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#vaccines
#health #medical #medmastodon #IDmastodon
https://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/

#vaccines
#health #medical #medmastodon #IDmastodon
https://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/

Killing makes philosophers, injuring makes heroes, #IDMastodon makes sages.

Killing of injuring is #IDMastodon of #ObGynodon.

Killing of injuring is #IDMastodon of #ObGynodon.

In international public health news, the WHO says Chad is the first country in the world to eliminate mother to child transmission of HIV, syphilis and heb-B.

#medmastodon @medmastodon #iDmastodon #vaccines #publichealth #medicine
https://www.medangel.org/maldives-achives-triple-elimination/

In international public health news, the WHO says Chad is the first country in the world to eliminate mother to child transmission of HIV, syphilis and heb-B.

#medmastodon @medmastodon #iDmastodon #vaccines #publichealth #medicine
https://www.medangel.org/maldives-achives-triple-elimination/

There's going to be more and more of this kind of stuff coming through - #AI (a.k.a. machine learning?) algorithms going up against humans. What's the gold standard though?
#IDMastodon
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaf486/8249759?redirectedFrom=fulltext&utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=cid&utm_medium=email

There's going to be more and more of this kind of stuff coming through - #AI (a.k.a. machine learning?) algorithms going up against humans. What's the gold standard though?
#IDMastodon
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaf486/8249759?redirectedFrom=fulltext&utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=cid&utm_medium=email

More reasons to get flu and COVID vaccines.

‘Sleeping’ cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu.
"data from thousands of people show that infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is linked with a nearly twofold increase in cancer-related death, possibly helping to explain why cancer death rates increased early during the COVID-19 pandemic."

#medical #health #vaccines #medmastodon #IDmastodon #cancer @medmastodon https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02420-1

More reasons to get flu and COVID vaccines.

‘Sleeping’ cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu.
"data from thousands of people show that infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is linked with a nearly twofold increase in cancer-related death, possibly helping to explain why cancer death rates increased early during the COVID-19 pandemic."

#medical #health #vaccines #medmastodon #IDmastodon #cancer @medmastodon https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02420-1

A public health success story.
Earlier this year (2025), the World Health Organization (#WHO) validated #Guinea as having eliminated the devastating sleeping sickness as a public health problem.
It's a story of public health having lost the trust of the public, largely due to not communicating well -- but after figuring out new ways of doing things, managed to earn trust back again.

#publichealth #IDmastodon #medmastodon #Africa #scicomm @medmastodon
https://www.medangel.org/bolet-mouna-introduction/

A public health success story.
Earlier this year (2025), the World Health Organization (#WHO) validated #Guinea as having eliminated the devastating sleeping sickness as a public health problem.
It's a story of public health having lost the trust of the public, largely due to not communicating well -- but after figuring out new ways of doing things, managed to earn trust back again.

#publichealth #IDmastodon #medmastodon #Africa #scicomm @medmastodon
https://www.medangel.org/bolet-mouna-introduction/

This sounds like a really interesting book.
"A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX PLAGUES: HOW CONTAGION, CLASS, AND CAPTIVITY SHAPED US,
FROM CHOLERA TO COVID-19."

It focuses on six disease crises from the 19th century to the present—cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish flu, sleeping sickness, Ebola, and #COVID-19.

#history #medicine #medmastodon @medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectious #pandemic #endemic #lockdown #quarantine
https://www.nasw.org/member_article/edna-bonhomme-history-world-six-plagues-how-contagion-class-and-captivity-shaped-us

This sounds like a really interesting book.
"A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX PLAGUES: HOW CONTAGION, CLASS, AND CAPTIVITY SHAPED US,
FROM CHOLERA TO COVID-19."

It focuses on six disease crises from the 19th century to the present—cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish flu, sleeping sickness, Ebola, and #COVID-19.

#history #medicine #medmastodon @medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectious #pandemic #endemic #lockdown #quarantine
https://www.nasw.org/member_article/edna-bonhomme-history-world-six-plagues-how-contagion-class-and-captivity-shaped-us

Trained sniffer rats can detect #TB and using them is cheaper than standard lab tests.

#medicine #medmastodon @medmastodon #tuberculosis #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases #infectious #health

https://www.medangel.org/giant-rats-and-dedicated-volunteers-transform-tb-detection-in-tanzania/

Trained sniffer rats can detect #TB and using them is cheaper than standard lab tests.

#medicine #medmastodon @medmastodon #tuberculosis #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases #infectious #health

https://www.medangel.org/giant-rats-and-dedicated-volunteers-transform-tb-detection-in-tanzania/

COVID, even mild infections, affects brain function.

