More than 70% of the world’s population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. Credit: Shutterstock After more than three years of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that…
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Experts warn bird flu virus changing rapidly in largest ever outbreak
Colorized transmission electron micrograph of Avian influenza A H5N1 viruses. Credit: Public Domain The virus causing record cases of avian influenza in birds across the world is changing rapidly, experts…
Researchers discover new, more effective candidates for treatment of syphilis
Brandon Jutras and Kathryn Hayes found new candidates for the treatment of syphilis with several being more effective than the current treatment options. Photo by Max Esterhuizen for Virginia Tech.…
More than 1 in 6 unvaccinated people report health effects of COVID two years after confirmed infection
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Around 1 in 6 unvaccinated individuals say they are still experiencing health effects of COVID-19 up to two years after infection, finds a study from Switzerland…
Medical row in France over unauthorised COVID trial
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain French medical bodies on Sunday called on authorities to punish researcher Didier Raoult for “the largest ‘unauthorized’ clinical trial ever seen” into the use of hydroxychloroquine…
US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms
This undated, colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, indicated in yellow, emerging from the surface…
Sudden infant death syndrome may have biologic cause
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a case where the death of an apparently healthy infant before their first birthday remains unexplained even after thorough investigation.…
Research favors testing and voluntary isolation over closures in disease outbreaks
Net benefits (as a fraction of GDP, y-axis) of the random testing with self-isolation policy for τ = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0 over the range of Tτ from…
WHO chief hopes for ‘historic’ pandemic accord
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new pandemic accord under negotiation must be a “historic agreement” marking a dramatic shift in the approach to global health security after the COVID crisis,…
Cholera outbreak kills 10 in S.Africa
Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae. Credit: Wikipedia An outbreak of cholera has killed at least 10 people near South Africa’s capital of Pretoria, health authorities said Sunday, urging…
