Dr. Anthony Fauci Expected to Retire By the End of Biden ’ s Current Term
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said Monday he plans to retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January 2025.
Fauci, 81, was appointed director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1984, and has led research in HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, Ebola, Zika and the coronavirus. He has advised seven presidents and is Biden’s chief medical adviser.
In an interview with Politico, Fauci said he hoped to “leave behind an institution where I have picked the best people in the country, if not the world, who will cont...
Source: TIME: Health - July 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Africa: Viruses Can Change Your Scent to Make You More Attractive to Mosquitoes, New Research Finds
[The Conversation Africa] Mosquitoes are the world's deadliest animal. Over 1 million deaths per year are attributed to mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, Zika and chikungunya fever. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 1, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zika and dengue may make humans more attractive to mosquitoes
Zika and dengue fever viruses alter the scent of humans and mice they infect, researchers say. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mosquitoes Drawn to Hosts Infected by Dengue, Zika
Flavivirus infections alter the skin microbiome of mice to increase the production of a sweet-smelling compound that attracts the viruses’ insect vectors, a study finds. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - June 30, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Monkeypox Is Not a Global Emergency ‘At This Stage,’ WHO Says
(London) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency.
In a statement Saturday, a WHO emergency committee said many aspects of the outbreak were “unusual” and acknowledged that monkeypox—which is endemic in some African countries—has been neglected for years.
“While a few members expressed differing views, the committee resolved by consensus to advise the WHO director-general that at this stage the outbreak should be determined to not constit...
Source: TIME: Health - June 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maria Cheng / AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Public Health wire Source Type: news
What are Potential Problems with Placental Abnormalities?
Discussion
“The placenta is a unique organ that sits at the interface of, and facilitates nearly all interactions between, maternal and fetal physiology. It is the sole source of oxygen and nutrition for the fetus, and provides a protective barrier against external insults. The placenta is also a highly adaptable organ that is capable of showing a wide range of pathological changes in response to various maternal and fetal factors and stressors.” The placenta has 3 layers: the amnion (fetal side), the chorion, and decidua (maternal side). In addition to making observations about the maternal and fetal sides, co...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - June 27, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Johnson & Johnson Opens First Satellite Center for Global Health Discovery in Asia Pacific at Duke-NUS to Advance Dengue Research
SINGAPORE, June 21, 2022 – Johnson & Johnson (the Company) today announced the launch of the new J&J Satellite Center for Global Health Discovery (Satellite Center) at Singapore’s Duke-NUS Medical School, jointly established by Duke University and the National University of Singapore (NUS) as a graduate-entry medical school and research powerhouse. As the first of the J&J Centers for Global Health Discovery (J&J Centers) in the Asia-Pacific region, the Satellite Center at Duke-NUS aims to help drive new solutions to address flaviviruses, which disproportionately impact communities across the region, by ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - June 21, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Monkeypox Testing Shows the U.S. Learned Little from the COVID-19 Pandemic
U.S. testing for monkeypox is insufficient to determine how widespread the virus is and where new cases are cropping up, according to infectious disease experts and advocates concerned about a sluggish response to the outbreak that’s already hit 32 countries.
While government labs have the capacity to test as many as 8,000 samples a week, they’re only using 2% of that capability, suggesting that about 23 monkeypox tests are being performed a day, said James Krellenstein, the cofounder of PrEP4All, an HIV advocacy group that widened its focus during the pandemic. Much more testing is needed to find out where the...
Source: TIME: Health - June 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Madison Muller / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate News Desk wire Source Type: news
We are able to predict pandemic based on changes in virus, other signals: Bharat Biotech founder
While speaking at India pavilion at Vivatech 2022, Bharat Biotech founder and chairman Krishna Ella said that the company had predicted Zika virus around two years before it was noticed and he had also predicted about a pandemic in December 2019 before COVID-19 surfaced across the world. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 16, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Zika Virus Infection Fast Facts
Read CNN's Fast Facts on Zika and learn about the virus spread through mosquito bites that can cause birth defects. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Serologic Cross-Reactivity Between Dengue Virus and SARS-CoV-2 Serologic Cross-Reactivity Between Dengue Virus and SARS-CoV-2
Prior reports have suggested cross-reactivity between assays for SARS-CoV2, dengue, and Zika viruses, but this report indicates high specificity and minimal levels of cross-reactivity among the three.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Africa: AI Drives Quest for New Antivirals to Fight Outbreaks
[SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- Research into drugs to treat mosquito-borne flaviviruses such as Zika and dengue as well as COVID-19 will benefit from a major funding boost, says a group of international scientists using artificial intelligence to discover new oral antivirals. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 4, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
COVID-19 anxiety during pregnancy may affect infant brain development
Brain MRI scans of babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic support finding...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
MRI highlights how prenatal maternal distress affects children
Fetuses exposed to alcohol show altered brain structure on MRI
Low-income areas have less access to obstetric ultrasound
Ultrasound finds brain differences in infants exposed to Zika virus
Prenatal detection of heart defects low in Hispanic women, poor areas (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 12, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Mosquitoes Genetically Modified to Stop Disease Pass Early Test Mosquitoes Genetically Modified to Stop Disease Pass Early Test
To curb the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses like Dengue and Zika, scientists have genetically modified the insects and released them in the US.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - May 9, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Mosquitoes Genetically Modified to Stop Disease Pass Early Test
To curb the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue and Zika, scientists have genetically modified the insects and released them in the U.S. Early results from the pilot study are promising. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
