Norovirus vaccination cost effective in children in daycare
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - April 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Norovirus in Sweden linked to shrimp from Estonia
Outbreaks of norovirus in Sweden linked to shrimp from Estonia may have affected about 100 people. Reports from local authorities have... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UArizona researchers develop smartphone-based COVID-19 test
(University of Arizona College of Engineering) The team is adapting a smartphone-based method -- originally designed to detect the presence of norovirus -- for COVID-19 testing. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 29, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Coronavirus symptoms: How the notorious coronavirus differs from norovirus
CORONAVIRUS may sound like norovirus, but they are very different. They do share similarities - including overlapping symptoms - but here's how they differ. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Norovirus: Avoid the winter vomiting bug by practising one technique
NOROVIRUS is the highly contagious winter vomiting bug. As well as puking from the front end, diarrhoea will come out of the rear. Which straightforward technique could prevent this nasty illness? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
People With Blood Type O May Be Less Vulnerable To Coronavirus, New Studies Suggest
(CNN) — People with blood type O may be less vulnerable to Covid-19 and have a reduced likelihood of getting severely ill, according to two studies published Wednesday. Experts say more research is needed.
The research provides further evidence that blood type (also known as blood group) may play a role in a person’s susceptibility to infection and their chance of having a severe bout of the disease. The reasons for this link aren’t clear and more research is needed to say what implications, if any, it has for patients.
Studies add to growing evidence
A Danish study found that among 7,422 people who teste...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Syndicated CBSN Boston blood type CNN Coronavirus Source Type: news
Lumen Bioscience names chief medical officer after $16M Series B
Seattle-based Lumen Bioscience hired a chief medical officer from outside the Puget Sound region after recording a $16 million Series B earlier this month.
The biotech announced last week that it’s brought on Mike Spirgarelli, who will be leading the company’s clinical development operations.
To date, Lumen has raised $68 million between equity and non-dilutive investments to support its three clinical programs for C. difficile, norovirus and t raveler’s diarrhea. Lumen’s lead candidate… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 16, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Megan Campbell Source Type: news
Lumen Bioscience names chief medical officer after $16M Series B
Seattle-based Lumen Bioscience hired a chief medical officer from outside the Puget Sound region after recording a $16 million Series B earlier this month.
The biotech announced last week that it’s brought on Mike Spirgarelli, who will be leading the company’s clinical development operations.
To date, Lumen has raised $68 million between equity and non-dilutive investments to support its three clinical programs for C. difficile, norovirus and t raveler’s diarrhea. Lumen’s lead candidate… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 16, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Megan Campbell Source Type: news
Human norovirus strains differ in sensitivity to the body's first line of defense
(Baylor College of Medicine) Human norovirus strains differ in sensitivity to interferon, one of the body's first line of defense. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Characterizing Norovirus Transmission From Outbreak Data Characterizing Norovirus Transmission From Outbreak Data
What can outbreak data tell us about the transmission patterns of norovirus outbreaks?Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
COVID-19 Could Threaten Firefighters as Wildfire Season Ramps Up
Jon Paul was leery entering his first wildfire camp of the year late last month to fight three lightning-caused fires scorching parts of a Northern California forest that hadn’t burned in 40 years.
The 54-year-old engine captain from southern Oregon knew from experience that these crowded, grimy camps can be breeding grounds for norovirus and a respiratory illness that firefighters call the “camp crud” in a normal year. He wondered what COVID-19 would do in the tent cities where hundreds of men and women eat, sleep, wash and spend their downtime between shifts.
Paul thought about his immunocompromised wif...
Source: TIME: Health - August 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Volz / Kaiser Health News Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
COVID-19 Could Threaten Firefighters as Wildfire Season Ramps Up
Jon Paul was leery entering his first wildfire camp of the year late last month to fight three lightning-caused fires scorching parts of a Northern California forest that hadn’t burned in 40 years.
The 54-year-old engine captain from southern Oregon knew from experience that these crowded, grimy camps can be breeding grounds for norovirus and a respiratory illness that firefighters call the “camp crud” in a normal year. He wondered what COVID-19 would do in the tent cities where hundreds of men and women eat, sleep, wash and spend their downtime between shifts.
Paul thought about his immunocompromised wif...
Source: TIME: Science - August 19, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Matt Volz / Kaiser Health News Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
How adding green tea extract to prepared foods may reduce the risk for norovirus
(Ohio State University) Infusing prepared foods with an edible coating that contains green tea extract may lower consumers' chances of catching the highly contagious norovirus by eating contaminated food, new research suggests. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 21, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Multiscale model for the optimal design of pedestrian queues to mitigate infectious disease spread - Derjany P, Namilae S, Liu D, Srinivasan A.
There is direct evidence for the spread of infectious diseases such as influenza, SARS, measles, and norovirus in locations where large groups of people gather at high densities e.g. theme parks, airports, etc. The mixing of susceptible and infectious indi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Egress, Escape, Evacuation, Crowds Source Type: news
Flush Carefully: Study Suggests Coronavirus Could Spread In Spray From Toilet
(CNN) — Here’s a good reason to put the lid down before you flush: a new computer modeling study shows how a flushing toilet can send a cloud of little particles containing fecal matter into the air — fecal matter that could carry coronavirus.
Doctors have shown that coronavirus can live and replicate in the digestive system, and evidence of the virus has been found in human waste.
It’s considered a possible route of transmission.
Now a team at Yangzhou University in China has used computer modeling to show how the water from a flushed toilet could spray up into the air — as high as three feet...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News CNN Coronavirus Source Type: news
