ABC News (April 27, 2022) – The World Health Organization and UNICEF are warning of a “perfect storm” of circumstances fueling the potential for large-scale measles outbreaks, underscoring worrying signs of increased risk as infections around the globe this year are far above what they were this time last year. In the first two months […]
The Associated Press (May 3, 2022) – Pfizer now hopes to tell U.S. regulators how well its COVID-19 vaccine works in the littlest kids by late May or early June. Pfizer is testing three extra-small doses of its vaccine in children under 5 after two shots didn’t prove quite strong enough. Initial results had been […]
Reuters (5/3) reports World Health Organization spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic on Tuesday “said…that it had received reports of at least 228 probable cases of child hepatitis with dozens more under investigation.” Jasarevic said, “As of May 1, at least 228 probable cases were reported to WHO from 20 countries with over 50 additional cases under investigation.” […]
The Los Angeles Times (5/3) reports “a pair of new Omicron subvariants” – BA.4 and BA.5 – “has emerged, raising the possibility that survivors of earlier Omicron strains can get reinfected.” The subvariants “have gained increasing attention in South Africa as weekly coronavirus cases tripled in the last two weeks, according to data from Johns […]
CNN (5/3) reports “COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising again in the United States.” CNN adds “cases are trending up in most states,” and “average daily hospitalizations are up about 10% since last week, according to data collected by” HHS. This time, “the culprit…appears to be a spinoff of Omicron’s BA.2 subvariant called BA.2.12.1, which […]
The AP (5/3) reports, “Pfizer now hopes to tell U.S. regulators how well its COVID-19 vaccine works in the littlest kids by late May or early June.” The company “is testing three extra-small doses of its vaccine in children under 5 after two shots didn’t prove quite strong enough.” The initial data “had been expected […]
WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’re still wiping down groceries, doorknobs and light switches in an attempt to thwart COVID-19, maybe you can relax a little: You’re 1,000 times more likely to get COVID from the air you breathe than from surfaces you touch, a new study suggests. University of Michigan researchers […]
PBS News (Apr 30, 2022) – The United States is right on the brink of reaching 1 million COVID deaths since the start of the pandemic over two years ago. As this grim milestone approaches, health experts nationwide are debating whether or not a new phase of the pandemic has already started. Dr. Cindy Prins, […]
The New York Times – (April 29, 2022) Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are rising in a majority of American states, in what appears to be the first widespread increase since the peak of the Omicron surge in January. Reports of new cases were nearly flat in the United States at the beginning of April, but […]
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) – Scientists and health officials by this summer should have a better sense of what type of COVID-19 booster will be needed to deal with the next phase of the pandemic and when it should be administered, top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pandemic-not-over-us-unlikely-eliminate-covid-19-fauci-2022-04-29/