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ABC News Health officials are asking recent travelers out of two D.C. airports to proceed with caution after they may have potentially been exposed to measles. The Virginia Department of Health put out a news release Saturday saying it was aware of a person with a confirmed case of measles who recently traveled through Northern Virginia after returning […]
Jan 16, 2024
H5N6 avian flu hospitalizes woman in China
CIDRAP A 59-year-old woman from China’s Sichuan province is hospitalized in serious condition with H5N6 avian flu, Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection said today. The woman is from Ziyang City, her symptoms began on November 25, and she was hospitalized 4 days later. An investigation revealed that she had visited a live-poultry market before her symptoms […]
Jan 16, 2024
How Covid-19’s symptoms have changed with each new variant
BBC With a new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus causing a spike in cases, it is demonstrating just how much the disease has changed since the pandemic began – and what happened to “Covid toe”. “For almost four years, I’ve managed to dodge Covid-19,” TV broadcaster Mehdi Hasan tweeted a fortnight ago. “But it finally got […]
Jan 16, 2024
How to Make the Most of Your At-Home Covid Test
NYT Here’s what you need to know about when to take a test for accurate results, and how to get kits for free. While Covid has become a regular part of respiratory virus season, community testing centers and drive-through sites where you could determine whether it’s the source of your sniffles have all but vanished. […]
Jan 16, 2024
What if every germ hit you at the exact same time? An immunologist explains
The Conversation When I was younger, I would watch “Batman” on my black-and-white television after school. Usually, Batman would face either the Joker, the Penguin, the Puzzler, Catwoman or any one of his usual opponents. However, on some occasions, Batman would have to face them all at the same time. What would happen if, like […]
Jan 16, 2024
COVID Mask Mandates Return to Hospitals in Five States
Newsweek Hospitals across the U.S. are reinstating COVID-19 mask mandates as the JN.1 variant becomes the dominant strain spreading throughout the country. Hospitals in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Washington D.C. have all brought back divisive rules meaning masks are mandatory for selected people in medical settings. The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control has recorded a 10.4 percent increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations […]
Jan 2, 2024
A trifecta of viruses in the D.C. region has health officials worried
Washington Post A surge in coronavirus and flu infections in recent weeks, driven upward as more people have come into contact with one another during the holidays, has health officials in the Washington region worried about a potential strain on area hospitals. Virginia health officials on Thursday announced the state’s first reported child death due to the […]
Jan 2, 2024
Testing negative but still feeling sick? Doctors explain why
The Hill You’ve got the sore throat, runny nose and cough (or any of the other common COVID-19 symptoms right now), but when you swab your nose and take a test, it comes out negative. Is there a chance you still have COVID-19? Could it be something else? The answer – to both questions – is yes. “If […]
Jan 2, 2024
Why do people get sick with viruses in the winter?
Medical Express Respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and influenza surge in the colder months. And it’s not just because people are spending more time indoors. Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the Clinical Microbiology Molecular Lab and co-director of the Clinical Virology Lab at Mayo Clinic, explains what other factors promote virus spread in the winter. “It’s […]
Jan 2, 2024
New coronavirus variant JN.1 is spreading fast. Here’s what to know.
Washington Post The rapid growth of the coronavirus subvariant JN.1 during the holiday season could fuel winter waves of illness in the United States and beyond, public health authorities warn. JN.1 caused nearly half of new U.S. coronavirus infections in the two weeks leading up to Christmas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates. The World Health […]
Jan 2, 2024