Author: Claudinne Miller
COVID patients at higher risk of new cardiovascular, cerebrovascular conditions amid Delta wave
CIDRAP A large study from Singapore suggests that COVID-19 infection increased the risk of new-onset cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications during the Delta variant era and that vaccination lowered the risk. For the study, published today in Clinical Infectious Diseases, a team led by National Centre for Infectious Diseases researchers used national testing and healthcare claims databases to evaluate […]
Sep 26, 2023
A molnupiravir-associated mutational signature in global SARS-CoV-2 genomes
Nature Molnupiravir, an antiviral medication that has been widely used against SARS-CoV-2, acts by inducing mutations in the virus genome during replication. Most random mutations are likely to be deleterious to the virus, and many will be lethal, and so molnupiravir-induced elevated mutation rates reduce viral load1,2. However, if some patients treated with molnupiravir do […]
Sep 26, 2023
Datebook Paul Simon says he suffered sudden hearing loss while recording his new album, making it unlikely that he will ever be able to tour or perform live again. The 81-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Fame musician and co-founder of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel told the British newspaper the Times that the hearing in his […]
Sep 20, 2023
I Just Got Over COVID. Do I Need an Updated Shot?
MedPageToday Updated COVID shots are becoming available in the U.S. amid what appears to be a surge in cases — leaving some to wonder whether they need an updated shot if they recently recovered from an infection. Official CDC guidanceopens in a new tab or window states that people who are currently infected should wait “at […]
Sep 20, 2023
H5N1 Bird Flu in Mammals Sparks Fears of Virus Spreading Among Humans
Washington Post The strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, known as H5N1 has proved to be alarmingly adept at jumping continents and species. First discovered in 1996 in geese bred on a farm in southern China, the virus has rampaged through populations of captive, commercial birds in recent years, prompting governments to order the […]
Sep 20, 2023
Real-world HPAI vaccination trial underway
PoultryWorld The Dutch government, together with Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and Royal GD, have started their first real-world avian influenza vaccination trial. Some 1,800 day-old layer chicks received a vaccination against highly pathogenic avian influenza in mid-September and will be monitored for the coming 18 months to establish protection and transmission of the virus. The field trial […]
Sep 20, 2023
Does the risk of getting long Covid increase each time you get reinfected?
STAT More than three years into the coronavirus pandemic, fewer and fewer people are experiencing their first Covid-19 infections. But as cases climb, those who’ve had the virus before may wonder: What are their chances of developing long Covid — and does the risk increase with each reinfection? Fatigue and brain fog may be the first […]
Sep 20, 2023
Report highlights the skyrocket, peak of highly cited COVID-19 research studies
CIDRAP A new survey of highly cited COVID-19 research papers shows the scientific literature on the novel coronavirus rose at an astronomical pace, from just 14 studies in January and February 2020 to 1,292 studies in November to December 2021. The study is published in JAMA Network Open. The cross-sectional study surveyed global publications from January 2020 […]
Sep 19, 2023
USDA Grant Explores COVID Virus in Wildlife
wildlife.org Researchers will test 58 species to monitor the potential for spillback to humans A new U.S. Agriculture Department grant will fund researchers to test wildlife for the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19. The $4.5 million grant will allow researchers to collect samples from 58 species—chipmunks, squirrels, mice, moose (Alces alces), raccoons (Procyon […]
Sep 19, 2023
Slovenia: Stork at Ljubljana zoo diagnosed with bird flu
STA The country’s veterinary authority has confirmed highly contagious avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in a white stork at the Ljubljana zoo, after the same subtype was confirmed in two dead swans in the municipality of Ljubljana last week.
Sep 19, 2023
