FLiRT Variants Take Center Stage as Dominant COVID-19 Strain in the US, CDC Warns
Unveiling the FLiRT Variants: A Closer Look at the Latest COVID-19 Challenge
As warm weather finally beckons, there is a new cause for concern amidst the ongoing battle against COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported the discovery of a set of variants in wastewater surveillance, playfully dubbed FLiRT.
The CDC’s findings reveal that these FLiRT variants have been increasingly detected in wastewater sampling. Alarming statistics indicate that from April 14 to April 27 alone, approximately 25% of cases within the United States were attributed to FLiRT. Shockingly, it has been identified as accountable for 1 in every 4 Covid cases across the nation, according to CDC data.
The rate at which this variant spreads is truly concerning—it has swiftly become the dominant variant in America within a mere two-week span. Interestingly, it has surpassed JN.1, which cascaded worldwide throughout winter months, based on comprehensive research conducted by the CDC.
Demystifying the FLiRT Variants
The two main components of this novel Omicron family are known as KP.2 and KP.1.1—both descendants of JN.1’s offspring called JN.1.11.1.
While these variants are relativel
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FLiRT Variants Take Center Stage as Dominant COVID-19 Strain in the US, CDC Warns
“House D” opens at the St. Pölten University Hospital
– 2024-05-09 04:23:50
LH Mikl-Leitner: Lighthouse project in the healthcare landscape
St. Pölten (OTS/NLK) – Today, Wednesday, the ceremonial opening of “House D” took place at the St. Pölten University Hospital. “It’s a really big day for all of us – for the city, the entire state and, above all, for all employees. But it is also a very big day for our patients, to whom we can guarantee the best and most professional healthcare,” said State Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner.
When you celebrate something as great as this opening, you have to keep in mind the environment you are in, said the state governor: “We are in an extremely challenging situation, if I think about the wars in the Middle East or in Ukraine think. Or the many challenges that lie ahead of us. Because of these challenges and the many negative messages, our positive view is often blocked.” She says this because “hardly anyone says how well we are doing here in Lower Austria. That we live in a country that is one of the richest in the world, that we have a social system that can hardly be found anywhere else and that we have a health system that is one of the best in the world.”
It is “all of our responsibility” to keep people healthy or make them healthy for as long as possible. In order to be able to guarantee this, a lot of employees are needed – there are 28,000 employees in the Lower Austrian clinics and care and support centers, for whom good general conditions are needed. Here at the St. Pölten location, a lighthouse project has been created in the heal
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“House D” opens at the St. Pölten University Hospital – 2024-05-09 04:23:50
Less, less, less (2) – Doctor and Auto
#Doctor #Auto
When is cancer treatment optimal? Not too much, but not too little? That search takes place in a triangular relationship: between the doctor, the patient and the disease. And love triangles, as anyone who has ever dealt with them knows, are complicated, unclear and a source of conflict. In response to a major article about less intensive treatment of cancer in the Netherlands Volkskrant I wrote here the last time about reasons why it may be difficult for the doctor to recommend such treatment for cancer.
Here is the part about the second point of the triangle: the disease. This is a bit technical, sorry about that.
When I studied medicine at the local university in Leiden, I was given a lecture about lung cancer. There were two types, I learned. Small celled (small cell lung cancer, SCLC) and – the logic is impeccable – non-small cell (non-small cell lung cancer, NSCLC). That difference could be seen under the microscope. The NSCLC group could be further subdivided into three types, again based on how the cells look under the microscope, but that was only fun for the pathologist, because this further subdivision did not matter for the treatment. (quiz question: what year was this class?)
Since then, things have remained a bit quiet around SCLC, but the science around NSCLC has skyrocketed. First of all, it beca
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The use of AI for mental health will generate 2.5 billion euros in Spain by 2030
The artificial intelligence (AI) It is coming to stay and revolutionize all types of areas, such as health. Within this sector, new ones are emerging in Spain star-ups whose objective is to create technological solutions that take advantage of AI to introduce improvements in mental healthboth for patients and professionals.
