Three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: A tapeworm remedy to fight Covid; you can stop sanitizing now; and a new concern about blood clots with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Plus news briefs and a frippery. … Continue reading →
Three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: Moderna can pack more doses per vial; Emergent’s big mistake; and news on vaccines for kids as young as 12. Plus news briefs and a pair of fripperies. Pfizer is … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed: Vitamin D levels vs. infection probability in Black people; variant viruses infecting animals; and the roller coaster that is AstraZeneca’s Phase III results announcement. Plus news briefs and a frippery. … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: Evidence that post-infection people could need only one shot; asymptomatics and long Covid; and AstraZeneca on pause across Europe over safety concerns. Plus news briefs and a frippery. AstraZeneca … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: One instance in Oregon of a scary variant; quantifying the variants’ immune escape; and the new CDC guidelines. Plus news briefs and a frippery. A year Before we dive … Continue reading →
Herewith a couple of items of pandemic news you may have missed: Who is helping whom with manufacturing? And the impact of US export bans in support of Pfizer on vaccine production elsewhere. Plus news briefs and a frippery. US … Continue reading →
Would the course of Covid-19 in this country have been different if Medicare had covered routine dental exams and cleanings? Possibly. But the studies have not been done that could tell us with confidence, and they probably won’t be. Determining … Continue reading →
Three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: FDA signals a streamlined approval path for vaccine updates; South Africa halts AstraZeneca distribution; and Moderna demonstrates its shot’s efficacy against viral variants. Plus news briefs and a frippery. Moderna’s … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: A trial of mixed shots begins in the UK; a sobering tale of a variant’s spread; and J&J applies for an EUA. Plus news briefs and a frippery. Johnson … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: Llama antibodies redux; two new viral variants out of Ohio; and the function of that second shot of vaccine. Plus news briefs and a frippery. What the second shot … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: A wild mink in Utah has turned up infected; and two possibilities for finding that we may have more vaccine than we thought we did. Plus two fripperies. Just … Continue reading →
Some pandemic news you may have missed recently: How the upcoming time of vaccine purgatory will go down; two vaccines that hit a snag; and an antiviral compound that blocks SARS-CoV-2 transmission in ferrets. Plus a frippery. An antiviral that … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: troubling details on Long Covid; news from the treatment front; and Minnesota’s Covid notification app. Plus the accustomed frippery. Minnesota’s Covid notification app Yesterday I downloaded and installed COVIDaware … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: mental health associations with Covid-19; an anti-depressant possibly protective against worsening disease; and using testing to shorten the time of quarantine. Plus the usual frippery. OCD drug fluvoxamine may … Continue reading →
Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: testing a thyroid hormone for Covid-ARDS; grocery store clerks at high risk; and a simulator for rapid testing scenarios. Plus a frippery. A dashboard for exploring rapid testing Perhaps … Continue reading →
