Author: Claudinne Miller
Maryland: another case of locally acquired malaria
CBS News Another case of locally acquired malaria was recently identified, this time in Maryland, according to health officials. It’s the latest in a series of infections that have popped up in the U.S., including seven in Florida and one in Texas. These are the first confirmed malaria cases acquired locally in the U.S. since 2003 when eight cases […]
Aug 22, 2023
What to know about COVID Pirola: How new lineage BA.2.86 differs from other variants
USA Today The World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have announced another addition to their lists tracking variants of COVID-19 — and this one may be a little different. Described by the CDC as a new lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19, the mutation has some distinctions from other currently […]
Aug 22, 2023
FDA Approves Vaccine for Pregnant Individuals to Prevent Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Infants
MedPageToday The FDA approved Pfizer’s bivalent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prefusion F protein vaccine (Abrysvo) for use in pregnant individuals to protect newborns from serious RSV-related outcomes. Even though the vaccine was administered in trials starting at 24 weeks’ gestation, the agency approved giving the shot at 32 to 36 weeks’ gestation over a possible risk for […]
Aug 22, 2023
What to Know About the Latest Covid Wave in New York City
NYT Is the city in another Covid wave? Where can you get a test? Should you be wearing a mask? And what if you end up sick? Do you know a friend or co-worker who has recently come down with Covid? Do you have a sore throat or sniffles yourself? Figuring out whether Covid is […]
Aug 22, 2023
How Bad Is a Second (or Third or Fourth) Case of Covid?
NYT Reinfections are becoming more common. Experts are still unsure about how damaging they can be. Doctors and scientists who study Covid-19 agree that for most people, getting infected for a second — or third or fourth — time is basically inevitable. The longer the virus sticks around, the more common repeat infections have and will become, […]
Aug 22, 2023
COVID boosters are still weeks away as cases surge in the U.S.
Axios As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations creep up during a summer wave of heightened virus activity, updated vaccines are still likely weeks away. Americans have largely tuned out COVID, but the latest COVID uptick is a reminder that the virus continues to circulate and mutate — though the threat is far below pandemic-era levels. Health officials face a challenge convincing a […]
Aug 22, 2023
KFF While health misinformation and disinformation long preceded the pandemic, the pervasiveness of false and inaccurate information about COVID-19 and vaccines brought into further focus the extent to which misinformation can distort public health policy debates and impact the health choices individuals make. KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor surveys in 2021 and 2022 found that large shares of the public […]
Aug 22, 2023
Covid Can Leave People Vulnerable To New Health Problems 2 Years Later
Science SARS-CoV-2’s public health impact is worse than that of heart disease or cancer, study claims; others say the work may overestimate harm for the general population Three-and-a-half years since SARS-CoV-2 spread around the world, scientists are still documenting the virus’ myriad effects on human health. What’s clear already is that those effects can continue […]
Aug 22, 2023
SARS-CoV-2 can cause lasting damage to cells’ energy production
NIH At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus responsible for the disease, SARS-CoV-2, was feared for its devastating damage to the lungs. But it quickly became apparent that the virus can infect organs and tissues throughout the body, including the heart, brain, kidneys, and blood vessels. Much of the resulting dysfunction was thought […]
Aug 22, 2023
Study Reveals COVID-19 May Trigger New-onset Hypertension
Dicardiology.com A new study in the AHA journal Hypertension finds SARS-CoV-2 infection is significantly associated with the development of high blood pressure in adults with preexisting heart conditions or those who were older, black or male. An analysis of electronic medical records for more than 45,000 people found that COVID-19 infection was significantly associated with the development […]
Aug 22, 2023