President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. The White House says he is fully vaccinated and twice reinforced and has very mild symptoms. Biden, 79, has started taking the antiviral remedy Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir), which is helping to prevent the virus from replicating in the frame and has been shown to save him from serious illness. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rules, you will self-isolate at the White House until your check is negative. , and will continue to carry out all its tasks during this period. Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, the White House COVID-19 reaction coordinator, told CNN that Biden has “a little bit of a runny nose and a little bit of a dry cough. “
Biden posted a video on Twitter in which he looks healthy, thanking others for their fear and assuring the public, “It’s going to be fine. “
Politico explained how President Biden’s coronavirus infection is far less severe than when former President Trump became inflamed just before the 2020 election: Biden enjoys significant coverage against serious ailments through vaccines and boosters; you are taking the antiviral remedy Paxlovid; the existing strain appears to be less virulent; and Biden has no known comorbidities besides age, while Trump suffers from obesity, which carries a significant threat of symptoms of more serious illnesses.
The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reported Thursday that coronavirus activity continues to rise, with states in the mid-Atlantic, south and west reporting network levels. A New York Times study found that infection levels are rising in more than 40 states.
Los Angeles County is set to impose regulations on indoor masks next week, as knowledge shows that the highly transmissible subvariant BA. 5 omicron is increasing the number of coronavirus cases and sending an increasing number of other people to the hospital, according to Los Angeles. Times.
As the Associated Press reported Thursday, Oregon fitness officials are urging citizens of 21 counties with major COVID-19 cases to return to wearing masks while the state’s hospital formula recovers under excessive pressure.
After an upward trend for more than five weeks worldwide, the number of weekly instances in the week of July 11-17 remained stable, with just under 6. 3 million new instances, according to the latest update from the World Health Organization (WHO). However, the number of new weekly deaths is increasing, with 11,000 deaths reported. The WHO noted that existing trends in reported COVID-19 cases and deaths deserve to be interpreted with caution, as several countries have gradually replaced COVID-19 testing strategies, resulting in a minimum in the total number of tests performed and, as a result, a minimum in the number of instances detected.
A San Francisco Bay Area man told NBC News he tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and monkeypox simultaneously. Mitcho Thompson of Sevastopol said the double whammy of the viruses had caused weeks of distress and that he felt he had a terrible flu. “Honestly, the worst component is that I can get up a little bit from bed and [I] can drink a glass of water,” he said.
Scientific findings published July 20 in the journal Hypertension indicated that high blood pressure was linked to a 2. 6-fold increased risk of hospitalization, similar to omicron infection, even in other people who were fully vaccinated and reinforced. in two adults in the United States suffer from hypertension, according to the CDC.
Researchers at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles met 912 other people who were fully vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine, won a booster shot, and were then diagnosed with COVID-19. The omicron outbreak that occurred in Southern California began. December 1, 2021 to April 20, 2022. De these, 145 had to be hospitalized.
“The bottom line is that it’s incredibly vital to avoid infection, even when the circulating viral variant is presumed to cause mild illness in most people,” Joseph E said. Ebinger, MD, clinical cardiologist and director of clinical research at the Smidt Heart Institute and the first of the study, said in a statement.
The researchers also found that chronic kidney disease or a history of central attack or central failure increases the risk of hospitalization after an infection.
Reuters reported on Friday that New Zealanders are dying of COVID-19 at the highest rate the country has ever seen, as a new wave of the omicron strain is affecting the elderly population. In the week ending July 16, the country recorded 151 coronavirus cases. Deaths. The omicron BA. 5 subvariant is the existing wave in New Zealand, which was largely COVID-free until late last year due to coordinated and competitive measures to engage the virus.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi and chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, announced on Twitter that he had tested positive and had mild symptoms. It is fully vaccinated and reinforced. Due to his infection, Thompson will self-isolate for several days and will have to miss Thursday’s hearing.
ABC News reported information from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that appears to indicate that the city recorded an average of 4380 cases over seven days, a 14% increase from the average of 3828 cases recorded two weeks ago. After California, New York has the current rate of cases in the country. The unvaccinated are the hardest hit by new infections. The weekly rate of cases in the unvaccinated is 3 times higher than the rate in the vaccinated and reinforced.
