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Category: COVID

Hybrid immunity and strategies for COVID-19 vaccination

The Lancet Infectious Diseases – Since April, 2022, BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 subvariants of the omicron (B.1.1.529) SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern have been spreading globally with increased viral fitness and transmissibility. Omicron BA.5 subvariant is currently the predominant COVID-19 threat worldwide. With the emergence of the antigenically distinct variants of concern, either natural immunity or […]

Sep 27, 2022

COVID-19 Patient Characteristics and Time to Viral Clearance: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Multiethnic Population (UAE)

Journal of Clinical Virology – The factors contributing to delayed viral clearance in COVID-19 are still unclear.•The authors investigated these factors in a study of a multiethnic population.• Advanced age, cardiovascular comorbidity, and severe COVID-19 all led to Delayed viral clearance• This early recognition enables for a detailed strategy to optimize the outcome.

Sep 27, 2022

STDs, drunk driving and quiet quitting: The end of the pandemic is revealing an America that’s acting out

Fortune – The pandemic forced many Americans into constrained ways of working and socializing. Interactions generally became more limited, outside of Zoom and occasional confrontations over mask policies. Americans now really are interacting more and holding back less, proving both Biden’s and Powell’s words true, and the results aren’t so pretty. From the remote-work wars to “crisis” levels […]

Sep 27, 2022

Data on SARS-CoV-2 variants in the EU/EEA

ECDC – Information about the volume of COVID-19 sequencing, the number and percentage distribution of variants of concern (VOC) by week and country. Download file at the link

Sep 27, 2022

Test predicts which COVID-19 patients will grow worse, Stanford Medicine study find

Stanford Medicine – Elevated virus levels in hospitalized COVID-19 patients’ blood predicts worsening respiratory symptoms and suggests ongoing viral replication in later disease stages, Stanford Medicine-led study says. A one-time test could predict which people hospitalized with COVID-19 are likely to worsen significantly during their stay, even if they were admitted with relatively mild symptoms, […]

Sep 26, 2022

Still Short of Breath? Here Are 3 Ways COVID-19 Can Damage Lungs Long Term

Science Alert – As pulmonologists and critical care doctors treating patients with lung disease, we have heard many of our patients recovering from COVID-19 tell us this even months after their initial diagnosis. Though they may have survived the most life-threatening phase of their illness, they have yet to return to their pre-COVID-19 baseline, struggling with activities ranging from strenuous […]

Sep 26, 2022

These scientists traced a new coronavirus lineage to one office — through sewage

Nature – Virologist Dave O’Connor admits that he was getting desperate when he started asking dog owners for poo samples. For much of 2022, O’Connor, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and his colleagues have been tracking a heavily mutated variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Early this year, they discovered the variant in […]

Sep 26, 2022

Sewage monitoring indicates a surge of Covid-19 spread in Latvia

Baltic News – September’s monitoring data indicates increased concentration of the virus in sewer water in Riga, Jurmala, Liepaja and Jelgava. Measurements in Liepaja, however, show signs of stabilisation and reduced concentration of the virus. A sharp surge is reported in Ventspils, which contradicts data reported by the Disease Prevention and Control Center.

Sep 26, 2022

Lingering cardiac involvement in previously well people after mild COVID-19

Nature Medicine – Lingering cardiac symptoms, including exercise intolerance, tachycardia and chest pain, are increasingly recognized as post-acute COVID-19 sequelae1. In patients with a severe course of initial illness, accrued cardiac injury and pre-existing conditions readily explain cardiac symptoms. However, signs of cardiac injury such as elevated troponin levels and structural heart disease are rare […]

Sep 26, 2022

How COVID-19 stole our sense of smell

Chemical Engineering News – SARS-CoV-2 has left thousands with a distorted or lost sense of smell. This population is helping researchers identify what happens when smell goes wrong and what might help. Researchers are getting a clearer idea of how. This understanding and a growing awareness of olfactory disorders could help others facing smell loss […]

Sep 26, 2022

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