Topline Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, can produce a more severe and more deadly form of disease in people living with advanced HIV infections, researchers wrote in the Lancet medical journal on T...
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Pfizer CEO: Covid Infections Will Rise. So Will Paxlovid and Vaccine Sales.
Pfizer executives say Wall Street analysts haven’t understood just how powerful a hit the company’s Covid-19 products will take this year. That’s the explanation the company’s chief financial officer,...
Kids Who Exercise More Are Less Likely To Get Respiratory Infections, Study Suggests
Topline Children who are more physically active could be less susceptible to respiratory tract infections like the common cold, according to a study published in Pediatric Research Monday, as less tha...
China’s big cities are starting to look past Covid, while rural areas brace for infections
Subway passenger traffic in Shanghai is quickly returning to levels seen before the latest Covid wave, according to Wind data. Pictured here is a subway car in the city on Jan. 4, 2023. Hugo Hu | Gett...
Shares of Chinese funeral company rise as Covid infections leap
Workers in protective gear handle a coffin and coffin case at Dongjiao Funeral Parlor, reportedly designated to handle Covid fatalities, in Beijing, China, on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomb...
China Scales Back Reporting Of Daily Covid Numbers As Infections Rise In Major Cities
Topline China’s health officials on Wednesday announced that going forward the country’s daily Covid-19 case numbers will leave out people with asymptomatic infections—a group that made up a large maj...
China’s Covid infections drop for the first time in more than a week
Covid control workers disinfect an area in Beijing on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, where a day earlier locals had gathered to protest stringent Covid measures. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images News | Getty Image...
China may have ‘passed the point of no return’ as Covid infections soar
Beijing’s business district lay nearly empty during rush hour on Nov. 22, 2022, after local authorities asked people to work from home, among many measures targeted at controlling the latest Cov...
Monkeypox In Women Frequently Misdiagnosed As Sexually Transmitted Infections, Study Finds
Topline Monkeypox mainly spreads among women and nonbinary people through sexual contact, but some infections could be flying under the radar as they are often misdiagnosed as other diseases known to ...
Three Covid Vaccine Doses Better Than Two Against Omicron Infections, New Study Reinforces
Topline Three doses of a Covid-19 vaccine provide stronger protection against the highly contagious omicron variant than two primary series doses, according to a new Danish study, a finding that provi...
Many Infected With Omicron Covid Infections Don’t Know, Study Suggests
Topline Some 56% of a sample of people who tested positive for Covid-19 during the winter omicron surge were not aware they had the coronavirus, a new study found, adding to concerns that low levels o...
BA.5 Is Driving A Wave Of Covid Infections, But Not Deaths—Here’s Why Experts Say We Should Still Be Cautious
Topline The evasive BA.5 omicron variant is driving up Covid cases and hospitalizations as it spreads rapidly across the United States—but despite deaths remaining lower compared to earlier waves, exp...
Dogs Detect Positive Covid Infections Better Than Antigen Tests, Study Suggests
Topline Dogs were more effective at detecting positive cases of Covid-19 through human sweat samples than nasal antigen tests, a PLOS ONE study conducted by researchers affiliated with the Assistance ...
NY Gov. Hochul warns omicron subvariants driving spike in infections
Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, speaks during a news conference in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images Two mutated strains of the highly transmissible ...
Omicron More Likely To Cause Upper Airway Infections Among Children Than Previous Covid Varieties, Study Says
Topline The omicron variant is more likely than other coronavirus variants to cause upper airway infection (UAI) among children, which puts them at risk of heart attack and other severe complications,...
U.S. could see another uptick in COVID infections in coming weeks
The U.S. will likely see another uptick in COVID infections in the coming weeks, says the former FDA commissioner, Dr Scott Gottlieb. Highlights from Dr Gottlieb’s interview on CNBC’s &lsq...
Hawaii Becomes Last State To Drop Mask Mandate As Covid Infections Fall
Topline Hawaii plans to drop the nation’s last remaining statewide indoor mask mandate later this month, Gov. David Ige (D) announced Tuesday, as Covid-19 infections have plunged since January—but Ige...
Covid infections plummet 90% from U.S. pandemic high, states lift mask mandates
A resident receives a Covid-19 swab test during a mobile clinic at Saint Paul MB Church in Cleveland, Mississippi, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Rory Doyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. health official...
Losses Top $130 Billion After Scientists Find Covid Boosters Aren’t Halting Omicron Infections
Topline Battered by a steep broad-market selloff this week, Moderna shares fell for a sixth-straight day Friday as experts questioned whether Covid-19 vaccine sales alone will help justify the firm...
Adele Postpones Las Vegas Residency Due To Staff Covid Infections
Topline One day before Adele’s months-long residency in Las Vegas was set to begin Friday, the singer postponed the concert series — for which tickets have been resold at upwards of $1,000 — due to co...
WHO says omicron cases are ‘off the charts’ as global infections set new records
Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the World Health Organization’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, speaks during a press conference following an emergency committee meeting over the new coronaviru...
U.S. sets fresh records for Covid hospitalizations and cases with 1.5 million new infections
Medical staff treat coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient Frank Clark in his room on an isolated medical unit floor at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, U.S., January 5, 2022. Shannon...
Omicron makes up 95% of sequenced Covid cases in U.S. as infections hit pandemic record
At the Covid testing site on Broadway in Santa Monica, the wait was at least 45 minutes long even with an appointment on Monday, Jan. 3, 2021. Carolyn Cole | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The omicr...
Severe weather, omicron infections drive thousands more U.S. flight cancellations
Travelers push their luggage past baggage claim inside the United Airlines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) during the holiday season as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Omicron v...