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Author: Claudinne Miller

Challenges in Developing Long COVID Criteria

MedPageToday In a recent JAMA article, researchers provided a new approach for identifying individuals with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), commonly referred to as long COVID. Because this article — from Tanayott Thaweethai, PhD, and colleagues — was part of the large, federally funded U.S. RECOVER study of long COVID, it will be influential among scientists around […]

Aug 1, 2023

FDA Head Robert Califf Battles Misinformation — Sometimes With Fuzzy Facts

KFF Robert Califf, the head of the Food and Drug Administration, doesn’t seem to be having fun on the job. “I would describe this year as hand-to-hand combat. Really, every day,” he said at an academic conference at Stanford in April. It’s a sentiment the FDA commissioner has expressed often. What’s been getting Califf’s goat? […]

Jul 25, 2023

S. Korea confirms avian influenza cases in cats for first time in 7 years

Yonhap News Two cats at an animal shelter in Seoul were confirmed to have been infected with a highly pathogenic avian influenza strain, marking the first infections of the virus in mammals in seven years, the agriculture ministry has said. Cats have been found dead at the shelter in Yongsan, central Seoul, since last month, […]

Jul 25, 2023

GCHS COVID Update

This week Dr. Lawler provides us with COVID-19 updates and outlook for the fall, and shares with us lessons learned from a recent trip.

Jul 25, 2023

The Post-Covid Travel Boom Is Running Out of Steam

Bloomberg Fare promotions and other signs of weakening domestic demand show business is leveling out for airlines. European beaches and cities are jam-packed with US tourists eager to venture across the Atlantic now that there are no Covid restrictions to hold them back. But back at home, the air travel recovery appears tapped out. Alaska […]

Jul 25, 2023

The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin

NY Times We still don’t know how the pandemic started. Here’s what we do know — and why it matters. Where did it come from? More than three years into the pandemic and untold millions of people dead, that question about the Covid-19 coronavirus remains controversial and fraught, with facts sparkling amid a tangle of […]

Jul 25, 2023

Dengue – the Region of the Americas

WHO Since the beginning of 2023, dengue outbreaks of significant magnitude have been recorded in the WHO Region of the Americas, with close to three million suspected and confirmed cases of dengue reported so far this year, surpassing the 2.8 million cases of dengue registered for the entire year of 2022. Of the total number […]

Jul 25, 2023

Arthritis and Long COVID: A Double Whammy

MedPageToday Worse pain and less functional ability with lingering virus symptoms, patients say. “Long COVID” lays a particularly heavy burden on people with pre-existing arthritis, a Canadian survey study indicated. Worsened pain and greater functional limitations relative to their status prior to COVID-19 infection were reported by most individuals in Laval, Quebec, who had some […]

Jul 25, 2023

GSK’s Arexvy to lead new RSV vaccines sales race with Moderna a close second: report

Fierce Pharma We waited years for working RSV vaccines and in 2023, in the space of just a few weeks, we had two come all at once, with another on the horizon and a fresh approval for an RSV prevention med. But how will the RSV market shake out? Well, the analysts at GlobalData crunched […]

Jul 25, 2023