Outbreaks from Animals in Africa Have Surged By 60% in the Last Decade
LONDON — The number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has surged by more than 60% in the last decade, the World Health Organization said, a worrying sign the planet could face increased animal-borne diseases like monkeypox, Ebola and coronavirus in the future.
There has been a 63% rise in the number of animal diseases breaching the species barrier from 2012 to 2022, as compared to the decade before, the U.N. health agency said in a statement on Thursday.
There was a particular spike from 2019 to 2020, when diseases originating in animals that later infected humans, made up half of ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Africa healthscienceclimate Public Health wire Source Type: news
Animals are Core to Pandemic Prevention – We Must Strengthen Their Defences
Granja Agas, S.A. poultry farm, Motilla del Palancar, Cuenca, Spain. Credit: Guilhem AlandryBy Carel du Marchie SarvaasBRUSSELS, Jul 5 2022 (IPS) The ongoing discussions at the World Health Organization (WHO) around a new, landmark ‘pandemic prevention treaty’ shows that the world is starting to act on the lessons it learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
In fact, countries have already taken the first steps towards amending the International Health Regulations that govern the reporting and national responses to emerging pandemics, which were subsequently found to fall short during the initial outbreak of COVID-19.
Yet, ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carel du Marchie Sarvaas Tags: COVID-19 Economy & Trade Featured Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Africa: African Union Establishes One Health Coordination Group On Zoonotic Diseases
[Africa CDC] To coordinate, support, monitor, and evaluate the implementation of the African Union One Health Strategy for Zoonotic Disease Prevention and Control across the Member States, the African Union Interagency Group on One Health has been established. The Interagency was established during a meeting on One Health that took place from 13-14 June 2022 at AU-IBAR in Nairobi, Kenya. The Interagency comprises several AU offices that have been mandated to deal with various aspects of human/ animal health interventio (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 5, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
CDC Eyes Monkeypox Vaccine for Kids as Outbreak Spreads
U.S. health officials are looking to expand use of the monkeypox vaccine for children as the outbreak continues to spread across the U.S. and in countries around the world, with more than 3,300 cases reported globally.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is developing a protocol aimed at allowing use of Bavarian Nordic A/S’s Jynneos vaccine in children, if needed, according to documents prepared for a meeting of agency advisers that took place this week. The vaccine is currently cleared for use in adults and is considered safer than Emergent BioSolutions Inc.’s ACAM2000 smallpox vaccine, which c...
Source: TIME: Health - June 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Madison Muller and Riley Griffin / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Spread of ‘free-range’ farming may raise risk of animal-borne pandemics – study
If we can ’t dramatically cut meat consumption then intensive ‘factory farming’ may be comparatively less risky, say authorsThe industrial farming of animals such as pigs, poultry and cattle to provide meat for hundreds of millions of people may reduce the risk of pandemics and the emergence of dangerous diseases includingSars, BSE, bird flu and Covid-19 compared with less-intensive farming, a major study by vets and ecologists has found.Despitereports from the UN and other bodies in the wake of Covid linking the intensive farming of livestock to the spread of zoonotic (animal-borne) diseases, the authors argue that ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 23, 2022 Category: Science Authors: John Vidal Tags: Farming Environment Animals Coronavirus Bird flu Infectious diseases Science Health Society UK news World news Medical research Microbiology Source Type: news
Nearly 15% of People Worldwide Have Had Lyme Disease, Study Says
Lyme disease was first named nearly 50 years ago in Lyme, Connecticut, but the tick-borne disease is now found around the world. A new study published in BMJ Global Health estimates that 14.5% of the world’s population has, at some point, been infected with Lyme disease, which can cause short-term symptoms including a skin rash, fever, headache, and fatigue—as well as long-term ones, including damage to the joints, heart, and nervous system.
The scourge also appears to be getting worse. Lyme prevalence has doubled from 2010 to 2021, compared to 2001 to 2010.
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Source: TIME: Health - June 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
From ‘open-minded’ to ‘underwhelming,’ mixed reactions greet latest COVID-19 origin report
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“Further studies needed.” That’s the main message in a
preliminary report
released today by a scientific advisory group convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) to clarify the cloudy origin of COVID-19. But in stark distinction to a report from an earlier WHO committee, which drew controversy in 2021 by all but dismissing that SARS-CoV-2 might have escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, this panel recommends more investigations into the lab-leak scenario possibility.
“All...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 9, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
From ‘open minded’ to ‘underwhelming,’ mixed reactions greet latest COVID-19 origin report
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“Further studies needed.” That’s the main message in a
preliminary report
released today by a scientific advisory group convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) to clarify the cloudy origin of COVID-19. But in stark distinction to a report from an earlier WHO committee, which drew controversy in 2021 by all but dismissing that SARS-CoV-2 might have escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, this panel recommends more investigations into the lab-leak scenario possibility.
“All...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 9, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Monkeypox Outbreak - Nine States, May 2022
This report describes CDC's efforts in tracking and monitoring a monkeypox virus outbreak. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - June 9, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Monkeypox Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Zoonotic diseases Source Type: news
Concern grows that human monkeypox outbreak will establish virus in animals outside Africa
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Eleven days after being bitten by one of her pet prairie dogs, a 3-year-old girl in Wisconsin on 24 May 2003 became the first person outside of Africa to be diagnosed with monkeypox. Two months later, her parents and 69 other people in the United States had suspected or confirmed cases of this disease, which is caused by a relative of the much deadlier smallpox virus. The monkeypox virus is endemic in parts of Africa, and rodents imported from Ghana had apparently infected captive prairie dogs, Nort...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 8, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
EARLY RELEASE: Monkeypox Outbreak - Nine States, May 2022
This report describes CDC's efforts in tracking and monitoring a monkeypox virus outbreak. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - June 3, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Monkeypox Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Zoonotic diseases Source Type: news
Science Academies Call on G-7 Governments to Take Urgent Action to Accelerate Decarbonization, Develop Antiviral Drugs to Increase Pandemic Preparedness, Address Other Global Challenges
Science academies from the G-7 nations issued statements urging their governments to take action on four global challenges — developing antiviral drugs to prepare for future pandemics, speeding progress on decarbonization, protecting the oceans and sea ice, and implementing a One Health approach to zoonotic disease and antimicrobial resistance. (Source: News from the National Academies)
Source: News from the National Academies - May 31, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Wild Meat Markets Pose Disease Risk to People, Laos Study Finds Wild Meat Markets Pose Disease Risk to People, Laos Study Finds
Zoonotic diseases can spill over to people from markets selling infected wild animal meat. Can we prevent these?Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Health officials raise awareness of monkeypox as cases spread
Concerns about the monkeypox virus continue to grow as Canadian authorities investigate that country's first case and New York City deals with a new case of the zoonotic disease. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - May 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Emerging cases of monkeypox investigated
Child with lesions from monkeypox, courtesy CDC archive Scientists around the world are investigating multiple clusters of monkeypox cases in 12 countries, including one confirmed and one suspected case in the U.S., that have been reported. It's a viral zoonotic disease, meaning it is a virus transmitted to humans from animals but can also be transmitted person-to-person. "Monkeypox is in the same family of virus as smallpox, but it should not be confused with smallpox… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - May 20, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
