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The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

Pressure on Queensland's health system is beginning to ease after the state passed a peak in COVID-19 hospitalisations much earlier than modelling predicted.

AAP

Man dies with COVID, but ACT cases continue to ease

The ACT reported 509 new infections in the latest reporting period.

The Canberra Times

Lump in the throat may be clue to long Covid

More common in women than men

Wales Online

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The possible upsides to Covid infection

There's always a first time for everyone. After three years of living life virus free, I got Covid-19 from a friend after attending a concert recently. However, to my surprise, my first experience wasn't all that terrible. I felt mildly ill, with fever and body aches, but no sore throat…

Bangkok Post

Going to the Ekka? Here are the best ways to avoid getting sick with COVID-19, monkeypox or the flu

Eager to hit Brisbane's Ekka show to enjoy a dagwood dog or a strawberry sundae without coming down with COVID-19, monkeypox or the flu? Here are five key things you can do to protect your health.

ABC News

NSW's monkeypox vaccine rollout begins by targeting those most at-risk

The people most vulnerable to contracting monkeypox are in line to receive the first doses in NSW's vaccine program.

ABC News

Nine Omicron symptoms affecting the fully vaccinated - and signs you may have it

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

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New Covid variants: How many strains are in circulation and on the rise around the world?

Omicron sub-variants driving up coronavirus cases in UK and being monitored closely

The Independent UK

‘Stealthy’ new Covid variant can reinfect you every month

‘Even having had Omicron, we’re not well protected from further infections,’ said Prof Danny Altmann

The Independent UK

Covid incubation period: How long are you infectious for?

Experts warn of fifth wave of infections as hospital admissions rise

The Independent UK

Active Covid cases in country increase to 1,34,933

The active cases comprise 0.31% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.5%, the ministry said

The Hindu

COVID-19 case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of today's COVID statistics from each Australian jurisdiction.

ABC News

What is Paxlovid? Everything you need to know about Joe Biden’s antiviral Covid drug treatment

Late-stage clinical trial found nearly 90 per cent effectiveness from antiviral pill

The Independent UK

Thousands seeking unproven long Covid blood treatments abroad

Unproven procedures such as apheresis, or ‘blood washing’, and anti-clotting therapy are being offered in Europe

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The Independent UK

The ‘wild west’ of long Covid: The expensive, bizarre and ‘dangerous’ treatments on offer to patients

Exclusive: Potentially dangerous clot-busting drugs and probiotic stomach implants are being recommended to patients desperate for help

ABC News

COVID-19 antiviral treatments are on the table for more Australians. What are antivirals and how do they help stop the spread of coronavirus?

More than 73,000 Australians have already benefited from COVID-19 antivirals, but what exactly are they and how do they ward off the virus?

The Conversation

COVID vaccines work well for people of all body weights – but underweight and obesity remain risk factors for severe disease

Since the pandemic began, more than 6 million people have died from COVID around the world. The good news is that we now have a wide range of treatments as well as highly effective vaccines which have helped reduce the number of severe COVID cases.

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Vaccines barely reduce long COVID risk

While existing vaccines are great for preventing serious cases, they aren't as good at preventing long Covid

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The Independent UK

Covid vaccines are ‘safe for pregnant women and cut stillbirth risk’, study says

Unvaccinated pregnant women who catch Covid-19 are more likely to fall seriously ill

ABC News

Why India rejects the World Health Organization's COVID-19 death toll estimates

New World Health Organization data suggests almost half of the world's unrecorded COVID deaths happened in India, but the government insists its official death toll remains at about half a million. Why does the data differ so drastically?

The Times of India

Coronavirus: Triple vaccination cuts down death risk from COVID by 93%, says report

People who have been triple-vaccinated against Covid-19 are 93 per cent less likely to die from the the virus than the unjabbed, according to the latest official figures.

The Independent UK

Coronavirus vaccines reduce risk of long Covid, study suggests

Double-jabbed people 41 per cent less likely to report symptoms 12 weeks after testing positive for Covid, according to research from Office for National Statistics

USAFacts

How in-person schooling has impacted COVID-19 cases in four states

Preliminary COVID-19 data in South Carolina shows 31% of positive cases came from students and school staff.

Newslaundry

TB and the woeful state of health reporting in India

In January 2017, the Indian media reported on an exceptional legal battle playing out before the Delhi High Court regarding a young lady suffering from multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, suing the Indian government for access to a new TB drug called bedaquiline that was supposed to be effective on TB patients resistant to…

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