Ebola-infected monkeys cured with a pill, sparking human treatment hopes
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Chytridiomycosis - the disease that kills amphibians in large numbers. Thursday's contribution to Frog Week 2025 was all about this deadly infection.
#frogs #frogweek2025 #conservation #amphibians #chytridiomycosis #chytrid #fungus #disease #infection
https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/03/chytridiomykoza-velky-zabijak-zab-v.html
blogorgonopsid.blogspot.comChytridiomykóza, velký zabiják žab, v číslechDnešek, 20. březen, je Světovým dnem žab, každoroční oslavou bezocasých obojživelníků z řádu Anura a příležitostí upozornit na řadu problém...
“Most medications we have in our toolbox kill pathogens, but we were thrilled to find that fluoxetine [Prozac] can protect tissues and organs, too. It’s essentially playing offense and defense, which is ideal, and especially exciting to see in a drug that we already know is safe to use in humans,” said Professor Janelle Ayres, holder of the Salk Institute Legacy Chair and an HHMI Investigator.
#infection #SSRI #disease #health #medicine #science #research
LabrootsCan Antidepressants Help Prevent Infection & Severe Sepsis? | MicrobiologyWhile usage varies significantly by country, millions of people around the world use psychotropic medications, particularly depression treatments... | Microbiology
Ah, missed it... Michigan now on the measles board.
Michigan Health & Human Services:
March 14, 2025
OAKLAND, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Oakland County Health Division have confirmed an adult case of measles in Oakland County. This is the first confirmed case of measles in Michigan this year and the first case since July 2024.
The infected adult had recent overseas travel and their vaccination status is unknown.
"If an infected individual is shedding virus via tears, it could reach the nasal cavity, where it could go more directly to the brain," said Professor Deepak Shukla of the Univeersity of Illinois at Chicago. "I think it's underdiagnosed and understudied, but the neurological consequences, we believe, are much more severe than you would normally see with fever blisters or ocular infection."
#herpes #infection #neurology #science #research #health #biology
LabrootsA Very Common Viral Infection May Cause Neurological Symptoms | Cell And Molecular BiologyHerpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) is a common virus; the World Health Organization has estimated that as many as two-thirds of people worldwide .. | Cell And Molecular Biology
#infection : any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused
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Ugh. I just had to update this article to report that one unvaccinated child has now died of measles in this outbreak.
Measles is preventable with the safe and effective MMR vaccine.
#measles #infection #outbreak #USA #Texas #news #science #health #vaccination #vaccine #MMR
https://www.labroots.com/trending/microbiology/28601/texas-measles-outbreak-widens-nearly-100
LabrootsTexas Measles Outbreak Widens to Nearly 100 Cases | MicrobiologyAn increasing number of people in Texas are being diagnosed with measles. In Texas and a nearby New Mexico county, there have been 99 confirmed cases... | Microbiology
In new research reported in Cell, scientists were able to stop hepatitis B virus from infecting human liver cells, with a compound that is currently in trials as a cancer treatment.
#hepatitis #infection #research #biology #science #health #medicine
LabrootsNew Insights Into Hepatitis B Infection Reveal a Potential Treatment | MicrobiologyWorldwide, hepatitis B is thought to be the second deadliest infection; about 5% of the global population are infection and it can lead to liver cancer. | Microbiology
#Fungus hacks natural immune system to cause neurodegeneration in fruit flies https://phys.org/news/2025-02-fungus-hacks-natural-immune-neurodegeneration.html
Toll-1-dependent immune evasion induced by fungal #infection leads to cell loss in the #Drosophila brain https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003020
"Beauveria bassiana was able to make the fly's innate #ImmuneSystem trigger a process that kills neurons and glia in the brain... this enables spores to beat the blood-brain barrier and start feeding on brain cells."
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X is terrible, but after the Meta news on explicitly allowing transphobia / transmisia, overall it's just been a tough week.
Idk what I have but my asthma attack started last week. Elevated neutrophils indicate bacterial infection, my GP said? So either it was "probably viral" like the OoH 111 GP said and became bacterial as well, or I was unlucky that it was bacterial to begin with.
I've been on Prednisolone, a corticosteroid since the 9th; then last night I started Doxycyline, an antibiotic, and Montelukast.
Montelukast is a leukotriene receptor antagonist, so it blocks leukotrienes, my patient pamphlet says.
Got a chest X ray out of it, at least. (Had back pain behind my ex-gallbladder since its removal anyway.)
Let this be a lesson not to lessen your mask discipline or stubbornness when other people peer pressure you to take risks with your health.
