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High-risk patients with COVID symptoms should use PCR rather than rapid tests, study suggests
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 1 day agoStudy findings that reveal a sensitivity of 47% for COVID-19 rapid antigen tests (RATs) compared...
Flu vs COVID: Stark Disparity in Vaccination and Deaths
Medscape· 2 days agoIn the first half of 2023, COVID-19 killed 42,670 people in the United States, while the flu killed...
...Health Organization (WHO) Statement on the Antigen Composition of COVID-19 Vaccines - SARS-CoV-2...
Sierra Sun Times· 5 days agoSARS-CoV-2 continues to circulate and evolve with important genetic and antigenic evolution of the spike protein. The objective of an update to COVID-19 ...
EU drug watchdog urges COVID-19 vaccine update
Medical Xpress· 3 days agoThe most widely circulating COVID variant worldwide is now JN.1, having overtaken the XBB family that is the target of the most recent vaccines, the...
WHO COVID vaccine advisers recommend switch to JN.1 strain
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 4 days agoThe World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition, which...
TIME100 Health: Tulio de Oliveira
Time Magazine· 1 day agoDe Oliveira led the group that confirmed the COVID-19 variants Beta and Omicron, days after they first appeared in hospitals, and participated ...
CDC says bird flu viruses "pose pandemic potential," cites major knowledge gaps
CBS News· 1 hour agoBird flu continues to appear to pose a "low risk to the general public" for now, the Centers for...
University of Minnesota strengthens case to treat COVID-19 with metformin, not ivermectin
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoPatients with COVID-19 had lower viral loads if treated with metformin, according to new University of Minnesota research that argues for broader use of ...
New ‘FLiRT’ Variants Spark Summer COVID Surge Warning
WebMD· 3 days agoWhat’s more, said Ranney, FLiRT also has some concerning features, like changes in the spike protein, which play a role in helping SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID- ...
Hospitals no longer have to report COVID-19 hospitalization data, CDC says
Scripps News via AOL· 2 days agoComparatively, hospitalizations for coronavirus peaked during the week of Jan. 15, 2022, with...