Topline A pill to prevent dengue fever—a viral infection also called breakbone fever for the severe pain it can cause—could be on the horizon, according to data presented by Johnson & Johnson on Friday, promising news that could signal a future treatment against what experts warn is a pressing and growing health threat that could …
The movement of ticks carrying the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus into more temperate regions due to warmer and shorter winters is a concerning consequence of climate change. This image shows CCHF viral particles (yellow) budding from the surface of cultured epithelial cells from a patient. (Photo by: IMAGE POINT FR/NIH/NIAID/Universal Images Group via Getty …
A health brigade fumigates a street against the Aedes aegypti that can carry the dengue virus in … Lima, Peru. Peru is experiencing its worst dengue outbreak ever. (Photo by CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Peru is currently facing a severe outbreak of dengue, commonly referred to as “break-bone fever.” This …
Valneva’s vaccine for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that creates symptoms comparable to dengue and Zika, has demonstrated positive results in a late-stage clinical trial according to The Lancet. Valneva used a less potent form of the virus in the vaccine, which was given to 3,082 of the 4,115 healthy adults enrolled in the trial across …
A recent clinical trial published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has shown promising results for using metformin as a potential treatment for preventing long Covid. The trial, named COVID-OUT, aimed to investigate whether taking metformin during the acute phase of a SARS-CoV-2 infection could reduce the risk of long Covid development. The trial was conducted …