A scoping review of 45 studies identifies fragmented surveillance, data-sharing and legal barriers to infectious disease control in European border regions. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical vulnerabilities in cross-border cooperation for infectious disease control, particularly in European border regions where fragmented…
I'm sorry to you nonbelievers, but COVID is real, and it's not a joke. Anyway, COVID is making another late-summer run, and Texas isn't doing particularly well. According to the latest CDC wastewater numbers reported by USA Today, Texas is…
A new CDC tracking tool aims to give school nurses and health officials weeks of advance notice before flu, COVID and RSV cases rise. CDC launches new tool to track flu, COVID and RSV outbreaks Clinton County opens 1976 time capsules,…
OPP investigate after pedestrian struck on Highway 58 in Thorold Two charged, 127 kg of cocaine seized at Ambassador Bridge: CBSA Why AI gets it wrong: tech expert explains A retrospective on Christopher Reeve’s famous take on the Man of Steel Ghosts…
The Pinecrest Home for the Aged says it is making some headway in its battle with a COVID-19 outbreak. Administration says as a result of measures currently in place, the number of new cases has decreased significantly. But, it says…
Scientists at Moderna Inc. are seeking a solution to the rapid emergence of viral variants that escape treatments. Many monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) initially work well against a single target but lose efficacy as viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 accumulate mutations. To…
Hedgehog merbecoviruses use aminopeptidase N as a functional entry receptor through a structurally distinct APN-binding mode, revealing convergent evolution and informing spillover risk assessment.
— Sustained immune response after vaccination didn't translate into clinical protection An investigational vaccine targeting the Escherichia coli pathogens that commonly cause infections didn't show a protective effect in older adults, the phase III E.mbrace trial found. The results led to…
KARACHI: Another person has died of rabies in Sindh after being bitten by a dog, taking the province’s reported rabies death toll to 38 this year. The deceased, identified as 38-year-old Nematullah, was a resident of Nohario in the Diplo taluka…
A new PLOS Biology study shows that the breadth of ACE2 receptor usage among bat sarbecoviruses predicts both their host range and how closely they are antigenically related to SARS-CoV-2. Subject of Research: ACE2 receptor usage breadth as a predictor of host…
Preparing for the next pandemic: pathogen and wastewater surveillance, genomic surveillance, zoonotic spillover, the WHO pandemic agreement and outbreak science.
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