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US & Global Measles Spike: CDC Recommends Immediate Vaccination

US & Global Measles Spike

Health authorities are sounding the alarm bells as a dramatic spike in measles cases worldwide poses risks for international travelers, especially unvaccinated infants and children. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued a stern advisory, urging doctors to vaccinate babies as young as 6 months if their families plan to visit […]

New Study: Severe COVID-19 Linked to IQ Decline, Impacts Intelligence

Covid 19 IQ Impact

According to a study, individuals who contract Covid-19 may experience a decrease in cognitive abilities, particularly in cases of severe infection. Individuals who managed to avoid the disease generally demonstrated higher performance in intelligence tests, whereas those who were hospitalized tended to score lower. However, it is believed that even individuals who experienced only mild […]

New Covid-19 Variant BA.2.86 May Be Less Contagious, Study Suggests

New Covid 19 Variant May be Less Contagious

Two groups of scientists in the United States have completed lab tests on antibodies from vaccinated and infected Americans to evaluate how well they might be able to resist against currently circulating versions of the virus that causes Covid-19, including the highly modified BA.2.86. Their results almost exactly match, and the news is quite good […]

3 Respiratory Viruses to Watch Out for This Winter and How to Protect Yourself

Major Respiratory Viruses

Last Year’s Chaos: Last winter was a rough one for respiratory illnesses in the U.S. After a lull, thanks to Covid-19 precautions like social distancing and masks, influenza made a comeback, arriving early and with a vengeance. Add to that, an unusually severe RSV season and an uptick in Covid-19 cases. This meant crowded hospitals, […]

Long COVID: How COVID-19 Can Affect the Immune System Long Term

How Covid 19 Can Affect the immune System

Hey there! Here’s a fascinating update from the world of science. You know how our immune system has these frontline warriors that fight off all kinds of germs, right? Well, it turns out they remember their battles, especially the one with COVID-19! So, to break it down: We’ve got two main types of fighters in […]

‘New Class’ of Omicron Includes Fast-Spreading COVID-19 Subvariant XBB

Omicron Spreading

Listen to the Podcast: Over the past few months, most COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have been Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. But now, a group of new COVID subvariants is becoming more common, and one of them is getting a lot of attention. It is called XBB or Gryphon, and there is a chance […]

China Covid Wave Peak to Continue 2-3 Months, Expert Warns

Covid-19 in China

A top Chinese epidemiologist warned that the peak of the Covid wave in China will last two to three months and will have a huge effect on the rural parts of the country. As more Chinese people go home for the Lunar New Year holidays, there will be more crimes in rural areas. The holidays […]

WHO Warns China about under-representing Covid Inflections & Deaths

COVID-19 in China

Wednesday, the World Health Organization said that China’s definition of Covid deaths was “very narrow,” and it warned that official statistics didn’t show the true impact of the outbreak. Read Also: Lack of information on China’s COVID Outbreak Since Beijing suddenly lifted years of strict restrictions last month, there has been a sharp rise in […]

EU Gives China Free Covid Vaccines to Stop Outbreak

EU offers free Covid vaccines to China

Sputnik said that the European Union has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to China to help stop the fast spread of the disease as Beijing gets ready to end strict border restrictions and open its borders. Read More: China Official Media Downplays Covid Outbreak EU officials told The Financial Times on Tuesday that the offer was […]

Covid BF.7 Subvariant: The Omicron Driving the New Surge in India and China

Covid BF.7 Subvariant

Listen to Podcast:   The Covid BF.7 subvariant is one of the worrying subtypes of Omicron that are causing the Covid-19 pandemic in China right now.   One of the four Chinese people who recently went to Bangladesh was found to have the Covid BF.7 subvariant. All four people who took the Covid test before […]

China Reported 37 Million Covid-19 Cases in a Single Day

Covid-19 in China

According to a report by Bloomberg, which cited an estimate from the government’s top health authority, China may have reported 37 million coronavirus cases in a single day this week. This would be the largest single-day increase ever. Read More: New Covid-19 Variant BF. 7 According to the report, 248 million Chinese people were probably […]

New Covid-19 Variant BF. 7 Symptoms, Precautions, Transmission Rate

New Covid - 19 Omicron BF.7

China is seeing yet another wave of Covid-19. The recent rise in Covid-19 infections in China is thought to be caused by Omicron sub-variant BF.7. Four cases of the BF.7 strain have been found. So far, 7 variations have been found in India. Two cases have been found in Gujarat, and two more have been […]