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Research: The changing epidemiology of human monkeypox

“Using a structured format, we describe the greater than 10-fold increase in confirmed, probable, and/or possible monkeypox, cases over the past 5 decades, from 48 cases in the 1970s to 520 cases in the 1990s. More...

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, America, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Evolution, Health, Imvanex, Infection, Monkeypox, Symptoms, Transmission, UK, USA, Vaccine, Zoonosis

Monkeypox pandemic predicted in March 2021 to kill 270 million 1 Update

In March 2021, NTI partnered with the Munich Security Conference to conduct a tabletop exercise on reducing high-consequence biological threats. More...

May 22, 2022May 23, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, America, Asia, Australasia, Children, Europe, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Monkeypox, Quarantine, Symptoms, UK, Zoonosis

China: First Omicron BA.4 case reported

China has reported its first case of the Omicron BA.4 variant. More...

May 22, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Asia, BA.4, China, Coronavirus, Genome, Infection, Omicron, Testing, Transmission

England: 420,000 children a month treated for mental health problems

More than 400,000 children and young people a month are being treated for mental health problems – the highest number on record – prompting warnings of an unprecedented crisis in the wellbeing of under-18s. More...

May 22, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Children, Coronavirus, England, Health, Infection, Mental Heath, MIS-C PIMS, Symptoms, UK

Preprint: Covid vaccination is not associated with improvement in Long Covid

The study included 453 COVID-19 patients with post-acute sequelae of COVID (PASC), of which 324 (72%) were vaccinated between the baseline and 6-month visit. More...

May 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Long Covid, Preprint, Side Effects, Symptoms, Treatment, Vaccine

Preprint: Enhanced Fusogenicity of BA.4, BA.5 and BA.2.12.1

“We found that the new Omicron subvariants BA.4/5 and BA.2.12.1 were more resistant to neutralization by mRNA-vaccinated and boosted health care worker sera and Omicron-BA.1-wave patient sera than were the BA.1 and BA.2 variants.” More...