Only a couple thousand cases of Norovirus have been recorded in the U.S. My family is now added to the list.
Folks. It’s been a rough weekend, with little sleep and lots of scenes reminiscent of The Exorcist. Trust me when I say you do NOT want this. Protect yourself however you can.
Currently I’m treating myself to hazmat care while I look after the infected in my home. 
There is a Rökysopp song, “Melody A.M.” that gave me a twinge of sad nostalgia. Not the tune, but the end, where it switches to a recording of a guy calling his friend and telling him some “good frequencies” he’s been messing around with in his DSP music machine. He gets to 400 kHZ and his friend says, “Four hundred!” Yeah. “I’m coming over.” “Do that.” “I’ll be there in a sec.”
Just being able to call a friend and have him come over, with no concern about #Covid — about being infected by #virus that has given millions a life of disability and misery and continues to do so whether you choose to believe it or not. And still having such friends, five years into a #pandemic that has changed people’s brains and mass-delusional behavior.
It’s a lot. We’ve been at this a long time, fellow #CovidIsNotOver people, with no end in sight and the pressure to quit worse than ever. For me, the lulls in between waves are some of the hardest of times.
And yet, we persist. We don’t want this virus in our bodies if we can help it, ever.
A special type of chewing gum can “trap” and neutralize some influenza and herpes viruses, according to new experiments from scientists in the U.S. and Finland. @ScienceAlert reports:
https://www.sciencealert.com/new-virus-trapping-gum-could-help-neutralize-herpes-infections
Data reported by the CDC last year show that during the 2023-2024 school year, MMR vaccine coverage among US kindergartners fell to 92.7%.
But a new report from healthcare analytics company Truveta suggests that figure is even lower, finding that only 80.4% of US children had received both MMR doses by age 6 in 2024.
Maintaining measles elimination status requires vaccination coverage of 95% or higher.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/kansas-2-other-states-report-more-measles-cases
I may be misremembering this, but seeing all these Margaret #thatcher posts on my feed (yesterday was the anniversary of her death), reminds me of an old Virus/Worm for Microsoft Word, that randomly replaced words in documents with the word 'Thatcher'.
Googling can't seem to help me find the find the details, so maybe I dreamed it? (Pretty sure I didn't).
https://www.europesays.com/de/18530/ ToddyCat: Malware nutzt Sicherheitsleck in Antivirensoftware #Antivirus #Deutschland #Eset #Germany #IT #Kaspersky #Malware #Science #Science&Technology #Security #Sicherheitslücken #Sicherheitsupdates #Technik #Technology #Virus #Wissenschaft #Wissenschaft&Technik
Nachdem kürzlich ein Kind in Andhra Pradesh an #H5N1 gestorben ist & eine Reihe von Vogelgrippeausbrüchen in mehreren Bundesstaaten gemeldet wurde, ist die Vogelgrippekrise in #Indien in eine besorgniserregende neue Phase getreten.
Das #Virus das bisher auf Geflügel beschränkt war, infiziert nun Tierarten, die kein Geflügel sind - darunter Tiger, Leoparden, Dschungelkatzen und sogar Hauskatzen - und deutet auf eine alarmierende artenübergreifende Übertragung hin.
