Medical
Belmont worker dies of suspected rare rodent-borne virus
Bill Gates’ plan to eradicate malaria does sound freakish
Scientists at British biotech firm Oxitec are infecting female mosquitoes (the only ones that bite) with a hereditary gene that means their offspring can not survive outside a lab. 'Trials of its mosquitoes must not move forward in the absence of comprehensive and impartial reviews of the environmental, human health and ethical risks, ' said FOE campaigner Eric Hoffman. [Full Article...]
Walgreens pharmacist denies pregnant woman miscarriage medication over moral beliefs
An already hard reality soon took another complicated turn when the pharmacist refused to fill the order from her doctor. "If you have gone thru [sic] a miscarriage you know the pain and emotional roller it can be", Arteaga, a school teacher from Peoria, Arizona, wrote in a Facebook post on Friday. [Full Article...]
Keystone Virus Makes First Known Jump From Mosquitoes To Humans
Every year, the authorities warn about the dangers of mosquito borne viruses such as West Nile and Zika but now, a mosquito borne virus which was earlier thought to be transmitted to just animals has for the first time been discovered in a human. [Full Article...]
FL boy infected with first reported case of mosquito Keystone virus
A rash that started on his chest was spreading to his abdomen, arm, back, and face. Morris says the boy was at band camp when he was bitten by mosquitoes . A 1972 study discovered antibodies which could have been caused by the Keystone virus in about 20 per cent of the Tampa Bay region's population. It took more than a year of testing and analyses before he was diagnosed of Keystone viru... [Full Article...]
House approves bill to combat opioid crisis
Opioid overdoses killed more than 42,000 Americans in 2016, and the official 2017 tally will probably be much worse, making the crisis a bigger killer than the HIV/AIDS epidemic at its height. Privacy advocates have suggested the measure could keep opioid addicts from seeking treatment if information on their condition can be leaked to law enforcement . [Full Article...]
450 lives shortened by British hospital's opioid use, panel says
It added: "The secretary of state will want to ensure that families who believe they were affected by events at the hospital have the support they deserve going forward, and also to consider wider lessons". "There was a disregard for human life and a culture of shortening the lives of a large number of patients by prescribing and administering "dangerous doses" of a hazardous combination of medica... [Full Article...]
Herpes viruses in brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease
They noted, however, that "given the near universal seropositivity for HHV-6 in the general population, seropositivity is likely too non-specific to reliably distinguish AD-relevant states of viral activity within the brain". Comparisons between AD and other neuropathological controls, enabled through inclusion of one particular dataset, suggested that "HHV-6A and HHV-7 are not ubiquitous features... [Full Article...]