As Reuters reported, Australia on Thursday recorded one of its highest death rates from the coronavirus, with 89 deaths, while hospital admissions approached record levels. Just over 55,600 new cases were reported thursday, the highest since May 18.
Nearly 4 out of five Americans surveyed through Axios/Ipsos will never be spared COVID in our lifetime. According to 1155 respondents, the effects of the survey released this week also show that about one-third of Americans say they know someone who has been reinfected with COVID-19 in recent weeks. Of Americans who have had or suspect they have had COVID-19 at any time since the pandemic began, more than a quarter say they have had it twice or more. of new cases following the emergence of the omicron BA. 5 variant, familiarity with the variant remains quite low, and reported mask use is at its lowest point of the pandemic.
In early May, subvariants omicron BA. 5 and BA. 4 together accounted for only 1% of new cases in the United States. Now, through the end of the week of July 16, the MOST RECENT CDC measurements imply that BA. 5 accounts for about 8 out of 10 new infections in the U. S. , while BA. 4 accounts for 12. 8% of new infections.
BA. 5, which is larger to evade vaccine protection, is causing the existing outbreak. Current research from the New York Times indicates that over the past 14 days, cases and hospitalizations nationwide have increased by 18 percent, while new deaths have increased. up to 32 percent.
This week, CBS News shared the main points of a study on Zoe’s fitness that revealed that other people with variants of omicron reported a sore throat and hoarse voice, while those symptoms were not as frequent during the delta wave. Previous versions of the virus caused a pérdida. de smell, fever, headache, mental confusion and eye pain, however, those symptoms seem to be less common now, although they are still possible.
The Boston Globe looked this week at whether COVID home checks can be used beyond their due dates. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)the shelf life of some check kits has been extended. Consumers are encouraged to review an updated FDA list of all immediate house checks that have been legal through the agency, along with their new expiration dates.
On Tuesday, Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, endorsed the advice of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine be used as the number one option in the series for 18-year-old adults. age. and older.
“Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, which will be available in the coming weeks, is a vital tool in the pandemic and provides a more familiar type of COVID-19 vaccine generation for adults,” the CDC wrote. “Having vaccine types provides more features and flexibility for the public, jurisdictions and vaccine providers. “
The New York Times noted that, right now, Novavax injections are only for other people who have not yet been vaccinated, which is likely to restrict their use in the first place.
The Novavax vaccine is a type of protein subunit vaccine. These types of vaccines have been used for more than 30 years in the United States, starting with the first licensed hepatitis B vaccine. Other protein subunit vaccines used today in the United States come with those used to oppose influenza and pertussis (acellular pertussis).
In the past six weeks, coronavirus infections across Europe have tripled, with only about 3 million new cases reported last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Tuesday.
“At this point last year, WHO/Europe spoke of a new wave of COVID-19 hitting the region, driven through the delta variant amid the lifting of restrictions and increased social diversity,” said WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr Hans Henri P. . Kluge, in a statement. ” It is now transparent that we are in a similar scenario to last summer, only this time the ongoing COVID-19 wave is propelled through sublines of the omicron variant, adding BA. 2 and BA. 5, with all submarines dominating. The line of omicrons that appears conveys transparent benefits over viruses that circulated in the past.
Kluge noted that hospitalizations are expanding and are expected to build up more in the fall and winter months as schools reopen, other people return from vacation and social diversity moves inland with the arrival of colder weather.
“COVID-19 remains an unsightly and life-threatening disease,” he said. “Just two weeks ago, the virus hit me for the first time and made me lose my balance. I spent 3 terrible days and nights with a high fever, chills and shortness of breath. I can only believe how much it would have been if I hadn’t been fully vaccinated and earned my extra dose. I recovered at home, in isolation, with my circle of relatives nearby to keep an eye on me. I didn’t want hospitalization or treatment. The vaccine-induced antibodies in my immune formula were administered to cadres and fought infection.
Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who helped lead the country’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, told Politico he plans to retire until the end of President Biden’s term in January 2025. Fauci served for more than five decades under seven presidents. He told Politico, “If he says, ‘You’ll leave when we don’t have COVID anymore,’ then I’ll be 105 years old. I think we’re going to live with that. “
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this week that it has suspended its COVID-19 cruise program. , and communities in the future. The fitness firm said cruise ships now have to direct and equip to manage their own COVID-19 mitigation programs.
