Tag: covid

Categories
NEWS

New, highly mutated COVID variants ‘Pirola’ BA.2.86 and JN.1 may cause more severe disease, new studies suggest

New, highly mutated COVID variants ‘Pirola’ BA.2.86 and JN.1 may cause more severe disease, new studies suggest
New, highly mutated COVID variants ‘Pirola’ BA.2.86 and JN.1 may cause more severe disease, new studies suggest
Estimated read time 4 min read

People wearing masks amidst rising concerns about the new, highly mutated COVID variant JN.1, as seen in Kolkata, India, on Dec. 27, 2023. BA.2.86, a […]

Categories
NEWS

Why Covid-19 is spreading this summer

Covid-19 doesn't follow normal seasonal patterns, like other respiratory viruses – waves of infection can happen at any time of year.
Covid-19 doesn't follow normal seasonal patterns, like other respiratory viruses – waves of infection can happen at any time of year.
Estimated read time 8 min read

Getty Images Covid-19 doesn’t follow normal seasonal patterns, like other respiratory viruses – waves of infection can happen at any time of year. Every July […]

Categories
NEWS

China May Day spending reflects mixed picture in COVID recovery

Beijing's railway stations saw exceptionally heavy passenger loads on May 1, day one of a five-day national break.
Beijing's railway stations saw exceptionally heavy passenger loads on May 1, day one of a five-day national break.
Estimated read time 2 min read

May 1 to 5 holiday spend up 12.7% on last year when pandemic curbs lifted Beijing’s railway stations saw exceptionally heavy passenger loads on May […]

Categories
NEWS

New COVID variant BA.2.86 is now in 5 states. Here’s what to know

A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for Covid-19 at a Total Testing Solutions Covid Testing Center in Los Angeles, Aug. 31, 2023.
A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for Covid-19 at a Total Testing Solutions Covid Testing Center in Los Angeles, Aug. 31, 2023.
Estimated read time 3 min read

More health officials across the U.S. are reporting new cases of the COVID variant BA.2.86. On Thursday, a genome sequencing team at Houston Methodist Hospital […]

Categories
NEWS

COVID vaccine rollout snarled by insurance denials, canceled appointments

Sandra Lindsay, RN, the first American to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in 2020 repeated the feat again Sept. 13, 2023 as part of a public health awareness event held by Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, NY. Lindsay became a global phenomenon on Dec. 14, 2020, when the Northwell Health critical care nurse director received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. HANDOUT PHOTO
Sandra Lindsay, RN, the first American to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in 2020 repeated the feat again Sept. 13, 2023 as part of a public health awareness event held by Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, NY. Lindsay became a global phenomenon on Dec. 14, 2020, when the Northwell Health critical care nurse director received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. HANDOUT PHOTO
Estimated read time 8 min read

Some consumers trying to get updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccine this week have encountered red tape, canceled appointments and delays getting private insurance to […]

Categories
NEWS

Q&A: BA.2.86 and EG.5—how will the new COVID-19 boosters work with new variants?

Q&A: BA.2.86 and EG.5—how will the new COVID-19 boosters work with new variants?
Q&A: BA.2.86 and EG.5—how will the new COVID-19 boosters work with new variants?
Estimated read time 3 min read

Concern is rising about the COVID-19 variants BA.2.86 and EG.5 as the United States is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Stuart Cohen, […]

Categories
NEWS

WHO initiative signs new licensing agreements on COVID-19 technologies

WHO initiative signs new licensing agreements on COVID-19 technologies
WHO initiative signs new licensing agreements on COVID-19 technologies
Estimated read time 6 min read

The COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), a multi-stakeholder partnership to facilitate sharing of intellectual property (IP), knowledge and innovations has announced three new licensing agreements […]