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A Man Had Covid For 613 Straight Days—and Created a Whole New Mutation
Prevention via AOL· 5 days agoA new case study of a 72-year-old man from the Netherlands who had a sustained COVID-19 infection...
EU drug watchdog urges COVID-19 vaccine update
Medical Xpress· 5 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...
Flu vs COVID: Stark Disparity in Vaccination and Deaths
Medscape· 4 days agoIn the first half of 2023, COVID-19 killed 42,670 people in the United States, while the flu killed...
Common diabetes drug lowers SARS-CoV-2 levels, clinical trial finds
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 2 days agoToday, researchers from the University of Minnesota published evidence that the common diabetes drug...
New ‘FLiRT’ Variants Spark Summer COVID Surge Warning
WebMD· 6 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· 5 days agoComparatively, hospitalizations for coronavirus peaked during the week of Jan. 15, 2022, with...
High-risk patients with COVID symptoms should use PCR rather than rapid tests, study suggests
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 3 days agoStudy findings that reveal a sensitivity of 47% for COVID-19 rapid antigen tests (RATs) compared...
TIME100 Health: Tulio de Oliveira
Time Magazine· 4 days agoDe Oliveira led the group that confirmed the COVID-19 variants Beta and Omicron, days after they first appeared in hospitals, and participated ...
University of Minnesota strengthens case to treat COVID-19 with metformin, not ivermectin
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 3 days agoPatients with COVID-19 had lower viral loads if treated with metformin, according to new University...
WHO COVID vaccine advisers recommend switch to JN.1 strain
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 6 days agoThe World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition, which...