Explainer: What do we know about COVID variant XBB.1.5?
GENEVA, Jan 5 (Reuters) – The Omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, is causing concern among scientists after its rapid spread in the United States in December. Here is what we know so…
COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review
Weekly Review, Signing Off This is the 97th and final issue of the COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review. Yesterday, May 11, 2023, marked the end of the federal COVID-19 public…
RECOVER study establishes working clinical definition of long COVID
In a new multisite study including the University of Kansas Medical Center, researchers have created a working definition of long COVID by identifying 12 common symptoms, with malaise after physical…
These 12 symptoms may define long COVID, new study finds
For the millions who have been struggling with a baffling illness in the last few years, a recent study on long COVID could finally be a step toward treatment. At…
WHO declares end to COVID global health emergency
LONDON, May 5 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on Friday more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should…
Long COVID symptoms acquire firmer definition, threshold for diagnosis, ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: After examining nearly 10,000 patients, most of whom had COVID-19, researchers have outlined 12 symptoms that most set apart those with and without long COVID, the post-infection set…
Long COVID or Post-COVID Conditions
About Long COVID Long COVID is a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems that people experience after being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Most people…
Philadelphia Issues Rules on COVID Paid Sick Leave, and Revises “During COVID” Rules for Regular and Healthcare Employee Paid Sick Leave
On February 28, 2023, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor (PDOL) published regulations concerning three distinct types of job-protected paid leave employers must provide under the Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces…
Ivermectin booster Dr. Tess Lawrie goes all-in for homeopathy for COVID and long COVID
I know that, since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I keep repeating the mantra, “Everything old is new again.” I even know that I probably repeat it so much that it…
National survey, some statewide metrics show Minnesotans seeing less COVID
Last week we presented the results of our reader survey, which indicated that many of you thought COVID-19 was circulating in your communities more in recent weeks than it had…