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Mon, 2013-10-21 23:38 — mike kraft
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EU agency recommends Pfizer's updated COVID vaccine for XBB.1.5 variant

Wed, 2023-08-30 09:23 — mike kraft
EU regulator backs Pfizer's updated COVID vaccine for XBB.1.5 variant The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Wednesday its human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended authorizing Pfizer's updated COVID-19 vaccine targeting the dominant XBB.1.5 variant of Omicron. Reuters Reuters

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Omicron variant may be less likely to lead to long COVID --German study

Tue, 2023-08-29 10:26 — mike kraft
Omicron variant may be less likely to lead to long COVID The study took place before availability of the 2-strain COVID-19 vaccine, which offers protection against Omicron and the wild-type virus. CIDRAP
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Covid-19, unlike the flu, hasn’t fallen into a seasonal pattern — yet

Mon, 2023-08-28 09:56 — mike kraft
Covid-19, a disease with tricks up its sleeve, hasn’t fallen into a seasonal pattern — yet SARS-CoV-2 has not yet fallen into a predictable seasonal pattern of the type most respiratory pathogens follow, experts say. Helen Branswell STAT
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COVID Omicron carried 4 times the risk of death as flu-- new study in France data show

Fri, 2023-08-25 17:44 — mike kraft
COVID Omicron carries 4 times the risk of death as flu, new data show Flu was tied to 7,851 deaths from week 33, 2022, to week 12, 2023, compared with 32,607 deaths tied to COVID-19. CIDRAP
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Efforts underway to understand the new coronavirus variant spotted in four countries

Tue, 2023-08-22 09:31 — mike kraft
Scientists race to understand highly mutated coronavirus variant spotted in four countries, including the US | CNN A highly mutated new variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 has countries on alert as scientists scramble to understand how far it has spread and how well our immunity will defend against it. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Only six sequences of BA.2.86 have been reported in four countries, but epidemiologists are worried they could represent many more because worldwide monitoring of variants has dropped off.

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U.K.'s initial assessment of COVID-19 BA.2.86 variant, plus other items

Tue, 2023-08-22 09:23 — mike kraft
UK posts initial COVID-19 BA.2.86 risk assessment Officials say the rapid appearance in multiple countries in people without travel histories suggests established international spread. CIDRAP

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The newly identified variant has many genetic mutations and is distant from BA.2, its likely ancestor, and currently circulating XBB variants. The similarity of the sequences so far—six samples from four countries—suggests relatively recent emergence and rapid growth, but the HSA said it has low confidence in that assessment, pending the examination of further sequences.

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A new COVID variant nicknamed "Pirola" causes concern and close watch

Mon, 2023-08-21 09:24 — mike kraft
A new COVID variant nicknamed "Pirola" is raising global alarm but don't freak out yet Most people shouldn't be concerned about this highly mutated variant, but experts caution it has outbreak potential Yahoo News
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US COVID inducations continue slow rise as UK reports first BA.2.86 case

Mon, 2023-08-21 09:16 — mike kraft
US COVID markers continue slow rise as UK reports first BA.2.86 case Kateryna Onyshchuk / iStock CIDRAP

COVID hospitalizations and death rose last week, along with other indicators and the proportion of newer Omicron variants such as EG.5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its latest data updates.

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New COVID variant BA.2.86, a highly mutated strain, reported in Michigan, Denmark and Israel

Fri, 2023-08-18 12:16 — mike kraft
CDC tracking new COVID variant BA.2.86 after highly mutated strain reported in Michigan Cases of the new COVID variant BA.2.86 have been spotted in Michigan, Denmark and Israel. CBS News

... Experts say reports of BA.2.86 being spotted in countries on multiple continents — Denmark, Israel, U.K. and U.S. — suggest it is at least capable of transmitting widely and could have been spreading undetected for some time

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COVID shots in same arm may elicit better immune response--German study

Wed, 2023-08-16 17:37 — mike kraft
COVID shots in same arm may elicit better immune response Sequential vaccines, like those used for COVID-19, may elicit a greater immune response if the recipient has the same arm injected. CIDRAP
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