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Darren O'Connell

Check out our new blog summarising our recent meta-analysis assessing treatments for the Varroa mite #pathogen of honey bees out!

This #invasive #parasite has huge impacts on crop production from lost #pollination

Broadly, synthetic chemicals were effective at killing the pathogen, but had negative impacts

Biological treatments showed promise for bee health, but were understudied

Organic chemical treatments were the best current option

#research #disease #bees

ucd.ie/earth/news-opinion/news

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Darren O'Connell

Great to see our meta-analysis assessing treatments for the Varroa mite #pathogen of honey bees out!

This #invasive #parasite has huge impacts on crop production from lost #pollination

Broadly, synthetic chemicals were effective at killing the pathogen, but had negative impacts on the bees

Biological treatments showed great promise for bee health, but were understudied

Organic chemical treatments seem on balance the best current option

#research #disease #bees

sciencedirect.com/science/arti

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Mx Verda

X is terrible, but after the Meta news on explicitly allowing transphobia / transmisia, overall it's just been a tough week.
Idk what I have but my asthma attack started last week. Elevated neutrophils indicate bacterial infection, my GP said? So either it was "probably viral" like the OoH 111 GP said and became bacterial as well, or I was unlucky that it was bacterial to begin with.

I've been on Prednisolone, a corticosteroid since the 9th; then last night I started Doxycyline, an antibiotic, and Montelukast.
Montelukast is a leukotriene receptor antagonist, so it blocks leukotrienes, my patient pamphlet says.

Got a chest X ray out of it, at least. (Had back pain behind my ex-gallbladder since its removal anyway.)
Let this be a lesson not to lessen your mask discipline or stubbornness when other people peer pressure you to take risks with your health.
This is my first asthma exacerbation in a decade and I do not want to continue experiencing this. I do not recommend it. The people telling me I was 'paranoid', 'over-thinking it', 'worried about nothing' and more do NOT have to feel what I am feeling.

Teenage boys in public who choose to whine at me and intentionally coughing towards me (what?!!?) is super aggressive, creepy, entitled, and harmful to everyone witnessing that. Still, my upper and mid back has not stopped aching. I don't get fevers and I don't have a cough. Only you know your body.

Some people choose to care about harm reduction; others don't. Do right by yourself and do your sustainable best by others. I believe in you!

youtube.com/watch?v=My_wEXmNgt

YouTubeThe Viruses Are Hitting Hospitals And EMS Really Hard This YearBy Data Report
#sick#illness#RespiratoryIllness
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SPQR

That doesn't mean that SARS-CoV-2 infection is benign, is inconsequential. We still see people in the hospital with SARS-CoV-2 infection, we still see people with strokes and heart attacks and, you know, brain fog and all other manifestations.
#COVID19 #pathogen #pathology #virology #physiology #BrainScience #neurology #neurobiology #biology #microbiology #health
cbc.ca/radio/quirks/long-covid

CBCCOVID infections are causing drops in IQ and years of brain aging, studies suggest | CBC RadioResearchers are trying to understand the profound effects of COVID-19 on the brain, looking at how it disrupts the blood-brain barrier, how it affects brain volume, and showing that even a mild case of COVID can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging.
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Jon Sullivan

I saw my first myrtle rust in Christchurch this afternoon (while at a dance performance of my daughter’s). This is the 24th confirmed observation on #iNaturalist of this pathogen in Canterbury.

The Brazilian pathogen attacks, and can kill, trees in the Myrtle family (like pohutukawa, rata, and eucalyptus) and is an invasive pathogen worldwide. It arrived in NZ, in Northland, in May 2017.

I found it on a planted ramarama hybrid.

inaturalist.nz/observations/25

iNaturalist NZMyrtle Rust (Austropuccinia psidii)Myrtle Rust from Merivale, Christchurch, New Zealand on December 7, 2024 at 04:25 PM by Jon Sullivan. This is the first time I've seen myrtle rust in Canterbury and I've been watching out for it sinc...
#InvasiveSpecies#pathogen#NZ
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Giuseppe Michieli

Emergence of a New #Pathogen: A Retrospective Study of #HPeV-5 Central Nervous System Disease in #Alberta, #Canada

Source: Viruses, AbstractHuman parechoviruses (HPeVs) are known to cause meningo-encephalitis among neonates and infants. We aimed to describe the epidemiology of HPeVs causing central nervous system infections in Alberta from 2014 to 2019 with comparison of known HPeV-3 and emerging HPeV-5. Genomic analysis was completed on a subset of HPeV-5 strains to…

etidioh.wordpress.com/2024/10/

ETIDIoH · Emergence of a New #Pathogen: A Retrospective Study of #HPeV-5 Central Nervous System Disease in #Alberta, #CanadaSource: Viruses, AbstractHuman parechoviruses (HPeVs) are known to cause meningo-encephalitis among neonates and infants. We aimed to describe the epidemiology of HPeVs causing central nervous syst…
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Mx Verda

“Is vaccine-induced immunity better than immunity from infection?

Vaccine-induced immunity is better because it’s safer. When you get infected with COVID, symptoms from the infection wreak havoc on your body. Whether or not you’ve been infected or vaccinated previously, the COVID booster is going to strengthen your immune responses to high levels and do so in a safe way.

Can I still get COVID if I’m vaccinated?

People who are vaccinated can still get COVID, but it is much more likely they will experience mild symptoms. Vaccinated people are much less likely to experience severe illness or get so sick that they need to be hospitalized. Data continue to show that those who are hospitalized with COVID are largely people who have not received a COVID vaccine within the past 12 months.

Particularly for people at higher risk of severe COVID, vaccination is an essential tool for reducing COVID complications, hospitalization, and death.

Can you get the flu shot and the COVID vaccine at the same time?

Yes! In fact, studies have shown that people who decide to spread out their vaccines into separate appointments often don’t follow through with getting both. We’ve also seen that the immune response generated by each vaccine does not change based on whether they are administered at the same time or separately.

It’s important to remember that many of the same populations at high risk of experiencing severe illness from COVID are also at high risk of severe influenza. Especially for these vulnerable populations, it’s a good idea to time your vaccines together.”

publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/what

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthWhat to Know About Updated COVID Vaccines for 2024–25 | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthThe updated COVID vaccine provides safe, effective protection against current variants for everyone 6 months and older.
#influenza#flu#justAflu
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