Covid causing other viruses like the flu to behave in troubling ways
Jun 17, 2022 Dr. Vin Gupta joins ‘The News with Shepard Smith’ to discuss the impact Covid has had on flu and other viruses, which are now behaving differently. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi » Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision» Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC Turn to […]
The Senate Health committee holds hearing on the federal response to COVID-19
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Drug companies sidestepping the WHO’s technology transfer hub in Africa
Pharmaceutical company Moderna announced on 7 March 2022 that it would develop a site in Kenya to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines. The company holds much of the key intellectual property relating to the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. Due to their higher efficacy, mRNA vaccines are the preferred option in developed countries. They account for 92% of […]
Artificial intelligence may be the only way researchers can solve the perplexing puzzle of Long COVID. It ’s already categorizing patients and even identifying them
Long COVID may be too big a problem for humans to solve—alone, at least. Increasingly, researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to help them sort through the electronic medical records of millions of long-COVID patients in hopes of better understanding the enigmatic condition with hundreds of potential symptoms. In some cases, A.I. is helping patients: […]
Omicron Hit Rural America Harder Than Cities
The omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2021 and early 2022 spread like a grass fire in America’s densely populated cities but led to higher rates of death in rural counties where vaccinations are lagging. The latest study by the University of Cincinnati, published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, revealed striking disparities in health care […]
Catching Omicron variant ‘does NOT provide immunity from reinfection’, scientists reveal – saying it helps explain the continued rise in cases
Covid sufferers who caught the Omicron variant will not be protected from catching it again, according to scientists at Imperial College London. The investigators say Omicron and its evolutions could explain why Covid cases remain higher than predicted in the UK. Earlier studies found that past illnesses with Covid provided some immunity against re-infection – […]
Florida faces meningococcal outbreak ahead of Pride
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In response to an ongoing outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging travelers headed to Pride events in the state to get vaccinated. According to the CDC, the outbreak of serogroup C meningococcal disease in Florida is primarily impacting gay, bisexual and other […]
Connecticut Woman Dies of Powassan Virus: DPH
A woman in her 90s became the second Connecticut resident to test positive for the virus this year. A Windham man was the first person to test positive for Powassan virus this year, according to DPH officials. The woman lived in New London County and became sick in early May. She was admitted to a […]
I dodged Covid but caught monkeypox’: a Londoner’s surreal ordeal
George avoided Covid during the pandemic, but then became one of the first UK cases of monkeypox virus after he developed strange symptoms As the black, scabby lesion grew, George turned to Google. The 29-year-old was unnerved by the wart-like spot; as a healthcare worker he had “seen quite a bit”, but this was unlike […]
Corbevax gets approval as first mix-and-match booster vaccine
Biological E: Trial showed significant enhancement in immune response Vaccine manufacturer Biological E’s protein sub-unit Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax has become the first to be approved by the country’s drug regulator as a heterologous booster in adults, meaning those who have received Covishield or Covaxin as their first or second dose can take it as a third booster shot. So far, mixing-and-matching […]
