Category: Health
Monkeypox: 87% of household samples still contaminated after 15 days
Of the 31 environmental swab samples collected by the CDC from the property of a person infected with monkeypox, 87% were still contaminated with the virus after 15 days. More...
Nigeria: Outbreak of Marburg disease
A Nigerian hospital has notified the hospital community ‘of an outbreak’ of the Marburg virus in Abuja. More...
Monkeypox: Anecdotal evidence of reinfection within three weeks
An anecdotal report from Reddit of someone who may have become reinfected with monkeypox within three weeks of his first infection, although an uncleared persistent infection is also a possibility. More...
Long COVID: Two more patients treated with experimental drug BC 007 see improvements in symptoms
“Both patients have already reported significant improvements in their performance and quality of life, and this has been corroborated in medical tests.” More...
Lancet: Evidence of human-to-dog transmission of monkeypox virus
“Here we describe the first case of a dog with confirmed monkeypox virus infection that might have been acquired through human transmission.” More...
Traffic accident victim refused hospital treatment after testing positive for Covid
An ambulance crew in Japan returned an injured man to the scene of a traffic accident and left him there after a hospital refused to accept him because he had tested positive for the coronavirus. More...
Preprint: Potential risk of BA.2.75 to global health is greater than that of BA.5
BA.2.75 spike exhibited a profound higher affinity to human ACE2 than BA.2 and BA.5 spikes. More...
India: BA.2.75 Centaurus takes off in Dehli, masks mandatory again
In Delhi, India, 2146 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the last 24 hours. More...
USA: Polio in New York City wastewater
Sewage samples in New York City provided to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified presence of polioviruses indicating a risk of community transmission. More...
Huge leap forward in our understanding of Long COVID
In a stunning preprint out yesterday, Prof. Akiko Iwasaki, along with a large team of scientists, has put together compelling evidence to show how Long COVID can be easily diagnosed, making early treatment options a real possibility. More...