A study published July 18 in Scientific Reports found that other immunocompromised people avoid repeated use of the same mask to avoid microbial infections. threat equipment due to the proliferation of germs.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis reported that about one million Americans were forced to leave due to medical headaches due to the coronavirus, according to Fortune magazine.
The most recent data from the New York Times shows that COVID markers are on the rise. Over the past two weeks, infections and hospitalizations nationwide have increased by 20 percent, and the average number of deaths from the virus is 423 as of July 18. , a remarkable accumulation of nine percent. The Times said, “Most Americans are facing a new wave of COVID with a collective shrug, avoiding masks, joining crowds, and passing the endless barrage of virus warnings of more than months. “
The Mercury News estimated that COVID hospitalizations in California have quadrupled in the last 3 months, from around 1000 to over 4000. However, doctors noted that even in hospitalized people, cases are less severe than in subsequent outbreaks. not fully vaccinated are 9. 4 times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID, according to the most recent data available from the California Department of Public Health.
The Boston Public Health Commission is urging citizens to take more precautions against the spread of COVID, adding masks in crowded indoor spaces, according to the Boston Globe. “Based on existing trends, it is imperative that other people and others wear masks in crowded indoor environments, get tested, isolate themselves if they are sick, and keep up with their vaccinations, which will lessen the threat of severe COVID-19 illness,” said Bisola Ojikutu, MD, MPH, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, in a statement.
On July 15, the U. S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. U. S. Citizen Xavier Becerra exposed a COVID public health emergency for another three months, as infections in the U. S. U. S. agencies tend to increase. The emergency declaration, which has been renewed 10 times since January January 31, 2020 allows for regulatory and investment flexibility, according to the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
A Washington Post investigation found that Florida parents are struggling to find COVID-19 vaccines for their infants and toddlers. Many blame Gov. Ron DeSantis, who told parents they could do whatever they wanted, but refused to order the vaccines in advance. and prohibited county fitness departments from distributing or administering vaccines. Doctors in Florida struggle to get the vaccines, and those who do have waiting lists of several weeks.
In one of the first investigations into the efficacy of momentary mRNA recovery versus omicron variants of COVID-19, a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that momentary recovery particularly advanced efficacy against the generalized variants of omicron BA . 1 and BA. 2/BA. 2. 12. 1.
With the first booster, the effectiveness of the vaccine against these variants was only 68% (lower than previous variants) and decreased to 52% after six months. With the current vaccine, efficacy against these variants exceeded 80% in the first six months. months. Efficacy data are not yet available at six months.
Studies concluded that Americans get the recommended COVID-19 booster doses to avoid moderate to severe COVID-19, adding a first booster dose for all eligible Americans and a momentary dose for adults 50 years of age and older at least 4 months after an initial booster dose.
“Booster doses should be received immediately when other people are eligible,” the study authors wrote.
This week, CNN explored clinical advances in creating imaginable new vaccines that can be administered via nasal sprays or tablets. According to the researchers, handling vaccines through the nose or mouth would deploy more immune defenders in the body’s first line. Ellen Foxman, MD, PhD, an immunobiologist at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, told CNN, “The hope is to strengthen the defenses right there in the nose so that the virus can’t even reflect off the nose. “
Fifty-five percent of U. S. citizens now live in spaces where COVID-19 network levels are “high” where masking is practiced in public places, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As CBS News reported, another 30 percent live in counties considered “medium” risk.
Bloomberg News reported over the weekend that new COVID-19 cases in China continue to rise as outbreaks have widened in some regions. 26 new local COVID cases on Saturday. Across China, 580 cases were recorded that day, according to the National Health Commission, the point from May 23 and a jump of 450 the day before.
CNN said Monday that more than 2,000 tourists were stranded at the beihai hotel in southern China after the government imposed an instant lockdown to curb a coronavirus outbreak there.
Research published before the peer review in Research Square found that other people with reinfection had higher risks of death, hospitalization, and long-term physical disorders compared to those who had only become inflamed once. Led by Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, clinical epidemiologist at the University of Washington in St. Louis, the study involved 5,693,208 million more people, adding another 257,427 people with a first infection, another 38,926 people with reinfection and 5,396,855 non-inflamed controls. In an interview with CNN, Dr Al-Aly said: “We asked an undeniable question: if you’ve already contracted COVID and are now in your time of infection, does that pose a risk?And the undeniable answer is that it is.
