UNSW: Flu Vaccine Provides Significant Protection Against Heart Attacks

Photo Credit - CDC PHIL   # 10,471 Roughly 18 years ago, a study looked at the rate of heart attacks in the United States, and found that Acute Myocardial Infarctions (AMIs) run as much 53% higher during the winter months than than during the summer.   While numerous theories have been offered (holiday stress, cold weather, over-indulgence during the holidays,...

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Saudi MOH: Riyadh Adds 6 More MERS Cases

# 10,470   The MERS outbreak in Riyadh isn’t showing any signs of abating on this last day of August, with 6 additional cases announced in the latest update.   Five of the six are listed as `contacts with confirmed or suspected cases’ – likely part of the ongoing nosocomial outbreak – with one outlier with no known contact. One case  - a 33 y.o. female...

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Saudi MOH Statement On Past Week’s Riyadh MERS Outbreak

  #10,469   Beneath the cryptic case line-listing that appears on the Saudi MOH’s daily MERS update is the promise that `More information on the exposure history will be posted on the weekly update’.     Given the parsimonious nature of these daily reports, additional information would indeed be welcome.   While the MOH does indeed post a...

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Jordan Reports 5th MERS Case In A Week

#10,468   After going 8 months without reporting any coronavirus cases, on Wednesday of last week we learned of a Jordanian MERS case – described as a man in his 60s –  who reportedly has since died. The following day another case - a 38 y.o. male – was announced.   While details are scant, both reportedly had recent travel out of the country. ...

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J. Virol: Novel Reassortant Human-like H3N2 & H3N1 Influenza A Viruses In Pigs

    #10,467   Swine are highly susceptible to a variety of flu viruses (human, swine, avian) - and are viewed as excellent `mixing vessels’, allowing viruses to reassort into new hybrid strains.  Swine Influenza Viruses (SIVs) are not a reportable or regulated animal disease in the United States, but the USDA does conduct limited voluntary surveillance...

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Saudi MOH: 3 New MERS Cases, 4 Deaths

#10,466   The Saudi MOH update today indicates two more MERS cases in Riyadh, one of whom is a healthcare worker, and both are listed as contacts of previously confirmed cases.    A third case, listed as a 67 y.o. male from Hail – located some 700 km north of Riyadh – is listed as a contact of a previous case.  A tad curious since this is the first...

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J.Virol.: Experimental Infectivity Of H3N8 In Swine

Credit ECDC – 125 years of  Pandemic  History   # 10,465   The H3N8 subtype of influenza A is of particular interest to influenza researchers for several reasons.  First, as the chart above illustrates, H3N8 is strongly suspected to have sparked human epidemics and a pandemic around the turn of the 20th century. Second, avian H3N8 remains endemic...

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Saudi MOH Announces 2 Additional MERS Cases

#10,663   The number of new MERS cases being reported out of Riyadh has dropped in recent days, which may be an indication that the affected hospitals are starting to get a handle on containing the outbreak.  Today Riyadh only reports 1 new case, while once again we see a sporadic case from Najran.   The Najran case had already expired by the time his was...

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CDC FluView: 1 Novel H1N1v Case Reported From Iowa

  # 10,462   For the 4th time this year, the CDC is reporting the detection of a novel swine variant virus in a human.  Human infections with these swine-origin viruses are only rarely reported, but presumably happen more often than we know because testing for novel viruses is very limited. The first two swine variant infections this year were H1N1v (see...

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ECDC Rapid Risk Assessment On MERS-CoV – August 28th

# 10,561   With the rise in MERS cases in Saudi Arabia over the past month, and now four MERS cases reported in Jordan – the concerns over whether this year’s Hajj will help spread the virus are understandably rising.     Today the ECDC released their 20th Rapid Risk Assessment on the virus, warning that sporadic importations of the virus into EU countries...

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Media Reports Of Two Additional MERS Cases In Jordan (Updated)

(See update at bottom)   #10,460   Earlier this week we learned of two Jordanian MERS cases – reportedly a man in his 60s  and a 38 y.o. male – both with recent travel out of the country.  Yesterday the media reported the death of the 60-something patient.    Today, there are fresh media stories indicating two additional cases have been detected,...

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NEJM: Ebola in the United States — Public Reactions and Implications

# 10,559   Eleven months ago America woke up to learn that the first imported Ebola case had been hospitalized and isolated  - after first seeking treatment in a local emergency room three days earlier – in a Dallas hospital. Ten days later, the first of two nurses to contract the virus – Nina Pham – tested positive. The first few weeks of October were chaotic,...

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Saudi MOH Reports 2 New MERS Cases In Riyadh

#10,558   The Saudi MOH reports the lowest number of new cases in more than 10 days, with only 2 new MERS infections reported in Riyadh today.  While a good sign, we’ll have to wait a few days to see if this is a trend. Of the two, only one is listed as a having had contact with a known MERS case.  Additionally, one death was reported. ...

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Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) - Australia

UAC InternationalWho is eligible? International student who have taken one of the following qualifications:Year 12 in 2015.An Australia Year 12 in or outside of Australia in 2015.An International Baccalaureate Diploma in 2015 or May 2016.A New Zealand National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 3 in 2015 & not an Australia citizen, New Zealand citizen, or permanent resident of Australia.All other international students apply...

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