How Often Should Immunocompromised People Get a COVID Booster?
(MedPage Today) -- Preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection in immunocompromised people hasn't gotten any easier as the pandemic trundles on into its fifth year. The monoclonal antibody tixagevimab-cilgavimab (Evusheld) has long gone by the wayside for... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

‘Lab-leak’ proponents at Rutgers accused of defaming and intimidating COVID-19 origin researchers
Fraudsters. Liars. Perjurers. Felons. Grifters. Stooges. Imbeciles. Murderers. When it comes to describing scientists whose peer-reviewed studies suggest the COVID-19 virus made a natural jump from animals to humans, molecular biologist Richard Ebright and microbiologist Bryce Nickels have used some very harsh language. On X (formerly Twitter), where the two scientists from Rutgers University are a constant presence, they have even compared fellow researchers to Nazi war criminals and the genocidal Cambodian dictator Pol Pot. But now, their targets have had enough. A dozen scientists filed a formal complaint ...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 15, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Covid DID come from Wuhan lab, says new analysis of patients, records and virus' makeup: '70% chance'
Researchers from Australia and Arizona used a risk analysis tool to determine the chances that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was of 'unnatural' origin. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Lower Risk for Postinfection Outcomes
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 -- COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a reduced risk for post-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection cardiac and thromboembolic outcomes, according to a study published online March 12... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 13, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Decoding Variants and Virology With Professor Marc Van Ranst Decoding Variants and Virology With Professor Marc Van Ranst
Learn from Prof Van Ranst about SARS-CoV-2 with insights on varied immune effects, systemic implications, evolving variants, and their influence on vaccination and healthcare practices.Medscape Medical Affairs (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: None Virtual Symposium Source Type: news

Sentences of note
COVID-19 vaccination reduced the risk of post-COVID-19 cardiac and thromboembolic outcomes. These effects were more pronounced for acute COVID-19 outcomes, consistent with known reductions in disease severity following breakthrough versus unvaccinated SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here is the full article…#núriamercadébesora #singaporean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Experts Can ’ t Agree If We ’ re Still in a Pandemic
As a health journalist, I’ve written the phrase “the COVID-19 pandemic” more times than I care to count in the four years since the World Health Organization (WHO) first used that term on March 11, 2020. But lately, the word “pandemic” has given me pause. Maybe you’ve noticed it too: these days, a lot of people refer to the pandemic in the past tense. “During COVID,” they say, or, “when we were in the pandemic.” The implication is that the virus is gone and the pandemic is over. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The former is clearly untrue. The ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

COVID Virus Lingers in Tissues for Over a Year
MONDAY, March 11, 2024 -- The COVID-19 virus can linger in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after they ’ve shaken their initial infection, new findings show.Researchers found pieces of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 11, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Africa: Why 'One Health' Needs More Social Sciences - Pandemic Prevention Depends On Behaviour As Well As Biology
[The Conversation Africa] On March 11, 2024, it will be four years since the World Health Organization characterized the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak as a pandemic. And while COVID-19 continues to impact people globally, it is only the most recent in a long history of pandemics with likely origins in animals. Examples include plague, which usually spreads from rodents to humans via infected fleas, and the 2009 H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu due to its origins in pigs. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 8, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news

What Happened When a Man Got 217 COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines have been key to controlling the pandemic, but researchers in Germany report on one man who took the vaccination message to the extreme. The subject of the research published in Lancet Infectious Diseases is a 62-year-old man from Magdeburg, Germany who claims to have received 217 COVID-19 vaccinations within about 2.5 years. (German prosecutors confirmed he received 130 shots in nine months during an investigation into fraud; ultimately, they did not file criminal charges.) [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It’s not clear why the man wanted so many vaccinations or how he obtained...
Source: TIME: Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Risk for Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease Increased After SARS-CoV-2
TUESDAY, March 5, 2024 -- Patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection have an increased risk for incident autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease (AIRD) compared with matched patients with influenza... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

COVID-19 Is a Very Weird Virus COVID-19 Is a Very Weird Virus
It appears that SARS-CoV-2 isn ' t just another nasty respiratory virus, but one that affects the body in ways we haven ' t seen before.Medscape (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 4, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news

SARS CoV-2 Is a Very Weird Virus SARS CoV-2 Is a Very Weird Virus
It appears that SARS-CoV-2 isn ' t just another nasty respiratory virus, but one that affects the body in ways we haven ' t seen before.Medscape (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 4, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news

Africa: Covid-19 Rapid Tests Still Work Against New Variants - Researchers Keep 'Testing the Tests,' and They Pass
[The Conversation Africa] By September 2020, just six months after COVID-19 triggered shutdowns across the U.S., it was clear that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had mutated from its original form. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Coronavirus Health and Medicine Source Type: news

Long COVID May Be Difficult to Identify in MS
(MedPage Today) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – People with multiple sclerosis (MS) appeared to have a low risk of developing long COVID, but lingering complaints after SARS-CoV-2 infection were difficult to untangle from MS symptoms, registry... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 3, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news