A survey of 39,000 participants who had gained two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine found that 42. 1% of other menstruating people experienced heavier menstruation after vaccination. Published this month in the journal Science Advances, the survey also noted that two-thirds of the 673 postmenopausal people reported breakthrough bleeding, as did 39 percent of the other 280 people with gender-affirming hormones.
The San Francisco Chronicle said that over the past two months, viral levels in wastewater have skyrocketed, while reported cases have risen at a much slower rate. are positive. The most recent surveys of virus levels in wastewater in the Bay Area suggest that the maximum recent increase in COVID-19 in the region is likely to compete with the winter wave of omicrons in terms of the number of other people recently infected. In some areas, the increase would arguably be the largest to date.
Although cancer and center illnesses continue to be the leading causes of death in Maine, COVID now ranks third, surpassing accidental injuries and chronic lower respiratory diseases, according to Bangor Daily News.
As The Guardian reports, COVID-19 levels in the UK rose by almost 30% in a week, with around 3. 5 million more people reported to have the disease in the first week of July. in degrees last observed in March of this year at the peak of the omicron wave BA. 2,” said Sarah Crofts, head of analytical effects for the COVID-19 Infection Survey.
The county with the largest population in the United States may reintroduce a mandate to wear masks indoors if coronavirus-related hospitalizations continue to rise, according to ABC News. As of Tuesday, more than 1,100 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in Los Angeles County and emergency rooms have noticed a stable buildup in admissions. “If Los Angeles County moves to the upper network point and stays there for two weeks, the internal masking would expand to include all indoor public spaces,” said county fitness director Barbara Ferrer, PhD.
“We didn’t close anything. We’re not asking other people not to relate to the other people they love,” Dr. Ferrer added. “We ask you to take a moderate step, when there is so much transmission with a highly transmissible variant, pass and put back on a high-filtration mask that fits you well when you are inside with other people. “
Axios’ knowledge research from the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) indicates that new hospital admissions of COVID-19 patients are increasing in the U. S. compared to last week. Still, hospitalizations due to the new dominant subvariant BA. 5 are about 78% lower than their January peaks, and deaths have remained low.
A study by scientists in England published this week in Applied Economic Letters estimates that another 80,000 people in the UK had quit their jobs due to a long COVID in early March this year. The researchers noted that among those who have become inflamed with COVID-19, 5. 5% will spread a chronic disease that will replace their lives, especially central and lung disease. Others also experienced lasting symptoms, adding shortness of breath, fatigue, fever, headache, mental confusion and other neurological problems.
“Continued waves of coronavirus infections, which can last for several years, will prevent other people from running while having health problems with prolonged COVID,” survey co-author Donald Houston, a professor of economic geography at the University of Portsmouth in England, told reporters. Liberation. ” Many will lose their jobs and some will remain out of the labor market for a long time or permanently. “
The New York Times reported on new research through UNICEF (the UN firm that vaccinates a portion of the world’s children) and the World Health Organization (WHO) that reveals that millions of children around the world, most of them in the poorest countries, have failed. some or all of their vaccines in the formative years in the last two years of the pandemic. This greater decrease in the immunization regimen in 30 years puts the lives of these young people at risk. The report cites India, Nigeria, Indonesia, Ethiopia and the Philippines as having the number of young people who have not won the vaccines.
While the reasons for sub-ownership of the BA. five most transmissible omicrons are increasing across the country, the White House COVID task force this week suggested Americans get vaccinated to become seriously ill. The U. S. Food and Drug Administrationpeople over 12 may get a first souvenir and people over 50 may get a moment of remembrance. Immunocompromised Americans 12 years of age and older may also get a booster for now.
“Currently, many Americans are not vaccinated, which means they are not up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines,” said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH. “Not everyone over the age of 50 has received their first booster dose. Of those who gained their first booster dose, only 28% of those over the age of 50 gained a momentary booster dose. And among those over 65, only 34% gained their momentary booster dose. “
Politico called the rate at which states mandate vaccines for children under five “alarming. “opposed to the virus and the continued politicization of physical care.
