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OSAKA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Chief Executive Officer: Isao Teshirogi, Ph.D.; hereafter “Shionogi”) announced the first peer-reviewed publication of the Phase 3 portion of its pivotal, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2/3 study (SCORPIO-SR) in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in Japan, South Korea…

Did a study just show that COVID-19 vaccines killed 14x more people than they saved?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!   Claim : COVID Vaccines Kill 14X More People Than They Saved! People are sharing an article (archive) by The…

The genetic sequence itself doesn’t indicate the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19. (Alissa Eckert/Dan Higgins/CDC) The genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was submitted to a National Institutes of Health database two weeks before its release by the Chinese regime, according to documents that were…

CDC. (ed CDC) (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2019, Atlanta, GA, 2019). Krismer, B., Weidenmaier, C., Zipperer, A. & Peschel, A. The commensal lifestyle of Staphylococcus aureus and its interactions with the nasal microbiota. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 15, 675–687 (2017). Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Somerville, G….

On Friday, wastewater data from Biobot Analytics and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) affirmed that the US has now reached its second-highest level of COVID-19 infections of the pandemic. It is anticipated that by midweek, rates of infections will reach 2 million per day with approximately…

It’s the holiday season, and what’s better to do than cuddle up in bed and watch a movie? We want to make sure you’re not missing out on some binge-worthy biotech movies this December. So, we have created a watchlist just for you. Here are some biotech movie recommendations to…

Acceptance based on results from multiple Phase 3 trials If approved, V116 would be the first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine specifically designed for adults The 21 serotypes covered by V116 are responsible for approximately 83% of invasive pneumococcal disease in individuals 65 and older, according to CDC data from 2018-2021 RAHWAY,…

Introduction The incidence and mortality rates of AF are continuously increasing, leading to serious complications such as heart failure and stroke (Fig. 1) (Sagris et al., 2021). The occurrence and development of AF involve different mechanisms and interactions (Kornej et al., 2020). AF often progresses from paroxysmal to persistent (Nattel…

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Home News Covid Subvariant JN.1: Preparedness Measures Initiated By Union Health Ministry, Mock Drills Underway The presence of JN.1 variant of Covid19 has been confirmed in Kerala by the INSACOG. The Union Health Ministry has initiated preparedness measures for different states. Representative Image New Delhi: India recorded 312 new cases…

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) announced a widespread salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupes on Nov. 1. Since then, it’s been investigating infections in eight provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued…

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo As the federal government renews calls for more COVID-19 vaccines, the Biden administration continues to argue that the jabs are safe and effective, and said suggestions to the contrary, such as those recently expressed by Florida’s top doctor, amount to “misinformation and disinformation” that…

In response to a letter in which Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo noted the detection of DNA fragments in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, Peter Marks, director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, emphasized the FDA’s view that the shots are safe and effective. “I…

Questioning the purity of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines is tantamount to spreading disinformation that kills people, the FDA’s top vaccines official not so subtly implied to Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo this week. Ladapo notified FDA Commissioner Robert Califf and CDC Director Mandy Cohen Dec. 6 of recent research awaiting peer…

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Mandy Cohen traveled to Orlando this week as part of a nationwide tour to combat vaccine misinformation during respiratory disease season. Doctors this year are recommending a flu vaccine, an updated COVID-19 booster, and, for those who qualify, the newly available vaccine…

CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collected different types of data to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Thompson infections. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data showed that onions processed at Gills Onions were contaminated with Salmonella and made people sick. As of December 4, 2023,…

Original submission received: 21 November 2023 / Revised: 8 December 2023 / Accepted: 11 December 2023 / Published: 13 December 2023 Round 1 Reviewer 1 Report Comments and Suggestions for Authors Dear authors, thank you for this valuable piece of work. Should the other reviewer(s) recommend edits to your work,…

TAMPA, Fla. — The FDA recently approved two different gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease, and many doctors and patients living with the painful disease say this is a long time coming. What You Need To Know The two newly approved gene therapies each use a different method According to the FDA, in…

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo | Photo courtesy of FDOH BY JENNIFER CABRERA TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – On December 6, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), asking questions about a recent preprint documenting the detection of billions of DNA fragments per…

