Category: Health
Preprint: Tunneling nanotubes provide a route for SARS-CoV-2 spreading
“Here, we investigated the neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV-2 and asked whether tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) could be involved in its intercellular spreading.” More...
US President Joe Biden has Covid-19 *1 update*
Biden, 79, is experiencing fatigue, a runny nose and a dry cough after testing positive. More...
China: Level four alert for bubonic plague *2 updates*
Level four alert for bubonic plague in Ningxia Hui, China. More...
UK: Long Covid recognised as a disability by employment tribunal
The decision in the employment tribunal case of Burke v Turning Point Scotland is one of the first in the UK to address specific facts and has found that the long Covid symptoms suffered by Mr Burke amounted to a disability. More...
New York State: Alarming spread of monkeypox
We, the undersigned New York State legislators, are writing with serious concern regarding the alarming spread of monkeypox. More...
BMJ: Stop gaslighting the public over Covid-19
“The government must stop gaslighting the public and be honest about the threat the pandemic still poses to them and the NHS”. More...
China: Swans infected with SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 positive sequences from two SWANS have been deposited by Chinese scientists on Gisaid. More...
Israel: Three cases of BA.2.75 found in passengers from France and India
Three cases of the BA.2.75 coronavirus variant have been found in Israel, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday. More...
Canada: Long Covid sufferer applies for assisted suicide
“My choices are basically to die slowly and painfully, or quickly. More...
UK ONS: nearly 3.5 million infections in the UK in the last week
The UK Covid horror show continues….
The latest coronavirus numbers from the UK Office of National Statistics show that nearly 3.5 million people were infected with Covid in the last week, that’s more than one in twenty people in every area of the country. More...