#brain #medmastodon @medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectious #COVID #SARS #neurology #psychology https://theconversation.com/mounting-research-shows-that-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-on-the-brain-including-significant-drops-in-iq-scores-224216

COVID, even mild infections, affects brain function.

#brain #medmastodon @medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectious #COVID #SARS #neurology #psychology https://theconversation.com/mounting-research-shows-that-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-on-the-brain-including-significant-drops-in-iq-scores-224216

Update on bird flu and worrisome North American chicken and animal farming practices.

#birdflu #meat #dairy #health #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases @medmastodon #medmastodon #agriculture

https://time.com/7200002/bird-flu-outbreak-denial-essay/

Update on bird flu and worrisome North American chicken and animal farming practices.

#birdflu #meat #dairy #health #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases @medmastodon #medmastodon #agriculture

https://time.com/7200002/bird-flu-outbreak-denial-essay/

@auscandoc A bit more info about Disease X in the Congo..

#diseasex #IDmastodon @medmastodon #medmastodon #infectiousdiseases https://promedmail.org/promed-posts/

@auscandoc A bit more info about Disease X in the Congo..

#diseasex #IDmastodon @medmastodon #medmastodon #infectiousdiseases https://promedmail.org/promed-posts/

The #H5N1 avian flu virus jumped species again and has killed a number of seals in #Canada.

#IDmastodon #medmastodon @medmastodon #infectious #infectiousdiseases #flu #influenza #avianflu

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/6/23-1033_article

The #H5N1 avian flu virus jumped species again and has killed a number of seals in #Canada.

#IDmastodon #medmastodon @medmastodon #infectious #infectiousdiseases #flu #influenza #avianflu

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/6/23-1033_article

@npariente Welcome! Get more #IDMastodon over here! I miss the community of #infectious_diseases folks.

@npariente Welcome! Get more #IDMastodon over here! I miss the community of #infectious_diseases folks.

Honestly, i'd never heard of spectinamides!
#IDMastodon #antibiotics #TB

A modified BPaL regimen for tuberculosis treatment replaces linezolid with inhaled spectinamides https://elifesciences.org/articles/96190
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Honestly, i'd never heard of spectinamides!
#IDMastodon #antibiotics #TB

A modified BPaL regimen for tuberculosis treatment replaces linezolid with inhaled spectinamides https://elifesciences.org/articles/96190
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Recently, I had conversations with 2 people who turned out to be vaccine skeptics. They stopped getting #COVID vaccines after their first jab or two. So, I told them about the 30+ year history behind mRNA vaccine development. That it has been (and continues to be) worked on for treating cancer as well as for other diseases. And that mRNA vaccines were part-way developed for #SARS during the 2002-2004 outbreak (but work stopped because the infection petered out for various reasons) and for Zika. And that when the pandemic came along, most of the pieces of for creating an #mRNA #vaccine for COVID were already in place -- which is why the the vaccines came out relatively quickly. And that they underwent clinical trials before they were approved for release.
Both conversations ended with "Wow, I didn't know any of that. You've given me something to think about."
I'll take it as a win.
Sometimes it's #history more than #science that can help get a message across.

Sources:
1.Timeline: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/decades-making-mrna-covid-19-vaccines
2. One of the best summaries of the mRNA vaccine and its history. https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/10/the-story-of-mrna-how-a-once-dismissed-idea-became-a-leading-technology-in-the-covid-vaccine-race/

#publichealth @medmastodon #medmastodon #IDmastodon

Recently, I had conversations with 2 people who turned out to be vaccine skeptics. They stopped getting #COVID vaccines after their first jab or two. So, I told them about the 30+ year history behind mRNA vaccine development. That it has been (and continues to be) worked on for treating cancer as well as for other diseases. And that mRNA vaccines were part-way developed for #SARS during the 2002-2004 outbreak (but work stopped because the infection petered out for various reasons) and for Zika. And that when the pandemic came along, most of the pieces of for creating an #mRNA #vaccine for COVID were already in place -- which is why the the vaccines came out relatively quickly. And that they underwent clinical trials before they were approved for release.
Both conversations ended with "Wow, I didn't know any of that. You've given me something to think about."
I'll take it as a win.
Sometimes it's #history more than #science that can help get a message across.

