Category: Health
Germany could soon register up to 400,000 Covid infections a day without mitigations
Germany could register up to 400,000 infections of Covid 19 a day if measures are not established that lead to a clear reduction of contacts, according to a new study. More...
USA: Covid blizzard in Minnesota – 72,628 vaccine breakthrough cases, 519 deaths
“We are in the middle of a COVID blizzard right now in Minnesota,” state infectious disease director Kris Ehresmann said. More...
UKHSA risk assessment for Sars-CoV-2 variant AY.4.2
AY.4.2 continues to increase in prevalence slowly in England. More...
Preprint: Genome recombination between Delta and Alpha variants of SARS-CoV-2
Prominent genomic recombination has been observed between the Delta and Alpha variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolated from clinical specimens in Japan. More...
USA: CDC quietly backs away from herd immunity
The prospects for meeting a clear herd-immunity target are “very complicated,” said Dr. More...
Taking antibiotics 2 years before contracting Covid increases the risk of severity
Taking antibiotics in the two years prior to being infected with Covid increases the probability of virus severity by 12%, according to a new Spanish study. More...
Germany: “We do not have a pandemic of the unvaccinated”
Berlin virologist Christian Drosten: “We do not have a pandemic of the unvaccinated, we have a pandemic,” he emphasized. More...
France: new coronavirus variant B.1.640 detected in Finistère, Brittany
A new coronavirus variant has been identified in a school in Finistère in October 2021, and named B.1.640. More...
The 2021 winter wave will be the largest Covid wave so far
It looks like the 2021 Covid global winter wave will be a much larger repeat of the 2020 winter wave, with Europe and North America being the biggest contributors of new Covid cases again. More...
Ireland: Half of all Covid deaths were infected in fewer than 400 buildings
A eureka moment from Irish architect Orla Hegarty who has found that half of all deaths from Covid in Ireland were infected in just 400 buildings. More...