sciencespacerobots.com < BR > < BR > < div class="feedflare" > < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/healthnewsblogdotcom?a=i3O1AphxKE8:7iKYrjmwDkE:yIl2AUoC8zA" > < img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/healthnewsblogdotcom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" > < /img > < /a > < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/healthnewsblogdotcom?a=i3O1AphxKE8:7iKYrjmwDkE:gIN9v...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - July 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: zika-virus Source Type: blogs
Local Zika Virus Transmission Confirmed in Florida
An outbreak of Zika vrius has been confirmed in the U.S. for the first time with local transmission in northern Miami.Read more on sciencespacerobots.com (Source: HealthNewsBlog.com)
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - July 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: zika-virus Source Type: blogs
Antibodies aid dengue and Zika virus infection
Flaviviruses are unusual because antibodies that cross-react with different viruses can enhance infection and disease. This property, called antibody-dependent enhancement or ADE, has been documented to occur among the four serotypes of dengue virus. It has implications for infection with or vaccination against Zika virus or dengue virus.
Earlier this year (virology blog link) it was shown that antibodies to dengue virus – in the form of serum from infected patients, or two human monoclonal antibodies – bind to Zika virus and can enhance infection of Fc-receptor bearing cells (Fc receptors bind the antibody mo...
Source: virology blog - July 29, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information ADE antibody antibody dependent enhancement dengue virus dengvaxis Fc receptor flavivirus vaccine viral viruses zika virus Source Type: blogs
A Sporting Chance: Had We Been Willing, We Could Have Moved or Delayed the Rio Olympics
by Adam R. Houston, JD, MA, LLM
It looks like the Rio Olympics are indeed going to happen; fingers crossed that all the things that could go wrong – from filthy aquatic venues, to collapsing infrastructure, to threats of terrorism – do not. The most notorious among these concerns has been the risk posed by hundreds of thousands of international visitors from over two hundred countries returning home with the unwanted souvenir of Zika virus, facilitating its global spread.… (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 28, 2016 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Adam Houston Tags: Featured Posts Public Health Sports Ethics Olympics Rio2016 Source Type: blogs
New issue of MedlinePlus magazine
The Summer 2016 issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine is now online. Topics include Zika virus, alcohol-medicines interactions, endmetriosis, oral health and aging, colorectal cancer, precision medicine, and age-related macular degeneration. To read the full issue, visit https://nnlm.gov/bhic/uuyw (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - July 28, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Annette Parde-Maass Tags: Articles General National Library of Medicine News Public Health Source Type: blogs
Zika virus vaccine
The first experimental Zika virus vaccine has been published, and in this episode of Virus Watch, I explain how it works – it’s a DNA vaccine – and I compare it with all the other vaccines out there. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 28, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Virus Watch dna vaccine immunization microcephaly viral virology viruses zika virus Source Type: blogs
TWiV 399: Zika la femme
The latest Zika virus news from the ConTWiVstadors, including a case of female to male transmission, risk of infection at the 2016 summer Olympics, a DNA vaccine, antibody-dependent enhancement by dengue antibodies, and sites of replication in the placenta.
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Source: virology blog - July 24, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antibody dependent enhancement dengue virus dna vaccine microcephaly Olympics placenta sexual transmission viral viruses zika virus Source Type: blogs
Two Possible Locally Transmitted Zika Cases in Florida
There are two possible cases of Zika contracted through local transmission in Florida.Read more on sciencespacerobots.com (Source: HealthNewsBlog.com)
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - July 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: zika Source Type: blogs
Two Possible Locally Transmitted Zika Cases in Florida
There are two possible cases of Zika contracted through local transmission in Florida. < BR > < BR > < A HREF="http://www.sciencespacerobots.com/two-possible-locally-transmitted-zika-cases-in-florida-72220162" > Read more < /A > on sciencespacerobots.com < BR > < BR > < div class="feedflare" > < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/healthnewsblogdotcom?a=kXU-LY_kYMk:5J8KHfXDNHw:yIl2AUoC8zA" > < img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/healthnewsblogdotcom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" > < /img > < /a > < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/healthnewsblogdotcom?a=kXU-LY_kYMk:5J8KHfXDNHw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" > < img src="http://...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - July 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: zika Source Type: blogs
From Ebola to Zika: Saving Historical Resources
This is a story about the risk of loss. Rotting links, drifting content, and challenging content types that are difficult to capture threaten to make material on the web disappear. This is unacceptable when we’re talking about the story of global health events like the recent Ebola outbreak and today’s Zika virus. Documentation of what… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - July 20, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Programs & Services Web Collecting Source Type: blogs
U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry: Tribal Healthcare Providers: How to Contribute
From the CDC
This two-page document provides information about how tribal healthcare providers can contribute to the U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry, which collects information about pregnancy and infant outcomes among pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika virus infection and their infants. It discusses how to participate in the registry, who is included in the registry, and how to report to the registry http://bit.ly/29O0NOE
(Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - July 20, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Michelle Burda Tags: Public Health Source Type: blogs
Protecting kids from Zika
The Centers for Disease Control has information for parents about Zika, including printable fact sheets and kid-friendly activity books.
Zika – Parents: http://bit.ly/2a6stji
(Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - July 18, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kate Flewelling Tags: Children and Teens Emergency Preparedness Environmental Health Source Type: blogs
Another Zika virus review
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 15, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: infectious disease Source Type: blogs
