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Here's What Experts Expect The COVID-19 Pandemic To Be Like This Year

Tue, 2023-01-10 15:41 — mike kraft

'COVID Isn't Over': Here's What Experts Expect The COVID-19 Pandemic To Be Like This Year With the rise of highly transmissible variants including XBB, experts warn COVID is far from over. But there are new tools to help and more research is underway. YahooNews

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Confirmed COVID-19 cases are currently nowhere near where they were during the last two winters in the U.S., but they are expected to rise. The current numbers reported are also believed to be lower than they actually are since more people are testing at home.

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China: More than 88 million people in Henan province infected with Covid, official says

Mon, 2023-01-09 22:55 — mike kraft

China Covid: More than 88 million people in Henan infected, official says Some 89% of people in Henan province have been infected but visits to clinics have peaked. BBC News

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The Henan provincial figures are in stark contrast to Covid figures from the central government

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Omicron COVID booster cuts hospitalization in over 65s -- Israeli study

Mon, 2023-01-09 15:42 — mike kraft

Omicron COVID booster cuts hospitalization in over 65s, Israeli study finds The Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccine booster developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE sharply reduced hospitalizations among older patients, Israeli researchers said on Monday, in some of the first evidence of the jab's real-world effectiveness. Reuters Reuters

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New studies outline Omicron immune protection after infection, vaccination

Mon, 2023-01-09 15:37 — mike kraft

Studies detail Omicron immune protection after infection, vaccination One study looked at BA.5 infection after vaccination, while another examined vaccine effectiveness in children and adolescents. CIDRAP

A pair of new studies describe infection- and vaccine-conferred immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, with one showing that vaccinated people have good protection against BA.5 subvariant reinfection for at least 8 months after infection, and the other finding that the vaccine is 46% and 70% effective against infection and hospitalization, respectively, in children.

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CDC revises figures, says Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for 27.6% of U.S. COVID cases

Fri, 2023-01-06 22:52 — mike kraft

Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for 27.6% of U.S. COVID cases - CDC The Omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, is estimated to account for 27.6% of COVID-19 cases in the United States for the week ending Jan. 7, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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People who haven't had COVID will likely catch the new XBB.1.5 variant, experts say

Fri, 2023-01-06 22:44 — mike kraft

People who haven't had COVID will likely catch XBB.1.5 – and many will get reinfected, experts say New COVID variant XBB.1.5 is very contagious, meaning everyone is at risk for infection even if you've already had COVID. Here's what that means. YahooNews

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China is not reporting true impact of Covid outbreak, WHO says

Fri, 2023-01-06 14:05 — mike kraft

China 'under-representing' true impact of Covid outbreak, WHO says | CNN The World Health Organization has accused China of "under-representing" the severity of its Covid outbreak and criticized its "narrow" definition of what constitutes a Covid death, as top global health officials urge Beijing to share more data about the explosive spread. Simone McCarthy CNN

... WHO executive director for health emergencies Mike Ryan said the numbers released by China “under-represent the true impact of the disease” in terms of hospital and ICU admissions, as well as deaths.

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