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Mashup Score: 46R&D Blueprint and Monkeypox - 2 year(s) ago
Monkeypox virus is an orthopoxvirus that causes a disease with symptoms similar, but less severe, to smallpox. While smallpox was eradicated in 1980, monkeypox continues to occur in countries of central and west Africa. Two distinct clade are identified: the west African clade and the Congo Basin clade, also known as the central African clade.Monkeypox is a zoonosis: a disease that is transmitted…
Source: www.who.intCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 6
Two points of clarification on managing risk for those exposed to covid
Source: s2.washingtonpost.comCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
In this week's #TheCheckup, I address this common Q: Does getting the #smallpox vaccine many years ago protect me against #monkeypox now? We don't know. There is likely 85% cross-protection for the first several years, but immunity could wane. More: https://t.co/kyMYRrf7ft
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Mashup Score: 4
While monkeypox is different from COVID-19 and smallpox, physicians can use similar safety and quality practices to mitigate the disease’s spread.
Source: Modern HealthcareCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
About two months ago, our Safety & Quality Reporter @maridevereaux wrote about how physicians can use similar safety and quality practices from #COVID-19 and #smallpox to mitigate the disease's spread. Read more here: 👇 https://t.co/ipgCJv6jCF
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Mashup Score: 10
During the course of the smallpox eradication programme, a new eruptive disease clinically resembling smallpox was discovered in Zaire. The disease, which was named monkeypox after the virus, is a zoonosis occurring sporadically in countries of western and central Africa with tropical rain forest. T …
Source: PubMedCategories: Critical Care, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
13/ Vaccines ChickenPox is Varicella & chicken pox vaccine doesn’t help w MPox. I’m old so I got a #SmallPox vax. When we eliminated SPox in 1972, that program dissolved. They are both orthopox, so Spox vaxx might help, but immunity may have waned. https://t.co/5Rpd602Sly
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Mashup Score: 2
While monkeypox is different from COVID-19 and smallpox, physicians can use similar safety and quality practices to mitigate the disease’s spread.
Source: Modern HealthcareCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
#ICYMI: While #monkeypox is different from #COVID-19 and #smallpox, physicians can use similar #safety and #quality practices to mitigate the disease's spread. h/t @maridevereaux https://t.co/I9vfzMkDEO
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Mashup Score: 0Monkeypox Outbreak Updates: At Least 25 Cases Confirmed in US - 2 year(s) ago
There are now over 25 monkeypox infections confirmed in 12 US states and DC. There are an estimated 900 cases worldwide.
Source: Contagion LiveCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
#ICYMI: Here are the current estimates of #Monkeypox infections in the US and around the world. So far, the US has administered ~1200 #smallpox vaccines to prevent the virus from spreading. https://t.co/kos6qnhN9g
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Mashup Score: 0The Lonely Death of Janet Parker - 2 year(s) ago
The terrifying story of the last person killed by smallpox
Source: janetparker.birminghamlive.co.ukCategories: Emergency Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
A wild & terrifying story #smallpox #eimsurf2021 https://t.co/7rUkD4a7n6
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Mashup Score: 2News Scan for Nov 19, 2021 - 3 year(s) ago
1.6 million US COVID survivors may still have impaired sense of smellUpwards of 700,000—perhaps as many as 1.6 million—US COVID-19 survivors haven’t recovered their sense of smell after more than 6 months, according to a research letter yesterday in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.In the first study of its kind, a researcher from Washington University and two…
Source: CIDRAPCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
SO much to report today; this doesn't even include abx resistance NEWS SCAN: #COVID19 and loss of smell; Global COVID vaccine inequality; No #smallpox in vials; More #Salmonella illnesses; US #flu uptick; H9N2 #AvianFlu death in China; #Polio in Nigeria https://t.co/fCjhus71vM
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Mashup Score: 4News Scan for Nov 17, 2021 - 3 year(s) ago
Monoclonal antibodies shown effective for breakthrough COVID-19 casesNew research from the Mayo Clinic shows monoclonal antibodies reduce the risk of hospitalization 77% in 1,395 patient who had breakthrough COVID-19 infections. The research was published yesterday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.To conduct the retrospective study, researchers compared outcomes of…
Source: CIDRAPCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Epic collection today, from #COVID19 to #Bioterror agents NEWS SCAN: Monoclonal antibodies for COVID breakthrough; Maryland #monkeypox case; #Smallpox vial discovery; South Africa #flu alert https://t.co/TVY0xWsWFt
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Mashup Score: 3Vials of deadly virus accidentally discovered at Pennsylvania research facility while cleaning freezer: CDC - 3 year(s) ago
Several frozen vials labeled “smallpox” were incidentally discovered by a laboratory worker while cleaning out a freezer in a facility that conducts vaccine research in Pennsylvania
Source: Fox NewsCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
A lab leak? No way! Vials of deadly virus accidentally discovered at Merck research facility while cleaning freezer: CDC https://t.co/InEhJ2qPXw #smallpox #pharma #digitalhealth #Wuhan
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Info is still limited on how well the #smallpox vaccines work for #monkeypox. WHO calls countries to carry out monkeypox vaccination activities within randomized clinical trials so we can learn more about vaccine efficacy & effectiveness. 📌 https://t.co/et4gwdn1ZY https://t.co/9MsTiLZ92H