Among the latest milestones related to mental health and AI is MoodCapture, an application that can help detect mental health illnesses by analyzing several facial photographs of the patient. The creators, a group of scientists from the Dartmouth Universitythey assure that this tool can notice mental illnesses even before the person themselves realizes that they may be suffering fr
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The use of AI for mental health will generate 2.5 billion euros in Spain by 2030
Unusual. Self-production: is it possible to get drunk without drinking alcohol?
The Belgian media reported the unusual story of a Belgian motorist. This forty-year-old appeared on Monday 22 April in Bruges after being checked by a blood alcohol level too high twice in 2022.
However, he was acquitted by the court. The reason ? The man managed to prove that he suffers from self-brewery syndrome, also called self-fermentation.
What is this syndrome?
Self-brewery syndrome is a rare syndrome in which the ingestion of foods rich in carbohydrates causes the production of ethanol by yeasts present in the digestive tract.
“The blood concentrations of ethanol found in these patients are significant, up to 4 g/l, and may be responsible for symptoms similar to those seen in acute ethanol poisoning,” underlines an article published in August 2020 in the magazine Analytical and clinical toxicology.
The patient then finds himself intoxicated. 4 g/L correspond to values that can lead to alcoholic coma and, in the most serious cases, to death. Symptoms of chronic alcoholism may appear in the medium term.
What causes automatic brewery syndrome?
According to the magazine Analytical and clinical toxicologythis syndrome is often caused by a digestive pathology or an imbalance in the intestinal flora.
The French Association of Dietitians-Nutritionists cites cases of diabetes, obesity and associated Crohn’s disease. “The latter can be primary or secondary to the antibacterial treatment, favoring the proliferation of fungal germs which will be responsible for the fermentation of sugars. »
The first case of self-fermentation was reported in 1948 in a five-year-old boy in Uganda. Another article from Analytical and clinical toxicology, of December 2020, proposes several risk factors based on a review of rare known cases:
- Excessive consumption of carbohydrates
- repeated antibiotic therapy, causing destructi
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Unusual. Self-production: is it possible to get drunk without drinking alcohol?
Institute for Insurance Development Using Data to Develop Long-Term Care Assessments and Dementia Prediction Models
Institute for Insurance Development CI (Photo = Institute for Insurance Development)
The Korea Insurance Development Institute will begin developing long-term care assessments and dementia prediction models using data from the National Health Insurance Corporation.
According to the Korea Insurance Development Institute, on the 9th, tenders for long-term care evaluation and dementia prediction model development research services will be conducted until the 24th.
This model involves determining the degree of long-term care and incidence rate of dementia based on various risk factors such as gender, age, blood pressure, genetic factors and lifestyle habits based on the sample cohort database (DB) of the National Health Insurance Corporation.
Through this, the goal is to help establish a personalized treatment plan.
The Korea Insurance Development Institute explained that such proactive management should slow the progression of the disease and reduce medical costs for individuals and society as a whole in the long term.
It will also be used for risk management and new product development for insurance companies’ long-term care and dementia-related products.
Due to the rapid aging of the population, the demand for dementia pa
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Mastering the Afghan Walk: An Ancient Technique for Increased Resistance, Endurance, and Well-Being
The technique of Afghan walking is gaining popularity as a way to increase resistance and improve overall health. Developed by Frenchman Édouard G. Stiegler in the 80s, this method focuses on synchronizing breathing with steps to enhance oxygen efficiency in the body and improve physical endurance.
