Hacker News
- MVT – forensic tool to look for infections on smartphones https://github.com/mvt-project/mvt 17 comments
- Scientists who have taken the first look at oral bacteria in young and healthy vapers say daily e-cigarette users’ mouths are teeming with potent infection-causing organisms that put vapers at substantial risk for ailments ranging from gum disease to cancer. https://news.osu.edu/a-few-months-of-vaping-puts-healthy-people-on-the-brink-of-oral-disease/ 15 comments science
- Nowhere to hide - Removing a chemical "invisibility cloak" that makes HIV-infected cells look healthy might be the key to ridding people of the virus. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18224415.400-nowhere-to-hide.html 9 comments science
- New infection and immunity center at Yale looking into long COVID-19, chronic Lyme disease https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/09/19/new-infection-and-immunity-center-looks-into-long-covid-19-chronic-lyme-disease/ 18 comments science
- Does this pixel look infected? CVS looks to take health clinics, pharmacies into the metaverse https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/04/cvs-files-to-trademark-its-pharmacy-and-health-clinics-in-the-metaverse-.html 8 comments cryptocurrency
- Study looks at Moderna COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness. Scientists found that three doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine within 2 months of vaccination were 94% effective against delta infection and 72% effective against omicron infection. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944138 8 comments science
- Drug-resistant infections kill almost 1.3 million people a year. To understand why, look at South Asia https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/01/22/drug-resistant-infections-kill-almost-13m-people-a-year 2 comments india
- One of the earliest, peer-reviewed studies looking into the Omicron variant of COVID-19 suggests that people previously infected with COVID, and those vaccinated, will have some, 'stronger than basic' defence against this new strain of concern. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/937577 40 comments science
- Where might the next COVID come from? Scientists look to those infected by animals carrying coronaviruses https://fortune.com/2021/09/15/covid-future-next-pandemic-animals-origin-coronavirus/ 12 comments truereddit
- MVT is a forensic tool to look for signs of infection in smartphone devices https://github.com/mvt-project/mvt 16 comments netsec
- People across cultures can tell when others are in the early stages of infection by looking at them. Scientists studied 169 volunteers from six different cultural backgrounds, including city dwellers in Stockholm and hunter-gatherers in the rainforests of Thailand and Malaysia https://www.newscientist.com/article/2283849-some-people-can-tell-if-you-have-an-infection-just-by-looking-at-you/ 15 comments science
- Fauci debunks Trump’s spin, declares US coronavirus outbreak worst in the world: “Numbers don’t lie” "When you look at the number of infections and the number of deaths, it really is quite concerning," Fauci says https://www.salon.com/2020/08/06/fauci-debunks-trumps-spin-declares-us-coronavirus-outbreak-worst-in-the-world-numbers-dont-lie/ 288 comments politics
- Trump comeback rally features thousands of empty seats, staff infections, and complaints that robust coronavirus testing was making his record look bad https://www.ktvu.com/news/trump-comeback-rally-features-thousands-of-empty-seats-staff-infections 51 comments politics
- Arara People of Brazilian Amazon 'Very Worried' as Vulnerable Tribe Faces Highest Known Covid-19 Infection Rate in Region: "President Bolsonaro is now overseeing the destruction both of a once-thriving people, and the rainforests they managed and looked after for millennia." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/19/arara-people-brazilian-amazon-very-worried-vulnerable-tribe-faces-highest-known 5 comments worldnews
- ‘IT LOOKS LIKE SWEDEN BECAME A PROBLEM FOR US’ All details of the fatal flight OU422 for Zagreb: 12 out of 74 travellers infected, all contacts still not found (translation in comments) https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/izgleda-da-nam-je-svedska-postala-problem-svi-detalji-kobnog-leta-ou411-za-zagreb-zarazeno-12-od-74-putnika-jos-nisu-nadeni-svi-kontakti/10301443/ 35 comments europe
- Newborn testd positove for COVID-19. Scientists looking into whether virus can infect inutero. https://www.foxnews.com/health/newborn-baby-tests-positive-coronavirus-london-hospital 25 comments worldnews
- HIV researchers look for infection trends in Los Angeles, expect to find transmission clusters with men who have sex with men, a group that makes up 62% of new HIV cases each year in the US, surprised to find more trans women and heterosexual cisgender men in these clusters than they had anticipated https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/259498199/transgender-women-at-higher-risk-of-being-in-hiv-transmission-network 20 comments science
- A new study by epidemiologists supports the viability of a potential way to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease. The authors looked at subjects who suffered severe herpes infection and who were treated aggressively with antiviral drugs, the relative risk of dementia was reduced by a factor of 10 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/new-study-highlights-alzheimers-herpes-link-experts-say/ 5 comments science
- Herpes Viruses and Senile Dementia: First Population Evidence for a Causal Link. When Taiwanese authors looked at subjects who suffered severe herpes infection and were treated aggressively with antivirals, the relative risk of dementia was reduced by a factor of 10. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad180266 12 comments science
- [Johnson] Pondexter, on his lowest moment: "Being in the hospital about to die. We thought some organs were failing and it wasn’t looking good." (Survived a MRSA infection) https://twitter.com/kcjhoop/status/921053230112456704 8 comments nba
