Thirty-first Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas. 00:00 Introduction 00:55 COVID-19 update 03:08 Flu update 07:04 March 24 was World TB Day 11:13 Acute effects of caffeine...
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Nasal injections could treat long-term COVID-19-related smell loss
In a trial led by Stanford Medicine researchers, more than half of patients with persistent smell loss saw improvement with injections of platelet-rich plasma. Early in the pandemic, when people with COVID-19 began...
Stanford researchers study causes of and treatments for long COVID
Time heals many wounds. But not all of them. Three years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially bestowed pandemic status on COVID-19. Now, much of the fear that accompanied that declaration has...
Chatbot systems using AI may feasibly provide access to information on infectious diseases
A recent study found that chatbot systems that used artificial intelligence (AI) could be valuable in providing access to current, accurate, and complete information about infectious diseases and vaccines against them...
SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination
The magnitude and quality of a key immune cell’s response to vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were considerably lower in people with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to people...
Stickiness may determine how influenza spreads
Influenza viruses have an enormous impact in the U.S., with an estimated 25 million illnesses and 18,000 deaths in the 2022-23 flu season alone. However, the majority of virus particles are not infectious or are only...
The world’s first mRNA vaccine for deadly bacteria
For the first time in the world a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed an mRNA-based vaccine that is 100% effective against a type of bacteria that...
Global Health Cast Edition 30
Thirtieth Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas. 00:00 Introduction 00:55 COVID-19 update 03:12 PASC/PCC/longCovid/postCovid(?) in cancer patients 05:57 Bats and viruses 08:48...