Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Detecting germs in the air, room by room
What if you could stop germs at the door? Or know within minutes if a virus was in the air?
Jul 12, 2024
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News tagged with surveillance
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO urges more surveillance in bird flu fight
The World Health Organization warned Thursday that its ability to manage the risk to humans posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus was being compromised by patchy surveillance.
Jul 11, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Report finds increases in incidence of certain foodborne diseases during 2023
During 2023, there were increases in the incidences of certain foodborne disease, which may reflect changes in diagnostic practices, according to research published in the July 4 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Jul 8, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Colorado dairy worker tests positive for bird flu, fourth person linked to outbreak
A fourth farm worker has been infected with bird flu in the growing outbreak linked to dairy cows, health officials reported Wednesday.
Jul 3, 2024
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Genetics
Children genetically prone to cancer benefit from early standardized surveillance
Recent advances in genomic sequencing have revealed that 5–15% of children with cancer have an underlying genetic predisposition. Although genetic predispositions increase the risk for new tumors, it has been unclear when ...
Jun 21, 2024
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Health
Data show many people with firearm in the house store the firearms loaded, unlocked
Among individuals with a firearm kept in the house, a considerable proportion report that the firearm was stored loaded, and about half report that the loaded firearm was stored unlocked, according to research published in ...
Jun 14, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monkeypox's worldwide spread is a warning, researchers say
James Cook University researchers examining the spread of the monkeypox virus say its rapid global spread in 2022, after years of being confined to Central and West Africa, shows the need to remain vigilant against virus ...
Jun 13, 2024
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Pandemic preparedness policy statements: A step toward global health resilience
The patchwork systems of global and domestic monitoring for the next infectious disease threat should be expanded, linked and better funded; and public and private health agencies must improve coordination to be prepared ...
Jun 7, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Study confirms effectiveness of 'watch-and-wait' approach to prostate cancer
For a large percentage of men with prostate cancer, the tumor may be so slow-growing that doctors advise a "watch-and-wait" approach instead of active treatment.
May 30, 2024
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Genetics
Experts call for global genetic warning system to combat the next pandemic and antimicrobial resistance
The COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. In fighting it, one of our most important weapons was genomic surveillance, based on whole genome sequencing, which collects all the genetic data of a given microorganism. ...
Apr 25, 2024
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