This is my first asthma exacerbation in a decade and I do not want to continue experiencing this. I do not recommend it. The people telling me I was 'paranoid', 'over-thinking it', 'worried about nothing' and more do NOT have to feel what I am feeling.
Teenage boys in public who choose to whine at me and intentionally coughing towards me (what?!!?) is super aggressive, creepy, entitled, and harmful to everyone witnessing that. Still, my upper and mid back has not stopped aching. I don't get fevers and I don't have a cough. Only you know your body.
Some people choose to care about harm reduction; others don't. Do right by yourself and do your sustainable best by others. I believe in you!
Asymptomatic #infection and #antibody #prevalence to co-occurring avian #influenza viruses vary substantially between sympatric #seabird species following #H5N1 #outbreaks, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/01/asymptomatic-infection-and-antibody.html
etidiohnew.blogspot.comAsymptomatic #infection and #antibody #prevalence to co-occurring avian #influenza viruses vary substantially between sympatric #seabird species following #H5N1 #outbreaks
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"Maybe you already know how your immune system works, but you’d like someone to sum it all up in a way that helps you articulate the details when your friends and relatives bash you for protecting yourself.
So, where did this idea come from—it’s good to get sick?
It has a history.
Let’s start with a basic question: Where exactly did this idea come from that you have to train your immune system?"
The Sentinel-Intelligence · How Your Immune System Actually WorksGeorge Carlin was wrong.
Scientists are stil confounded by Alzheimer's and we don't know what causes it. Some research has identified a link between neurodegeneration and viral infections: multiple sclerosis and Epstein-Barr virus are connected, for example. And some investigators think that Alzheimer's is also associated with viral infections, particularly herpes.
#Alzheimers #herpes #virus #infection #biology #research #science #health #brain #neuroscience
LabrootsAdding Evidence to the Link Between Herpes & Alzheimer's | Cell And Molecular BiologyThere is mounting evidence that links neurodegenerative diseases and viral infections, such as the association between multiple sclerosis and Epstein-Barr | Cell And Molecular Biology
"This study demonstrates the need to strengthen global surveillance of the cholera agent, and especially to determine how it reacts to antibiotics in real time. If the new strain that is currently circulating acquires additional resistance to tetracycline, this would compromise all possible oral antibiotic treatment," stressed Professor François-Xavier Weill, Head of the Vibrios CNR at the Institut Pasteur.
LabrootsA Highly Drug Resistant Strain of Cholera is on the Move | Clinical And Molecular DxA highly drug-resistant strain of cholera has been found in patients around the world, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine. | Clinical And Molecular Dx
Why a #teenager’s #birdflu #infection is ringing #alarm bells for #scientists
Source: Nature, {Excerpt} Viral genome sequences released last week suggest that the teenager is infected with an H5N1 avian influenza virus bearing mutations that might improve its ability to infect the human airway. If true, it could mean that the virus can rapidly evolve to make the jump from birds to humans. (...) ____
ETIDIoH · Why a #teenager’s #birdflu #infection is ringing #alarm bells for #scientists
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Introduce new air quality & PPE rules for health & social care settings - #UK #Petitions
We want the Government to set new rules on air quality and #infection control in #health & #SocialCare settings, to prevent & control #airborne #infections, with new #ventilation and #filtration requirements, new #PPE standards & staffing rules, and monitoring and inspection to ensure compliance.
Petitions - UK Government and ParliamentPetition: Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settingsWe want the Government to set new rules on air quality and infection control in health and social care settings, to prevent and control airborne infections, with new ventilation and filtration requirements, new PPE standards and staffing rules, and monitoring and inspection to ensure compliance.
"To give some idea of what banning #fluoride might look like, Calgary, Canada, banned fluoride in 2011. In the eight years afterward, the need for intravenous antibiotic therapy for children to avoid death from #infection skyrocketed 700 percent at the Alberta Children’s Hospital."
Aside: This is because bacteria in untreated, infected #cavities can sometimes spread to other body parts, including the bloodstream, and lead to #sepsis.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188095/donald-trump-robert-f-kennedy-jr-plan-health-fda
#rfkjr #trump #dental #publichealth
The New Republic · RFK Jr. Has Terrifying Plan for First Day in Trump’s AdministrationDonald Trump has promised to put Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in charge of public health.
Another case of EEE (which is nasty, nasty, nasty) in New York.
A community for scientists and science communicators.Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell@scicomm.xyz)Attached: 1 image
New York State has reported a human infection of #EEE, a nasty mosquito-borne illness that can kill or cause long term neurological problems. This makes at least the 11th case reported so far this year. Seven states (MA, VT, NH, NJ, RI, WI & now NY) have recorded human cases in 2024.