New Covid Variants Are Circulating. Here’s What to Know.
The “nightmare variant” is not as bad as it sounds.
Weekly tally of COVID cases and deaths continues to fall; Moderna lowers vaccine-sales outlook by as much as $3 billion
The global tally of COVID-19 cases fell 17% in the week through Oct. 30 from the previous week, while the death toll fell 5%, the World Health Organization said in…
The New COVID Booster Shot Could Save Your Life; Get One Now, FDA Expert Says
As the weather gets chillier and people spend more time indoors, COVID is once again not-so-gently rapping at the door. COVID cases in the U.S. are fairly flat at about…
‘Trick On Taxpayers’ Outlines Questionable Projects Funded By COVID-19 Relief
By Casey Harper (The Center Square) More and more federally funded, controversial projects that came as part of pandemic-relief spending passed by Congress are coming to light, and few of…
After Covid Lockdown, Fear and Unrest Sweep iPhone Factory in China
Hundreds of workers are said to have fled, afraid of being forced into quarantine with inadequate food and supplies.
Hospitalizations on the rise in New York City as new COVID strains spread rapidly
Hospitalizations are rising again in New York City with the spread of new COVID-19 subvariants that are better at evading immunity. Cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV,…
A soup of omicron subvariants could drive the next covid-19 wave
The subvariants BQ.1.1 and XBB may somewhat evade prior immunity, however, further research is required Health 31 October 2022 By Carissa Wong The omicron subvariant BQ.1.1 has mutations that may…
Covid Symptoms Can Rebound Even If You Don’t Take Paxlovid
A new study found that more than a third of those who recovered from an infection had symptoms recur days or weeks later.
COVID-19 may be to blame for the surge in RSV illness among children. Here’s why.
A number of young children are being hospitalized because of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and it’s happening at an unusual time of year and among older children than in…
Covid, Flu and RSV Are Increasing Hospitalizations in NYC
New Yorkers are falling ill with new variants of Covid and old illnesses like flu and RSV that masking and other precautions once held at bay.