Way back in April 2018, the World Health Organization issued its Thirteenth General Programme of Work, which attracted a certain amount of notice at the time, but was certainly not treated as front-page news. The GPW 13, as WHO called it, was centered on three ambitious targets – worthy, but in the view of […]
[ed. note: Michael Jorrin is a longtime medical writer (not a doctor), I’ve dubbed him “Doc Gumshoe” for his coverage of medical and health topics for Stock Gumshoe. This piece, like most of Michael’s work, is not specifically investment-related — but for those who think about speculating in the next Zika cure or similar “hot […]
Ebola, Vaccination, Flu, Viral Transmission: The Links and the Kinks
[ed. note: Michael Jorrin, who we like to call “Doc Gumshoe”, is a longtime medical writer who shares his thoughts with us a couple times a month. He is not a doctor, and his articles are not typically focused on investment ideas] This post will neither spook you nor cheer you up. In adding Doc […]
Teeka Tiwari teasers wash up on the shores of Gumshoe island every few months, though we don’t cover them all that often because he hasn’t done a lot of teasing of individual stock ideas (he has more frequently, if memory serves, pitched his trading “systems”). It looks like Tiwari’s Mega Trends is now being published […]
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Very interesting discussion of Ebola and the Epidemic that came to NYC. I actually have a method for treating an individ...
From The Hill (today): "At least ten health care workers have been infected with the deadly Ebola virus as they battl...
That was MK ultra. Mention of that a few years ago would get you accused of the tinfoil helmet crowd, but FOIA release o...
My dear Javi, what is truly important is that Dr. Thomas Frieden's last minute launch of a campaign agains pain patients...
Hopeful short article by Ed Yong on DRC's successful containment of its latest Ebola outbreak. Interestingly, tweeting i...
Sorry, yes it is ABX-464. Other than parking in the stock, which I have done, I have to admit I don't have a sense of cl...
Your link won't open. However, in general monoclonal antibodies have failed against the major RNA viruses HIV and HCV wh...
$Ebola outbreak In the Congo.........On April 22, 2017 a 30 year old man was referred to a hospital after presenting ...
Some new info on Ebola epidemic; "We calculated that 3.6 percent of cases traveled, basically meaning that if you wer...
The vaccine was developed in Canada but is now owned and manufactured by Merck, Sharp & Dohme. It's currently being ...
Actually, you were wrong :) Ebola vaccine gives 100% protection, study finds http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/healt...
glenn Thanks. Here is link to full text Lancet article; http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-673...
WSJ today: "Writing in the journal the Lancet, an international consortium released the final results of an experiment ...
From Fiercebiotech on UN view of R&D in biotech. More government, since they know best. Home Biotech Biopharma...
Any day now we'll get the ursine case for Arch from Gbola Amusa ("Ebola Enuresis") at Chardan Capital....
Hi, Ben. That was a good write up in the NEJM. Viral causes of uveitis can produce very unusual clinical pictures. In th...
I don't blame you, the teased picks based on expected trial or FDA news don't seem to be right about the direction any m...
Yes, they've been teasing it for a while: http://www.stockgumshoe.com/reviews/alternative-energy-speculator/the-biggest-...
$ARTH (long) Anesthesiologist with 30+ yrs experience (22nowind) further observed on comments page of SA article cited ...
I think $7777 would not count as infringement. They are selling a hydrogel. Jello is a hydrogel. $arth is more like Sara...
The company cannot seem to pull it off, but Aethlon Medical has a device that cleans the blood of the virus load allowin...
#Zika (copied from Michael's virus thread): ...Also, it is an insult to intelligence and underhanded to lump Zika in wi...
"even when the current flu vaccine is not precisely spot on, it is at least to some degree effective.......The vaccine m...
White House to Shift About $500 Million for Fighting Ebola to Combating Zika Says necessary because Congress hasn't act...
Ben posted this link on the Pliny thread and I am taking the liberty of posting it here for further discussion; http://...
As a rule I take large positions in stocks that I buy. I simply am not a believer in diversification. Again one mans opi...
Hey Doc, Any thoughts about Athelon Medical and the fight against virus? I believe their device was instrumental in th...
