Category: COVID
What long covid can teach us about future pandemics
Washington Post Experts are worried that despite the hard-won lessons of covid, we are not fully prepared for the next pandemic. Outbreaks of new types of infections and, yes, even pandemics are becoming increasingly likely, and we need to prepare for not only the next one but also its long-lasting physical and mental effects, experts […]
Jul 9, 2025
Lasting COVID-19 vulnerability in childhood cancer survivors
News Medical.net Childhood cancer survivors have a substantially higher risk of developing severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) even many years after their cancer diagnosis, as reported by the first European and nationwide population-based study published in The Lancet Regional Health. Background The prevalence of childhood cancer is rapidly increasing worldwide, with more than 400,000 children aged […]
Jul 9, 2025
Here’s what you need to know about covid this summer
Washington Post Experts say a surge may happen in the coming months and urge people to get vaccinated. Coronavirus cases may surge in the coming weeks, as they have every summer since the pandemic began five years ago, experts said. Getting vaccinated, masking, improving air quality and staying away from those who may be contagious continue to be some […]
Jul 9, 2025
What to Know About the New COVID-19 Variant XFG
Time With summer travel at an all-time high, new COVID-19 variants are brewing. Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) recently added another one to its list of variants under monitoring: XFG. XFG is spreading most widely in Southeast Asia, although cases have been reported in 38 countries. In the U.K., it accounts for 30% of COVID-19 infections, and in […]
Jul 8, 2025
Feeling Hoarse? You Might Have the New ‘Stratus’ Covid Variant
Wired he World Health Organization has added the variant, known formally as XFG, to its monitoring list. A dry, irritated throat is among its main symptoms. Another NEW covid variant is currently rapidly gaining a foothold. Known officially as XFG—or informally as “Stratus”—it has been declared a “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization (WHO), and is […]
Jul 2, 2025
Long COVID Rates Higher in Women: Evidence Grows
Medscape When Brazilian scientist Letícia Soares contracted COVID-19 in April 2020, she was in the final stretch of her postdoctoral studies in disease ecology at a Canadian university. By August, she was bedbound. What began as piercing migraines quickly escalated into a cascade of long COVID symptoms — gastrointestinal distress, sleeplessness, joint and muscle pain, and crushing […]
Jul 2, 2025
A new COVID variant is spreading in the US: What are the symptoms?
USA Today A new COVID-19 variant that was unheard of just months ago is now projected to be the second-most common strain in the United States. Variant NB.1.8.1 was first detected in China in January but accounted for about 0% of cases in the United States until May. By early June, it was estimated to account for […]
Jun 25, 2025
CDC official overseeing COVID hospitalization data resigns in protest
CBS News A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official who led the agency’s network to study hospitalization trends from infectious diseases like COVID-19 has resigned in protest following Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s orders to change the agency’s vaccine recommendations and the committee that makes them. Dr. Fiona Havers’ last day at the […]
Jun 17, 2025
India: With 11 deaths, current wave toll in country past 100-mark
Times of India The country’s death toll due to Covid-19 has crossed the 100-mark, reaching 108 after as many as 11 deaths were reported on Monday – the highest in a day in the current wave. Kerala reported seven deaths, while a death each occurred in Delhi, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.The seven victims from […]
Jun 17, 2025
North Korea’s Pandemic ‘Miracle’ Was a Deadly Lie, Report Says
NYT Officials drastically understated outbreaks and deaths, depriving citizens of help, two U.S. research groups report, citing interviews with people inside North Korea. North Korea has long claimed that it defeated the Covid-19 pandemic without vaccines, losing only 74 lives in what it called “a miracle unprecedented in the world’s public health history.” But a report released […]
Jun 17, 2025