Category: Texas
Preprint: Neutralizing antibodies in deer for at least 13 months for 90% of animals
Another preprint out recently outlines the disturbing prospect of a large SARS-CoV-2 viral reservoir developing in white-tailed deer in the US. … ...More...
Monkeypox: More than 64,000 cases reported worldwide
More than 64,000 cases of Monkeypox have been recorded globally since the outbreak began in May 2022.… ...More...
Monkeypox: 87% of household samples still contaminated after 15 days
Of the 31 environmental swab samples collected by the CDC from the property of a person infected with monkeypox, 87% were still contaminated with the virus after 15 days.… ...More...
Moderna looks at producing a Monkeypox vaccine
Moderna is considering turning its mRNA vaccine platform towards finding a vaccine to defend against Monkeypox, according to a recent tweet by the company.… ...More...
USA: 5 gorillas test positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Dallas
Five gorillas at the Dallas Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, the zoo said Tuesday.… ...More...
Texas embalmer: “COVID is unlike anything I’ve seen before”
“I was having people that had only been dead for a few hours and there were major clotting issues.
USA: Texas sees coinfections with flu and Covid-19
The Nueces County Public Health District in Texas announced that the County has started seeing people who not only have COVID-19, but the flu as well.
USA: more than half of COVID-19 patients at Texas Children’s Hospital also have RSV
Among 45 pediatric COVID-19 patients at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, at least 25 also have respiratory syncytial virus, the Houston Chronicle reported Aug.… ...More...
USA: Alabama’s Covid hospitalizations jump by 30% in one night
A report from the Alabama Department of Health’s online dashboard showed 1,883 hospitalized COVID patients, up by 432 over Sunday’s total.… ...More...
USA: At least 125,000 vaccine breakthrough infections, 1,400 dead
At least 125,000 fully vaccinated Americans have tested positive for Covid and 1,400 of those have died, according to data collected by NBC News. … ...More...