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Two new Omicron variants detected in the U.S., could spark another COVID wave. Research shows which people will fare best

Tue, 2022-05-03 09:39 — mike kraft

BA.4, BA.5, 2 new Omicron variants detected in the U.S., could spark another COVID wave. Research shows these people will fare best The new spawns of Omicron sweeping South Africa have arrived in the U.S. Yahoo

Two new strains of COVID that appear to be more transmissible than even “stealth Omicron,” and that have the ability to evade antibodies from vaccination and prior infection, have arrived in the U.S.—and they could mean a new wave is coming.

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Update: Paxlovid’s failure as a preventative measure raises questions, but doctors still back it as a therapeutic

Mon, 2022-05-02 12:35 — mike kraft

Paxlovid’s failure as a preventative measure raises questions, but doctors still back it as a therapeutic The news that Paxlovid did not work as a preventative for Covid doesn’t affect its primary use, experts say: treating people who are already sick. Matthew Herper STAT

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Coronavirus mutations are not slowing down

Mon, 2022-05-02 10:38 — mike kraft

Virus mutations aren’t slowing down. New omicron subvariant proves it. More than two years after it first spilled into humans, the virus continues to change its structure and chemistry in ways that confound efforts to bring it fully under control. Joel Achenbach Washington Post

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COVID's new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection but not vaccinations--study

Mon, 2022-05-02 10:17 — mike kraft

COVID's new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection, study says They are far less able to thrive in the blood of people vaccinated against COVID-19, South African scientists found. Tim Cocks Reuters

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Moderna aims for Fall release for omicron, variant-specific COVID-19 vaccine boosters

Mon, 2022-05-02 09:47 — mike kraft

Moderna aims for Fall release for omicron, variant-specific COVID-19 vaccine boosters The FDA is seeking applications for updated, variant-specific vaccines by no later than June, requiring testing by early May. YahooNews

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California coronavirus cases rising, concern about a new wave

Mon, 2022-05-02 09:31 — mike kraft

Here we go again: California coronavirus cases rising. Is a new wave coming?

Los Angeles Times:

After months of declining numbers, California has recorded a nearly 30% increase in coronavirus cases over the last week along with smaller rises in hospitalizations, causing some health officials to suspect that the state is headed into a new pandemic wave.

The increase coincides with a loosening of COVID-19 restrictions such as mask mandates and vaccine verification rules as well as the rise of new subvariants of the highly transmissible Omicron strain. The question now is how much higher cases will go and whether new government intervention will be needed.

“We’re expecting a small surge that may mirror something that we saw in Delta last summer, in early July, but it’s happening now, in May,” Dr. Curtis Chan, deputy health officer for San Mateo County, said in an interview. ...

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Fauci: COVID-19 Is Here to Stay, but We Can Control It, perhaps with longer lasting vaccines

Fri, 2022-04-29 20:58 — mike kraft

Fauci: COVID-19 Is Here to Stay, but We Can Control It Next steps may include variant-specific vaccines Jennifer Henderson medpagetoday

Alhough it would be next to impossible to eradicate SARS-CoV-2, it is fully feasible to control it, said Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), during a virtual event held Friday morning by the National Press Club.

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