China today reported 1,886 new COVID-19 cases, as Japanese health officials reported that 88 more people on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, South Korea recently detected two illnesses in people with no links to earlier cases, a sign that transmission may be expanding there. And research news [...]
The cruise ship Diamond Princess, which arrived at Yokohama Port on February 3, is undergoing quarantine at sea. A new coronavirus test was conducted, including those who are considered to be at high risk from the viewpoint of ensuring health due to long-term stay on board, including those with symptoms such as fever, and the results [...]
Highlights • Filter-eluted nanoparticles (nPM) are depleted in PAH and transition metals compared to total nanoparticles (sPM). • Inhalation of nPM and sPM caused comparable neurotoxic reactions in adult and developing brain. • Gestational exposure to nPM or sPM caused depressive behaviors in adults. • Gestational exposure to sPM caused glutamatergic [...]
Highlights • Ambient air pollution is associated with more rapid cognitive decline in older adults. • APOE-ε4 positive individuals had more rapid pollution-associated cognitive decline. • The association was also stronger among Non-Hispanic individuals. • No difference in strength of association between age groups, sex, or smoking status. Image by [...]
The United States and other countries are evacuating their citizens from the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan where the number of infected people on the ship has risen to 355, as the number of local COVID-19 cases continues to grow in Singapore and Japan and as Hawaiian health officials investigate a connection to [...]
The Microsoft founder spoke at the AAAS meeting in Seattle just hours before the first case was confirmed in Cairo, Egypt Bill Gates has warned that coronavirus in Africa could overwhelm health services and trigger a pandemic which could cause 10 million deaths. The Microsoft founder and global health pioneer was speaking at the AAAS meeting [...]
The number of people who are infected with the new coronavirus that is spreading from China is dwarfed by those affected by a far more common respiratory illness: seasonal flu. Every year there are as many as 5 million severe flu cases worldwide and hundreds of thousands of deaths. By contrast, so far there have been about [...]
Much has been written about the novel coronavirus now known as covid-19 since the first cases were reported in December 2019. However, one aspect of the virus’s spread that I do not think has received adequate attention is the occupational protection that is being afforded to healthcare workers, which is a critical challenge in this [...]
Yale-affiliated scientist finds that even a few hours’ exposure to ambient ultrafine particles common in air pollution may potentially trigger a nonfatal heart attack. Myocardial infarction is a major form of cardiovascular disease worldwide. Ultrafine particles (UFP) are 100 nanometers or smaller in size. In urban areas, automobile emissions are the primary source of UFP. [...]
The addition of an antistaphylococcal beta-lactam to standard antibiotic therapy did not result in significant improvement for patients hospitalized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia, an international team of researchers reported today in JAMA. The findings are from a randomized clinical trial conducted at 27 hospitals in four countries among patients hospitalized with MRSA bacteremia. The trial was [...]