Zuletzt gab es auch Rückschläge in der Gesundheitsforschung: Moderna hat seine mRNA-#Studie für einen #RSV-Impfstoff für Säuglinge gestoppt. Wie gefährlich ist das #Virus für Babys und welche Schutzmöglichkeiten gibt es zurzeit? #archiv #impfung https://www.riffreporter.de/de/wissen/rsv-impfstoff-saeuglinge-moderna-studie-gestoppt-sicherheitsbedenken
NPArevolutionnaires
Réunion : le système sanitaire débordé par le chikungunya: Le plan blanc, dispositif qui permet de déprogrammer certaines opérations et de rappeler du personnel en congé, a été déclenché par le CHU de l’île en proie à une épidémie de chikungunya, une maladie virale transmise par des moustiques. Plus de 20 000 cas ont été recensés depuis le déclenchement de l’épidémie, en août 2024, en […] https://npa-revolutionnaires.org/reunion-le-systeme-sanitaire-deborde-par-le-chikungunya/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon NPA-R #Chikungunya #SantéPublique #Épidémie #Réunion #Virus
https://www.europesays.com/1971107/ WHO official dismisses rumors about new virus in Russia – EnviroNews #Russia #virus #WorldHealthOrganisation(WHO)
#WHO denies emergence of new #virus in #Russia that causes coughing up #blood, Kommersant: https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/7624860?from=top_main_7
WHO has requested #data from Rospotrebnadzor about allegedly new virus in Russia, Batyr Berdyklychev, head of the organization's office in Moscow, told TASS . According to him, the information about the appearance of the virus has not been confirmed. Rospotrebnadzor itself previously refuted the data about the new virus.
Ein Patient hat sich durch eine Organtransplantation mit einem tödlichen Virus infiziert. 
Die ganze Geschichte gibt es hier: https://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Patient-infiziert-sich-durch-Organtransplantation-mit-toedlichem-Virus-article25668290.html #Organtransplantation #Gesundheit #Virus #Forschung #newz
Stupid parents result in sick children
A children's hospital in Texas is now treating children for vitamin A toxicity after RFK Jr. touted the vitamin as a measles treatment.
#Health #Measles #Virus #Vaccine #Texas #Disinformation #UnitedStates #VitaminA
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr-vitamin-a-toxicity-measles_l_67e6a46ee4b086a4e8de55cf
#Russia, Ministry of Health denied #rumors about a new #virus #outbreak, https://rospotrebnadzor.ru/about/info/news/news_details.php?ELEMENT_ID=29717
During the ongoing epidemiological monitoring and genomic #surveillance conducted in the Russian Federation, no new viruses or viruses with significant #mutations have been identified.
The situation is under strict control of Rospotrebnadzor.
Mysterious #virus in Russia causes severe illness and bloody coughing.
The earliest symptoms reported by patients include general weakness and body aches, resembling typical seasonal illnesses. However, by the third or fourth day, patients describe an abrupt worsening of their condition. Many are reportedly bedridden, with fevers reaching up to 39 degrees Celsius and coughing so intense it leads to tears and blood-stained sputum.
#h5n1 #hpai #h7n9 #birdflu #avianflu #vogelgrippe #geflügelpest #massentierhaltung #press #news #science #zoonose #pandemie
„H5N1 weitet sein Wirtsspektrum ziemlich dramatisch aus, und dabei nimmt es Mutationen auf, die das #Virus in Säugetieren besser funktionieren lassen“, sagte Worobey. Mit dieser gewissen Vor-Anpassung an Säugetiere steige das Risiko für den Menschen. So begännen Pandemien."
We’ve entered a forever war with bird flu
“There is absolutely no chance of containment, and we now have to think about mitigation and monitoring.”
https://www.theverge.com/science/632605/forever-war-with-bird-flu
#europe #birdflu #avianflu #mammals #vogelgrippe #geflügelpest #gb #uk
"Professor Ed Hutchinson, #Virologe am Zentrum der Universität #Glasgow, erklärte, dass ein „besonders aggressiver Stamm“ des #Virus dafür verantwortlich sei. Er fügte hinzu: „Ein weiteres Tier, das wir bisher nicht als Wirt in Betracht gezogen hatten, ist das #Schaf . Daher ist die Meldung, dass ein einzelnes Schaf in #Yorkshire an der #H5N1 #Influenza erkrankt ist, umso erstaunlicher“."
Canada slowest to report avian flu samples to global database, UBC researchers find
Two University of B.C. researchers have found that Canada is the slowest country at reporting H5N1 avian flu data to a global genome database, which they say could have implications as scientists track the mutations of the rapidly spreading virus.
#research #science #virus #health #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canada-avian-flu-reporting-1.7493478?cmp=rss
Matthias Wiesmann 