I have written osure tech and the cdc to set up testing centers at points of entry to tthe USA to prevent the spread of ...
It's a little tough to say yet how much trouble Zika will cause. It's a flavivirus related to dengue and Chikungunya, an...
Thanks for the thoughtful comments -- I generally agree and think many GMO advances are, on balance, worth the risk and ...
Anamorph - thanks. Agree in nearly all respects. However, I believe it is also important not to overstate the effecti...
I am not sure why you mean by fishy, dcohn, but ebola does seem to have reappeared. http://www.breitbart.com/national-s...
Well said D Brown. Ebola has horrible symptoms and is easily spread, and there's much not known about it. But there ...
I can start an answer. Good questions and a fascinating topic. But it's not odd at all! The very short, over-simplifi...
The whole Ebola thing has be very much confused. Why did it stop. How did they stop it. How did it start. Why didn't...
Vaccine companies tend not to pass on jingle to their investors. That's my estimation after pulling charts on what few e...
Continuing what I began concerning ISIS or IS. When an opening is left for brutality,brutality will grow to fill it. A...
Here is an excerpt from today’s WAPO article reporting that the mortality rate for white men and women ages 45-54 with...
Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower…… Albert Camus French philosopher much influenced by Sarte, ...
Great scientific coverage of what we have learned about the Ebola problem in Africa in present issue of Nature. http://w...
Hepatitis B Vaccine... ABIVAX DEVELOPS NOVEL MEDICINES TO CONTROL LIFE-THREATENING VIRAL DISEASES ABIVAX is a biote...
Canada continues to develop critical medicines for no payout... The strange tale of Canada’s ebola vaccine Commercia...
Frank...yes humanitarian plus PR, but also there is the fact that devising this vaccine beefed up MRK's vaccine expertis...
DR KSS In re $merk Ebola vaccine; Interview with DR. Henry Miller of Stanford and formerly with FDA ,,says 100% efficacy...
Lancet: $MRK Ebola vaccine 100 percent effective in phase 3 trial in Guinea at interim analysis. The vaccine was base...
They certainly now have a full house of HBV strategies on their board, few of them tested. I wish Tekmira would be less ...
The reason HCV needs a Benitec cure. I thought that Benitec would run out of patients for their trials because of Solval...
Re: MERS US officials calling the country grossly unprepared for a MERS epidemic. Reminds me of the Ebola scare and the...
From Oxidation for Health thread: September 3, 2014 at 3:18 pm Jack: I did, and I officially hereby revise that to ...
ARNI-FLEMINGTON, N.J., June 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arno Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB:ARNI), a clinical stage biopharma...
I meant to mention a KSS quote in regard to GBIM from the Ebola thread: "I don’t regard Tarmogens, which Gilead is in...
I was wondering the same thing. If Ebola has a 50% fatality rate (I thought it was closer to 90%) then 1,000 times that...
You have to laugh at the hype: "...more prevalent than Ebola… and 1,000 times more deadly.” If Ebola kills ½ of t...
$New Teaser Email Has Travis covered this? A bit more harsh/alarming than most teasers. CDC Targets Silent Killer...
Great find. I am amazed to see this. There is more to Ebola that meets the eye. Glad they took the prescribed precaution...
FWIW: Interesting tidbit about Ebola... even though you can be cleared as Dr Crozier was supposedly, it may still be in ...
Some news that may affect $TKMR - success treating monkeys with Ebola: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-32424145...
Larry I thought this was one we discussed early on in Liberia Ebola outbreak,,,,I could not find it but here is recent n...
IMMVF-Immunovaccine Inc. (TSX: IMV) receives Fast Track and Phase I trial approval for Ebola and Anthrax vaccine program...
Health related with some politics thrown in (sorry Alan - but it's humorous): A Newly Defined Disease is Found to be...
Hi Steve...not an unreasonable query, and great observations. Certainly it almost looks mo-mo-ey here, and insiders have...
Yes, but they utterly failed to execute....they did not try to insinuate themselves into that situation. And frankly, no...
#HEB Has anyone else been watching Hemispherix. I know it was talked about way back when. I didn't know they were wor...
