New CDC Advice: Seniors Should Get 2nd Updated COVID Shot Now!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made a forceful recommendation on Wednesday that adults aged 65 years and older should receive a second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the fall 2023 season. This emphatic guidance comes as senior citizens still account for an outsized proportion of coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths, even […]
Fungal Diseases: A Hidden Global Health Crisis
Over a decade ago, scientists estimated that around two million people worldwide were dying from fungal infections annually. However, recent research paints an even graver picture, with updated statistics showing fungal-related deaths approaching 3.8 million a year globally. This staggering figure signifies that fungal diseases are responsible for close to 7% of all human deaths […]
New COVID Variant BA.2.86: What We Know So Far
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are keeping a close watch on a newly identified COVID strain, BA.2.86, or “Pirola”. With a high number of mutations, this variant has the potential to be quite different from what we’ve seen so far. What’s the status? WHO has […]
Beijing Hospital Beds Fill Up as COVID Cases Soar in China
Patients, most of whom are old, are laying on stretchers in hallways and receiving oxygen while seated in wheelchairs as COVID-19 spreads in Beijing, the capital of China. On Thursday, the Chuiyangliu hospital in the city’s east was crowded with newly arrived patients. Midmorning, all available beds had been filled, despite the fact that ambulances […]
China Official Media Downplays Covid Outbreak before WHO Meeting
On Tuesday, China’s state media downplayed the severity of the COVID-19 wave that was sweeping through the country. Later in the day, Chinese scientists were set to brief the World Health Organization on how the virus had changed. China’s sudden U-turn on COVID controls on December 7 and the accuracy of its case and death […]
Covid BF.7 Subvariant: The Omicron Driving the New Surge in India and China
Listen to Podcast: The Covid BF.7 subvariant is one of the worrying subtypes of Omicron that are causing the Covid-19 pandemic in China right now. One of the four Chinese people who recently went to Bangladesh was found to have the Covid BF.7 subvariant. All four people who took the Covid test before […]
Lack of information on China’s COVID Outbreak stirs Global Concerns
Listen to Podcast: Moves by the US, Japan, and others to require COVID-19 tests for passengers coming from China show that people around the world are worried that China’s ongoing explosive outbreak could lead to new strains and that the government might not tell the rest of the world quickly enough. So far, no new […]
