Africa: 'Gain of Function' Research Can Create Experimental Viruses. It Should Be More Strictly Regulated - or Banned
[The Conversation Africa] The United Nations Environment Programme recently published a scientific review that looks at environmental threats and risks in light of the COVID pandemic. It analyses links between human infectious diseases and nature and what we know about how diseases (zoonoses) can transfer from animals to humans. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 15, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
To thwart the next pandemic, ‘swientists’ hunt for flu viruses at U.S. hog shows
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Source: ScienceNOW - October 27, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Evidence suggests pandemic came from nature, not a lab, panel says
The acrimonious debate over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic flared up again this week with a report from an expert panel concluding that SARS-CoV-2 likely spread naturally in a zoonotic jump from an animal to humans—without help from a lab.
“Our paper recognizes that there are different possible origins, but the evidence towards zoonosis is overwhelming,” says co-author Danielle Anderson, a virologist at the University of Melbourne. The report, which includes an analysis that found the peer-reviewed literature overwhelmingly supports the zoonotic hypotheses,
appeared in the
Proceedings of the Na...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 10, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
A Virus Poised to Jump Species to Humans A Virus Poised to Jump Species to Humans
Researchers show how close we are to another pandemic, and how it will start with zoonotic transmission.Medscape (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - October 4, 2022 Category: Surgery Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news
Monkeypox Outbreak Highlights Need to Prevent Future Zoonotic Diseases
The current global outbreak of monkeypox is a warning for the adoption of a preventative, One Health approach to minimize the future emergence of known and unknown zoonotic pathogens (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - September 24, 2022 Category: Disability Tags: Monkeypox Virus Source Type: news
Emerging infections and zoonoses: epidemic intelligence scanning procedures, UKHSA (updated 2nd September 2022)
Epidemic intelligence activities are undertaken to detect and assess potential emerging infectious disease threats to the UK.
2 September 2022Updated guidance.
22 January 2019First published. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda: FAO Trains 40 in Animal Disease Detection
[Observer] Over 40 Ugandan trainees last week graduated after the completion of training in effective detection, prevention, and response to infectious, zoonotic, and transboundary animal diseases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 2, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Langya, a New Zoonotic Virus, Detected in China Langya, a New Zoonotic Virus, Detected in China
The virus, which is related to measles and mumps, causes symptoms ranging from a cough to severe pneumonia. Some patients are asymptomatic.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - August 25, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
The Classification of Monkeypox Should Include Its STI Status
(MedPage Today) -- According to the CDC, monkeypox can be described as "sexually transmissible" -- that is, sex is one of multiple modes of transmission, encompassing animal-to-human (zoonotic), as well as human-to-human from respiratory secretions... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - August 23, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Illumina Helped the World Fight COVID-19. Now, CEO Francis deSouza Has Monkeypox in His Sights
As chief executive of San Diego-based genomic sequencing company Illumina, Francis deSouza feels well-placed to witness the world’s next great scientific transformation.
“I really believe that just like the 20th century was the era of the bit and the digital revolution, the 21st century is likely to be remembered as the era of the genome,” he says. “We’re seeing that play out in terms of genomic-based screening and diagnostics emerging, like Illumina’s offerings, but we’re also seeing the emergence of genomic-based medicine.”
DeSouza’s excitement is understandable. Well...
Source: TIME: Health - August 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Simons Tags: Uncategorized biztech2030 The Leadership Brief Source Type: news
New Langya virus that may have spilled over from animals infects dozens
Scientists detected another potential zoonotic spillover nearly three years into the coronavirus pandemic, though evidence suggests very low fatality rates. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - August 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Amy Cheng Source Type: news
Your monkeypox questions answered as vaccine access expands
Editor's note:This story was originally published July 25 onUCLA Health's Connect blog. It was updated Aug. 2.As monkeypox spreads across the United States, there are now documented cases in Los Angeles County. As of July 25, there were 162 confirmed cases in Los Angeles County and at least 3,400 cases in the United States, prompting fears of another coronavirus-style outbreak.Monkeypox, however, is an entirely different virus. It is not a respiratory illness like COVID-19, notes Dr. Omai Garner, director of clinical microbiology for UCLA Health.“It’s a different disease and it’s not the kind of thing that trans...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 3, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Monkeypox: Here is everything you need to know about the virus
Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic infection caused by the Monkeypox virus. This means it can spread from animals to humans as well as from person to person (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - July 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Colin Carlson Works to Predict and Prevent Viral Spillover
The Georgetown University biologist studies how climate change contributes to the emergence of new zoonotic threats. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - July 18, 2022 Category: Science Tags: Scientist to Watch Magazine Issue Source Type: news
Africa: In Africa, 63 Percent Jump in Diseases Spread From Animals to People Seen in Last Decade
[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- Africa is facing a growing risk of outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens, such as the monkeypox virus which originated in animals and then switched species and infected humans. There has been a 63% increase in the number of zoonotic outbreaks in the region in the decade from 2012-2022 compared to 2001-2011, according to World Health Organization (WHO) analysis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 17, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
