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Mpox: why the virus’s continued, rapid mutation since the 2022 global outbreak remains a concern
The Conversation· 5 days agoIn 2022, as the world was slowly beginning to recover from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an outbreak of mpox – then still called monkeypox – began spreading at an alarming rate in many ...
Controversial virus-hunting scientist skewered at US COVID-origins hearing
Nature· 4 days agoLawmakers interrogated Peter Daszak over his ties to China and whether his organisation, EcoHealth...
The true tragedy of the Covid-19 vaccines
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoVaccination is one of mankind’s most miraculous innovations. The eradication of smallpox, and the retreat of measles and other cruel afflictions, mean...
TIME100 Health: Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman
Time via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn under a year, both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna developed mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines based on Kariko and Weissman’s method. The shots helped to slow...
WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It.
North Denver News· 3 days agoIt remains to be seen how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will act on this information in its own guidance for infection control in health care settings. The WHO concluded that ...
The true tragedy of the Covid-19 vaccines
Daily Telegraph· 3 days agoIndeed, some public health officials exaggerated the benefits and underplayed some of the risks. Thrombosis caused by the AstraZeneca vaccine and...
What is federal COVID relief money for anyway?
Rhode Island Current via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAs the daily news headlines detailing the spread of bird flu grow, so does Dr. Leonard Mermel’s anxiety. An infectious disease expert who works as...
Climate Change Could Be Good News for Viruses Like COVID
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey· 5 days agoClimate change -- and closed windows -- could be aiding the spread of airborne viruses like the one...
The U.S. may be missing human cases of bird flu, scientists say
NPR· 2 days agoGray has managed to start collecting samples from humans and cattle at several dairy farms that...
H5N1 Happily Mutates Away, while Public Health Establishment Plods Along, Treating the Virus as a...
Naked Capitalism· 4 days agoBy Lambert Strether of Corrente Once again I must put on my Mr. Pandemic™ hat, following up on the...