Society / October 4, 2024 Why are places like Stanford and Johns Hopkins hosting gatherings of well-known coronavirus cranks? Ad Policy Stanford University president Jonathan Levin (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) Today, Stanford University is holding an all-day gathering on the Covid pandemic, with its new president making opening remarks. It’s the second such meeting
A new – and potentially more transmissible – variant of COVID could become dominant this winter, experts believe. Global cases of the XEC variant have been rising slowly since it was first identified in Germany in June. In the US, the variant now accounts for 6% of sequenced infections, according to the Centers for Disease
Former National Institutes of Health employee Margaret Moore, accused by Republicans of helping others shield emails from the public, invoked her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination at a deposition before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Friday. Moore, a former FOIA public liaison for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Updated COVID-19 shots are now available from pharmacies and health care providers. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with Northern Arizona University epidemiologist Paul Keim about why the vaccine needed a revision and how it helps protect people from severe cases of the virus. So they’ve rolled out new versions of the COVID shot for this upcoming
FILE – A woman holds two boxes of at-home Covid-19 test kits in Washington, Dec. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Andrew Harnik UTICA, N.Y. — It was announced last week that free COVID tests are available for free by mail again. Americans can once again order COVID-19 tests, without being charged, straight to
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email A new Covid variant has been reported across the globe with fears it will soon be the dominant strain of the illness. Cases of the XEC variant, first detected in Germany in
It’s a monstrosity — a creature that’s part spider, part hyena, and part rabbit, with one blind eye and a drooling maw. Courtesy of the Utah Department of Health and Human Services / Utah News Dispatch An art piece by Ella Udell, a long COVID patient, as part of the “Meet My Monster Project” and
A week before Meta Platforms unveiled a new live translation feature for its latest Ray-Ban smart glasses, I was having some Sichuan theatre translated live in front of my eyes courtesy of a pair of smart glasses made in Shenzhen. Unlike the Ray-Ban frames, the Even Realities G1 glasses use micro-LED projectors and a special
New research highlights the need for a more specific definition of long-COVID, as nearly one in five SARS-CoV-2 negative patients also reported long-term symptoms, raising concerns about overdiagnosis. Study: Telomere length exhibits inverse association with migraine among Americans aged 20–50 years, without implications beyond age 50: a cross-sectional study. Image Credit: Lightspring / Shutterstock A study published
When Covid struck, the Earth stopped. Borders were shut, schools closed, nowhere on the planet went untouched. Now it is claimed, the effects may not have ended there. The moon, a new study argues, also experienced the chilling effects of lockdown. Quite literally: it got colder. Readings taken of the surface of the moon during
SALT LAKE CITY — Blake Bockholt says he used to be very active. He was a high school English teacher who would go running, cycling and canyoneering. Bockholt suffers from long COVID. “My life is completely different than I thought it would ever be,” he said Wednesday at an event announcing a new long COVID
Study reveals lower cardiovascular risks after COVID-19 vaccination, despite increased myocarditis and pericarditis in younger males. Study: Cardiovascular events following coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination in adults: A nationwide Swedish study. Image Credit: pedro7merino / Shutterstock.com A recent European Heart Journal study utilized data from a Swedish nationwide register-based cohort to explore the risks of cardiovascular
More people are beginning to be infected with the XEC Covid variant. There are multiple symptoms to identify it and many ways of prevention. The Covid pandemic has come to an end, but the virus still persists. Recently, people have begun to be infected with the XEC Covid variant. Symptoms In a recent BBC article
Nearside map of the Moon showing the sites selected for the present study. Each individual site is also shown in the blow-ups. The base map is LRO WAC mosaic. (Source: LRO quickmap) Systematic investigation of lunar night-time temperatures can possibly be thought as a stable platform to study Earth’s radiation budget and climate change as
The founder of one of Germany’s best-known coronavirus skeptic groups appeared in a southern German court on Wednesday accused of fraud and tax evasion. The 49-year-old Michael Ballweg is accused of deceiving donors to the “Querdenker” (which might be translated as Lateral Thinkers, or Alternative Thinkers) movement over how their money would be used. What is
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, a group of researchers compared the proportion of emergency department patients who developed Post-Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Condition (PCC) symptoms between those who tested positive and those who tested negative for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Study: Post-COVID-19 condition symptoms among emergency
COVID-19 is known for its effects on our respiratory system but it can also harm other organs, as new research suggests the coronavirus could heighten the risk of acute kidney disorders. Recent studies have highlighted the lasting impact that this virus can have on our memory and cognitive function. Now scientists have found a link
Levels of the virus that causes COVID-19 remain high across the U.S. despite recent decreases in positive case reports across the country. However, viral activity varies significantly across different states, new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows. As of September 21, the overall viral activity level in wastewater across
While you might associate cooler fall temperatures with flu season, it’s also a good time to start thinking about COVID-19 protection. You can now get updated COVID vaccines — including the new Novavax vaccine, and the federal government has started sending at-home COVID tests again. Using the COVIDTests.gov website, US households can once again order four free
Q. My doctor says I should get vaccines for the flu and COVID. But I’ve never had either flu or COVID, so why do I need a vaccine? A. Most people are not as lucky as you: in their lifetimes, many people get sick from influenza (flu) multiple times, and blood tests show that most
