Author: Shannon Becker
Los Angeles School District Ended Remote Work Despite ‘Serious Concerns’ About COVID In Its Headquarters. Now There’s An Outbreak
LAist – Workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District’s downtown headquarters have failed at least one public health inspection in recent weeks as a COVID-19 outbreak among employees has forced officials to reimpose mask-wearing rules on five floors of the building, according to union representatives and emails obtained by LAist. Data from the L.A. […]
Sep 23, 2022
Hong Kong to abolish hotel quarantine in bid to end city’s isolation
Washington Post – Hong Kong said Friday that it would abolish mandatory quarantine for travelers, easing rigid pandemic rules that have isolated the once-thriving financial center, pummeled the economy and fueled an exodus of residents.
Sep 23, 2022
Flu is expected to flare up in U.S. this winter, raising fears of a ‘twindemic’
The flu virtually disappeared for two years as the pandemic raged. But influenza appears poised to stage a come-back this year in the U.S., threatening to cause a long-feared “twindemic.” The strongest indication that the flu could hit the U.S. this winter is what happened during the Southern Hemisphere’s winter. Flu returned to some countries, such […]
Sep 23, 2022
FDA Finds Flaws at Vaccine Factory, Accepts Moderna’s Assurances
Bloomberg – FDA inspectors found that particles in Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine made by Catalent weren’t adequately looked into by the company.
Sep 22, 2022
18 U.S. Labs Join Forces To Battle Infectious Diseases
Texas A&M – Leading experts from research universities and federal agencies gathered at Texas A&M to discuss how to better protect the nation from high-consequence pathogens that harm livestock and wildlife.
Sep 22, 2022
New Tool Guides Clinicians to Identify and Treat Patients at Risk for Monkeypox Virus
Mass General – In the setting of the current global monkeypox outbreak, clinicians are on now alert to identify, isolate, and treat individuals infected with the virus that causes it. Investigators recently developed a clinical decision support system to help with this effort, and they tested its initial performance in a large integrated healthcare system.
Sep 22, 2022
Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir and Viral Load Rebound in Covid-19
NEJM – Cases of recurrence of clinical symptoms of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) after completion of treatment with nirmatrelvir–ritonavir have been reported by researchers1 and in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Advisory.2 The frequency and clinical implications of potential recurrence of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) are unknown.
Sep 22, 2022
Post-Ebola Symptoms 7 Years after Infection: The natural history of Long Ebola
Clinical Infectious Diseases – Lingering symptoms have been reported by survivors of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). There are few data describing the persistence and severity of these symptoms over time.
Sep 22, 2022
Polio is officially circulating in the US again
Popular Science – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that polioviruses found recently in Rockland County, New York, meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) criteria for circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV), which means that the pathogen continues to be transmitted in the county and surrounding areas. Vaccine-derived refers to the strain’s relationship to the […]
Sep 22, 2022
Don’t ask when the pandemic will end. Ask how we’re going to live with covid.
Grid – The coronavirus isn’t going anywhere. We need to learn to minimize its impact. “A lot of people think of the pandemic as a hurricane: It has to be completely gone, blue skies,” said Amesh Adalja, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “That’s not the case. This is not […]
Sep 22, 2022