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Shingles is not the only viral condition that can affect the brain
By Jacinta Bowler

The virus that causes shingles is just one of a number of pathogens that may be linked to brain conditions. Here are some of the other bugs scientists have under the microscope.

abc.net.au/news/health/2025-04

ABC News · Brain disorders such as dementia are linked to viral infections. Scientists are finding out whyBy Jacinta Bowler
#InfectiousDiseases#BrainandNervousSystem#VaccinesandImmunity
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Mix Mistress Alice💄

"Due to rising temperatures, the Organization of Ibero-American States (EOI) has warned of new threats. The tiger mosquito, from Southeast Asia, has begun to colonize much of Catalonia and the Valencian Community. Tropical diseases such as malaria, Zika virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, West Nile virus, and others are re-emerging in Spain in areas where they were previously eradicated or never occurred, as high temperatures allow the vectors (mainly mosquitoes) that transmit them to persist."—Juanjo Santos

Spain Ranks First Among European Countries in Terms of Heat-Related Mortality >

climatescorecard.org/2024/08/s

#Spain #GlobalWarming #viruses #ExtremeHeat #IncreasedMortality #drought #TropicalDiseases #Cáceres #CiudadReal #Catalonia #Valencia #HeatRelatedDeath #biodiversity #TemperatureIncrease #SeaLevelRise #FoodInsecurity #water ##agriculture

Climate Scorecard · Spain Ranks First Among European Countries in Terms of Heat-Related Mortality - Climate ScorecardHowever, the mitigation measures implemented thus far are insufficient.   Spain ranks first among European countries where heat-related mortality has increased the most during this century. This is highlighted in the second report of ‘The Lancet Countdown’ indicators in Europe, led by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-National Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) in collaboration with 40 other European...
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#AI cracks #superbug problem in two days that took scientists years
Their hypothesis is that the superbugs can form a tail from different #viruses which allows them to spread between species. Prof Penades likened it to the superbugs having "keys" which enabled them to move from home to home, or host species to host species.
Critically, this hypothesis was unique to the research team and had not been published anywhere else. Nobody in the team had shared their findings.
bbc.com/news/articles/clyz6e9e

What tuberculosis looks like under a microscope. There are around thirty long white worm-like germs wit red exteriors and red lines through the middle.
www.bbc.comAI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists yearsThe lead researcher has told the BBC he was so astounded he assumed his computer had been hacked.
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CBC British Columbia

Under the microscope: Looking at B.C.'s wastewater surveillance for viruses
Scientists say they hope testing wastewater for pathogens, which gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic in B.C., continues and helps better inform the public of emerging threats going forward.
#science #publichealth #wastewater #viruses #BC #News
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#German foreign intelligence service in 2020 put at 80%-90% the likelihood that #coronavirus behind #COVID19 #pandemic was accidentally released from #China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, two German newspapers reported
According to report by Die Zeit and Sueddeutscher Zeitung, Germany's spying agency #BND had indications that the institute had conducted gain-of-function experiments, whereby #viruses are modified to become more transmissible to humans for research purposes
reuters.com/business/healthcar

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Fco Javier Casas Ciria

Two definitions of RSV infection: influenza-like illness (IBD) and the combined use of IBD and prolonged severe acute respiratory infection (IBD/SARI).
A small percentage of #RSV hospitalizations meet the criteria for IBD but not SARI (10%). Those without cough (a requirement in the SARI definition) would have been excluded if we had used the SARI definition alone.

academic.oup.com/jid/advance-a

#viruses#respiratoryinfection
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Mix Mistress Alice💄

"HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "Batwoman" for her work on coronaviruses, especially at the Wuhan Institute, which has been at the center of the theory suggesting Covid-19 came from a lab leak—something Shi has denied."—Jordan King >

newsweek.com/new-coronavirus-b

Newsweek · New coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarmThe virus binds to humans in a similar way to the virus that causes COVID-19.
#news#HKU5CoV2#China
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