Ongoing Mpox Happenings and other epidemic news

Will it help with this?

Last year, WHO added that reports of gonorrhea treatment failure are stacking up. “In the past decade, confirmed failure to cure gonorrhoea with ceftriaxone alone or combined with azithromycin or doxycyline was reported in Australia, France, Japan, Slovenia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,” WHO reported.

This is not good…

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multiresistant bacteria are fair game for this thread, right?

They looked at antibiotics with different mechanisms of action: some that worked by inhibiting DNA synthesis in the bacteria, others that worked by inhibiting protein synthesis, and others by inhibiting cell wall synthesis. They found that the antidepressants they tested induced resistance to multiple antibiotics—within a day.

That’s not encouraging. Requires further study, of course. But this is a route to acquisition of resistance i have never heard of, nor even considered, before. I am increasingly convinced I applied WDKS way too narrowly.

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But we handled covid so very well! How can that be true?

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Yup. We learned that doing absolutely nothing would have been much better than what we actually did. So guess what the plan is for the next one?

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Hello, BSE. It’s been a while. Yeah, a lot’s happened. You’ll have to get in line.

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Measles outbreak in central Ohio ends after 85 cases, all among children who weren’t fully vaccinated

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Damn It Tv Show GIF by HULU

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This is interesting, although limited info so far

FDA Approves First Drug That Can Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes | FDA.

“Today’s approval of a first-in-class therapy adds an important new treatment option for certain at-risk patients,” said John Sharretts, M.D., director of the Division of Diabetes, Lipid Disorders, and Obesity in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “The drug’s potential to delay clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes may provide patients with months to years without the burdens of disease.”

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  • The flu vaccine has been 68% effective at preventing hospitalizations in children and 35% effective at preventing hospitalization in seniors this season, according to preliminary CDC data.
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Because we need some good news

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Hoping this can be contained: :pleading_face:

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Bird flu spillover 'concerning', doctor warns - as virus in girl who died had mutations making it better adapted to humans | World News | Sky News

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CDC says 20,000 people may have been exposed to measles at Asbury University religious revival - CBS News

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One could almost interpret this as God sending a message. Yup, almost. If only they believed in such things…

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