The infectious-disease is in the U.S. The executive and public health officials said Wednesday afternoon that the case was confirmed in a travelera> who returned to <a href="https: after a trip to south-africa” target=”_blank”>South Africa<, is self-quarantining since testing positive. All close contacts tested negative. The City and County of …
Read More »Survivors of severe COVID-19 may have an increased risk of dying over the next 12 months, study suggests
Patients who had severe COVID-19 may be twice at risk of dying over the following year, compared to patients who had a mild or moderate case, or individuals not infected by the novel coronavirus, according to a new study. The alarming medical-research” target=”_blank”>findings< including respiratory failure and clotting disorders were …
Read More »FDA panel endorses first COVID-19 pill
A panel of U.S. health advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed a closely watched infectious-disease healthy-living from Merck, setting the stage for a likely authorization of the first drug that Americans could take at home to treat the coronavirus. The Food and Drug Administration panel voted 13-10 that the antiviral drug’s …
Read More »Merck COVID-19 pill: FDA panel weighs safety, effectiveness
Government health advisers on Tuesday weighed the benefits and risks of a closely watched healthy-living from Merck that could soon become the first U.S.-authorized pill for patients to take at home to treat infectious-disease. The Food and Drug Administration asked its outside experts whether the agency should authorize the pill, …
Read More »University of Oxford on omicron: No proof COVID-19 vaccines won't prevent against severe disease
The world-regions said Tuesday there was no evidence that current infectious-disease infectious-disease would not continue to protect against infectious-disease” target=”_blank”>severe disease< The institution pledged to carefully evaluate the implications of the emergency of the variant for vaccine immunity. Oxford University said it was ready to produce a new version of …
Read More »Digital multitasking can be detrimental to a child’s mental health, study warns
genres face a deluge of electronic information from traditional television and computers to tablets, technologies and topics, but prior studies examining the impact of electronic media on children and adults have yield mixed results. The team of researchers from the University of Luxembourg and Universite´ de Genève studied 118 Swiss boys and girls, …
Read More »Fauci would 'not be surprised' if omicron is already in US, predicts it will go 'all over'
anthony-fauci” target=”_blank”>Dr. Anthony Fauci< omicron variant is already in the U.S. In an interview on NBC’s “Weekend TODAY” show, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director told co-hosts Kristen Welker and Peter Alexander that the strain has a large number of mutations that would suggest it could …
Read More »Dutch authorities check for COVID-19 omicron variant after 61 arrivals from South Africa test positive
world-regions authorities are checking for the omicron infectious-disease after 61 passengers on two flightsa> from <a href="https: tested positive for infectious-disease on Friday. The passengers who tested positive have been isolated and further investigations are being carried out. NO CASES OF COVID-19 OMICRON VARIANT IDENTIFIED YET IN US, CDC SAYS …
Read More »No cases of COVID-19 omicron variant identified yet in US, CDC says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday night that no cases of the omicron infectious-disease have been identified in the U.S. to date. In a statement, the agency wrote that it was following the details of the new B.1.1.529 variant, which was first reported to the …
Read More »Children’s COVID-19 cases up 32% from two weeks ago, pediatricians report
Pediatric infectious-disease are up by 32% from two weeks ago, according to a recent report. The healthy-living, in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital Association, used state-level case data, writing that almost 6.8 million children have tested positive for the wild-nature since the pandemic began, as of Nov. 18. “This …
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