Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Fully Approved by Health Canada to Prevent COVID-19 in Individuals 18 years and Older
Toronto ON, 24 November 2021 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today that Health Canada has approved its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age and older. This decision was based on scientific evidence, including initial data from the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE study that demonstrated the vaccine was 85 percent effective in preventing severe disease, and showed protection against COVID-19 related hospitalization and death, beginning 28 days after vaccination. “We are delighted by Health Canada’s decision to approve the Johnson & Johnson COVID-...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 24, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
CDC Pathology Investigator Dies Unexpectedly at 65
Sherif Zaki worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more than 30 years, and was renowned for uncovering crucial intel on various outbreak-causing scourges, from Ebola and Zika to... (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - November 23, 2021 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Gender-based violence and infectious disease in humanitarian settings: lessons learned from Ebola, Zika, and COVID-19 to inform syndemic policy making - Meinhart M, Vahedi L, Carter SE, Poulton C, Mwanze Palaku P, Stark L.
BACKGROUND: The impacts of infectious disease outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics are not gender neutral. Instead, infectious diseases and gender-based violence (GBV) mutually reinforce each other. Women and girls in humanitarian settings are disproportion... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 23, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Two Zika virus cases reported in Lucknow
(Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - November 12, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Fighting Dengue Virus with Biological Weapons
Dr Ijaz Ali has spent the last 11 years persuading the authorities to use genetically engineered mosquitoes to fight dengue fever. The health department, however, is concerned about unforeseen circumstances that could arise from this method. By Zofeen EbrahimKarachi , Nov 2 2021 (IPS) Twenty-three-year-old Sarah Tajammal felt a sense of “impending doom” as she fought high fever, nausea, bouts of vomiting and extreme fatigue after being diagnosed with dengue two weeks back.
Living in Lahore’s DHA area, which has reported the most dengue cases “because of the damp green environment”, she may have caught it at home...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zofeen Ebrahim Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Environment Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Inequity TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
To Study Zika, They Offered Their Kids. Then They Were Forgotten. To Study Zika, They Offered Their Kids. Then They Were Forgotten.
"It ' s like we were lab rats. They come in nicely, collect information, collect exams on the child, and in the end we don ' t know of any results."Undark (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - October 6, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
The group that backed Novavax ’s Covid gambit is tapping another MoCo biotech
The Germantown company develops tests for what it calls “neglected infectious diseases” like Ebola and Zika virus. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - September 21, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Sara Gilgore Source Type: news
The group that backed Novavax ’s Covid gambit is tapping another MoCo biotech
The Germantown company develops tests for what it calls “neglected infectious diseases” like Ebola and Zika virus. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 21, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Sara Gilgore Source Type: news
Social Security Adds Pericardial Mesothelioma to Disabilities List
The U.S. Social Security Administration has added pericardial mesothelioma to its Compassionate Allowances list, accelerating the disabilities application process for this very rare cancer.
Its decision was prompted by the work of Missy Miller, medical outreach director at The Mesothelioma Center. She made the request with the Social Security disability office almost a year ago on behalf of a patient.
The Compassionate Allowances program is reserved for severe medical diseases and conditions that automatically meet Social Security standards for disability benefits. It cuts short the often drawn-out application proces...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - August 18, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Source Type: news
Ultrasound helpful in labor process
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Ultrasound finds brain differences in infants exposed to Zika virus (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 13, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Maharashtra reports first case of Zika virus from a village in Pune
(Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - August 2, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study refutes suspicion that dengue increases risk of microcephaly associated with zika
(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) Researchers compared data for pregnant women in two cities who were infected by zika virus in 2015-16. Factors that influenced the risk of fetal malformation were the high zika attack rate in the area and being infected in the first trimester of pregnancy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 20, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Johnson & Johnson Single-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine Demonstrated a Durable Immune Response and Elicited Dual Mechanisms of Protection Against Delta and Other SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in Data Published in New England Journal of Medicine
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., July 14, 2021 – Interim results from a Phase 1/2a sub-study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) demonstrated that both humoral (antibody) and cellular (T-cell) immune responses generated by the Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine were strong and stable through eight months after immunization, the length of time evaluated to date. Data showed that T-cell responses – including the important CD8+ T-cells that seek out and destroy infected cells – persisted over the eight-month timeframe examined. The Company announced topline preprint study results from this Phase ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - July 14, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Our Company Source Type: news
The Big Number: 12 out of 200 types of mosquitoes spread diseases in the U.S.
West Nile, Zika, dengue and malaria are among the illnesses that some of these insects can carry. But there are ways to stem the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - July 10, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Linda Searing Source Type: news
6-member team dispatched to monitor Zika virus in Kerala; no case of Lambda variant detected yet, says Centre
(Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - July 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
