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The need for more research into a rare disease that halted the career of Céline Dion is a main thread in a new documentary about the music superstar’s painful journey, which, thanks largely to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and a new philanthropic gift, has taken a turn toward “a very bright future.”
Vaccinations Epidemiology Infectious disease
David Kelly | 
July 25, 2024
Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered a new evasion strategy used by the varicella zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles, that may allow it to affect tissues far from the original site of infection.
Op ed by Cathy J. Bradley, Ph.D., dean of the Colorado School of Public Health and the deputy director of the University of Colorado Cancer Center. “As dean of the region’s only school of public health, I have questioned the lack of transformational investments in public health. With COVID-19 commanding less attention, are we investing in the people who saw us through the pandemic? Are we thinking about the next emergency and the role of public health?”
Bonnie Jortberg, an associate professor in family medicine and registered dietician at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, previously told Newsweek: "Most adults need approximately 0.75 grams of protein per kg of body weight per day. "For most men, this is about 55 grams per day and for women 45 grams per day. For athletes, it is recommended to increase protein to 1.0 grams per kg body weight. [But] it is a myth that eating lots more protein will gain muscle."
“In an ideal world, all women would get this information and then get to have their further questions answered by their doctor and come up with a screening plan that is right for them given their preferences, their values and their risk level,” said social psychologist Laura Scherer, the study’s lead author and an associate professor of research in the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
“Humans are really accidental hosts,” said Dr. Michelle Barron, senior medical director for the UCHealth Infection Prevention and Control and a professor of medicine and adviser to the Colorado School of Public Health. “It's when you come into contact with the animals, or the fleas that are associated with the animals, that they then end up infected.”
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