To start with the - probably - obvious Rae, make sure you have either a price alert set on your broker site - if it's a ...
Having worked in hospitals, I can appreciate the value and potential of their product. I spent some time last night look...
If you have to use a 16 foot ladder to change your light bulbs, switch to AeroTech bulbs, super rough service, that will...
An interesting thought, but for sake of devil's advocacy, keep in mind that the clinical utility of RNAi still hasn't re...
EBOLA CURE ? What do you think of this? Could this be a money maker? Ebola cure. This company made a filter that cu...
Former Army Ebola researcher is the Time Magazine 2014 person of the year fighting the war of Ebola. http://www.army.mi...
Thanks seeking for great coverage of $BCRX. Make no mistake about it...this is one good virology company. It is in centr...
Hi Doc, Some interesting press releases on BioCryst BioCryst Receives Orphan Drug Designation for BCX4161 for th...
I got a nice email this am from Josephus Weeks. He is the brother of Thomas Eric Duncan, the African man who died in Dal...
ABIO (mentioned Tiny BioTech) Lots of news accounting for uptick rNAPc2 Previously Demonstrated Post-Exposure Efficacy...
Money Morning-Biotech Insider-He provides a list of 5 companies (not specific of course) he's touting; Three are Ebola-...
Alan KSS Post 352 on Ebola article: Also, to run my list for anyone interested: Long positions: sentiment Achaogen ...
I have yet to make a single move based on anything DH says but I follow him for info purposes. He took a position in RG...
CMRX - Chimerix This is a nice chart. From 14 to 35 in the last year. Working on an Ebola treatment. Chimerix's ...
In case anyone out there is wondering what alternative treatments are out there for ebola, it seems ozone treatment, ult...
I'll also comment upon "What else is necessary to contain the Ebola virus?" Frankly, the most important thing is to educ...
Overall, this is a good essay, Doc Gumshoe. But as a physician I take exception to a few issues. Primarily, I disagree w...
Good news for $CERS. FDA OK's IDE for Cerus' system for treating convalescent plasma for Ebola patients • 9:25 AM ...
CTIC has had about 4 reverse stock splits. Check out Adam F's opinion of their CEO Jim Bianco. Thinks he may be the "w...
The FDA holds a lot of cards. When I ask the famous "follow the money" question, I sometimes feel I'm a conspiracy theo...
Thanks Om, I will take a look at that.Interesting little company and with the Time magazine article they are getting not...
Firefly DX so far is able to detect several common pathogens - flu, MRSA, HPV, etc - & presumably can be programmed ...
Has anyone heard of this stock PSID? Would love to hear your take on this. DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Oct. 16, 2014 (GLOBE NE...
The Reston strain is not pathogenic in humans, but is resp spread among humans. The infection did come from primates, an...
Gummies, as to Doc Gumshoes # 1 comment, what was the ticker for the Company which is devising the test for Ebola CEMI ?...
Many thanks for the comments. Here are some comments on the comments: 1) In general, I am highly skeptical that any ...
A perspicacious read, Michael, and thank you. News is that India is wrestling with the circumstances of an infected ...
I've read that in Sierra Leone, a government approved, successful Ebola treatment involves the use of Colloidial Silver...
a good job by "doc" but did you notice how most of the commentary went off-subject? I think that is because the whole m...
I'm surprised in all the news about Ebola to find no mention of Cerus's (CERS) Intercept System for various blood produc...
http://m.seekingalpha.com/news/2123605 Links to the 3 companies with ties to Ebola point of care testing. It seems b...
i have been long CEMI (Chembio Diagnostics) for years due to their Point of care diagnostics test for AIds. They are no...
Our incompetent government will destroy the USA...not only thru the economic travesty they call the economy but their tr...
There is another death from a man from Sierra Leone, who presented to Nebraska after 13 days of illness late in the cour...
Re: AMGN and S&A "Pitch". I haven't seen a pitch on this. But AMGN was written up in the Nov., 2014 Stansberry's Inv...
Have you seen the teaser from the folks at s&A regarding Ebola vaccine and heart disease vaccines. The answer is A...