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Evaluation: BA.2.12.1 Subvariant: Concerning, but No Need to Panic Just Yet

Thu, 2022-04-28 19:44 — mike kraft

BA.2.12.1 Subvariant: Concerning, but No Need to Panic Just Yet A number of factors are contributing to the Omicron subvariant's rise Jennifer Henderson medpagetoday

A new Omicron subvariant is rapidly gaining steam in New York and other parts of the Northeast. Experts are urging caution in the face of BA.2.12.1, and say a number of factors are contributing to its rise. But they're also warning against panic.

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Fauci said the US is 'out of the pandemic phase.' What does that mean?

Thu, 2022-04-28 10:56 — mike kraft

Fauci said the US is 'out of the pandemic phase.' What does that mean? The worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic may be over in the United States, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, who recently said we are "out of the pandemic phase." ABC News ABC News

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Africa seeing uptick in COVID cases, especially in S.Africa, WHO says

Thu, 2022-04-28 08:47 — mike kraft

Africa seeing uptick in COVID cases driven by S.Africa, WHO says Africa is seeing an uptick in COVID-19 infections, largely driven by a doubling in cases reported in South Africa, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, urging people across the continent to continue to get vaccinated. Reuters Reuters

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Some experts fear U.S. may default to annual Covid boosters without sufficient data

Wed, 2022-04-27 17:46 — mike kraft

Experts fear U.S. may default to annual Covid boosters without sufficient data A number of vaccine experts are concerned the U.S. may be sleepwalking into a policy of recommending annual Covid-19 vaccine boosters — without having generated the evidence to show they are actually needed. Helen Branswell STAT

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Covid puzzle: They got sick, got treated, got covid again

Wed, 2022-04-27 17:41 — mike kraft

Another rare virus puzzle: They got sick, got treated, got covid again Shortly after he served on a jury in March, Gregg Crumley developed a sore throat and congestion. The retired molecular biologist took a rapid test on a Saturday and saw a dark, thick line materialize - "wildly positive" for the coronavirus. Crumley, 71, contacted his doctor two days later.

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The US is out of the Covid-19 pandemic phase, Dr. Fauci says

Wed, 2022-04-27 13:44 — mike kraft

For now, the U.S. is 'not in the pandemic phase,' Fauci says Though the coronavirus remains a deadly public health emergency around the globe, the United States is no longer in a pandemic phase, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden. PBS NewsHour

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“We don’t have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths [each day],” Fauci told the PBS NewsHour’s anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff on Tuesday.

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