CDC: National One Health Framework To Address Zoonotic Diseases and Advance Public Health Preparedness in the United States: A Framework for One Health Coordination and Collaboration Across Federal Agencies
Notice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeking comments on the draftNational One Health Framework to Address Zoonotic Diseases and Advance Public Health Preparedness in the United States: A Framework for One Health Coordination and Collaboration across Federal Agencies (NOHF-Zoonoses). This framework describes a common vision, mission, and goals for key federal partners involved in implementing a One Health approach to address zoonotic diseases and advance public health preparedness in the United States. Comments are due by November 6, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - September 20, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
News at a glance: Sustainable Development Goals, CO2 removal, and hominin fossils in space
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Scientists call for revamped Sustainable Development Goals
New analyses confirm the world is failing to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, a set of ambitious objectives agreed to in 2015 by the United Nations, and scientists are among those calling for a reboot. The 17 goals include ending poverty and hunger and ensuring sustainable consumption by 2030. To meet them, the agreement includes 169 specific targets, but skeptics have long contended that many are not well defined, measurable, and scientifically rigorous. In an independent analysis the U.N. will publish next week ahead of a meet...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
CIA bribed its own COVID-19 origin team to reject lab-leak theory, anonymous whistleblower claims
An unnamed CIA whistleblower has made the dramatic allegation that six analysts there were bribed to reject the theory that COVID-19 resulted from a research-related leak of a new coronavirus, according to a press release today from the office of the Republican leading a congressional investigation into the pandemic. The allegation was strongly rejected in a CIA statement released hours later.
A majority of
U.S. intelligence agencies
has so far concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic mostly likely started when SARS-CoV-2 jumped from an infected animal host into people; a wildlife market in Wuhan, China, has re...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 12, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Bats and brain worms: how humanity ’s environmental impact is giving rise to new infections
As humans encroach further on the natural world, researchers warn that 75% of novel diseases are transmitted from wildlifeGet ourmorning and afternoon news emails,free app ordaily news podcastAs the world ’s first case ofa parasitic roundworm infecting a human ’s brain made headlines this week, infectious diseases experts warned the threat of novel infections is rising.In a case report written about the Australian patient in the journal Emerging Infectious Disease, doctors who pulled the Ophidascaris robertsi larvae from her brain warned the case highlights the danger of diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Melissa Davey Tags: Australia news Science Health Infectious diseases Epidemics Medical research Source Type: news
Vaccine Equality Is as Vital for Livestock as for People
PREVENT project in Tanzania/Iringa, 2021, Helena Kindole. Credit: Colin Dames/CEVABy Enrique Hernández PandoEl Castellar, Spain, Aug 22 2023 (IPS) El Castellar – For 33-year-old mother-of-seven and poultry farmer Helena Kindole in Chanya village in Tanzania, one of the main barriers to growing her chicken business is a lack of access to health services. But not for herself or her family – for her animals.
With smallholder poultry farming often a lifeline for millions of low-income and rural families – accounting for 80% of poultry production in the region – access to medicines and vaccines is just as importan...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Enrique Hernandez Pando Tags: Africa Development & Aid Economy & Trade Food and Agriculture Health Inequality Sustainability TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Probable SARS-CoV-2 Transmission From Lion to Zoo Employees Probable SARS-CoV-2 Transmission From Lion to Zoo Employees
This report highlights the potential for the zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between zoo animals and humans.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
America Unprepared for Zoonotic Disease Threats
Animal industries in the U.S. pose serious risk of future pandemics and the government lacks a comprehensive strategy to address these threats (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - July 6, 2023 Category: Disability Tags: Medical Research News Source Type: news
What can an old goat tell us about the origins of zoonotic disease transmission?
Awe and curiosity inspire geneticist Dr Kevin Daly to search for a ‘pathogenic’ needle in a haystack in researching the origins of livestock zoonotic diseases. For Dr Kevin Daly, one of the biggest misconceptions about research is that “anything can be done quickly”. “It can be challenging to…#kevindaly #phd #trinitycollegedublin #tcd #herdhealth #louislhôte #twitter #reddit #prideinresearch2023 #ireland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rwanda: Zoonotic Diseases and Their Relation to Humans
[New Times] Livestock is one of the most important assets of the poor to meet livelihood needs. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), animal diseases are crucial constraints in the enhancement of livestock production systems. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 16, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Agribusiness Food and Agriculture Economy, Business and Finance Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news
Nothing Beats Bushmeat, Not Even the Risk of Disease
Freshly slaughtered bush meat is being consumed even though it may have health risks. By Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, May 18 2023 (IPS) Meat from wild animals is relished across Africa and widely traded, but scientists are warning that eating bush meat is a potential health risk, especially in the wake of pandemics like COVID-19.
A study at the border settlements of Kenya and Tanzania has found that while people have been aware of the risks associated with eating bushmeat, especially after the COVID-19 outbreak, they don’t worry about hunting and eating wild animals that could transmit diseases.
On the contrary, the demand for...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Busani Bafana Tags: Biodiversity Editors' Choice Environment Featured Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Headlines Health Natural Resources IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news
Ghana: Public Health Emergency Fund Needed to Achieve 'One Health'
[Ghanaian Times] At least, 1,469 individuals have died in multiple disease outbreaks that have plagued Ghana in the last two years. The diseases; COVID-19, Marburg virus disease (MVD), Monkeypox (Mpox) a nd Lassa fever (LF) have something in common. They are all zoonotic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 31, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
E coli from meat behind half a million UTIs in the US every year, study suggests
Fatal bloodstream illnesses driven by urinary tract infections could rise, warn scientists as research shows link to food-borne bacteriaMeat bacteria are the likely cause of over half a million urinary tract infections (UTIs) in the US every year, a new study has found, with one of its authors warning that deaths from UTI-driven bloodstream infections could be on the rise.The study found that of the 6-8m UTIs caused by E coli bacteria in the US every year, between 480,000 and 640,000 could be linked to strains known as FZECs, or food-borne zoonotic E coli. Women are far more likely than men tosuffer from UTIs. The British ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 23, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Sophie Kevany Tags: E coli Meat Health Food Meat industry Environment Society Medical research Antibiotics Science Food safety World news Farm animals US news UK news Source Type: news
‘It’s inexcusable.’ WHO blasts China for not disclosing potential data on COVID-19’s origin
Maria Van Kerkhove has had a crazy, busy week.
The infectious disease epidemiologist who oversees the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) program on emerging diseases and zoonoses began Sunday morning with a start: A researcher contacted her and said colleagues had uncovered crucial new data from China that speak to the origin of the pandemic. The researcher told Van Kerkhove—who was preparing to leave her home in Geneva for a flight to Oman—that a team led by George Gao, former head of China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, had sat on potentially important genetic sequences from samples it coll...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 17, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Janssen Announces Novel Dengue Antiviral Demonstrates Efficacy in Pre-Clinical Data Published in Nature
BEERSE, BELGIUM, March 15, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) announced today the publication of new data in the journal Nature showing that an early-stage clinical candidate (JNJ-1802) provides strong protection against dengue in non-human primates and mice. The first-in-class antiviral, which was shown to be safe and well tolerated in a Phase 1 first-in-human clinical study, is now progressing into Phase 2 clinical studies for the prevention and treatment of dengue.The new data indicate JNJ-1802 is effective against all four of the dengue serotypes in mouse models and provide...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
