NEW: Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill.
“I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”
“I wouldn’t read too much into the specific numbers. It’s really hard to make an accurate projection when you have limited data,” apnews.com/article/ebol...
Tetanus is making a comeback. The U.S. just recorded its highest annual death rate in two decades. Experts attribute this 'comeback' to declining vaccination rates and warn that cases could rise further, by @meryldl.bsky.social www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
"Ebola can still be contained — but only if the world finds the will to do it." - @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social on why the #Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda could be the worst on record and what needs to be done to stop it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that's been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
"Prior TPT completion substantially reduced all-cause mortality among PWH who developed drug-susceptible TB disease while on ART."
The FDA needs comments telling it to focus on #InfectiousDisease for #DrugRepurposing, not low testosterone, and to support its available platform for doing so, CURE ID
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Top UK scientists have lodged a protest with Keir Starmer attacking the government's "unfathomable" and "dangerous" decision to stop donating to the global Pandemic Fund: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Effect of prior #TB preventive therapy on all-cause mortality during TB treatment among people with HIV/TB in rural eastern Uganda: an observational causal analysis link.springer.com/article/10.1... (open access) #HIV
The HPV vaccine was approved 20 years ago this week. In a new series, CIDRAP News looks at what we've learned.
In this story, we profile two sisters: Hailey was eligible for vaccination in 2006. Erica was not. 6 yrs later, Erica was diagnosed with cervical cancer.
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Did you know that men can get HPV-related cancer, too?
HPV, the virus that causes cervical cancers, is also the leading cause of head & neck tumors, which have been rising for years. Treatment can be brutal, but the HPV shot can prevent these cancers.
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It's easy to dismiss, but more Americans died from tetanus last year than any year in nearly two decades.
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The situation in eastern Congo and Uganda combines some of the most dangerous aspects of the 2014 and 2018 Ebola outbreaks.
The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread. The U.S.
Background Tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) is the cornerstone for preventing TB disease. However, it is uncertain whether prior TPT completion improves survival once TB disease develops in peopl...
The FDA is missing an infectious disease focus in its drug repurposing effort, per @drjudystone.bsky.social
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Effect of prior #TB preventive therapy on all-cause mortality during TB treatment among people with HIV/TB in rural eastern Uganda: an observational causal analysis link.springer.com/article/10.1... (open access) #HIV
Background Tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) is the cornerstone for preventing TB disease. However, it is uncertain whether prior TPT completion improves survival once TB disease develops in peopl...