Sources:
1.Timeline: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/decades-making-mrna-covid-19-vaccines
2. One of the best summaries of the mRNA vaccine and its history. https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/10/the-story-of-mrna-how-a-once-dismissed-idea-became-a-leading-technology-in-the-covid-vaccine-race/

#publichealth @medmastodon #medmastodon #IDmastodon

Novo:

Malária Fone: 24h a serviço da população

No dia Mundial de Luta Contra a Malária, o 'Malária Fone', linha que esclarece dúvidas e fornece orientações sobre a doença, celebrou a marca de mais de 600 atendimentos realizados apenas em 2015
Por Lucas Rocha

24/04/2015 - Atualizado em 02/09/2024

https://www.ioc.fiocruz.br/noticias/malaria-fone-24h-servico-da-populacao#:~:text=Mal%C3%A1ria%20Fone%3A%2024h%20a%20servi%C3%A7o%20da%20popula%C3%A7%C3%A3o

#Malaria
#IDMastodon
#Brasil

Novo:

Malária Fone: 24h a serviço da população

No dia Mundial de Luta Contra a Malária, o 'Malária Fone', linha que esclarece dúvidas e fornece orientações sobre a doença, celebrou a marca de mais de 600 atendimentos realizados apenas em 2015
Por Lucas Rocha

24/04/2015 - Atualizado em 02/09/2024

https://www.ioc.fiocruz.br/noticias/malaria-fone-24h-servico-da-populacao#:~:text=Mal%C3%A1ria%20Fone%3A%2024h%20a%20servi%C3%A7o%20da%20popula%C3%A7%C3%A3o

#Malaria
#IDMastodon
#Brasil

Immaculate infection: the riddle of HPV in Ghana's nuns

A recent study highlights the importance of cervical cancer screening and vaccination against human papillomavirus for everyone

03 September 2024

Linda Geddes

https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/immaculate-infection-riddle-hpv-ghanas-nuns

#HPV
#IDMastodon
#VaccinesPlus

Immaculate infection: the riddle of HPV in Ghana's nuns

A recent study highlights the importance of cervical cancer screening and vaccination against human papillomavirus for everyone

03 September 2024

Linda Geddes

https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/immaculate-infection-riddle-hpv-ghanas-nuns

#HPV
#IDMastodon
#VaccinesPlus

Data show marked increase in annual cholera deaths

4 September 2024

https://www.who.int/news/item/04-09-2024-data-show-marked-increase-in-annual-cholera-deaths

#IDMastodon
#Cholera

Data show marked increase in annual cholera deaths

4 September 2024

https://www.who.int/news/item/04-09-2024-data-show-marked-increase-in-annual-cholera-deaths

#IDMastodon
#Cholera

Casos de mpox no Brasil este ano já superam o total de 2023
Sudeste concentra a maior parte dos casos no país

05/09/2024

https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/saude/noticia/2024-09/casos-de-mpox-no-brasil-este-ano-ja-superam-o-total-de-2023

#Brasil
#Mpox
#IDMastodon

Casos de mpox no Brasil este ano já superam o total de 2023
Sudeste concentra a maior parte dos casos no país

05/09/2024

https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/saude/noticia/2024-09/casos-de-mpox-no-brasil-este-ano-ja-superam-o-total-de-2023

#Brasil
#Mpox
#IDMastodon

Safety and immunogenicity of a live-attenuated chikungunya virus vaccine in endemic areas of Brazil: interim results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial in adolescents

September 04, 2024

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00458-4/abstract

#IDMastodon
#VaccinesPLUS
#Chikungunya
#Brasil

Safety and immunogenicity of a live-attenuated chikungunya virus vaccine in endemic areas of Brazil: interim results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial in adolescents

September 04, 2024

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00458-4/abstract

#IDMastodon
#VaccinesPLUS
#Chikungunya
#Brasil

Urban Birds Are Harboring Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Exposure to bacteria in landfill sites and polluted rivers may explain prevalence among city-dwelling birds.

Aug 17, 2024

https://www.wired.com/story/urban-birds-are-harboring-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria/

#IDMastodon

Urban Birds Are Harboring Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Exposure to bacteria in landfill sites and polluted rivers may explain prevalence among city-dwelling birds.

Aug 17, 2024

https://www.wired.com/story/urban-birds-are-harboring-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria/

#IDMastodon

#Sars-CoV-2 (#COVID) found in samples of multiple species of #wildlife in the US. From a short news report in JAMA regarding a study in Nature Comm.
"SARS-CoV-2, the #virus that causes COVID-19, has previously been identified in certain species of wildlife, including white-tailed deer. But new research in Nature Communications suggests it may be common in other types of wildlife, especially species living near high-trafficked human areas.
The researchers took nasal and oral swabs from 23 common wildlife species in Virginia and Washington, DC, between May 2022 and September 2023. They detected the virus in 6 species of deer mouse, opossum, raccoon, groundhog, rabbit, and bat. The researchers also collected 126 blood samples from these 6 species, with 5 species displaying antibodies that indicated prior exposure. Their analysis showed that antibody detection was 3 times higher in animals near hiking trails and high-traffic public areas than in low human-use areas.