The federal employee vaccine requirement was rescinded by President Joe Biden in May, and the Pentagon similarly withdrew a mandate for troops, but cases challenging the mandate for executive branch employees and military service members had rumbled on. CNN: Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates For Executive Branch Employees And Troops Thrown Out…

Didn’t Happen Did Moderna admit that its COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause cancer? No, that’s not true: Moderna made no such admission that its COVID mRNA vaccines are contaminated, nor that that they cause cancer or birth defects. There is no publicly available credible evidence that any mRNA vaccines cause cancer,…

bymuratdeniz/iStock/Getty Images Plus Florida’s Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, is seeking an explanation from federal health authorities on the undisclosed presence of potentially dangerous DNA fragments in mRNA Covid-19 injections. Ladapo sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf and the U.S. Centers…

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is raising alarms about what he sees as the risk of cancer posed by COVID vaccines. Ladapo, who rose to national prominence during the pandemic for spreading misinformation about the virus and promoting vaccination hesitancy, is asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the…

Characteristics of the PTS The PTS from the Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe (ICANS) is an Aerocom AC4000 160 mm, 1000 m long and includes approx. 20 curves (Fig. 1A,B). The cartridge used to transport the mAbs along the different departments from the institution undergoes an acceleration profile of 4.06 ± 1.75 g per…

Most people think of foodborne illness outbreaks as spanning a few days or weeks. But, with current technology, disease detectives can find patients of a single outbreak spread across several years and multiple states. That is the case with an ongoing outbreak of Listeria illnesses linked to fresh peaches that…

Marstacimab reduced annualized bleeding rate by 35% and 92% compared to routine prophylaxis and on-demand treatment in patients with hemophilia A and B without inhibitors, respectively Consistent reduction in bleeding rates observed after an additional 16 months of follow-up in the trial’s long-term extension observational study NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pfizer…

In the early 21st century, new concerns about bioweapons being used to generate terror and also with a series of newly emerging or newly understood disease-causing microbes have resulted in infections and deaths of workers studying these microbes in the laboratory, generally to gain understanding and to develop treatments and…

CheckMate December 8, 2023 This week, we debunk viral social media posts that claim a new “genetic vaccine” has been added to the national vaccine schedule for children aged 2-6 months. We also show why the “mother of all revelations” was more fizzer than Pfizer, and identify some of the…

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, who notes that DNA fragments have been detected in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, has issued a letter asking questions related to the issue. “On today’s episode of: What the FDA… I asked @DrCaliff_FDA to address the DNA fragments detected in mRNA COVID shots & how they…

BYLINE: Kitta MacPherson Newswise — Scientists attacking the problem of high miscarriage rates have long wondered if there is a way to tell whether an egg cell will successfully develop into an embryo and grow or if there is a marker indicating when it is destined to fail. Two Rutgers-led…

Pfizer and Valneva Complete Recruitment for Phase 3 VALOR Trial for Lyme Disease Vaccine Candidate, VLA15 9,437* participants enrolled at sites across the U.S., Europe and Canada in areas where Lyme disease is endemic Trial conclusion expected by year-end 2025 Pfizer aims to submit regulatory filings in the U.S. and…

Two Rutgers-led studies point to answers on egg cell success and failure Scientists attacking the problem of high miscarriage rates have long wondered if there is a way to tell whether an egg cell will successfully develop into an embryo and grow or if there is a marker indicating when…

9,437* participants enrolled at sites across the U.S., Europe and Canada in areas where Lyme disease is endemic Trial conclusion expected by year-end 2025 Pfizer aims to submit regulatory filings in the U.S. and Europe in 2026 New York, NY, and Saint-Herblain (France), December 4, 2023 – Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:…

The Carrier Screening Market is estimated for 2023 for the forecast period 2023-2030, as highlighted in a new report published by Coherent Market Insights. Market Overview: Carrier screening helps identify changes in genes that could cause genetic disorders. Prenatal carrier screening identifies the risk of transmitting genetic disorders to offspring…

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019. doi.org/10.15620/cdc:82532 (2019). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. COVID-19: U.S. Impact on Antimicrobial Resistance, Special Report 2022. doi.org/10.15620/CDC:117915 (2022). Fricks-Lima, J. et al. Differences in biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from…

