The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused worldwide restrictions on ordinary business, public gatherings, travel, and leisure activities. Other than the immediate severity of disease associated with these infections, persistent disease which involves the lingering of symptoms for weeks…
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US bears the brunt of pandemic
North America led an uptick in cases of COVID-19 around the world this week, recording the most new cases and deaths. Here is the global state of play according to a specialised AFP database. Cases on the up The number…
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N. America surges as pandemic eases elsewhere
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to surge in North America this week even as it eased elsewhere. Here is the global state of play according to a specialised AFP database. Standstill The average number of new daily cases stabilised globally at…
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Breakthrough COVID-19 More Likely Months After Vaccination
(Reuters) – People who received their second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine five or more months ago are more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than people who were fully vaccinated less than five months ago, new data suggest. Researchers…
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New Biomaterial Vaccines Aim to Ward Off Future Pandemic Threats
Find it. Kill it. This is the simple premise behind new biomaterial-based vaccines that experts are designing to fend off future pathogens, or germs that could threaten human health. As they plan next-generation vaccines, scientists are banking on the idea…
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Overcoming pandemic cave syndrome: Why is it so complicated?
For U.S. workers and students who have toiled remotely in isolation or in pods for the past year and a half, reentering offices, classrooms and other old stomping grounds, starting this fall, is likely to range from exhilarating to downright…
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Virtual contact in pandemic prompts misery in people over 60
People over the age of 60 living in the UK and the US who had more virtual contact during the pandemic actually experienced a greater increase in loneliness, new research finds. The study showed a notable increase in loneliness in…
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Delta Variant Behind All COVID Cases in Portugals Lisbon, Algarve
LISBON (Reuters) – All COVID-19 cases in the Lisbon area and the popular southern Algarve region are of the more contagious Delta variant, data showed on Tuesday, as Portuguese authorities scramble to bring under control a worrying surge in infections….
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Governments latest pandemic plan recklessly exposes millions to effects of mass infection
The UK government’s latest pandemic plan involves recklessly exposing millions of people to the acute and long-term effects of mass infection, warn experts in The BMJ today. A strategy that chooses mass infection in the young now over vaccination in…
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At Texas border, pandemic’s high toll lays bare gaps in health and insurance
Alfredo "Freddy" Valles was an accomplished trumpeter and a beloved music teacher for nearly four decades at one of the city's poorest middle schools. He was known for buying his students shoes and bow ties for their band concerts, his…
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