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Fragments of the monkeypox virus have been detected in semen in a handful of patients in Italy, raising questions over whether sexual transmission of the disease is a possibility, scientists said on Monday. The monkeypox virus is understood to spread through close contact with an infected person, who may shed […]
Summary What is already known about this topic? American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons across the United States face substantial health disparities, including a disproportionate incidence of COVID-19 illness. What is added by this report? AI/AN persons living in Alaska are at increased risk for COVID-19 illness, COVID-19–associated hospitalization, […]
The CDC says 180 children in the United States have been diagnosed with unexplained acute hepatitis, up from 109 cases 2 weeks ago. Most of those newly counted cases were “retrospective” patients, the CDC said in a Wednesday update on the outbreak. “Since CDC’s investigation looks at patients reported back to October […]
From today, new guidance enables the 10-day self-isolation period for people who have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) to be reduced to 7 days, in most cases. People who receive negative LFD results on day 6 and day 7 of their self-isolation period – with tests taken 24 hours apart – will […]
New modelling shows that more than 35 billion infections are expected worldwide over the next two months. The UK has recorded more than 100,000 cases of Covid for the first time since the pandemic began. Latest data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that more than 106,122 people tested positive for […]
South Africa’s COVID-19 cases almost doubled within 24 hours, jumping from a reported 4,300 new cases on Tuesday to 8,500 new daily cases on Wednesday, according to the BBC. Health officials have confirmed that the new Omicron variant has become the dominant coronavirus strain in South Africa and is driving a sharp increase […]
Créditos: Comité científico Covid
Preliminary data from seven states suggest that breakthrough COVID-19 infections among vaccinated people may be on the rise due to the more contagious Delta variant. Breakthrough cases accounted for about 1 in 5 newly diagnosed cases in six of the states, according to The New York Times . Hospitalizations and deaths among vaccinated people […]
COVID-19 cases are continuing to increase across much of the country. More than 90% of states and territories are experiencing increases. The current 7-day average of daily new cases is 61,976. This is a 64.1% increase from the previous 7-day period, and a 439.7% increase from the lowest overall average […]