Mice given the injection containing the editing system registered a decrease in ASD-associated behaviour. In a paper on their research, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience on November 27, the scientists said the potential treatment method could not just be used for patients with ASD, but also other genetic neurodevelopmental…

Phylogenomic analysis of Orthopoxvirus genomes A phylogenomic analysis of 200 Orthopoxvirus genomes, identified 10 distinct clades within this genus, which are here named as phylogroups 1 to 10 and are denoted as OPV-PG-01 to OPV-PG-10 (Fig. 1) based on their nesting patterns (Supplementary Fig. S1), where the 100 MPV isolates included…

Recommended Sponsor Painted-Moon.com – Buy Original Artwork Directly from the Artist Source: US Food and Drug Administration-1 A person commits a crime, and the detective uses DNA evidence collected from the crime scene to track the criminal down. An outbreak of foodborne illness makes people sick, and the U.S. Food…

November 28, 2023 6:45 am ET The 21 serotypes covered by V116 are responsible for approximately 83% of invasive pneumococcal disease in individuals 65 years of age and older, according to CDC data from 2018-2021 Results from Phase 3 trial, STRIDE-3, to be presented at World Vaccine Congress West Coast…

ILRI Research Officer – Post-Doctoral Fellow – Genomic Epidemiology Analysis- Bioinformatics – Jobs in Nairobi International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Post-Doctoral Fellow to lead Bioinformatic analysis within ILRI genomic platform that conduct research on a range of topics including genomic epidemiology and surveillance of pathogens in…

Distributed cgMLST scheme and the species tree based on a global dataset of 70,000 Neisseria genomes To set up the new dcgMLST scheme, we established a global collection of genomic sequences for 69,994 Neisseria strains (Supplementary Data 1), consisting of 4411 assembled genomes from GenBank, 65,434 genomes assembled based on short…

SciCheck Digest The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines — like many other vaccines — can contain small amounts of DNA left over from the manufacturing process. There’s no evidence this residual DNA causes “turbo cancer,” or very aggressive cancer. Nor did Moderna admit that “mRNA Jabs Cause Turbo-Cancer,” contrary to an online…

Epigenetic testing offers insights that go beyond our DNA sequence. This emerging field examines how our behaviors and environment can impact the way our genes work. Understanding these modifications provides a powerful tool for health management.  As we explore the definition, uses, benefits, costs, and process of epigenetic testing, we…

No DNA Changes Is the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine “contaminated” with a type of DNA that causes permanent genetic changes in vaccinated people or leads to death due to cardiac arrest? No, that’s not true: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told Lead Stories that residual DNA found in Pfizer’s…

The HMC Farms peaches Listeria monocytogenes outbreak has sickened at least 11 people in seven states. One person has sadly died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The peaches were also sold under the brand name Signature Farms. The case count by state is: California (3),…

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Post-Doctoral Fellow to lead Bioinformatic analysis within ILRI genomic platform that conduct research on a range of topics including genomic epidemiology and surveillance of pathogens in the context of one health, pandemic preparedness and climate change. The Fellow will work with…

First Human Clinical Study to Assess U.S. Department of Defense DNA Vaccine Candidate against Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Delivered with PharmaJet Precision Delivery Systems. Details Category: Vaccines Published on Thursday, 16 November 2023 18:21 Hits: 299 Phase 1 human clinical study will evaluate safety and immunogenicity of a Venezuelan Equine…

A Malichita cantaloupe Salmonella Sundsvall outbreak has sickened at least 43 people in 15 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Seventeen people have been hospitalized because they are so sick, for a hospitalization rate of 39%, which is high for this type of outbreak. The…

Advanced Systems Design is seeking a Molecular Analyst/Bioinformatician for our client located in Jacksonville, FL. Sorry, remote work will not be considered or negotiated for this position. Job Overview: The Molecular Analyst/bioinformatician will provide technical skills in bioinformatics and molecular sequencing analysis and reporting for the Florida Newborn Screening Program….

Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Dr. Robert Malone, the inventor of mRNA and DNA vaccines, slammed health regulatory agencies for not informing people about potential plasmid DNA contamination in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. A health care worker prepares a dose of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in…

Phase 1 human clinical study will evaluate safety and immunogenicity of a Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE) DNA vaccine. The study includes PharmaJet’s Precision Delivery Systems™ and is supported by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). As a CDC category B biothreat, alphaviruses (such as VEE virus) are one of many…

 Nairobi, Kenya  Full-time  Animal and Human Health International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Post-Doctoral Fellow to lead Bioinformatic analysis within ILRI genomic platform that conduct research on a range of topics including genomic epidemiology and surveillance of pathogens in the context of one health, pandemic preparedness and…

Two separate outbreaks of Salmonella in people in the U.S. and Canada have both been linked to pet food. In the U.S., seven cases of Salmonella infection in seven states have been connected to the outbreak so far. These illnesses occurred between January and August of this year, and one…

Introduction Brucellosis is a common zoonotic infection in most of the developing regions of the world, severely affecting livestock productivity and human health. It caused by a small, nonmotile gram-negative coccobacillus of the genus Brucella. Among reported human brucellosis cases, the pathogenic strain B. melitensis is the most frequently encountered.1,2…

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics…

*Applications will be reviewed on a rolling-basis and this opportunity could close before the application deadline. CDC Office and Location: A research opportunity is currently available within the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. The CDC is one of the…

What are the characteristics and predictors of apparent treatment resistant hypertension in real-world populations using electronic health record-based data? 3 answers What is the prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension 5 answers Is pastil okay for students to eat it for breakfast 5 answers Whats the difference between cdc 2000 bmi-for…

Cele S, Gazy I, Jackson L, Hwa SH, Tegally H, Lustig G, et al. Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 from neutralization by convalescent plasma. Nature. 2021;593(7857):142–6. Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Planas D, Bruel T, Grzelak L, Guivel-Benhassine F, Staropoli I, Porrot F, et al. Sensitivity of infectious SARS-CoV-2…

Key Takeaways The CDC is expanding its Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance program to track RSV, influenza, and more than 30 other respiratory viruses. The program intends to track the flow of viruses into the U.S. from foreign travelers and to understand which COVID-19 variants are circulating. Testing nasal swab samples and…

[Section Editor’s Note: The Final Call presents the following republished article from Vol. 40 No. 39 dated July 6, 2021.] (L-R) Dr. Joseph Mercola, Dr. Robert Malone, Dr. Roger Hodkinson, Steve Kirsch In February 2020, at the onset of the world crisis known as COVID-19, The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan…

Patient Care brings primary care clinicians a lot of medical news every day—it’s easy to miss an important study. The Daily Dose provides a concise summary of one of the website’s leading stories you may not have seen. Last week, we reported on preliminary findings from a randomized, placebo-controlled study…

Introduction to R and RStudio The goal of this lab is to introduce you to R and RStudio, which you’ll be using throughout the course both to learn the statistical concepts discussed in the texbook and also to analyze real data and come to informed conclusions. To straighten out which…

McGraw, J. B. & Caswell, H. Estimation of individual fitness from life-history data. Am. Naturalist 147, 47–64 (1996). Article  Google Scholar  Price, T. & Schluter, D. On the low heritability of life‐history traits. Evolution 45, 853–861 (1991). Article  PubMed  Google Scholar  Nylin, S. & Gotthard, K. Plasticity in life-history traits….

Gerken, K. N. et al. Paving the way for human vaccination against Rift Valley fever virus: a systematic literature review of RVFV epidemiology from 1999 to 2021. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 16, e0009852 (2022). Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Pepin, M., Bouloy, M., Bird, B. H., Kemp, A….

