Category: Hospitalization
New strain of monkeypox detected in the UK
Monkeypox case linked with travel to West Africa identified. More...
STOP PRESS: World Health Organisation believes that Long COVID may be a thing
It seems the World Health Organisation has suddenly become aware of something called Long COVID after their chief scientist tweeted the following yesterday:. More...
Russia: Second highest-ever peak of Covid-19 cases
Russia has seen a steady increase in Covid-19 cases over the past three weeks, and the second-highest ever wave of the pandemic in Russia was reported on the 27th August 2022 by OurWorldinData. More...
Preprint: BA.2.75 centaurus may be much more infective than pre-existing variants
“These results suggest that BA.2.75 can cause more severe respiratory disease than BA.5 and BA.2.” More...
Australia: 12% of the workforce off sick with long Covid
An estimated 31,000 Australian workers are calling in sick every day because of the debilitating symptoms of long COVID. More...
Research: Paxlovid of no benefit to the under-65’s
“Among patients 65 years of age or older, the rates of hospitalization and death due to Covid-19 were significantly lower among those who received nirmatrelvir than among those who did not. More...
Italy: Monkeypox, SARS-CoV-2 AND HIV co-infection
“In this study we present the clinical features and diagnostic procedure of the first documented case of co-infection with monkeypox virus, SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1”. More...
CDC: Paralytic poliomyelitis in an unvaccinated person in New York
In June 2022, poliovirus was confirmed in an unvaccinated immunocompetent adult resident of New York hospitalized with flaccid lower limb weakness. More...
Japan: Record-breaking Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths
Japan has seen record-breaking Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the past few days. More...
India: Covid-19 lung infections return
Indian doctors are once again seeing Covid-19 cases with lower respiratory tract infection symptoms involving the lungs in senior citizens and people with underlying ailments. More...