Category: Health
Joe Biden Paxlovid rebound
US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 again – only days after testing negative. More...
Monkeypox: Man infected by a second-hand scooter
An extraordinary thread on Twitter today from a man in Spain who is convinced that he was infected with monkeypox after touching the surfaces on a scooter he had just bought second-hand. More...
Argentina: Three cases of Argentine hemorrhagic fever reported
A few days ago, two cases of Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF) were confirmed in Bell Ville and Laborde, both towns in the southeast of the province. More...
Ghana: Marburg virus outbreak
Two fatal cases of Marburg virus disease have been reported from the Ashanti region of Ghana. More...
Preprint: Suspected cat-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2
A veterinarian in Thailand was diagnosed with COVID-19 after being sneezed on by an infected cat owned by an infected patient. More...
India: BA.2.75 centaurus outcompetes BA.5 in India
Big news from Nextstrain: the BA.2.75 variant, unofficially nicknamed Centaurus, is now outcompeting BA.5 in India. More...
WHO declares monkeypox a PHEIC as Tedros overrules advisors
One month too late.
The World Health Organisation have finally gotten round to declaring monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), but only after WHO chief Dr Tedros overrode the views of his own advisors! More...
Spain: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Castilla y León
Spanish health authorities have confirmed a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the Castilla y León region. More...
EMA recommends the use of smallpox vaccine Imvanex for monkeypox
“The safety profile of the medicine is favorable, with mild to moderate side effects, and the EMA committee concluded that the benefits of the medicine outweigh the risks.” More...
Preprint: Paediatric monkeypox patient with unknown source of infection *1 update*
“We describe a paediatric case of MPX in the Netherlands. More...