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China’s financial hub of Shanghai says it will lock down the city in two stages to carry out COVID-19 testing over a nine-day period, after it reported a new daily record for asymptomatic infections.
After fraught discussions, officials decided that another shot might save thousands of lives if a new coronavirus wave hit before the fall. The F.D.A. could authorize the boosters next week.
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HONG KONG — The three people who took their own lives on the same day last week in Hong Kong used different methods. One hanged herself with a cotton rope in the cubicle of a public toilet. The other
While coronavirus shots still provided protection during the omicron wave, the shield of coverage they offered was weaker than during other surges, according to new data from the Centers for Disease C
Booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines lose substantial effectiveness after about four months — but still provided significant protection in keeping people out of the hospital durin
8) Are hospitalizations in #Ba2 dominant Denmark 🇩🇰 surging? Yes— all time high - including a never before seen ⬆️ surge in psychiatric wards. Notice last year’s surge never saw such a thing before.
New Research Hints at 4 Factors That May Increase Chances of Long Covid If further study confirms the findings, they could lead to ways to prevent and treat the complex condition. John Gillotte was in
Animals That Infect Humans Are Scary. It’s Worse When We Infect Them Back. Mink farms threaten to become a source of new coronavirus variants — and an object lesson in how ‘spillback’ can make deadly
Ever since the start of the pandemic, people have been reporting coronavirus symptoms involving unusual sensory experiences. Some COVID-19 patients have noticed “tingling” all over the body or describ
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How the Coronavirus Short-Circuits the Immune System In a disturbing parallel to H.I.V., the coronavirus can cause a depletion of important immune cells, recent studies found. An alarming new study ma
See more from our live coverage Los Angeles County urges ambulance crews not to bring to hospitals patients they cannot resuscitate. Paramedics in Los Angeles County loading a potential Covid-19 patie
CONCORD, N.H. — The omicron variant is rapidly spreading in New Hampshire, health officials said Tuesday, noting that more than 90% of COVID-19 specimens tested Monday showed evidence of the new varia
Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response
A Rhode Island hospital is dealing with a Covid-19 outbreak with patients after it asked staff who had tested positive, but were asymptomatic, to come in due to a staffing shortage. Eleanor Slater Hos
A series of messaging missteps is threatening the credibility of federal health agencies, and critics say the White House isn’t doing enough to manage the fallout. Why it matters: While much of the un
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Zeynep Tufekci The C.D.C. Is Hoping You’ll Figure Covid Out on Your Own Jan. 5, 2022 Credit... Katherine Lam By Opinion Columnist I have some good news and some bad news, and they’re both the same. Se
Published 4 January 2022 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, EPA Image caption, The first city out into a recent lockdown was Xi'an on 23 December China has put a second
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See more from our live coverage: Coronavirus The U.S. breaks its single-day virus case record for the second day in a row The new daily case total for Thursday topped 580,000, beating a record the cou
| USA TODAY Show Caption Hide Caption COVID-19 omicron variant causes long lines at NYC testing centers The omicron variant has caused a surge in COVID-19 cases. In New York City, the wait to get a te
On a recent morning, Neil Meehan opened a spreadsheet he has come to dread. It showed the number of intensive-care beds available in an area of New Hampshire that is home to 350,000 people: two. A day
My breakthrough infection started with a scratchy throat just a few days before Thanksgiving. Because I’m vaccinated, and had just tested negative for COVID-19 two days earlier, I initially brushed of
A more transmissible subvariant, BA.2, has become the dominant strain in the United States as the omicron surge has waned. Those most at risk are the unvaccinated and older than 75 Updated March 28, 2
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Published 17 December 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online UK researchers have analysed the likely imp
The Omicron variant largely evades immunity from past infection or two vaccine doses according to the latest Imperial modelling. The new report (Report 49) from the Imperial College London COVID-19 re
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Even before the arrival of Omicron, the winter months were going to be tough for parts of the United States. While COVID transmission rates in the South caught fire over the summer, the Northeast and
Published 10 December 2021 comments Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Two doses of a Covid vaccine are
A lot is still unknown around Omicron, but a worrying trend has become clear: This variant sure is spreading fast. In South Africa , the U.K. , and Denmark —countries with the best variant surveillanc
And there it is, the first trickle of data to confirm it. In the eyes of vaccinated immune systems, Omicron looks like a big old weirdo—but also, a kind of familiar one. That’s the verdict served up b
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