Author: Claudinne Miller
‘Ridiculous,’ says Chinese scientist accused of being pandemic’s patient zero
Science – A scientist at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) who has recently faced media allegations that he was the first person with COVID-19 and his research on coronaviruses sparked the pandemic strongly denies that he was ill in late 2019 or that his work had any link to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. Moreover, […]
Jun 27, 2023
What Do We Know About the EU.1.1 COVID Variant?
MedPageToday It’s a descendant of XBB.1.5, but it “isn’t setting off any red flags for me,” expert says. The CDC is tracking a handful of new COVID variants, including the EU.1.1 variant, which now makes up an estimated 1.7% of U.S. COVID cases. EU.1.1 is an XBB sublineage related to the XBB.1.5 variant that currently accounts for […]
Jun 27, 2023
Patient with suspected bubonic plague admitted to hospital in Mongolia
Akai A patient in critical condition with suspected bubonic plague was admitted to the regional hospital of Gobi-Altai aimag province of Mongolia, located on the border with China, head of the public relations department of the National Center for Zoonotic Infectious DiseasesEnkhbayaryn Dulmaa announced. A 21-year-old young man was sent to the regional hospital from Bugat […]
Jun 27, 2023
Fauci, former face of U.S. covid response, to join Georgetown faculty
Washington Post Anthony S. Fauci, who retired from the National Institutes of Health in December after helping two presidents navigate the coronavirus pandemic, plans to join the faculty at Georgetown University on July 1, according to the university. Fauci, 82, will teachmedicine and public policy as a “distinguished university professor,” a title that recognizes “extraordinary achievement in scholarship, teaching […]
Jun 27, 2023
Household COVID Omicron spread lower among vaccinated, study finds
CIDRAP An analysis during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant wave in Japan suggests a lower rate of in-home COVID-19 transmission when the index (primary) patient or contact were fully vaccinated against COVID—and no transmission when both parties were fully vaccinated. The study was published late last week in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Higher Omicron secondary attack risk […]
Jun 27, 2023
Intrinsic and effective severity of COVID-19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and Omicron BA.2 variant in Hong Kong
The Journal of Infectious Diseases Understanding severity of infections with SARS-CoV-2 and its variants is crucial to inform public health measures. Here we used COVID-19 patient data from Hong Kong to characterise the severity profile of COVID-19. Methods Time-varying and age-specific effective severity measured by case-hospitalization risk and hospitalization-fatality risk was estimated with all individual […]
Jun 27, 2023
Transmission Briefs
What exactly is “long COVID” (aka “post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2,” or PASC)? How do you know if you have it? Dr. Lawler answers commonly asked questions in this first of a three-part Transmission Briefs series on long COVID/PASC.
Jun 27, 2023
What is Long COVID?
What exactly is “long COVID” (aka “post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2,” or PASC)? How do you know if you have it? Dr. Lawler answers commonly asked questions in this first of a three-part Transmission Briefs series on long COVID/PASC.
Jun 27, 2023
Colorado reports human case of bubonic plague in Montezuma County
The Journal Montezuma County Public Health has identified a human case of plague in a resident, according to a news release Monday from the department. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Montezuma County Public Health Department continue to investigate the case and “will provide additional information as it becomes available,” the news […]
Jun 27, 2023
Long COVID: answers emerge on how many people get better
Nature Studies are shedding light on rates of recovery as well as the prevention and treatment of the complex condition. More than three years after SARS-CoV-2 began its global spread, an estimated 65 million or more people1 are still living with the often devastating effects of long COVID — and scientists are still struggling to understand this […]
Jun 27, 2023