Monthly Archives: January 2023

India reported 131 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, even as the number of active infections across the country declined to 1,940, data from the Health Ministry showed. India has reported 4.46 crore (4,46,81,781) cases so far, and 5,30,730 deaths. On Friday, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh reported an additional death each, after a reconciliation exercise.Active cases […]

Intended for healthcare professionalsThe XBB.1.5 omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been making headlines for weeks. Elisabeth Mahase reports what we know so farXBB.1.5 is yet another omicron subvariant, and follows on from XBB and XBB.1. Scientists have nicknamed it “kraken” to distinguish it from the “variant soup” we are all navigating three years into the […]

What are the long-term consequences following COVID-19 and other viral respiratory infections?  News-Medical.Netsource

by Judy George, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today December 26, 2022 Early this year, leading researchers discussed what we knew — and didn’t know — about COVID-19 and the brain. Since then, new findings have emerged about SARS-CoV-2 and the nervous system, including the results of an autopsy study that showed the presence of the […]

The virus behind COVID-19 is mutating and immune-evasive. Here’s what that means  CBC Newssource

Watch CBS News December 25, 2022 / 8:37 AM / AP Could the COVID-19 surge in China unleash a new coronavirus mutant on the world?Scientists don’t know but worry that might happen. It could be similar to Omicron variants circulating there now. It could be a combination of strains. Or something entirely different, they say.“China […]

A surge of Covid-19 infections in China in the past few weeks has prompted warnings that the country could witness over a million deaths in the coming months, even though official figures presented a very different picture.China reported five deaths for Monday and two for Sunday, according to a Reuters report, taking its total death […]

In June, 2021, U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) held a press conference to call for … [+] the dismissal of Dr. Anthony Fauci. Greene continues to misinform the public on vaccines and public health. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)The insidious agenda of anti-vaccine activism and “health […]

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Sign inFor the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began, people in China can travel freely for Lunar New Year, the country’s most important holiday. The annual ritual of family reunion usually involves billions of trips, but those were sharply curtailed over the past three years as the government urged people to “celebrate where you […]