Avian flu found in wastewater of 10 Texas cities through virome sequencing

byUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonA worker at an El Paso Water Utility facility collects samples of wastewater prior to sending them to researchers at Baylor College of Medic

Updated on: October 03,2024 0

Avian flu found in wastewater of 10 Texas cities through virome sequencing

byUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonA worker at an El Paso Water Utility facility collects samples of wastewater prior to sending them to researchers at Baylor College of Medic

Updated on:October 03,2024 0

New study highlights scale and impact of long COVID

byUniversity of OxfordCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn a new review paper, researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Leeds and Arizona, analyzed dozens of previous studies into long COVID

Updated on: August 30,2024 0

New study highlights scale and impact of long COVID

byUniversity of OxfordCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn a new review paper, researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Leeds and Arizona, analyzed dozens of previous studies into long COVID

Updated on:August 30,2024 0

The next pandemic? How a familiar virus exploits new hosts

by Nicole Lim,Duke-NUS Medical SchoolInfluenza A boasts a wide range of natural hosts, with different strains established in different species. This wide network gives it an extra evolutionary a

Updated on: September 11,2024 0

The next pandemic? How a familiar virus exploits new hosts

by Nicole Lim,Duke-NUS Medical SchoolInfluenza A boasts a wide range of natural hosts, with different strains established in different species. This wide network gives it an extra evolutionary a

Updated on:September 11,2024 0

Study: Long-term exposure to air pollution, lack of green space increase hospitalization risk for respiratory conditions

by European Respiratory SocietyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainLong-term exposure to air pollution and a lack of access to green spaces increase the risk of hospitalization for respiratory condition

Updated on: October 02,2024 0

Study: Long-term exposure to air pollution, lack of green space increase hospitalization risk for respiratory conditions

by European Respiratory SocietyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainLong-term exposure to air pollution and a lack of access to green spaces increase the risk of hospitalization for respiratory condition

Updated on:October 02,2024 0

New roles in infectious process for molecule that inhibits flu—study finds lack of immune protein increases risk

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityColorized micrograph of avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (in pink). This flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and causing outbreaks in poult

Updated on: December 04,2024 0

New roles in infectious process for molecule that inhibits flu—study finds lack of immune protein increases risk

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityColorized micrograph of avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (in pink). This flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and causing outbreaks in poult

Updated on:December 04,2024 0

Washington becomes 6th state to report bird flu in humans

by Robin FosterFour farm workers who helped cull poultry on an commercial egg farm in Washington are presumed to have been infected with bird flu, making that state the sixth in the country to report

Updated on: November 14,2024 0

Washington becomes 6th state to report bird flu in humans

by Robin FosterFour farm workers who helped cull poultry on an commercial egg farm in Washington are presumed to have been infected with bird flu, making that state the sixth in the country to report

Updated on:November 14,2024 0

WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped

Red Cross officials create awareness around mpox in the Don Bosco refugee camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Moses SawasawaThe U.N. health agency on

Updated on: September 11,2024 0

WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped

Red Cross officials create awareness around mpox in the Don Bosco refugee camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Moses SawasawaThe U.N. health agency on

Updated on:September 11,2024 0

Mosquito-borne virus spread at 'unprecedented' levels in LA County: Climate change may make things worse

by Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles TimesTiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus). Credit: CDCClimate change is exacerbating the risk of potentially dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in California—threatening t

Updated on: November 13,2024 0

Mosquito-borne virus spread at 'unprecedented' levels in LA County: Climate change may make things worse

by Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles TimesTiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus). Credit: CDCClimate change is exacerbating the risk of potentially dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in California—threatening t

Updated on:November 13,2024 0

CDC: Heat may have contributed to four human cases of bird flu in Colorado

by Helena Oliviero and Meris Lutz, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionCredit: Alexas Fotos from PexelsHeat probably played a role in at least four cases of bird flu in poultry workers confirmed by U.S. h

Updated on: August 06,2024 0

CDC: Heat may have contributed to four human cases of bird flu in Colorado

by Helena Oliviero and Meris Lutz, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionCredit: Alexas Fotos from PexelsHeat probably played a role in at least four cases of bird flu in poultry workers confirmed by U.S. h

Updated on:August 06,2024 0

Controlling mpox requires inclusive, global efforts

byAmerican Society for MicrobiologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn 2022, mpox (formerly called monkeypox) dominated the news as outbreaks of the disease cropped up inmore than 120 cou

Updated on: October 02,2024 0

Controlling mpox requires inclusive, global efforts

byAmerican Society for MicrobiologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn 2022, mpox (formerly called monkeypox) dominated the news as outbreaks of the disease cropped up inmore than 120 cou

Updated on:October 02,2024 0

What other countries could teach the US about bringing down drug prices

by Aimee Levitt,Stanford UniversityCredit: Kaboompics.com from PexelsLast year, Kevin Schulman, a health economist at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford School of Medicine, taught

Updated on: December 18,2024 0

What other countries could teach the US about bringing down drug prices

by Aimee Levitt,Stanford UniversityCredit: Kaboompics.com from PexelsLast year, Kevin Schulman, a health economist at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford School of Medicine, taught

Updated on:December 18,2024 0

Study reveals 'cell death cascade' in airway cells infected with SARS-CoV-2

by Kendall Daniels,University of North Carolina School of MedicineA human airway epithelial cell (A549 cell line) undergoes necroptosis upon infection with the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant (B.1.1.

Updated on: August 06,2024 0

Study reveals 'cell death cascade' in airway cells infected with SARS-CoV-2

by Kendall Daniels,University of North Carolina School of MedicineA human airway epithelial cell (A549 cell line) undergoes necroptosis upon infection with the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant (B.1.1.

Updated on:August 06,2024 0