Category: COVID
Long COVID Persists as a Mass Disabling Event
MedPageToday The latest CDC data on long COVID in U.S. adults and an alarming World Health Organization (WHO) statement about its long-term impact underscore the pandemic’s lingering and debilitating effects. Like the satirical film “Don’t Look Up,” in which scientists couldn’t focus media or politicians on the climate crisis, most Americans are content to avert their eyes […]
Jul 25, 2023
Cyprus becomes ‘island of dead cats’ after outbreak of feline coronavirus kills 300,000
Telegraph A feline coronavirus risks turning Cyprus into an “island of dead cats”, experts have warned after as many as 300,000 were killed in an outbreak. Both stray and domestic cats have been killed by feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), a coronavirus strain, since January. Experts have warned that “many cats” could die if the virus […]
Jul 11, 2023
APHIS Releases Research on Sars-Cov-2 Transmission in White-Tailed Deer Throughout the U.S.
USDA APHIS The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released national research from its first year of studies and sampling of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) for active infection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. These studies show that SARS-CoV-2 is likely to have spread widely within the U.S. white-tailed deer […]
Jul 11, 2023
Researchers discover unique blood plasma protein patterns in patients with long COVID
Medical Express Using advanced research techniques, including a form of artificial intelligence, a team of researchers has discovered unique patterns of blood plasma proteins in patients with suspected long COVID that could improve patient outcomes. This research, which used multiple state-of the-art technologies, was enabled by existing expertise and infrastructure through CHRI. It was published […]
Jul 5, 2023
Long COVID not caused by COVID-19 immune inflammatory response, new research finds
EurekaAlert Long Covid, which affects nearly two-million people in the UK1, is not caused by an immune inflammatory reaction to COVID-19, University of Bristol-led research finds. Emerging data demonstrates that immune activation may persist for months after COVID-19. In this new study, published in eLife today [4 July], researchers wanted to find out whether persistent immune activation and […]
Jul 5, 2023
How many Americans still haven’t caught COVID-19? CDC publishes final 2022 estimates
CBS News Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. adults and older teens had still not caught COVID-19 by the end of last year, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while 77.5% had antibodies from at least one prior infection. The figures are based on the final batch of results from the agency’s nationwide studies […]
Jul 5, 2023
Dr. James Lawler reviews studies reinforcing lessons learned throughout the pandemic including air travel surveillance, variant trends, excess mortality, the role of children in household transmission, and more.
Jun 27, 2023
What Do We Know About the EU.1.1 COVID Variant?
MedPageToday It’s a descendant of XBB.1.5, but it “isn’t setting off any red flags for me,” expert says. The CDC is tracking a handful of new COVID variants, including the EU.1.1 variant, which now makes up an estimated 1.7% of U.S. COVID cases. EU.1.1 is an XBB sublineage related to the XBB.1.5 variant that currently accounts for […]
Jun 27, 2023
Household COVID Omicron spread lower among vaccinated, study finds
CIDRAP An analysis during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant wave in Japan suggests a lower rate of in-home COVID-19 transmission when the index (primary) patient or contact were fully vaccinated against COVID—and no transmission when both parties were fully vaccinated. The study was published late last week in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Higher Omicron secondary attack risk […]
Jun 27, 2023
What exactly is “long COVID” (aka “post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2,” or PASC)? How do you know if you have it? Dr. Lawler answers commonly asked questions in this first of a three-part Transmission Briefs series on long COVID/PASC.
Jun 27, 2023