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By Lori RobertsonPosted on March 2, 2023Most U.S. intelligence agencies assess a spillover from an animal is most likely the origin of COVID-19, but recent news reports say the Energy Department now favors the lab-leak hypothesis. Online posts wrongly claim this means a lab origin has been confirmed.The exact origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that […]

In some ways, we’ve been lucky with the COVID-19 pandemic.The virus that causes it is highly contagious but not as lethal as others in its coronavirus family. The initial SARS virus killed roughly 1 in 10 of those infected; a relative called Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, still kills 1 in 3.But we may not […]

Weekly / February 10, 2023 / 72(6);137–140 A. Patricia Wodi, MD1; Neil Murthy, MD1; Veronica McNally, JD2; Sybil Cineas, MD3; Kevin Ault, MD4 (View author affiliations)Views equals page views plus PDF downloadsAt its October 2022 meeting, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices* (ACIP) approved the Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years […]

A new study identifies the most prevalent COVID-19 symptoms at this moment, starting with sore throat in the No. 1 spot and including a relatively recent sign of infection: sneezing.For almost three years, the world has seen the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic evolve into many variants, while vaccination and prior infection have altered our […]

A Feb. 26 report by The Wall Street Journal sent major ripples through the policy world and social media.The article said the Energy Department had concluded in a five-page report that the COVID-19 pandemic “most likely arose from a laboratory leak” in a “classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress.”It […]

Your—or your child—have a runny nose, fever, and cough. Is it RSV or COVID? And does it even matter anymore?Unfortunately, it’s impossible to tell the two apart without testing—even by cough, experts tell Fortune. But the answer still matters in order to determine the best treatment plan.Both COVID and RSV are highly contagious respiratory viruses. […]

SPOTLIGHT –The supplemental biologics license application seeks approval for the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent vaccine as both a primary series and a booster dose. Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted a supplemental biologics license application (sBLA)1 to the FDA for approval of their omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as both a primary series and booster dose. If […]

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to end a requirement that most foreign air travelers be vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the few remaining pandemic travel restrictions still in place.The vote was 227 to 201 with seven Democrats joining Republicans. No Republicans voted against the bill.The Biden administration […]

PASADENA, Calif.—Interim Health Officer Dr. Eric G. Handler has announced that Pasadena Public Health Department (PPHD) will terminate the local public health emergency for COVID-19, effective 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, March 5.The end of the public health emergency comes as community spread of COVID-19 has decreased locally and statewide. Acting Director of Public Health Manuel […]

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