The Afghan walk, also known as the Afghan breathing technique, is inspired by the practices of Afghan nomads who traveled long distances through the dese
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Mastering the Afghan Walk: An Ancient Technique for Increased Resistance, Endurance, and Well-Being
As you get older, ‘muscle’ is your asset… Protein-Toned through exercise
To manage frailty-sarcopenia
When you turn 70, your muscle mass decreases by 30%… Decreased energy and difficulty in daily life
If you prevent it at the pre-senescence stage, it will remain normal… Eat protein such as meat and eggs every day
Balanced aerobic-strength-flexibility exercise
If you continue to feel lethargic, lose your appetite, and lose weight as you age even though you do not have any special diseases, you need to look into frailty and sarcopenia. Senescence refers to a condition in which the function of the body’s organs declines due to aging, resulting in loss of body weight and strength, making it difficult to carry out daily activities such as walking, going out, and preparing meals on one’s own. One of the key causes of frailty is sarcopenia.
Sarcopenia is a disease that causes loss of muscle mass and decreased strength and muscle function. In people in their 70s, muscle mass decreases by nearly 30% compared to people in their 30s and 40s due to muscle aging, decreased amount of exercise, decreased protein intake, decreased muscle synthesis, and changes in protein metabolism. Since fat fills the space where muscle is lost and body weight is maintained, you may not be aware that you are losing muscle.
Choi Jeong-yeon, a professor of geriatric medicine at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (pictured), said, “As we get older, we think that our energy naturally decreases and we tend to ignore it,” adding, “If
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As you get older, ‘muscle’ is your asset… Protein-Toned through exercise
Dengue Fever Cases on the Rise in Bandung, Indonesia: Urgent Call for Community Action
BandungBergerak.id – Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) will increase in Indonesia in the first four months of 2024. The city of Bandung supports it dengue fever cases the highest rate nationally with 3,468 cases. This disease, which is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, mainly attacks children. The government and society must work together to eliminate mosquito nests at the same time.
A resident of Gedebage, Hafiz Azhar, told how his nephew was attacked by dengue fever and had to be hospitalized. “At the beginning of the month of Ramadan, first, my nephew, a one-year-old boy, had fever and cough, he was taken to the emergency room, he was treated for three days,” said Hafidz, 1 May 2024 , to BandungBermobil.id .
A few days later, two more siblings had fever and later tested positive for dengue fever. During that time, almost every child in Hafidz’s family was sick. Their healing took place two weeks later.
After this amazing event, the house of the Hafidz family was visited Office of Public Health Bandung City and smoke were made. “That’s it, someone from the Department of Health came and did it fog,” explained Hafiz
Hafidz does not know where the mosquitoes come from the temples of the Egyptians which is a source of dengue fever in the environment. Until now, he and his family have always maintained cleanliness in their house. “The water and everything is clean and we look after it,” explained Hafiz.
Not only that Hafiz, another resident of Bandung City, Diana, experienced a similar incident. Diana’s two children had to be cared for at home sick with dengue fever.
“Both of my children were hospitalized at the same time 1 month ago with a positive diagnosis of dengue fever,” said Diana, to BandungBermobil.
Diana’s oldest child is in primary school. The symptoms that are felt are fever and dizziness. These symptoms continued until the third day.
“Of course, I’m getting used to not being hot for three days No I’ll take him to the doctor. Just take medicine at home. “But these three days are a little different, the fever is up to 40 high, I’m still positive because I’m in a hurry, maybe I have a sore throat after being taken to the center health, “explained this housewife from Riung, Music Band.
After he was taken to the community health center, his fever continued to decrease. But in the middle of the night at home the child vomited. The next morning Diana decided to take her baby to the emergency room. After undergoing a blood test, his child was diagnosed with dengue fe
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Dengue Fever Cases on the Rise in Bandung, Indonesia: Urgent Call for Community Action
A “silent infection” transmitted from Africa infects a 17-year-old man with severe swelling in his penis
Switzerland – A team of health experts revealed the case of a 72-year-old man who lived for 17 years with severe swelling in his penis, as well as swelling of the scrotum and left leg.
The patient, whose name was not mentioned, was found to be suffering from an aggressive infestation of microscopic live worms called Wuchereria bancrofti, causing chronic inflammation around his thigh.
The case report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, said the man lived in Switzerland after moving from Zimbabwe 20 years ago, where the i
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