by Aalto University An illustrative figure highlighting the impact of early detection via smartwatch on viral spread. The image shows how the model can capture both symptomatic (A and C) and asymptomatic cases (B and D). Credit: Märt Vesinurm et. al / Aalto University 2025 Early detection of sickness is critical for preventing its spread—whether it’s...
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Advances in AI can help prepare the world for the next pandemic
by University of Oxford Credit: CC0 Public Domain A perspective paper published in Nature outlines for the first time how advances in AI can accelerate breakthroughs in infectious disease research and outbreak response. The study puts particular emphasis on safety, accountability and ethics in the deployment and use of AI in infectious disease research. Calling for a collaborative and...
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The US primary-care system can’t withstand the next pandemic, some believe
JULY 10, 2024 by The Editors, Bloomberg Opinion Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn unprecedented strain of bird flu is spreading among dairy cattle in the U.S. An outbreak of a flesh-eating bacteria has infected more than 1,000 people in Japan. At least 13 communicable diseases including measles, dengue and polio have surged past pre-pandemic peaks in...
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The bird flu outbreak has spread to humans — are we too late to prevent the next pandemic?
BY RACHAEL PILTCH-LOEB, DENIS NASH AND SCOTT RATZAN, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS – 06/08/24 9:00 AM ETWe learned on May 30 of a third human case of H5N1 infection, commonly known as bird flu, in the United States. This case was on a different farm than previous cases and presented with different symptoms. Since March 29, there...
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Pandemic youth mental health toll unprecedented, data show
by Lindsey Tanner Stanford women’s soccer team players wear warmup jerseys with “Mental Health Matters” on their backs as well as a butterfly patch on their sleeves to remember late goalie Katie Meyer, who died by suicide earlier in the year, before an NCAA college soccer match against UCLA, Oct. 14, 2022, in Stanford, Calif....
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Pandemic’s many effects on older women documented
by The Gerontological Society of America Concern regarding the COVID-19 pandemic among Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) participants from March 2020 to October 2020. The mode survey response reported by WHI participants residing in each ZIP code is shown. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019. Credit: The Journals of Gerontology: Series A (2022). DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glac056 A new supplemental issue...
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Norovirus outbreaks have increased to prepandemic levels
The number of norovirus outbreaks increased in the 2021 to 2022 surveillance year, returning to levels similar to prepandemic levels, according to research published in the Sept. 23 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Anita K. Kambhampati, M.P.H., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues examined norovirus...
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Is monkeypox the next pandemic?
by Mary Cunningham, George Mason University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As more monkeypox infections are identified throughout the U.S. and the world, the public is more curious about the disease, especially because we are still in a global pandemic. Epidemiologist and professor at George Mason University Dr. Amira Roess answers more questions about monkeypox’s transmissibility,...
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Pandemic took a toll on teen mental health, US study says
by Mike Stobbe A student walks down a hallway between classes at a high school in Kansas City, Kan., on the first day of in-person learning Wednesday, March 30, 2021. According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Thursday, March 31, 2022, nearly half of U.S. high school students...
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Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year
by David Rising Registered nurse Rachel Chamberlin steps out of an isolation room where Fred Rutherford recovers from COVID-19 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, N.H., Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million—underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is...