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Nine Confirmed Measles Cases Linked to Disney Theme Parks

January 8, 2015 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Nine Confirmed Measles Cases Linked to Disney Theme Parks

Utah and California officials for public health confirmed Wednesday nine cases of measles. There are significant reasons to link the appearance of measles to Disneyland visitors. Three more measles infected suspects was reported that visited the sites during that period. The nine confirmed cases were tourists of either Disney California Adventure Park in Orange County or Disneyland in Anaheim between December 15 and December 20. The patients come from Pasadena, Riverside and San Diego counties and have ages that range between 8 months to 21 years.

Measles is a respiratory disease. Once a common disease of childhood, it is caused by a virus named Morbillivirus. The way it proliferates is through the air. Although it was thought to be wiped out from the United State in early 2000’s, 610 cases were registered in the last year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this is “the highest number of cases since measles elimination was documented in the U.S. in 2000.”

California Department of Public Health released a statement to express the fact that measles can be brought back to the United States by travelers to regions where measles (or rubeola) is endemic. International attractions like Disney or other theme parks all over California welcome tourists from multiple regions of the world.

Disney’s chief medical officer, Dr. Pamela Hymel, released a statement to say that “We are working with the health department to provide any information and assistance we can.”

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that among measles symptoms can be named: cough, sore throat, fever, red eyes and runny nose. The next stage is a full body rash and those who acknowledge the existence of the symptoms should see their doctor.

The only treatment is to keep the patient hydrated and comfortable for a time that lasts 7 to 14 days. California Department of Health said that 99 percent is the effectiveness of two vaccine shots. Doctor’s recommendation suggests children should get a vaccine between 12 to 15 months old, and a second one between 4 to 6 years old. The virus floats in the air for up to two hours. Because a long period passed from the time infected people were to Disney theme parks, it is safe to visit now.
Image Source: New York Post

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: California Department of Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, common disease of childhood, Disney California Adventure Park, Disneyland in Anaheim, Doctor’s recommendation, Morbillivirus, Vaccine

A New Measles Fighting Pill Passes Animal Testing With Flying Colors

April 25, 2014 By Sebastian Mc’Mannen Leave a Comment

new measles fighting pillYou may consider measles as a quite unimportant, childhood illness that already has a vaccine. But in those parts of the world and in the unvaccinated communities, measles is a fatal disease even as we speak. Rigorous research has been conducted over the years on trying to find the best solutions of saving peoples’ lives when affected by measles, but it was only recently when specialists made an important breakthrough: there is an experimental new measles fighting pill that passes animal testing with flying colors. Let’s see what all this is about.

The Science Translational Medicine released the findings coming from a team of researchers from Georgia State University who worked in collaboration with their colleagues from Emory Institute for Drug Discovery and the Paul-Ehrlich Institute in Germany and the results are quite impressive. According to the doctors involved in the project and cited by Reuters last week,

the drug was developed specifically for measles and it works by interfering with the ability of the virus to make copies of itself.

But how about the animal testing? Unfortunately, one cannot test the human measles virus on animals, because there is no model that replicates human measles in animals, so instead of it, they used canine distemper virus, (a virus closely related to measles). The ferrets they were experimenting on

survived the normally fatal infection and levels of the virus were sharply reduced and all of the animals remained disease-free and developed immunity to the virus.

Is this going to be tested on humans?

There is still a long science road to travel until large human testing trial, as it first has to be tested on monkeys and then on small populations of healthy people to check for side – effects, and only then, large subject pools will make the focus of further investigations. However, so far, so good, as the results seem promising. The main goal of such new measles fighting pill is to heal the infected patient and save its life, while the experimental drug’s effects seem to also

contribute to closing measles immunity gaps in a population

But, just as the researchers said, for a while now, the vaccination is still the best and wisest decision to take when it comes to measles, as this pill’s mass production and availability features are very far from becoming a reality. While developed countries are vaccinating against measles, the undeveloped ones are still struggling with mass infections and death. However, in the last years, even developed countries seem to have a problem with vaccination and consider it a danger – especially since some links with autism have been making the headlines, but until there will be a pill to fight measles, the doctors are stuck to their pro – vaccination opinion.

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: medication, medicine, Vaccine

Universal flu vaccine that can protect from every disease on the anvil

September 25, 2013 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

In a major development in the field of medicine, UK researchers are close to develop a “universal” flu vaccine that could protect against every strain of the illness.

According to researchers at the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London, the vaccine could be considered the “holy grail” of flu vaccines.

To examine the risk factors for severe flu, the researchers carried study on 300 staff members and students from the Imperial College. They found that those who avoided severe cases of the flu often carried a higher number of flu-fighting CD8 T cells.

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Lead researcher Ajit Lalvani said, “The immune system produces these CD8 T cells in response to usual seasonal flu. Unlike antibodies, they target the core of the virus, which doesn’t change, even in new pandemic strains. The 2009 pandemic provided a unique natural experiment to test whether T cells could recognise, and protect us against, new strains that we haven’t encountered before and to which we lack antibodies.”

“We already know how to stimulate the immune system to make CD8 T cells by vaccination,” he said while adding, “Now that we know these T cells may protect, we can design a vaccine to prevent people getting symptoms and transmitting infection to others. This could curb seasonal flu annually and protect people against future pandemics.”

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: flu, Universal flu vaccine, Vaccine

Rabies Vaccine Annual Baiting Started by Health Officials in Ohio

August 26, 2013 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Ohio department of health officials has announced that they have started baiting for the rabies. The baiting of rabies is something like distributing the rabies vaccine to the animals.

Recently, there were 5 cases of rabies confirmed in the region of Ohio. The confirmed cases were because of the fox like animal raccoon. So in an effort to prevent further occurrence of the disease, the health officials from Ohio has decided to bait the wild animals.

rabies vaccine raccoon

They will begin baiting from today. The officials have also announced that they will be covering 4,334 miles until September 20. For this they will be using the aircrafts and the vehicles.

Rabies virus is usually found in the saliva of the animals. The more frequent carriers of rabies are dogs, bats, monkeys, cattle’s, foxes, raccoons.

The virus rabies infects the brain which can result in serious disease called hydrophobia. The patients affected by hydrophobia develop fear of water. Rabies can effect to such an extent that patients infected by rabies stops drinking water.

Rabies is also difficult to diagnose in the early stages. So people should be careful to prevent the same disease by administering vaccination to their pets.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Hydrophobia, Ohio, Rabies, Raccoon, Vaccine

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