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Doctors Warn About 3 New COVID Variants—What to Know About ‘FLiRT’ Strains
Prevention via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNew COVID-19 variants known as “FLiRT,” KP.2, KP.3, and KP.1.1, are spreading fast. Doctors explain...
COVID is rising in California. Here's how to protect yourself from FLiRT subvariants
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoThere are growing signs of an uptick in COVID-19 in California thanks to the new FLiRT subvariants....
Whooping cough outbreaks: Why is pertussis on the rise in several countries?
LiveScience· 3 days agoCases of whooping cough, or pertussis, have been on the rise in various countries, including the...
Alaska health officials point to wastewater sampling as useful disease-tracking tool
Alaska Public Radio Network· 22 hours agoThe information gleaned from testing at the Anchorage plant is an example of the way wastewater...
Pfizer says tweaked COVID-19 shots boost omicron protection
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 1 day agoPfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is...
Biolabs International LLC launches SpeedySwab™ Rapid COVID-19 + Flu A&B Antigen Self-Tests,...
WPRI Providence· 2 days agoBiolabs International LLC announced earlier in May an exclusive partnership with Watmind USA™; the manufacturer of the acclaimed SpeedySwab™ Covid-19 Antigen ...
Study shows N95 masks near-perfect at blocking escape of airborne COVID-19
Medical Xpress· 23 hours agoThe study, "Relative efficacy of masks and respirators as source control for viral aerosol shedding from people infected with SARS-CoV-2", was published May 29 in eBioMedicine. Milton is a UMD ...
Researchers are developing an experimental bird flu mRNA vaccine
Quartz· 3 days agoResearchers are developing an mRNA-based vaccine against the contagious H5N1 bird flu virus that is...
Traveler carries measles through LAX as cases rise around the U.S.
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoA traveler carrying measles flew from Munich, Germany, through Los Angeles on the way to Fresno...
Misinformed anti-vaxxers causing threat of epidemics | Thomas Elias
Santa Maria Times· 3 hours agoMake no mistake, this is the work of anti-vaccination activists led by current independent...