SciCheck Digest As with many medical products, the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines may contain trace amounts of residual DNA from the manufacturing process. It is not considered adulteration, and the Food and Drug Administration is not “required” to pull the vaccines from the market, contrary to viral claims online. How do…

Bagcchi, S. WHO’s global tuberculosis report 2022. The Lancet Microbe. 4, e20 (2023). Article  PubMed  Google Scholar  Behr, M. A., Edelstein, P. H. & Ramakrishnan, L. Revisiting the timetable of tuberculosis. BMJ 362, k2738 (2018). Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Cohen, A., Mathiasen, V. D., Schön, T. & Wejse,…

A US lab broadens its surveillance efforts to be able to respond to emerging pathogens and envision a future of improved public health NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / November 2, 2023 / Illumina Originally published on Illumina News Center Before SARS-CoV-2, Aegis Sciences Corporation was a small, well-established lab with…

The protozoan Leishmania infantum, which causes visceral leishmaniasis, can affect the spleen, liver, lymph nodes and bone marrow. Credit: Francis W. Chandler/CDC/Wikimedia Commons In recent years, physicians and scientists in parts of Brazil where visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic have seen rising numbers of cases of co-infection by Leishmania infantum…

The York Dispatch receives a ‘cosmic check-in’ from Hanover shop targeted by obscure law Reporter Tina Locurto sat down with Beck Lawrence to receive a tarot reading and learn more about what the practice is. New advancements in genealogy research at WellSpan Health could help patients detect diseases and disorders…

Did the EMA (European Medicines Agency) just confirm that Pfizer hid the presence of SV40 DNA in its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine? Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!   Claim : EMA Confirmed Pfizer Hid SV40 DNA In Vaccine! Some people are…

Sickle-cell disease has afflicted people of African descent for generations, causing agony and death among those who inherit its deformed red blood cells. The end of that unhappy inheritance inches closer on Tuesday—as the Food and Drug Administration asks a panel of experts to weigh in on what’s likely to…

Human-to-animal transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) delta variant was detected at a Singapore zoo in 2021. A detailed report on this anthropogenic viral transmission is published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Research Letter: Anthropogenic Transmission…

New Atlanticist October 30, 2023 • 8:36 am ET A warming world could unleash dangerous new pathogens. Metagenomics early warning tools are vital for pandemic prevention. By Oluwayemisi Ajumobi The world is experiencing a rapid rise in average global temperatures and climate change is increasingly recognized as a health security threat…

Runners are a persistent bunch with goals to conquer and PRs to smash. That could explain why so many runners have stories of when they experienced an ache, kept running through it, and then ended up with an injury that put them on the sidelines for months. A better approach…

“How much sleep do I need?” is a common question. Before we talk numbers, let’s look at how sleep benefits the body, so we understand why quality sleep of a certain length of time is vital to our health. Is sleep overrated? There’s a school of believers who think that…

Are mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna contaminated with SV40 virus DNA that can cause turbo cancer and other health problems?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!   Claim : mRNA Vaccines Are Contaminated With SV40 DNA! Some people are…

Drugmaker GSK said its RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, vaccine Arexvy is safe and effective for adults ages 50-59 who have a higher risk of complications from RSV. GSK submitted findings from its Phase 3 trial to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…

Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States, 2021. www.cdc.gov/kidneydisease/publications-resources/ckd-national-facts.html. Saran, R. et al. US renal data system 2019 annual data report: Epidemiology of kidney disease in the United States. Am. J. Kidney Dis. 75, A6–A7 (2020). Article  PubMed  Google Scholar  Matsushita, K. et al. Epidemiology and risk of cardiovascular disease…

Study shows MicroGenDX approach has the potential to revolutionize the prevention of postoperative infections. LUBBOCK, Texas, October 26, 2023 (Newswire.com) – 27.9 million men and women in the United States will suffer from kidney stones during their lifetime (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). In 2022, more than 600,000…

SciCheck Digest Small amounts of DNA from the manufacturing process may remain in the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Purification and quality control steps ensure any leftover DNA is present within regulatory limits. There isn’t reason to think that this residual DNA would alter a person’s DNA or cause cancer, contrary to claims made…

Did Health Canada just confirm the presence of SV40 DNA in the Pfizer mRNA vaccine for COVID-19?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!   Claim : Health Canada Confirmed SV40 DNA In Pfizer Vaccine! Some people are sharing an article by…

Moderna said it has administered its first dose in a Phase 3 trial of a combination COVID-19 and influenza shot, mRNA‐1083, which the company hopes can garner final regulatory approval by 2025.  Moderna said it plans to enroll 4,000 seniors aged over 65 and 4,000 others aged 50-64 as part…

