Category: Health
UK: Vaccine derived polio outbreak in London *1 update*
The Guardian newspaper is reporting the discovery of vaccine derived Polio in wastewater from London today:
“UK Public health officials have declared a national incident after routine surveillance of wastewater in north and east London found evidence of community transmission of poliovirus for the first time. More...
CDC: Having sex whilst infected with Monkeypox
If you or your partner have monkeypox and you decide to have sex, consider the following to reduce the chance of spreading the virus:. More...
Preprint: Persistent circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike is associated with Long Covid
We detected SARS-CoV-2 spike antigen in a majority of PASC patients up to 12 months post-diagnosis, suggesting the presence of an active persistent SARS-CoV-2 viral reservoir. More...
Denmark: BA.5 set to outcompete BA.2 this week
Denmark’s latest Covid-19 weekly trends report has just been published, and it shows a big increase in BA.5 infections over the past week. More...
Germany: Fourth Covid vaccination offered for “a quieter and symptom-free summer”
Germany’s health minister Karl Lauterbach has announced plans to offer every citizen a fourth Covid vaccination so that they can have “a quieter and symptom-free summer”. More...
Preprint: Mild respiratory COVID can cause multi-lineage neural cell and myelin dysregulation
“These findings illustrate similar neuropathophysiology after cancer therapy and respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection which may contribute to cognitive impairment following even mild COVID.” More...
Denmark: Risk assessment for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA.5, BA.2.12.1 and BA.4
The sub-variants provisionally amount to 21% (BA.5) and 12.4% (BA.2.12.1) per June 8 2022. More...
France: BA.5 at 18% of sequences in week 22, 2022
Detection of BA.4 (1.1%) and BA.5 (18.0%) on the rise according to the week 21 Flash Survey in France. More...
UK: 1 in 20 secondary school pupils have experienced Long Covid
A new UK ONS survey out today reveals the horrifying extent of Covid damage to Britain’s school kids, with one in twenty secondary school pupils and one in fifty primary school pupils experiencing Long Covid. More...
Monkeypox virus found in human semen
The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking into reports that the monkeypox virus is present in the semen of patients, exploring the possibility that the disease could be sexually transmitted, a WHO official has said. More...