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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 6:02 AM
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The monthly (March) COVID Epidemiologic Summary has been released. Last month, the reported COVID death count for February was 15; that has been revised, doubling it to 30 deaths in February.For March, the current report counts 13 COVID deaths, but as with February, the figure will almost certainly...
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 6:02 AM
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Zoetis claims it delivered its bird flu vaccine to USDA’s stockpile in 2016, following a bird flu outbreak in 2015; however, the company says USDA never tapped into the stockpile.
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 6:01 AM
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Nigeria follows Ghana in approving Oxford’s R21 malaria vaccine...
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 6:00 AM
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of the H5N1 subtype are highly lethal in many avian species. Since 2014, viruses of the genetically distinct clade 2.3.4.4 have been circulating in Eurasia, Africa and briefly in North America, killing millions of wild and domestic birds.
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 5:59 AM
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The Health Bureau has received reports of 6 cluster infections of influenza-like illness source:Health Bureau release date:April 21, 2023 at 18:13 The Health Bureau received 6 reports of cluster infection of influenza-like illness today (21st), the details are as follows: In the first case, four ...
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 5:58 AM
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Hundreds of dead birds found in past three weeks as conservationists call for international funding to help stop the disease spreading on migration routes...
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 5:56 AM
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To better understand the ecology and epidemiology of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in its transcontinental spread, we sequenced and analyzed the complete genomes of 36 recent influenza A (H5N1) viruses collected from birds in Europe, northern Africa, and southeastern Asia.
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 5:55 AM
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Hepatitis of undetermined origin can be caused by a wide variety of pathogens, sometimes emerging pathogens.We report the discovery, by means of routine shotgun metagenomics, of a new virus belonging to the family Circoviridae, genus Circovirus, in a patient in France who had acute hepatitis of unk...
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Ed Rybicki
April 22, 2023 7:01 AM
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Prior to 2020, most pandemic preparedness efforts centered on influenza. Some countries, such as Aotearoa (New Zealand)1, were able to successfully adapt national pandemic influenza plans to the response to COVID-19, and global influenza surveillance systems were harnessed for SARS-CoV-2 (ref. 2).
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Ed Rybicki
April 22, 2023 6:59 AM
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Researchers have discovered the molecule responsible for guiding T cells toward tumors, setting the stage for improvements to immunotherapy.
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Ed Rybicki
April 22, 2023 6:58 AM
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The death of an 11-year-old Cambodian girl from avian influenza and the fact that her father also tested positive has led to the unlikely scenario that it...
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Ed Rybicki
April 22, 2023 6:57 AM
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Global pharmaceutical firms had declined to provide the technical know-how to replicate their vaccines in Africa.
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Ed Rybicki
April 22, 2023 6:56 AM
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At least seven deceased California condors from a northern Arizona population were infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza this spring, the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Oregon State University has found.
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 6:02 AM
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Animal movement is a fundamental driver of disease spread. We show that an outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) is coincident with unprecedented behavioural changes in GPS tracked Northern gannets.
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 6:01 AM
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Terns and pelicans are among the reported victims in Senegal and The Gambia.
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 6:00 AM
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Background H9N2 virus is mainly transmitted through the respiratory mucosal pathway, so mucosal immunity is considered to play a good role in controlling avian influenza infection. It is commonly accepted that no adequate mucosal immunity is achieved by inactivated vaccines, which was widely used...
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 6:00 AM
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A new study from researchers at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) showed a single dose of human papillomavirus virus (HPV) vaccine was highly efficacious in preventing HPV, the virus that causes cervical cancer, in girls and women ages 15 to 20. The study results were announced at the 35th International Papillomavirus Conference in Washington, DC, this week.
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 5:58 AM
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Swedish researchers have found that ventricular tachycardia was “much higher” in the adults who had suffered from severe Covid...
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 5:57 AM
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There’s an outbreak in the animal kingdom.
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Ed Rybicki
April 24, 2023 5:56 AM
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We identified a novel circovirus (human-associated circovirus 2 [HuCV2]) from the blood of 2 intravenous drug users in China who were infected with HIV-1, hepatitis C virus, or both. HuCV2 is most closely related to porcine circovirus 3.
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Ed Rybicki
April 22, 2023 7:01 AM
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Shots helped China beat back multiple outbreaks...
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Ed Rybicki
April 22, 2023 6:59 AM
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Montevideo, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay´s health authorities on Wednesday reported fresh outbreak of bird flu and announced reinforced health controls to prevent the disease from spreading to productive farms.
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Ed Rybicki
April 22, 2023 6:58 AM
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COVID-19 disrupted health care across the globe. causing the biggest drop in childhood vaccination rates in decades. UNICEF's latest estimates find that nearly 50 million children entirely missed out.
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Ed Rybicki
April 22, 2023 6:58 AM
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More than 3,300 sea lions in Chile have died from H5N1 bird flu, a sixfold increase in just four weeks, according to government estimates released Wednesday.
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Ed Rybicki
April 22, 2023 6:56 AM
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Developing a universal influenza vaccine is a significant priority for NIAID scientists. Two new studies describe a unique candidate developed by NIAID's Vaccine Research Center that performed well in a Phase 1 clinical trial.
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