Additional capabilities advance Neo4j’s position as the authoritative data source for analytical and operational systems within an enterprise SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 25, 2023 /CNW/ — Neo4j®, the world’s leading graph database and analytics company, announced major new capabilities enabling cloud or self managed customers to increase analytical queries by…

No Basis Is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “required to take the COVID vaccines off the market” as of October 21, 2023? No, that’s not true: COVID-19 vaccines are not being taken off the market by the FDA as of this writing. All vaccines that were available in October…

CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are collecting different types of data to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Thompson infections. Epidemiologic and traceback data show that onions processed at Gills Onions may be contaminated with Salmonella and may be…

Amanda Brink, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP Colorectal cancer (CRC) currently ranks as the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.1 While most CRCs cases arise sporadically, between 5 and 10% of cases are attributed to hereditary cancer syndromes.2 Lynch syndrome,…

A parasitic disease that can cause skin ulcers and is usually spread by the tiny sandfly may now be endemic to the U.S., preliminary findings from CDC researchers suggested. Genetic sequencing of 2,235 U.S. cutaneous leishmaniasis samples submitted from 2005 to 2019 confirmed the presence of a potentially distinct genotype…

Dong, E., Du, H. & Gardner, L. An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time. Lancet Infect. Dis. 20, 533–534 (2020). Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Tan, W. et al. A novel coronavirus genome identified in a cluster of pneumonia cases – Wuhan, China 2019–2020. China…

Localizing pharma manufacturing worldwide is an extremely important step, and it holds particular significance for Africa. The continent is more vulnerable to disease burdens and lags behind other continents when it comes to vaccine and general healthcare access. Localized manufacturing could help people in Africa gain easier and more affordable…

Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first broke out in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Subsequently, COVID-19 spread rapidly and widely, causing a pandemic.1 It has emerged as a well-known human pandemic over the last three years due to its high pathogenicity and infectivity, which posed serious risks to public health.2…

A recent study published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report described the incidence and severity of influenza in 2022-23 among adolescents and children in the United States (US). Study: High Influenza Incidence and Disease Severity Among Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years…

OrganizationCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Reference Code CDC-NCHHSTP-2023-0099A How To Apply Connect with ORISE…on the GO! Download the new ORISE GO mobile app in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to help you stay engaged, connected, and informed during your ORISE experience and beyond! A complete…

The COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor September 2023 found partisanship is still the key predictor of people’s views on the pandemic, including whether they plan to get the latest COVID-19 booster vaccine, according to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). “Mirroring the partisan differences in views on vaccines, there is…

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations. KFF Health News: Thousands Got Exactech Knee Or Hip Replacements. Then, Patients Say, The Parts Began To Fail Ron Irby expected the artificial knee implanted in his right leg in September 2018 would last two decades — perhaps longer. Yet in…

Prevalence of Omicron subvariants between December 2021 and January 2023 in Taiwan BA.1 and BA.2 and their sublineages entered Taiwan in December 2021 and January 2022, respectively (Supplementary Table S1 and Fig. 1). These two Omicron lineages did not cause COVID-19 outbreaks until March and April 2022 (Supplementary Table S1 and…

Scientists have repeatedly refuted the claim that Covid-19 vaccines can alter a person’s genome, but social media posts suggest DNA contamination in the injections could lead to harmful effects such as cancer. This is false; there is no evidence of significant amounts of genetic material in the shots — and…

Credit: Nadasaki / Getty Images The FDA has approved the first blood test that can help identify hundreds of potentially cancer-associated hereditary variants. The Invitae Common Hereditary Cancers Panel evaluates a blood sample to identify DNA variants in 47 genes associated with an elevated risk of developing certain types of…

Are cancers appearing in “ways never before seen” following vaccination for COVID-19? No, that’s not true: There is no scientific evidence to suggest that COVID vaccines cause or lead to the development of cancer in unprecedented ways. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has also stated, “There are…

DutiesSummaryAs a global leader in public health & health promotion, CDC is the agency Americans trust with their lives. In addition to our everyday work, each CDC employee has a role in supporting public health emergency management, whether through temporary assignments to emergency responses or sustaining other CDC programs and…