Category: Health
Norway: 248 deaths and nearly 52,000 reports of other Covid vaccine side-effects
From a population of just 5.3 million people, Norway has reported a total of 248 deaths as suspected side effects after a Covid vaccine, according to the latest Adverse Reaction Report from the Norwegian Medicines Agency, published on Thursday, 20th January. More...
BMJ: We must have raw data for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments now
“despite the global rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, the anonymised participant level data underlying the trials for these new products remain inaccessible to doctors, researchers, and the public—and are likely to remain that way for years to come. More...
Lancet: Patients co-infected with intestinal parasites had lower odds of developing severe COVID-19
751 SARS-CoV-2 infected patients with intestinal parasitic infection were enrolled. More...
US: 44% of kids hospitalized with Covid developed neurological symptoms
44% of children hospitalized with Covid developed neurological symptoms, the most common being headache, acute encephalopathy and seizures. More...
Antarctica: Covid outbreak at an Argentinian research station
A Covid outbreak has been reported at an Argentine research base in Antarctica. More...
Science Magazine: Covid vaccines may cause Long Covid–like symptoms
In November 2021, in the New England Journal of Medicine, William Murphy, an immunologist at the University of California, Davis proposed that an autoimmune mechanism triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein might explain both Long Covid symptoms and some rare vaccine side effects. More...
UK: Omicron BA.2 declared a Variant under Investigation
The UK Health Security Agency has designated the Omicron variant sub-lineage known as BA.2 as a VUI, or Variant under Investigation*. More...
New Zealand: Isolation period for Covid cases extended to 14 days
New Zealand has extended its isolation period for Covid cases from ten days to 14 days. More...
Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 cell-to-cell spread occurs rapidly and is insensitive to antibody neutralization
“Cell-to-cell spread of SARS-CoV-2 showed no sensitivity to monoclonal antibody or convalescent plasma neutralization. More...
Italy: 385 Covid deaths and 188,000 new cases in one day despite the harshest restrictions on Earth
Where did it all go wrong for Italy? The pandemic got off to a hideous start in Bergamo, Northern Italy, in 2020, and the country has since gone from one crisis to another in the pandemic. More...