If you have the flu when you’re inflamed with COVID-19, the frame’s reaction to the flu can particularly suppress the coronavirus, according to a study published this week in the Journal of Virology. In particular, the researchers found that the influenza A virus interfering with SARS-CoV-2 replicates in the lungs and may continue to do so even more than a week after the picture gets rid of the flu.
This week, the Salt Lake Tribune looked at doctors looking to solve a COVID-19-like MYSTERY: Why do some children develop diabetes after an infection?months earlier with COVID-19 and returned after presenting symptoms of diabetes. It’s not that unusual for Dania Al-Hamad, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist, to now ask patients who were tested for peak blood sugar if they’ve had the virus recently. The number of young people diagnosed with diabetes in the hospital exceeds 20% between 2020 and 2021.
At this point, scientists don’t know why the risk of diabetes appears to be higher in children who have COVID-19. One theory is that the virus attacks the cells of the pancreas, destroying them until it stops generating insulin. Another is that COVID-19 causes such inflammation in the frame that the pancreas simply shuts down.
The FDA on Wednesday issued an emergency use authorization for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for adults 18 and older. The resolution provides a new vaccination option for coverage opposed to the coronavirus. While the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are based on relatively new mRNA technology, the Novavax vaccine is produced employing a form of protein-based platform (similar to the flu vaccine) that has been used for years. the coronavirus. The CDC estimates that about 27 million U. S. adults have not yet received any form of COVID-19 vaccination.
William Schaffner, MD, infectious disease specialist and professor of preventive medicine and fitness policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, said, “The Novavax COVID vaccine is created with very classic vaccine production methods. As such, I hope it reassures other people who have been reluctant to get vaccinated so far. This will protect them as Americans and also help make their families and communities safer.
Cdc must approve the Novavax vaccine before it can be given to the public. CDC’s advisory committee on immune practices is scheduled to meet on July 19.
In addition to the coronavirus, Americans will now have to worry about parechovirus, which can cause fever, sepsis-like syndrome, and neurological diseases (seizures, meningitis) that can put young people’s lives at risk. The CDC issued a fitness advisory this week to alert doctors and public fitness departments that parechovirus is circulating lately in the United States. Insider reported that at least one newborn died from the virus.
The CDC released a report this week concluding that the COVID-19 pandemic has rolled back years of progress in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AR) in the United States. The paper concluded that the risk of antimicrobial-resistant infections is not only still present, but has worsened. In the first year of the pandemic, more than 29,400 people died from healthcare-related antimicrobial-resistant infections. Of these, only about 40% of people contracted the infection while in the hospital.
“This setback can be and be temporary. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear to us that antimicrobial resistance will not prevent if we let our guard down; there’s no time to lose,” said Michael Craig, director of the CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Coordination. and Strategy Unit. ” The most productive way to avoid a pandemic caused by an antimicrobial-resistant pathogen is to identify gaps and invest in prevention to keep our country safe. “
During the pandemic, hospitals have experienced problems with the source of non-public protective equipment, staff shortages, and longer patient stays. Hospitals were also treating sicker patients who required more common and prolonged use of medical devices such as catheters and ventilators. It is very likely that an effect of the pandemic has led to the accumulation of antimicrobial-resistant nosocomial infections.
The WHO said in its most recent update that COVID-19 cases rose internationally last week for the fifth week in a row, driven by two more communicable omicron variants, BA. 4 and BA. 5, according to the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Analysis. Infections increased by 6% last week compared to last week. The five countries with the maximum number of cases were France, the United States, Italy, Germany and Brazil. In the western Pacific, the countries that experienced notable increases are Japan. In the eastern Mediterranean, hotspots come with Iraq and Tunisia. And in Southeast Asia, much of the backlog occurred in Indonesia and India.
Reuters reported that Japan had issued a warning on Thursday that a new wave of COVID-19 infections appeared to be spreading and suggested others take precautions before a long weekend and summer school holidays approached. On Wednesday, Tokyo saw its highest level overall. of instances since February with 16,878 new instances.
About six weeks after Shanghai lifted its strict lockdown to combat a wave of COVID-19, China’s largest city is once again facing a surge in coronavirus cases, according to the New York Times. Since the beginning of this month, Shanghai has recorded more than 400 infections across the city, many of which have been attributed to a group at a karaoke bar. Specific residential buildings have been quarantined, but Shanghai citizens are concerned that public health officials will impose drastic and harsh measures to prevent the virus from spreading.
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