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Tracking vampire worms with machine learning − using AI to diagnose schistosomiasis before the parasites causing it hatch in your blood

Blood samples of patients infected with a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis contain hidden information that marks different stages of the disease. In our recently published research, our team used machine learning to uncover that hidden information and improve early detection and diagnosis of infection.

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Anthony Fauci, the Man Who Thought He Was Science

On Call, Anthony Fauci's new memoir, can't disguise the damage caused by his COVID-19 policies.

Reason

At the UN, world leaders are negotiating the biggest health issue you’ve never heard of

The United Nations General Assembly could turn the tide on antimicrobial resistance. The keys to making this happen are ensuring policymakers have the best available evidence and rallying political support through unifying goals.

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Should We Blame Fauci for the COVID Pandemic?

America's COVID celebrity is facing scrutiny for funding risky research that may have sparked the pandemic—and for allegedly covering it up.

Reason

The Media Is Back to Deriding the Lab Leak as a 'Conspiracy Theory'

Even if EcoHealth's "basic research" in Wuhan didn't cause the pandemic, it certainly failed in its mission to stop it.

Reason

Anthony Fauci Gives Misleading, Evasive Answers About NIH-Funded Research at Wuhan Lab

At yesterday's congressional hearing, the former NIAID director played word games and shifted blame in an effort to dismiss credible claims that his agency funded work that caused the pandemic.

Reason

As Nuclear Threat Grows, Israeli Biotech Company Signs $4.2M Contract With U.S. Military, Health Age

Pluri and the Department of Defense will collaborate to advance a potential breakthrough therapy for H-ARS.

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Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity extremely vulnerable to future pandemics

In late May, the latest version of the draft Pandemic Instrument, also referred to as the “pandemic treaty,” was shared with Member States at the World Health Assembly. The text was made available online via Health Policy Watch and it quickly became apparent that all mentions of addressing antimicrobial resistance…

The Conversation

Anthony Fauci reportedly sells memoir for $5m

Publisher has produced several notable memoirs including both Barack and Michelle Obama’s respective memoirs

The Independent UK

New study explores challenges of developing mucosal vaccines for respiratory viruses

Vaccines that provide long-lasting protection against influenza, coronaviruses and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are difficult to develop. Read further on Dynamite:

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NIH missing top leadership at start of a divided Congress

WASHINGTON — The departure of two key public health leaders at the National Institutes of Health has created vacancies some worry could present a hurdle to NIH’s agenda in the new Congress.

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NIH missing top leadership at start of a divided Congress - Roll Call

Despite GOP criticism of handling of COVID-19, Collins and Fauci had long-standing relationships with lawmakers from both parties.

Roll Call

Fauci’s warning to America: ‘We’re living in a progressively anti-science era and that’s a very dangerous thing’

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who turns 82 on Saturday, wants the record to reflect that he is not retiring. Really, he isn’t. It’s just that after 54 years as a government scientist and adviser to seven presidents, he is leaving the National Institutes of Health at the end of the year.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Fauci’s departure is an opportunity for modernizing research

There is no love lost between Anthony Fauci and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA repeatedly objected to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) foolish funding of pointless tests on animals. Those tests include poisoning tests on beagles and decades of vicious…

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The Independent UK

Fauci comes out fighting on Fox News amid GOP threats to jail him: ‘I didn’t shut down anything’

Fauci says he was ‘one of the people that said we have to do everything we can to get children back in school’

Salon

How will Fauci be remembered by history?

The chief medical advisor became a household name during the COVID years, while being vilified by many on the right

Al Jazeera

Dr Anthony Fauci, face of US pandemic response, to step down

Joe Biden thanks Fauci, the US president’s chief medical adviser, for his decades of ‘dedicated’ public service.

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Fauci to step down in December - Roll Call

Fauci will step down after more than 50 years of government service where he helped respond to HIV/AIDS, Zika, Ebola and COVID-19.

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Fauci says he'll retire by end of Biden's term

Fauci has been serving as NIAID director since 1984.

The Conversation

Metaphors matter: Why changing the name 'monkeypox' may help curb the discriminatory language used to discuss it

As we pass the one-month milestone of the current monkeypox outbreak, reports are emerging that the World Health Organization (WHO) intends to change the name of the monkeypox virus to avoid stigma and discrimination. While this is an important step, more than a name change may be needed.

The Independent UK

Anthony Fauci on the Aids crisis, monkeypox, trans rights and his retirement

In an exclusive interview with Io Dodds, Dr Anthony Fauci looks back on his decades-long career in public health

The Independent UK

White House pandemic adviser Anthony Fauci tests positive for Covid

The White House Covid expert is experiencing mild symptoms and has not been in close contact with the president

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Anthony Fauci on the Aids crisis, monkeypox, trans rights and his retirement (OLD)

In an exclusive interview with Io Dodds, Dr Anthony Fauci looks back on his decades-long career in public health

The Conversation

Monkeypox FAQ: How is it transmitted? Where did it come from? What are the symptoms? Does smallpox vaccine prevent it?

With cases reported in a number of countries, human monkeypox infection is generating global interest and concern as an emerging infectious disease threat even in the midst of a slowly relenting COVID-19 pandemic.

Benzinga

The Daily Biotech Pulse: Ampio Falls On Knee Osteoarthritis Trial Update, AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Antibody Data, CureVac-GSK's Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Data

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours.

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