With new cases of COVID-19 continuing to fall, this could be the time to focus on making sure everyone has equal access to vaccines and other drugs before the next public health emergency. The coronavirus pandemic, now in its third year, saw major issues develop around equal access to diagnosis, […]
As much of the country prepares to ditch their masks, mingle more closely, and return to ”normal,” not everyone can board that train. Connie Taylor Connie Taylor, 60, from Nashville, is as tired as the next person of the COVID-cautious routines. “It’s getting old,” she said recently. Despite that, she […]
France — During a round-table discussion at the French Senate, specialists in infectious disease and epidemiology presented their thoughts on what might happen after the Omicron wave passes. Will COVID become an endemic disease, or will new, worrisome variants emerge? Using various types of data, the experts shared their views which, […]
As with diseases such as malaria and HIV, rich countries are “moving on” from COVID while poor ones continue to get ravaged. Americans, by and large, are putting the pandemic behind them. Now that Omicron is in the rearview mirror and cases are plummeting, even many of those who have stayed […]
South Korea reported its deadliest day of the pandemic as the country faces a surge due to the Omicron variant, recording 114 deaths on Sunday after the previous high of 112 deaths just 2 days before. In addition, 715 patients were hospitalized in severe or critical condition on Monday, up […]
Dr Gerald E. Harmon Looking beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, Gerald E. Harmon, MD, president of the American Medical Association (AMA), on Thursday called for five actions to “fix our ailing health system, rebuild trust [in science and experts], and better respond to the next public health emergency.” Speaking at the […]
New omicron infections in the U.S. have plummeted 90% from a pandemic high in a little over a month. The U.S. is reporting about 84,000 new cases per day on average, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, down from a pandemic high of more than 800,000 daily cases […]
A higher proportion of people hospitalized in the U.K. during the pandemic had alcohol dependence compared with pre-pandemic times, and these patients were more likely to have mental health issues and worse COVID-19 outcomes, a retrospective study found. Alcohol dependence at admission increased from 3% in pre-pandemic times to 3.7% […]
The world is experiencing a huge wave of infection with the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. Estimates based on Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) models suggest that on around Jan 17, 2022 there were 125 million omicron infections a day in the world, which is more than ten times […]
The rate of tuberculosis in London, UK, has not reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. This might be surprising given that tuberculosis is airborne, and suggests important lessons about the transmission and treatment of the disease. Although tuberculosis has been declining in the UK since 2011, incidence before the COVID-19 pandemic remained relatively […]
