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A single gene could stump a deadly parasitic infection

New research illuminates how the African sleeping sickness parasite changes form — and how we can speed up its life cycle.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci tests positive for COVID-19, but is experiencing mild symptoms

Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Biden and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tested positive on a rapid antigen test.

WEKU

Dolly Parton donates another $1M to medical center’s infectious disease research program

Parton’s new gift will support a variety of ongoing research at the at Vanderbilt University Medical Venter, including understanding how viruses and bacteria cause disease.

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Public Health Officials Who Didn't Stop Global Monkeypox Outbreak Now Say the Name Is Problematic

The WHO said it will rename the virus after researchers complained that the current name is "stigmatizing" and "discriminatory."

Reason

Why ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Shares Are Trading Higher Today?

Ahead of Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc's (NASDAQ:ACAD) FDA AdComm meeting on Friday, the agency officials released their briefing documents, revealing a mixed bag of opinions. The company's resubmitted supplemental New Drug Application for pimavanserin for hallucinations and delusions associated with Alzheimer's disease psychosis (ADP) has a target action date of August 4. Initially, the FDA…

Benzinga

Why Adaptive Biotechnologies Shares Are Rising

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp (NASDAQ: ADPT) shares are trading higher by 12.58% to $7.25 after the company launched T-Detect Lyme, to help diagnose early lyme disease.

Benzinga

Don’t want to get sick this winter? The pandemic health habits to keep long term

With soaring flu cases and other illnesses lurking, experts weigh in on which Covid prevention measures are worth keeping up, and which to ditch

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Ask the Doctors: Lifestyle choices can help prevent fatty liver disease

Fatty liver disease is just as it sounds — an abnormal buildup of fat in the liver. This excess fat triggers an inflammatory response that, over time, leads to liver damage.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dolly Parton gives $1M to infectious disease research, again

Dolly Parton is donating $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville

The Independent UK

Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan, pioneering 'human cyborg' who defied ALS, has died

The British-American roboticist championed high-tech, experimental solutions to cope with the degenerative illness, against all odds.

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Monkeypox set to be renamed over worries it has racist connotations

Scientist are calling for the virus to be renamed.

Daily Record

Kishida unveils plan to set up pandemic crisis control unit

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to establish an infectious disease crisis management agency to better prepare for future pandemics

The Independent UK

CDC: Alcohol & Cannabis Most Common Substances For Which People Seek Treatment In Times Of Mental Health Crises

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report revealing that the most common substances for which adult Americans have sought substance misuse treatment in 2019 were alcohol, cannabis, and a combina

Benzinga

Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new research

As people age, their immune systems naturally begin to decline. This aging of the immune system, called immunosenescence, may be an important part of such age-related health problems as cancer and cardiovascular disease, as well as older people’s less effective response to vaccines.

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Why 180 Life Sciences Shares Are Plunging Today

180 Life Sciences Corp (NASDAQ:ATNF) received a written response from the U.K.'s regulatory agency and U.S. FDA related to questions submitted in a Type C meeting request for anti-TNF treatment, adalimumab, to treat early-stage Dupuytren's disease. Dupuytren's disease is a progressive fibrotic condition of the hand that causes the fingers to curl irreversibly…

Salon

Preventing bird flu

Experts say previous outbreaks should have taught us how to avoid new ones

The New Daily

WHO may declare monkeypox an international emergency

The World Health Organisation is meeting to decide if the spread of monkeypox outside of Africa should be declared a global health emergency.

The Conversation

The inside story of Recovery: how the world’s largest COVID-19 trial transformed treatment – and what it could do for other diseases

Guilherme – June 16, 2020. Evening TV news shows across the world were suddenly opening with the result of our research, and rightly so. Dexamethasone was the first drug to be shown to save the lives of people infected with COVID-19. To a young researcher like me, that day felt…

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Monkeypox: WHO official warns of need to act with urgency to control virus outbreak

Last week, the Department of Health deemed Monkeypox a notifiable disease in Northern Ireland.

Daily Mirror

Why is it called monkeypox as scientists set to rename virus over racist connotations

The World Health Organisation has said it is working with experts to come up with a new name for monkeypox, which has been spreading rapidly around the globe in recent weeks

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japanese version of CDC eyed to combat infectious diseases

The government is to include the establishment of a Japanese version of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in its plan to drastically strengthen its infectious disease countermeasures, it has been learned.

Daily Mirror

Dr Peter Scott-Morgan dies: Tributes to Brit scientist who became world's first 'cyborg'

Dr Peter Scott-Morgan has passed away aged 64 as tributes are paid to the world's first full 'cyborg' as his followers describe the motor neurone disease fighter as an 'inspiration'

Axios

Why there's no Lyme disease vaccine yet

The number of confirmed Lyme disease cases increased by 54% between 1997 and 2019.

Daily Record

547 PIP conditions providing 3m people across UK with up to £627 every month from the DWP

One in three new applicants are receiving the highest level of award of £156.90 each week.

Wales Online

Monkeypox may be renamed amid fears of racism

The disease may be declared a global health emergency next week - the same designation as Covid

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