Drugged Water: A New Global Pandemic Hiding in Plain Sight?
Credit: WHOBy Baher KamalMADRID, Apr 13 2022 (IPS) People around the world are unknowingly being exposed to water laced with antibiotics, which could spark the rise of drug-resistant pathogens and potentially fuel another global pandemic, warns a new report.
The study, elaborated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), found that, globally, not enough attention is being focused on the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance with most antibiotics being excreted into the environment via toilets or through open defecation.
Already in 2015, 34.8 billion daily doses of antibiotics were consumed, with up to 90 perce...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Development & Aid Environment Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Water & Sanitation Source Type: news
A Single Mutation Could Make Zika Virus More Infectious And Able To Break Through Immunity, Researchers Warn
The mutation could enhance viral replication in mosquitoes or humans and possibly “cause a new outbreak," said researcher Dr. Jose Angel Regla-Nava. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 12, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Hart, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Science /science Breaking breaking-news Source Type: news
Zika virus may be one step away from explosive outbreak
Scientists say we should be on alert for variants which could start another major outbreak. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zika-Associated Birth Defects Reported in Pregnancies Zika-Associated Birth Defects Reported in Pregnancies
How prevalent are Zika-associated brain and eye defects among infants of pregnant women who had confirmed or suspected Zika virus infection during the 2015-2017 Zika virus outbreak?Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Warning: Climate Crisis Is Now the Single Biggest Health Threat Facing Humanity
This year’s World Health Day launched a new warning: more than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to “avoidable environmental causes”. Credit: BigstockBy Baher KamalMADRID, Apr 5 2022 (IPS) While the world’s top scientists and experts continue their arduous work to finally submit to politicians at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (7-18 November 2022), a new alert now emerges: the climate crisis has already become the single biggest health threat to humankind.
But this new alert should be no surprise: it rather constitutes the logic, expected cons...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Development & Aid Environment Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations World Health Day Source Type: news
Insect-borne viruses like Zika and Dengue could be the cause of the next pandemic, WHO warns
Insect-borne pathogens pose an 'increasing' risk and could spark the next pandemic according to the World Health Organization (file photo). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
US poised to release 2.4bn genetically modified male mosquitoes to battle deadly diseases
The future isn ’t female, at least not for the invasiveAedes aegypti: the altered males are engineered to produce only male offspringGenetically modified male mosquitoes may soon be buzzing across areas of California, in an experiment to stop the spread of invasive species in a warming climate.Earlier this month, the EPA cleared the UK-based biotech company Oxitec to release a maximum of roughly 2.4bn of its genetically modified mosquitoes through 2024, expand its existing trial in Florida and start a new pilot project in California ’s Central Valley, where mosquito numbers are on the rise.Continue reading... (Source: ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 26, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Gabrielle Canon Tags: Invasive species Science Insects Zika virus Yellow fever California Source Type: news
Evaluation of Serologic Cross-Reactivity Between Dengue Virus and SARS-CoV-2 in Patients with Acute Febrile Illness - United States and Puerto Rico, April 2020-March 2021
This report describes the effect of COVID-19 on serological assays associated with dengue or Zika Virus. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 10, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Dengue Fever (DF) MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) Source Type: news
Risk of another pandemic is HIGH, Chris Whitty warns
Speaking at a summit in London, Professor Sir Chris Whitty said there had been many 'near misses' in the past decade, pointing to Ebola and Zika outbreaks. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mortality 12 Times Higher in Children With Congenital Zika Mortality 12 Times Higher in Children With Congenital Zika
About 80% of people infected with Zika virus show no symptoms, and that ' s particularly problematic during pregnancy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - February 23, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Mosquitoes Can Learn To Avoid Pesticide After A Single Exposure, Study Says
Mosquitoes that spread malaria, the Zika virus and other diseases can learn to recognize the smell of pesticide and steer clear, researchers found. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 17, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Science /science Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news Source Type: news
The Omicron Wave Is Receding But the Pandemic Is Far From Over
The U.S. has experienced a brutal winter wave of COVID-19, driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Daily deaths are higher today than they were during the peak of last fall’s Delta wave, and have plateaued at about 2,500 per day. Many hospitals are still under huge strain and are postponing elective surgeries to free up beds for patients with COVID-19. Daily cases have been higher than during the Delta surge, despite multiple eager predictions in the past that we had reached herd immunity and that the pandemic was over.
Nevertheless, there are promising signs that we are turning a corner. New daily cases ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gavin Yamey, Abraar Karan and Ranu Dhillon Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Government watchdog says HHS is at ‘high risk’ of botching a future crisis
GAO criticizes the response to emergencies over four administrations, including coronavirus, Ebola and Zika, as well as extreme weather events. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - January 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dan Diamond Source Type: news
Zika-Associated Birth Defects Reported in Pregnancies with Laboratory Evidence of Confirmed or Possible Zika Virus Infection - U.S. Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry, December 1, 2015-March 31, 2018
This report describes the frequency of individual Zika-associated birth defects from the U.S. Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 20, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Birth Defects MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Mosquito-Borne Diseases Pregnancy Women's Health Zika Virus Pregnancy-Related Complications Source Type: news
Fully Ready to Kill, Shockingly Unprepared to Save Lives
Credit: Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMIDBy Baher KamalMADRID, Jan 14 2022 (IPS) While absolutely ready to kill, with the biggest military powers spending in 2020 nearly two trillion US dollars on weapons, the world is shockingly unprepared to save the lives of millions of unarmed, innocent civilian victims of wars… and other man-made catastrophes.
The military spending data come from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which also reports that global nuclear arsenals grow as states continue to modernise, thus sharply increasing the dangers of an unimaginable number of victims of the most devastati...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Global Global Governance Headlines Health Peace Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