- Researchers looking for volunteers willing to be infected with Zika virus http://www.cbsnews.com/news/researchers-looking-for-volunteers-willing-to-be-infected-with-zika-virus/ 16 comments worldnews
- Looking for a solution to access malware infected website http://quttera.com/detailed_report/www.refreshhospitality.com.au 7 comments techsupport
- Researchers Princeton University have achieved an unprecedented 3D look at a virus as it tries to break into and infect a cell: "This would impact the study of how nanoparticles can deliver medicines to cells" http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/3d-video-reveals-how-virus-infects-cell/article5725411.ece 5 comments science
- Parasites may get nastier with climate swings: study. Parasites look set to become more virulent because of climate change, according to a study showing that frogs suffer more infections from a fungus when exposed to unexpected swings in temperatures. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/12/us-climate-frogs-idusbre87b0ha20120812 5 comments science
- Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks, it could mean that the environmental damage to the Gulf from the BP disaster is still unfolding. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_gulf_oil_spill_sick_fish?site=fltam&section=home&template= 73 comments politics
- This deserves another look...MIT Scientists Develop a Drug (DRACO) to Fight Any Viral Infection http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21818340 45 comments science
- Pro-Chinese government shills infecting a Reddit post: This is what it looks like. http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/hicrc/cisco_sued_for_helping_china_monitor_internet/ 7 comments politics
- A study found that COVID-19 may pose longterm health problems for children by looking at rates and severity of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in previously infected youth. https://www.morressier.com/article/covid19-harmless-children-not-necessarily-so/5fa2cf404d4e91fe5c54b84c 6 comments science
- South Korea’s Virus Spike Was Traced to Gay Bars. Then the Scapegoating Began: When increased infections were tracked back to gay bars in Seoul - the result of a couple of careless individuals - conservatives looked to blame the whole LGBT community. https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-koreas-virus-spike-was-traced-to-gay-bars-then-the-scapegoating-began 428 comments worldnews
- Looks like less infected than thought... https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-fewer-people-infected-120034397.html 54 comments wallstreetbets
- WHO says China revised coronavirus infection data to ‘leave no case undocumented’ - “They looked at the funeral service systems. They looked at hospital systems. They looked at laboratories to see if there were any duplications or if there were any cases missing.” https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/17/who-says-china-revised-coronavirus-infection-data-to-leave-no-case-undocumented.html 28 comments worldnews
- [@JaumeCiurana] A photographer accredited at the Australian GP is in isolation after presenting symptoms of a possible coronavirus infection...we continue. I hope everyone is negative, but it doesn't look good http://twitter.com/JaumeCiurana/status/1238059140376932352 41 comments formula1
- Kickass Torrents Is Infected With So Much Malware It's Starting To Look Like The Pirate Bay http://www.ibtimes.com/kickass-torrents-infected-so-much-malware-its-starting-look-pirate-bay-2152522 9 comments technology
- How infection can lead to cancer - New MIT study offers comprehensive look at chemical and genetic changes that occur as inflammation progresses to cancer. http://www.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/cancer-inflammation-h-pylori-0611.html 3 comments science
- Viruses Are Recruited and Flipped as Cancer Killers - Cancer cells cannot ward off infection as effectively as healthy cells. So scientists have been looking for ways to create viruses that are too weak to damage healthy cells yet strong enough to invade and destroy tumor cells. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/health/research/viruses-are-recruited-and-flipped-as-cancer-killers.html 37 comments science
- Trickbot Deploys a Fake 1Password Installer - In this intrusion, we will take a look at a Trickbot infection, where soon after gaining access, the threat actor started to enumerate the target network and dump credential information. https://thedfirreport.com/2021/08/16/trickbot-deploys-a-fake-1password-installer/ 14 comments netsec
- [Windhorst] Trae Young has to leave Team USA camp because of a minor eye infection, sources said. He’d been playing well on the Select Team last few days. As an aside with De’Aaron Fox already promoted to senior team, I’m looking forward to Select coach Jeff Van Gundy playing some PG today https://twitter.com/WindhorstESPN/status/1159473447493234695 55 comments nba
- Fabian Ruiz was forced in hospital and forfait his first call from Spanish NT due to Swine Influenza. Spanish doctors warn Napoli to keep attention on every small sign of what could look like a regular flu in other players, to avoid infection. https://www.calcionapoli24.it/primo_piano/il-mattino-fabian-ruiz-colpito-da-influenza-suina-il-napoli-ha-n395392.html 16 comments soccer
- Dogs who have long-time sniffles and sneezes, but otherwise look healthy, may in fact be infected with potentially deadly fungus, researchers find https://theconversation.com/brace-yourself-internet-cats-and-dogs-at-risk-from-new-fungus-15498 82 comments science
- [Ashish K. Jha MD] I see Yankees "outbreak" as a success story. Despite high vaccine efficacy, we will see breakthrough infections but only one person had symptoms. No one got sick. This is what protection looks like among the vaccinated. Occasional outbreaks. No severe illnesses. Life goes on. https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1393283117088186370?s=20 173 comments baseball