Covid-19 and vestibular symptoms and assessment: a review - Aedo-S ánchez C, Gutiérrez G, Aguilar-Vidal E.
BACKGROUND: The current pandemic of COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality primarily associated with respiratory failure. However, it has also been reported that... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Infection With Omicron Less Likely to Result in Post-COVID-19 Condition
MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 -- The risk for post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) is reduced in association with infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) omicron variant, according to a study published online Aug. 25 in the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
'New Covid variant Pirola not yet detected in India'
The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog) held a meeting on Friday to review the Covid situation and has not found anything "unusual", a member of the network said. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
BioReference Laboratories ’ Unique Journey during the COVID-19 Pandemic Described in ‘Swab,’ a New Book by former BRLI CEO Jon Cohen, MD
Certainly every clinical laboratory in the United States has a unique story about dealing with the challenges of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, but only BioReference did testing for multiple professional sports leagues and the cruise ship industry Few would challenge the assertion that the nation’s clinical laboratories (along with public health officials) were caught flat-footed when […]
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Source: Dark Daily - September 18, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: swallask Tags: Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing Source Type: news
‘Lessons have been forgotten’: is the UK ready for a new Covid variant?
With worrying mutations, limited vaccine rollout, vastly reduced testing and a creaking health service, experts are predicting a tough few months ahead“New variant”, “care home outbreak”, “cases rising”: you’d be forgiven if the headlines aroundPirola, or BA.2.86, the latest Covid strain to arrive in the UK, had triggered a severe case of pandemic deja vu. More than two years since the UK ’s last lockdown, concerns over BA.2.86 – known to have infected dozens of people in the UK as of last weekend, including 28 at a Norfolk care home – have been rising. The worry is over what is “the most striking Sar...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 16, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Charlotte Lytton Tags: Coronavirus NHS Vaccines and immunisation Science Health Infectious diseases Society Source Type: news
Risk of long Covid lower after omicron infection than previous variants, study finds
Enduring illness appears to be three-four times less likely after Omicron than the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Is Rhode Island Still Irrationally Targeting School Children With " Masking And Testing " Policies?
Why Is Rhode Island Still Irrationally Targeting School Children With "Masking And Testing" Policies? Authored by Andrew Bostom via The Brownstone Institute, One of the consistent mercies of the SARS-CoV-2 “covid-19 pandemic,” even at its most virulent initial stages, has been the paucity of…#rhodeisland #andrewbostom #brownstoneinstitute #94percent #wuhan #alpha #delta #omicron #cov2 #lancet (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News at a glance: Sustainable Development Goals, CO2 removal, and hominin fossils in space
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Scientists call for revamped Sustainable Development Goals
New analyses confirm the world is failing to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, a set of ambitious objectives agreed to in 2015 by the United Nations, and scientists are among those calling for a reboot. The 17 goals include ending poverty and hunger and ensuring sustainable consumption by 2030. To meet them, the agreement includes 169 specific targets, but skeptics have long contended that many are not well defined, measurable, and scientifically rigorous. In an independent analysis the U.N. will publish next week ahead of a meet...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
New Covid vaccines are coming out. The CDC wants you to get one
Matthew Horwood/Getty Images Everyone over 6 months should get a new shot, according to the CDC. Should we expect this every year? The fall season may finally bring a needed reprieve from the summer heat, but it also creates the perfect conditions for viruses — like SARS-CoV-2 — to thrive. When…#cdc #mandycohen #thomasduszynski #ba286 #pirola #vox #kerenlandman #vaccines #taisonbell #pauloffit (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What to Know About the New COVID-19 Vaccine Booster
In a long-awaited update to the COVID-19 vaccine schedule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s vaccine committee recommended that everyone six months or older should get another booster shot.
In a long-awaited update to the COVID-19 vaccine schedule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended on Sept. 12 that everyone six months or older should get another booster shot. CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen endorsed the recommendation made by the agency’s committee of outside vaccine experts.
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That shot will be the newest vaccine greenlit by the Foo...
Source: TIME: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Africa: How Evasive and Transmissible Is the Newest Omicron Offshoot, BA.2.86, That Causes Covid-19? 4 Questions Answered
[The Conversation Africa] The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to rise and the new variant makes its way across the globe. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 13, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Coronavirus Health and Medicine Source Type: news
CIA bribed its own COVID-19 origin team to reject lab-leak theory, anonymous whistleblower claims
An unnamed CIA whistleblower has made the dramatic allegation that six analysts there were bribed to reject the theory that COVID-19 resulted from a research-related leak of a new coronavirus, according to a press release today from the office of the Republican leading a congressional investigation into the pandemic. The allegation was strongly rejected in a CIA statement released hours later.
A majority of
U.S. intelligence agencies
has so far concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic mostly likely started when SARS-CoV-2 jumped from an infected animal host into people; a wildlife market in Wuhan, China, has re...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 12, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pfizer and BioNTech Receive U.S. FDA Approval for 2023-2024 COVID-19 Vaccine
This season’s vaccine is tailored to the SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5 sublineage and indicated as a single dose for most individuals 5 years of age and older
Pre-clinical data show that the updated COVID-19 vaccine generates improved neutralizing... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - September 11, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
COVID-19 Is Mutating In Deer. That Could Become a Problem for People
Health officials say that while the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic may be behind us, SARS-CoV-2 is still a threat, and COVID-19 may be a disease we have to learn to live with, just as we have with influenza and other contagious illnesses.
Because most of the world is vaccinated, been infected, or both, we are far more protected against serious COVID-19 disease than we were in 2019 when the virus first appeared. But as long as the virus keeps spreading, there is a chance it will mutate to evade vaccines, treatments, and the population-wide immunity we have built up, and could cause another devastating round of disease an...
Source: TIME: Health - September 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
COVID-19 remains a persistent public health threat
COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Afghanistan: Credit: WHO/Zakarya Safari
7 September 2023, Cairo, Egypt – WHO recently designated the Omicron EG.5 lineage as a “variant of interest” and listed other closely monitored variants. It serves as a stark reminder that COVID-19 poses an enduring threat to public health.
Within the Region, 4 countries that share COVID-19-specific reports have detected the EG.5 variant. Other countries have begun to integrate COVID-19 reporting as part of respiratory disease surveillance systems. Vigilance in monitoring the situation remains paramount while this process takes place to transi...
Source: WHO EMRO News - September 7, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
