Author: Claudinne Miller
Updated Covid vaccines need to target XBB omicron variants this fall, FDA staff says
CNBC U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff on Monday said updated Covid boosters should target XBB omicron subvariants for the upcoming fall and winter vaccination campaign. The U.S. should use a monovalent vaccine targeting either XBB.1.5, XBB.1.16, or XBB.2.3, collectively the dominant strains nationwide, the staff said in a briefing document. The FDA staff made the conclusion ahead of a meeting on Thursday, […]
Jun 14, 2023
New study reveals TikTok’s spread of COVID-19 misinformation
PhysOrg A new study recently published in the International Journal of Communication reveals how TikTok’s unique features have been used to spread COVID-19 misinformation. Unlike Twitter, which uses a text format, the micro-video format of TikTok makes it more difficult to detect deceptive information. That’s why I lean towards qualitative methods for deeply understanding how misinformation is […]
Jun 14, 2023
Weekly Covid Update
UNMC Dr. James Lawler reviews the data and trends regarding China’s COVID waves, U.S. wastewater, and how long COVID can negatively affect children and learning.
Jun 14, 2023
Why are vaccinated people contracting monkeypox? Is the vaccine effective?
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Jun 14, 2023
Thailand reports a nearly 500% increase in dengue in 2023
Outbreak News Today In a follow-up on the Thailand dengue fever situation in 2023, the Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control (DDC) reports 19,503 total cases through June 7. This is an increase of 475 percent compared the the 3386 cases reported during the same period in 2022. The epidemic reached its highest level in three […]
Jun 14, 2023
Acute COVID-19 Might Cause False-Positive HIV Screens
NEJM In Michigan, COVID-19 brought a wave of erroneous HIV test results. Serologic screening tests are fast and inexpensive, but their accuracy can be compromised by a range of unpredictable circumstances. Several years ago, Michigan physicians noted a surge in false-positive HIV screening tests, just as the COVID-19 epidemic also was surging. A retrospective chart […]
Jun 13, 2023
Epidemiological Update – Dengue, chikungunya and Zika – 10 June 2023
PAHO During 2022, several countries in the region registered increases in the number of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya cases compared to those reported in 2021. During the first months of 2023, chikungunya and dengue fever outbreaks of high magnitude were recorded in South America. Before the start of the high season of dengue transmission in […]
Jun 13, 2023
Strengthening diagnostics capacity
WHO (Contributed by a Transmission Subscriber) Decided to recommend to the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly the adoption of thefollowing resolution: Recognizing the Declaration of Alma-Ata (1978), which identified primary health care as“essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methodsand technology […] at a cost that the community and country can afford […]
Jun 13, 2023
200k cases, 200 dead: Peru Battles Worst Dengue Outbreak In Its History
MSN Peru is battling the worst dengue outbreak in the country’s history with over 200,000 cases being reported so far and more than 200 fatalities recorded so far. The outbreak has been attributed to torrential rains and mosquitoes caused by El Ni o climate phenomenon. A Fox News report quoted a Peru health ministry official […]
Jun 13, 2023
