Tag: Virus

WHO Determines Monkeypox Not an International Public Health Emergency ‘at Present’

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WHO Determines Monkeypox Not an International Public Health Emergency ‘at Present’
By Marina Zhang | June 25, 2022 The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the outbreak of monkeypox across multiple countries does not constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) “at present,” according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the International Health Response (IHR) Emergency Committee. In the meeting statement, released on June 25, the WHO determined that monkeypox is currently not at the extent that establishes a PHEIC, which is defined as an “extraordinary event” that constitutes public health risks to other states through international transmission and requires a coordinated international response.… Read the rest

CDC: Monkeypox Airborne, Sexual Transmission, Masks and Asymptomatic Infection

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CDC: Monkeypox Airborne, Sexual Transmission, Masks and Asymptomatic Infection
BY ROBYN WHITE – 6/10/22 The sexual transmission of monkeypox, and asymptomatic infection, is still a mystery to scientists, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said. Some monkeypox cases so far have occurred in men who have sex with men (MSM), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). From this, experts have suspected that the virus has made its way into the population sexually.… Read the rest

Silver Nanoparticles as Potential Antiviral Agents

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Silver Nanoparticles as Potential Antiviral Agents
Published online Oct 24. 2011 Stefania Galdiero, Annarita Falanga, Mariateresa Vitiello, Marco Cantisani, Veronica Marra, and Massimiliano Galdiero Abstract Virus infections pose significant global health challenges, especially in view of the fact that the emergence of resistant viral strains and the adverse side effects associated with prolonged use continue to slow down the application of effective antiviral therapies. This makes imperative the need for the development of safe and potent alternatives to conventional antiviral drugs.… Read the rest

As Climate Change Brings New Weather Along With New Diseases Further North: Four To Look For

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As Climate Change Brings New Weather Along With New Diseases Further North: Four To Look For
Meet The New Neighbors: Four Tropical Viruses That Could Make A Big Splash In North America Thanks To Climate Change Some people are never satisfied. Count among them virologists and epidemiologists. Even as The Zika panic cools off along with the weather in the northern hemisphere, these party poopers are on the lookout for new, potentially devastating diseases that could make the leap to the next level and show up in your Sunday paper–and possibly in your bloodstream–sometime very soon.… Read the rest

Alarming New Study Points To Possible Brain Damage Occurring In Unborn Babies Even As Late As The Third Trimester

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Alarming New Study Points To Possible Brain Damage Occurring In Unborn Babies Even As Late As The Third Trimester
Zika Continues To Alarm: Study Finds That Brain Damage Can Still Occur Even In The Third Trimester For pregnant women, the first trimester is the hardest part–at least in terms of worrying about things like miscarriage, and normal fetal development. Some diseases, like rubella, which can result in traumatic results for fetuses if contracted in the first trimester are considerably less so if contracted later in the pregnancy.… Read the rest

A Rogue Agency: CDC Fails To Report Dozens Of Incidents Involving Bioterror Pathogens

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A Rogue Agency: CDC Fails To Report Dozens Of Incidents Involving Bioterror Pathogens
CDC Shuts Out Congressional Investigators: 34 Incidents Involving Bioterror Pathogens Go Unreported There are certain things you have to report. Even as little kids we know this. If your younger brother doesn’t do his homework before watching TV while mom isn’t home, that’s one thing you don’t have to tell anyone about, if you’re feeling merciful. But if he falls off the roof and has a bone sticking out, that’s not something you can really get away with sweeping under the rug.… Read the rest

Zika Virus May Have Originated With Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In Dengue, Yellow Fever Study

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Zika Virus May Have Originated With Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In Dengue, Yellow Fever Study
Zika Virus May Have Originated With Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In Dengue, Yellow Fever Study The law of unintended consequences seems to dog the purveyors of all things genetically modified. Go figure, when you start tinkering with things that mother nature created over billions of years of slow evolution that our tiny human minds and limited vision might screw it up. But I digress.… Read the rest

Vaccines Good! Truth/Freedom Bad! Murdoch’s Daily Telegraph Propaganda Machine Working Overtime to Smear Anti-Xaxxers

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Vaccines Good! Truth/Freedom Bad! Murdoch’s Daily Telegraph Propaganda Machine Working Overtime to Smear Anti-Xaxxers
There is, of course, a seriously important piece of information missing here: Vaccinated people shed viruses. They infect both the vaccinated (because vaccines don’t really provide protection (check out the CDC websites on the various vaccines and the package inserts for confirmation of that) and the unvaccinated. Parents who do not vaccinate their kids or themselves are actually promoting health.