Category: Health
Covid-19: Where’s the herd immunity?
“Contrary to the myth that we are sliding into a comfortable evolutionary relationship with a common-cold-like, friendly virus, this is more like being trapped on a rollercoaster in a horror film.” More...
Monkeypox: Extensive surface contamination following treatment
Two new preprints just published shed light on possible transmission routes for the Monkeypox virus, in particular, on the possibility of surface contamination as a vector for infection. More...
Monkeypox: Virus found in the sperm of 14 of 16 infected men
A team of researchers at Rome’s Spallanzani Hospital have found the presence of monkeypox in the sperm of 14 infected men out of 16 studied. More...
Omicron BA.2.75 – a potential successor to BA.5
There’s another Covid storm looming on the horizon as a new subvariant of Omicron BA.2 appears to be carrying mutations that make it even fitter than BA.5. More...
France: BA.5 now dominant, Covid cases up by more than 50% in one week
BA.5 at 59%, sharp increase in Covid cases in all regions and age groups, hospital admission rate rising. More...
Denmark: Covid cases up 27% in one week, hospitalizations up by 45%
New COVID-19 cases increased by 27%, hospitalizations increased by 45%, and the incidence has risen to 178 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. More...
Germany: Covid cases up by 38% in one week
The nationwide 7-day incidence increased in week 25 compared to the previous week by almost 155,000 cases (+38%). More...
Science Mag: SARS-CoV-2 already finding ways to evade Paxlovid
New lab studies shows that SARS-CoV-2 can mutate in ways that make it less susceptible to Paxlovid. More...
USA: 14-year-old tiger dies of Covid-19 in Ohio zoo
“We are sad to report that 14-year-old Amur tiger, Jupiter, passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022, after developing pneumonia caused by the COVID-19 virus.” More...
WHO: BA.5 now dominant globally
As of epidemiological week 24, BA.5 represents 43% of global sequences at Gisaid, BA.2 represents 25%, BA.4 represents 12%, and BA.2.12.1 represents 11%. More...