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Featured Headlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just in time for fall, there\u2019s a brand-new COVID variant making headway in the U.S. – Fortune<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Omicron variant named BF.7\u2014short for BA.5.2.1.7\u2014comprised 1.7% of sequenced infections last week in the U.S., according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Other variants jockeying for the top spot right now\u2014held by BA.5, at 85%\u2014include BA.4.6, which comprised 10.3% of infections, and BA.2.75, which comprised 1.3%. Link to CDC Data<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid Still Kills, but the Demographics of Its Victims Are Shifting – KHN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the collective immunity people have garnered through a combination of mass vaccination and protections built from earlier infections, Californians overall were far less likely to die from covid in 2022, when the omicron variant dominated, than during the first two years of the pandemic, when other variants were largely at play, amplifying a national trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018Very Harmful\u2019 Lack of Data Blunts U.S. Response to Outbreaks – NYT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major data gaps, the result of decades of underinvestment in public health, have undercut the government response to the coronavirus and now to monkeypox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emerging Infectious Disease Headlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ebola<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Uganda declares Ebola Virus Disease outbreak – WHO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Uganda Virus Research Institute confirmed the case after testing a sample taken from a 24-year-old male. This follows an investigation by the National Rapid Response team of six suspicious deaths that have occurred in the district this month. There are currently eight suspected cases who are receiving care in a health facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monkeypox<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Polio<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Vaccine Headlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There’s a Shortage of Moderna Covid Boosters in the US – <\/strong>Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some pharmacies are reporting shortages of Moderna Inc.\u2019s new bivalent booster shot for Covid-19 as one factory used in producing the vaccine remains offline following a safety inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can Booster Side Effects Tell You How Immune You Are to Covid? – Bloomberg<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common reactions included fatigue, headache and muscle pain. After dose one, about 45% of people experienced no systemic reactions to the Moderna shot. Only about 20% of people escaped dose two with no systemic side effects. Pfizer\u2019s data was similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October the best time to get COVID boosters, flu shots, experts say – ABC News<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ashish Jha told ABC News the best time to get a newly updated COVID-19 booster is “no later than the end of October for maximum protection,” which aligns with flu shot timing recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinical Considerations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Official Reporting for Sept 21, 2022<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

World Health Organization<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Weekly Epi Update August 24, 2022<\/a><\/strong> (latest release)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Cases: 388,016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confirmed Cases: 609,247,113<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deaths: 6,503,894<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johns Hopkins<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Confirmed Cases: 612,536,053
Deaths: 6,528,152<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Total cases: 95,494,560 (+54,831 New Cases<\/strong>) \u2b06\ufe0e
Total deaths: 1,048,301 (+360 New Deaths<\/strong>) \u2b06\ufe0e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Science and Tech<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NIH advisers seek tighter oversight of risky pathogen experiments – Washington Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biosecurity advisers to the federal government are calling for tighter scrutiny of experiments with potentially dangerous viruses<\/a> and other pathogens, reflecting an ongoing debate within the scientific community over the benefits and risks of such laboratory research. This contentious issue has become even more rancorous amid speculation that some kind of \u201clab leak\u201d might have played a role in the origin of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychological and Sociological Impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In China, a Deadly Crash Triggers Covid Trauma – NYT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bus heading to a quarantine facility crashed, killing 27. The Chinese public saw itself in the victims: a country being held hostage by the government\u2019s harsh policy. The bus was transporting 47 people from the southwestern city of Guiyang when it rolled over in the early hours of Sunday, according to the local authorities. Along with the 27 people killed, the rest onboard were injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 spike G446S mutation potentiates antiviral T-cell recognition – Nature<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Misinformation, Disinformation, and Conspiracy Theories<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Featured Headlines Just in time for fall, there\u2019s a brand-new COVID variant making headway in the U.S. – Fortune The Omicron variant named BF.7\u2014short for BA.5.2.1.7\u2014comprised 1.7% of sequenced infections last week in the U.S., according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Other variants jockeying for the top spot right now\u2014held […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}