Category: Infectious diseases
As malaria spreads along with expanding mosquito territory, a new vaccine may help, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Climate change is helping diseases like malaria and dengue fever, usually associated with warmer climates, spread further around the globe. Such dynamics may render a new vaccine against malaria, even though it only prevents a minority of infections, very important. …
Why are so many people choosing not to get the most recent Covid booster? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Trying to understand vaccine hesitancy looms large as many infectious disease experts fear a fall surge of Covid. Anna Durbin, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins, says a look at what happened with the early Covid vaccines is informative. …
A newly approved vaccine may finally make a dent in malaria, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Malaria is a scourge worldwide, spread by mosquitoes. And with climate change, the range of these mosquitoes is expanding, likely bringing malaria to a location near you. Good news then that a vaccine is finally available. Infectious disease expert Anna …
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If you develop monkeypox should you take a medicine to treat it? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Antiviral medicines for monkeypox infection do exist, but Noreen Hynes, an infectious diseases expert at Johns Hopkins, says unless you are immunocompromised or live in circumstances where you might put others at risk of infection if you have monkeypox, you …
How can transmission of monkeypox be brought under control? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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With limited amounts of monkeypox vaccine available globally, what is the best strategy to use it? Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, says targeted vaccination is most likely to help. Adalja: When we think …
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Can you catch monkeypox from someone who hasn’t shown symptoms yet? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Monkeypox, much like its close cousin smallpox, does not seem to be contagious in those who don’t have symptoms. That’s according to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security senior scholar Amesh Adalja. Adalja: When you think about what makes a …