Fact Check-COVID-19 vaccines do not add a ‘third strand’ of DNA
Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine does not alter human DNA or add a third strand to people’s DNA, as claimed in a video circulating on social media and viewed more than…
Biden plans to end the Covid public health emergency this spring in a major shift to federal response
The Biden administration in May plans to end national and public health emergencies tied to the coronavirus, signaling a new approach to how the federal government views Covid almost three…
U.S. FDA pulls authorization for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 treatment Evusheld
The U.S. health regulator has withdrawn emergency-use authorization for AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) COVID-19 antibody cocktail Evusheld as the treatment is not expected to neutralize the currently dominant XBB.1.5 subvariant of Omicron. The Food…
CDC: Bivalent COVID Vaccines Stop Illness From XBB.1.5
Infectious Disease > COVID-19 Vaccine — And Pfizer lab data show better neutralization against latest variants with bivalent shot by Ingrid Hein, Staff Writer, MedPage Today January 25, 2023 Currently…
Long COVID is keeping significant numbers of people out of work, study finds
Long COVID-19 is having a significant effect on America’s workforce, preventing substantial numbers of people from going back to work while others continue needing medical care long after returning to…
North Korea locks down capital due to ‘respiratory illness’ outbreak
/ Asia / Pacific Issued on: 25/01/2023 - 08:26Modified: 25/01/2023 - 08:28 A street in the Pothonggang district of Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. © Cha Song Ho,…
Posts Misinterpret NYC Health Tweet About Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.5
SciCheck Digest An unclear tweet from New York City health officials was meant to caution residents that the latest omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, might be more likely than previous variants to…
China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed
BEIJING — China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data, and said the “emergency peak” of its…
CDC, FDA Flag Early Signal of Stroke Risk With Bivalent COVID Vaccine
Infectious Disease > COVID-19 Vaccine — One surveillance system detects potential link in seniors, yet multiple others show none by Ian Ingram, Managing Editor, MedPage Today January 13, 2023 An…
No Surge in Athlete Deaths, Contrary to Widespread Anti-Vaccine Claims
SciCheck Digest Sports medicine experts say there has been no increase in sudden death or cardiac injury among U.S. athletes since the COVID-19 vaccines became available. Yet anti-vaccine campaigners, comparing…
China state media plays down severity of COVID wave before WHO meeting
State media in China played down the severity of a surge of COVID-19 infections ahead of an expected briefing on Tuesday by its scientists to the World Health Organization, which…
Chinese state media seek to reassure public over COVID-19
Thousands of Chinese took to the streets to mark the New Year as authorities and state media sought to reassure the public that the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping across the country…
U.S. to impose mandatory COVID-19 tests for travelers from China
The United States will impose mandatory COVID-19 tests on travelers from China, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday, joining India, Italy, Japan and Taiwan in taking new measures after Beijing's decision to…
U.S. weighs new measures for travelers from China as Japan says it will require negative Covid tests
For more than two years, overseas travelers have had to quarantine upon arrival in China because of Covid restrictions. Pictured here at Beijing International Airport on June 18, 2022, are…
Long COVID: Could mono virus or fat cells be playing roles?
According to some researchers, the Epstein-Barr virus may have caused an autoimmune response that led to long COVID. Herpes viruses that remain in the body after causing an acute infection…
‘The ICU is full’: medical staff on frontline of China’s COVID fight say hospitals are ‘overwhelmed’
Author of the article: Reuters Martin Quin Pollard Published Dec 26, 2022 • 3 minute read Join the conversation BEIJING — In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing-based…
COVID nasal vaccine shows promise, awaits approval in US
As we enter the holidays we’re also getting into the season of respiratory infections. And nasal vaccines, a spray applied in the nose, may be the best way to prevent…
New COVID Subvariant Resistant to All Therapeutic Antibodies
Researchers discovered that neither individual antibodies nor antibody cocktails were able to neutralize the Omicron subvariant BQ.1.1.The findings indicate that new antibody therapies must be developed.Are the currently approved antibody…
New COVID model predicts over 1 million deaths in China through 2023
China’s abrupt lifting of stringent COVID-19 restrictions could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023, according to new projections from the U.S.-based Institute of…
Biden administration offers U.S. households more free COVID-19 tests for winter
U.S. households can order four free at-home COVID-19 tests from the government website COVIDTests.gov beginning on Thursday as part of the Biden administration's efforts to tackle coronavirus infections over the…