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Friday Q&A: Matthew Binnicker, Mayo Clinic’s director of clinical virology, talks COVID-19, monkeypox testing

Mon, 2022-07-25 16:30 — FNUOvviyaa
Friday Q&A: Matthew Binnicker, Mayo Clinic's director of clinical virology, talks COVID-19, monkeypox testing With cases of both viruses rising across the U.S., clinical laboratories are bringing in staff to ramp up monkeypox testing, even as demand falls for clinical diagnostics of COVID-19. Elise Reuter MedTech Dive

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Monkeypox: WHO declares highest alert over outbreak

Mon, 2022-07-25 15:28 — FNUOvviyaa
Monkeypox: WHO declares highest alert over outbreak More than 16,000 cases have been reported from 75 countries, the organisation says. BBC News

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There had been five deaths so far as a result of the outbreak, he added.

There are only two other such health emergencies at present - the coronavirus pandemic and the continuing effort to eradicate polio...

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Monkeypox is spreading faster than the data about it, hindering mitigation efforts

Mon, 2022-07-25 15:25 — FNUOvviyaa
Monkeypox is spreading faster than the data about it, hindering mitigation efforts Two months after the United States' first monkeypox case was confirmed, the total has risen to about 2,900. But details about those cases and other epidemiological data aren't spreading nearly as quickly as the virus itself, leaving holes in the response. Deidre McPhillips, CNN CNN

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WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency

Fri, 2022-07-22 00:33 — FNUOvviyaa
WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency LONDON (AP) — As the World Health Organization's emergency committee convened Thursday to consider for the second time within weeks whether to declare monkeypox a global crisis, some scientists said the striking differences between the outbreaks in Africa and in developed countries will complicate any coordinated response. AP NEWS

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BA.5 is causing more Covid-19 reinfections, data suggests, but they don't appear to be more frequent

Fri, 2022-07-22 00:22 — FNUOvviyaa
BA.5 is causing more Covid-19 reinfections, but they don't appear to be more frequent It's not your imagination: As the rapidly spreading BA.5 coronavirus subvariant causes a surge in infections across the United States, more people are catching Covid-19 for the second or third time. Brenda Goodman, CNN CNN

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Out of nearly 300,000 infections since March 2021, the share that are reinfections almost doubled from 3.6% during the BA.2 wave in May to 6.4% during the BA.5 wave in July...
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Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine wins backing of CDC advisory panel

Wed, 2022-07-20 21:54 — FNUOvviyaa
Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine wins backing of CDC advisory panel An expert panel that advises the CDC on vaccine policy voted Tuesday to recommend use of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine. Helen Branswell STAT

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Omicron BA.5 makes up nearly 78% of COVID variants circulating in U.S. - CDC

Tue, 2022-07-19 14:24 — FNUOvviyaa
Omicron BA.5 makes up nearly 78% of COVID variants circulating in U.S. - CDC The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 77.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States for the week ended July 16, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. Reuters Reuters

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Fauci's Retirement; Battle Over Monkeypox Messaging; Masks and Microbe

Tue, 2022-07-19 14:22 — FNUOvviyaa
Fauci's Retirement; Battle Over Monkeypox Messaging; Masks and Microbe Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by <em>MedPage Today</em> staff Jennifer Henderson medpagetoday

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As of Monday, confirmed U.S. monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases total 1,972, according to CDC's tracker, with more than one-fourth in New York state alone...

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As Fauci warns monkeypox needs to be taken more seriously, former FDA commissioner says the window to control it 'probably has closed'

Mon, 2022-07-18 17:34 — FNUOvviyaa
As Fauci warns monkeypox needs to be taken more seriously, former FDA commissioner says the window to control it 'probably has closed,' As cases of monkeypox continue to rise in the US, a top health official is stressing the outbreak needs to be handled in a more rigorous manner. Carma Hassan, Aya Elamroussi and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN CNN

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Menstrual changes after Covid vaccines may be far more common than previously known

Fri, 2022-07-15 15:45 — FNUOvviyaa
Menstrual changes after Covid vaccines may be far more common than previously known A study found that 42% of people with regular menstrual cycles said they bled more heavily than usual after their Covid vaccination. NBC News

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