Category: COVID
Get ready for the newest omicron COVID variant — Arcturus
(CBS News) The World Health Organization has elevated the fast-growing Omicron sublineage XBB.1.16 as a new variant of interest, and says it is outcompeting the previously dominant XBB.1.5 in many regions. XBB.1.16 is a descendant of the recombinant XBB, which is a mashup of two BA.2 sublineages. On social media, the variant has been nicknamed […]
Apr 25, 2023
What’s Going On With Covid Right Now?
NYT Cases, hospitalizations and deaths are lower than they’ve been in years. We asked experts how to think about personal risk — and what the future likely holds. Deaths from Covid-19 in the United States are the lowest they’ve been since March 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s data tracker. Case rates […]
Apr 25, 2023
There’s a New Symptom the ‘Arcturus’ COVID Variant May be Causing
NBC Chicago News A new variant of COVID-19 starting to spread around the United States could be responsible for a new symptom that is unlike any we’ve seen with the virus so far. That variant, classified as XBB.1.16 by the World Health Organization, was designated as a “variant under monitoring” by the organization last month. […]
Apr 25, 2023
Group outlines lessons learned from Covid pandemic in new report
NPR Audio NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Philip Zelikow about the forthcoming report “Lessons Learned From Covid War: An Investigative Report” by the Covid Crisis Group.
Apr 25, 2023
Boys may be prone to fetal brain development from COVID
NPR A new study finds that when pregnant people get COVID, their male children have a greater risk of subtle neurodevelopmental effects. AILSA CHANG, HOST: The country’s tally of COVID-19 cases includes more than 200,000 people who were pregnant when they got infected. Now scientists are reporting that boys from those pregnancies may be prone […]
Apr 25, 2023
Dr. Fauci Looks Back: ‘Something Clearly Went Wrong’
New York Times Magazine In his most extensive interview yet, Anthony Fauci wrestles with the hard lessons of the pandemic — and the decisions that will define his legacy. It was, perhaps, an impossible job. Make one man the face of public health amid an unprecedented pandemic, in a country as fractious as the United […]
Apr 25, 2023
Finding the Origin of a Pandemic Is Difficult. Preventing One Shouldn’t Be.
NYT (Opinion) In 1999, the New York State Department of Health asked me to test brain samples from people in Queens experiencing encephalitis, or brain inflammation. Surprisingly, we found they were infected with West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne virus that had never been reported before in North America. How did a virus endemic in Africa […]
Apr 25, 2023
Dr. Lawler Update on COVID
UNMC Video Experiencing dizziness or fainting when standing up after a COVID infection? Dr. Lawler reviews incidences of POTS after acute/long COVID, and he also offers a counter argument on relaxing universal masking policies in hospital settings.h
Apr 18, 2023
Covid is still a leading cause of death as the virus recedes
Washington Post But many Americans dispute the data and the risks — much as they have throughout the pandemic. Millions of Americans gathered maskless in homes and houses of worship this month for Passover, Easter and Ramadan — the latest evidence that coronavirus has retreated from public view as the pandemic winds down. But retreat is not […]
Apr 18, 2023