Hacker News with Generative AI: Infectious Diseases

RFK, Jr. Laying Off Entire Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/Aids Policy (forbes.com)
The U.S. is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic with more and more long COVID cases emerging. Bird flu is a growing threat. Measles outbreaks have been occurring. Antibiotic-resistant organisms continue to spread in healthcare settings. So what do you do next if you are in charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is supposed to protect the health of humans in the U.S.? How about lay off the entire staff of the U.S.
1 Genomic Test Can Diagnose Nearly Any Infection (ucsf.edu)
A genomic test developed at UC San Francisco to rapidly detect almost any kind of pathogen – virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite – has proved successful after a decade of use.
Strep A kills half a million per year; why don't we have a vaccine? (wellcome.org)
Strep A is among the deadliest pathogens in the world – yet we’ve never prioritised making a vaccine.
Scientists develop mRNA vaccine that protects mice against C. difficile bacteria (medicalxpress.com)
A large team of microbiologists, pathologists and infectious diseases specialists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has developed an mRNA vaccine that has thus far been found able to protect mice against intestinal Clostridioides difficile bacterial infections.