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As the BA.5 variant spreads, the risk of coronavirus reinfection grows

Mon, 2022-07-11 09:30 — mike kraft

As the BA.5 variant spreads, the risk of coronavirus reinfection grows The latest omicron offshoot, BA.5, has quickly become dominant in the United States, driving a wave of reinfections across the country. Joel Achenbach Washington Post

America has decided the pandemic is over. The coronavirus has other ideas.

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Omicron symptoms: What we know about the illness caused by the new subvariants

Fri, 2022-07-08 10:47 — mike kraft

Omicron symptoms: What we know about illness caused by the new subvariants Symptoms of omicron and the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants are similar, doctors say. They're all still Covid, and they can still cause severe disease. NBC News

The current wave of the omicron variant of the coronavirus making its way across the U.S. — dominated by the subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 — is sparking new concerns about a seemingly endless cycle of Covid infections.

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U.S. Doctors seek more information on Paxlovid prescribing amid Covid-19 rebound concerns

Thu, 2022-07-07 10:37 — mike kraft

Doctors are clamoring for more clarity on Paxlovid prescribing amid Covid-19 rebound concerns “I think the sense of likely risk-benefit has changed over time,” said Walid Gellad, an internal medicine physician at the University of Pittsburgh. Megan Thielking STAT

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BA.5, now dominant U.S. variant, may pose the biggest threat to immune protection yet

Thu, 2022-07-07 10:11 — mike kraft

BA.5, now dominant U.S. variant, may pose the biggest threat to immune protection yet The FDA recommended that Covid vaccine makers target two omicron subvariants — BA.4 and BA.5 — in new booster shots expected to come this fall. NBC News

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The coronavirus subvariant known as BA.5 accounted for nearly 54% of the country's Covid cases as of Saturday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A similar subvariant, BA.4, makes up 17% more.

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COVID-19 antigen test sensitivity could be as low as 60% with omicron: FDA

Wed, 2022-07-06 13:42 — mike kraft

COVID-19 antigen test sensitivity could be as low as 60% with omicron: FDA The tests have taken a “really big hit in sensitivity” with the omicron variant, raising doubts about the ability of a single test to provide a definitive diagnosis, according to the agency. Elise Reuter MedTech Dive

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Highly Contagious BA.5 Variant Becomes Dominant In U.S. As Covid Cases Rise

Tue, 2022-07-05 17:24 — mike kraft

Highly Contagious BA.5 Variant Becomes Dominant In U.S. As Covid Cases Rise The BA.5 strain—a subvariant of omicron—accounted for more than half of all U.S. coronavirus cases last week, as federal regulators encourage drugmakers to retool their vaccines to target new virus strains this fall. Madeline Halpert Forbes

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New York City's COVID test positivity rate surpasses 10% for the first time since January

Fri, 2022-07-01 10:15 — mike kraft

New York City's COVID test positivity rate surpasses 10% for the first time since January Data from the New York City health department shows the COVID test positivity rate has surpassed 10% for the first time since late January. ABC News ABC News

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Britain: COVID cases up by more than 30% last week

Fri, 2022-07-01 10:10 — mike kraft

COVID cases up by more than 30% in Britain last week LONDON (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases across Britain has surged by more than 30% in the last week, new data showed Friday, with cases largely driven by the super infectious omicron variants. AP NEWS

Data released by Britain’s Office for National Statistics showed that more than 3 million people in the U.K. had COVID-19 last week, although there has not been an equivalent spike in hospitalizations. The number of COVID-19 deaths also fell slightly in the last week.

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COVID-19 cases rising nearly everywhere in the world - WHO

Thu, 2022-06-30 08:22 — mike kraft

WHO: COVID-19 cases rising nearly everywhere in the world GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization. The U.N. health agency said in its latest weekly report on the pandemic that the worldwide number of deaths remained relatively similar to the week before, at about 8,500. AP NEWS

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Omicron subvaniants BA.4 and BA.5 have become dominant in the U.S.--CDC

Wed, 2022-06-29 10:15 — mike kraft

The Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have together become dominant in the U.S., the C.D.C. estimates

Continuing their rapid march across the United States, the Omicron subvariants known as BA.4 and BA.5 have together become dominant among new coronavirus cases, according to new estimates on Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As of the week ending Saturday, BA.4 made up 15.7 percent of new cases, and BA.5 was 36.6 percent, accounting for about 52 percent of new cases in the United States, numbers that experts said should rise in the weeks to come.

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