Additionally, the virus isolated from an opossum in 2022 showed previously unreported mutations, suggesting animal-to-animal transmission, the researchers reported. Although there is no evidence of viral transmission from animals to humans, the researchers stressed the need for further surveillance of novel mutations that could endanger wildlife and humans."
#Medmastodon @Medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases
The Nature study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49891-w

#Sars-CoV-2 (#COVID) found in samples of multiple species of #wildlife in the US. From a short news report in JAMA regarding a study in Nature Comm.
"SARS-CoV-2, the #virus that causes COVID-19, has previously been identified in certain species of wildlife, including white-tailed deer. But new research in Nature Communications suggests it may be common in other types of wildlife, especially species living near high-trafficked human areas.
The researchers took nasal and oral swabs from 23 common wildlife species in Virginia and Washington, DC, between May 2022 and September 2023. They detected the virus in 6 species of deer mouse, opossum, raccoon, groundhog, rabbit, and bat. The researchers also collected 126 blood samples from these 6 species, with 5 species displaying antibodies that indicated prior exposure. Their analysis showed that antibody detection was 3 times higher in animals near hiking trails and high-traffic public areas than in low human-use areas.

Additionally, the virus isolated from an opossum in 2022 showed previously unreported mutations, suggesting animal-to-animal transmission, the researchers reported. Although there is no evidence of viral transmission from animals to humans, the researchers stressed the need for further surveillance of novel mutations that could endanger wildlife and humans."
#Medmastodon @Medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases
The Nature study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49891-w

A nasty, rare mosquito-borne disease popped up in a human case #Massachusetts. Not West Nile but a different one. (But #WestNile is around too)

@medmastodon #Medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases #infectious #brain https://ca.news.yahoo.com/rare-deadly-mosquito-virus-concerning-163854630.html

A nasty, rare mosquito-borne disease popped up in a human case #Massachusetts. Not West Nile but a different one. (But #WestNile is around too)

@medmastodon #Medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases #infectious #brain https://ca.news.yahoo.com/rare-deadly-mosquito-virus-concerning-163854630.html

US FDA approves updated COVID shots ahead of fall and winter

By Mariam E Sunny and Manas Mishra

August 22, 2024

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-approves-updated-covid-shots-ahead-fall-season-2024-08-22/

#COVID19
#IDMastodon
#VaccinesPlus

US FDA approves updated COVID shots ahead of fall and winter

By Mariam E Sunny and Manas Mishra

August 22, 2024

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-approves-updated-covid-shots-ahead-fall-season-2024-08-22/

#COVID19
#IDMastodon
#VaccinesPlus

Molecular Trickery: How COVID-19 Silently Sabotages the Human Immune System

Julia Moióli, São Paulo Research Foundation

August 22, 2024

https://scitechdaily.com/molecular-trickery-how-covid-19-silently-sabotages-the-human-immune-system/

#SarsCoV2
#COVID19
#IDMastodon
@noyes

Molecular Trickery: How COVID-19 Silently Sabotages the Human Immune System

Julia Moióli, São Paulo Research Foundation

August 22, 2024

https://scitechdaily.com/molecular-trickery-how-covid-19-silently-sabotages-the-human-immune-system/

#SarsCoV2
#COVID19
#IDMastodon
@noyes

Pakistan says one case of mpox virus detected, European agency raises alert

Sequencing of confirmed case under way to determine whether virus is same deadly Clade 1 variant discovered by Sweden.

16 Aug 2024

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/16/pakistan-says-at-least-one-case-of-mpox-virus-detected

#Mpox
#IDMastodon

Pakistan says one case of mpox virus detected, European agency raises alert

Sequencing of confirmed case under way to determine whether virus is same deadly Clade 1 variant discovered by Sweden.

16 Aug 2024

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/16/pakistan-says-at-least-one-case-of-mpox-virus-detected

#Mpox
#IDMastodon

Pulling back the curtain

Mpox circulated in Nigeria for 8 years before it sparked a global outbreak. What happened? And could it have been stopped?

16 Aug 2024

Jon Cohen, Abdullahi Tsanni

https://www.science.org/content/article/untold-story-how-nigeria-s-mpox-outbreak-sparked-worldwide-epidemic

#Mpox
#IDMastodon

First case of more dangerous mpox found outside Africa

Today

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gqr5lrpwxo

#MPOX
#IDMastodon
#VaccinesPLUS

Correspondence

First diagnoses of Oropouche virus in Europe: how can we strengthen communication and preparedness globally?

Concetta Castilletti et al.

August 07, 2024

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00496-1/fulltext?s=08

@noyes
#Oropouche
#IDMastodon
#OneHealth