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CDC tracking new COVID strain
“More data are needed to understand this COVID-19 variant and the extent of its spread, but the number of mutations warrants attention.”
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COVID hospitalizations climb for fourth straight week
The current predominant strain remains EG.5, and experts believe it is not more severe or more contagious than other recent variants.
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New COVID shots will be available in September
“We are likely to see this as a recommendation as an annual COVID shot, just as we have an annual flu shot.”
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It may be time to pay attention to COVID again
While the numbers are still low, compared with 2022’s summer surge, experts still urge people to stay aware of changes in the virus. “I do not...
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U.S. has new dominant COVID variant called EG.5
Called “Eris” among avid COVID trackers, the strain EG.5 now accounts for 17% of all U.S. COVID infections.
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New air monitor can detect COVID virus in 5 minutes
The next step would be to implement the technology into a prototype to see how a commercial or household design could be achieved.
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Long COVID and vaccines: Separating facts from falsehoods
Discussions of vaccination with patients, including those with long COVID, are often fraught and challenging. “There’s a lot of fear that they...
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Deer populations pose COVID risk to humans: Study
“The potential for SARS-CoV-2, or any zoonotic disease, to persist and evolve in wildlife populations can pose unique public health risks.”
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Nearly one in five in U.S. still hadn’t gotten COVID by end of 2022
The CDC analyzed donor blood from 143,000 people every 3 months during 2022.
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Long COVID ‘brain fog’ confounds doctors, but new research offers hope
Brain fog is among the most common symptoms of long COVID, and also one of the most poorly understood.
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Postacute effects of COVID on par with those of sepsis, flu
“I think what this tells us is that maybe a lot of the issues that we’ve been seeing as complications attributable to COVID are, in fact,...