COVID-19

Oral vaccine shows promise; hypertension ups COVID hospitalization risk

Fri, 2022-07-22 00:29 — FNUOvviyaa

Oral vaccine shows promise; hypertension ups COVID hospitalization risk The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Nancy Lapid Reuters

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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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Study: Yale-developed mRNA vaccine offers superior protection against Omicron variants compared to Moderna, Pfizer vaccines

Wed, 2022-07-20 21:58 — FNUOvviyaa

Study: Yale-developed mRNA vaccine offers superior protection against Omicron variants compared to Moderna, Pfizer vaccines Yale scientists have developed a new Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine that offers better protection over subvariants than standard mRNA vaccines, according to the university.

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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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AMA chief says mask mandates becoming more likely amid ‘pretty scary’ Covid hospital numbers

Wed, 2022-07-20 21:50 — FNUOvviyaa

AMA chief says mask mandates becoming more likely amid ‘pretty scary’ Covid hospital numbers ‘I don’t know how far [politicians] can let the numbers go while still saying we don’t need mask mandates,’ Omar Khorshid says the Guardian

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Weekly tests dropped for unvaccinated state employees

Wed, 2022-07-20 18:10 — FNUOvviyaa

Weekly tests dropped for unvaccinated state employees Minnesota state government employees who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 are no longer required to take weekly tests for the virus in order to stay in the workplace. The requirement that went into effect in September 2021 meant thousands of employees took tests each week. AP NEWS

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Nasal vaccines may stop Covid infections. Will we get them soon?

Tue, 2022-07-19 14:27 — FNUOvviyaa

Nasal vaccines may stop Covid infections. Will we get them soon? Research on nasal vaccines is mostly in its early phases in the U.S., though many scientists believe this twist on vaccination could prove to be an effective way to block infections. NBC News

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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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Gawande warns USAID COVID response quickly running out of money

Tue, 2022-07-19 14:19 — FNUOvviyaa

Gawande warns USAID COVID response quickly running out of money The USAID global coronavirus response will run out of money in the coming weeks without new funding from Congress, the agency’s Assistant Administrator for Global Health Atul Gawande warned on Tues… colinmeyn The Hill

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Gawande said funding for the task force ran out last month, and the agency has been lobbying lawmakers since December to re-up the financing at a minimum of $5 billion. So far, however, Congress has delivered none...

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