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‘Kraken,’ the ‘most transmissible’ COVID variant yet, could spawn even more immune-evasive variants, new study says

The good news: XBB.1.5 is slightly less immune-evasive than its parent, researchers found. The bad news: Its descendants may not be.

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NY docs must give naloxone with opioids

A new New York law aims to ensure that naloxone is available if needed by people who take prescription opioids

Salon

What are the symptoms of the new 'Kraken' Covid variant sweeping through the U.S.?

A descendent of the Omicron variant, XBB.1.5 is causing a similar reaction in its patients, as well as being the most transmissible strain yet.

Fortune

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Ebola outbreak in Uganda coming under control, says Africa health body

The CDC, Africa's top public health body, says that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda is coming under control with no new confirmed case reported in the country for the last 39 days. But it needs to pass 42 days to be considered Ebola-free.

Radio France Internationale

New York doctors are now required to prescribe naloxone to some patients on opioid painkillers

Without opioid painkillers to dull the ache in his knees and other joints, Arnold Wilson wouldn’t be able to walk half a block. The 63-year-old former New York City nurse has crippling arthritis for which he takes OxyContin twice a day and oxycodone when he needs additional relief.

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What is the U.S. 'Title 42' immigration policy and why is it expanding?

The United States announced on Thursday it will extend COVID-19 pandemic-era restrictions, known as Title 42, to expel migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border back to Mexico, a move would block more nationalities from seeking asylum in the United States.

Reuters

The CDC is investigating invasive strep cases in children. Here are the signs and symptoms parents need to know

The CDC warns about new invasive strep A cases in children, which can be fatal. Pediatricians weigh in.

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A new COVID-19 variant has been detected in Australia called XBB.1.5. Here’s what experts say about it

As we enter the fourth year of the pandemic, many could be forgiven for feeling somewhat desensitised to these next few words: A new Omicron subvariant has emerged. Here's what we know about XBB.1.5 so far.

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Meet the 'Kraken' COVID variant—the dominant new Omicron 'escape strain' experts say is the most transmissible yet

XBB.1.5 has rapidly replaced other variants in some European countries and in the Northeast U.S., according to the WHO—a growth advantage concerning experts.

Fortune

As COVID surges in China, US begins testing more travelers

As COVID-19 surges in China, the U.S. is expanding its traveler surveillance program, an early warning system for detecting new variants

The Independent UK

WHO: no new COVID variants in China, but data 'under-represent' deaths

Officials also said that Chinese data is minimizing the true extent of China's COVID outbreak, especially with regard to hospitalizations and deaths.

Fortune

Years after hospitalization, those who got sickest from the pandemic still struggle with long COVID

PHILADELPHIA — A ventilator breathed for Glenn Tabata through most of the first three months in 2021.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Why the CDC is inviting travelers from China to swab their noses at LAX

LAX's arrivals area in the Tom Bradley International Terminal is now filling with the sounds of Mandarin, Cantonese, Hunanese and other languages as travelers from China seize the chance to enter the United States for the first time in nearly three years.

Los Angeles Times

There's been a massive increase in young kids accidentally eating weed edibles

Doctors are taking issue not with the legalization of weed, but with the packaging and marketing of it.

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Salon

Youth diabetes predicted to rise sharply

A harrowing statistical model from the CDC reveals the future extent of the public health "epidemic"

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why China's Covid Wave is Stirring Fear

China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month. A growing number of countries are worried about a lack of data and transparency surrounding China's outbreak, AFP said. Here is why it is sparking concern: - Unreliable data - Beijing has admitted…

Reason

Under Government Pressure, Twitter Suppressed Truthful Speech About COVID-19

The company's broad definition of "misleading information" and its deference to authority invited censorship by proxy.

Liverpool Echo

USA brings back covid travel rules amid soaring cases

The UK Foreign Office has updated its guidance for people travelling to the USA

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China faces deluge of COVID deaths in first lunar new year without pandemic curbs

China could see as many as 25,000 deaths a day from COVID-19 later in January, casting a shadow over the start of the first Lunar New Year festivities without pandemic restrictions.

Tribune News Service

Experts: Underuse of COVID-19 drug Paxlovid shortchanging patients

ATLANTA -- Ira Katz bustles at his pharmacy in Atlanta's Little Five Points neighborhood this cough season, serving patients who need medicine for respiratory viruses like COVID-19. He dispenses occasional packages of Paxlovid, a drug designed to nip COVID in the bud. But there aren’t as many of those Paxlovid…

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. considers airline wastewater testing as COVID surges in China

As COVID-19 infections surge in China, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering sampling wastewater taken from international aircraft to track any emerging new variants, the agency told Reuters.

Inverse

What is invasive strep A? The potentially dangerous condition is currently on the rise

There are ways to treat the infection and protect yourself and your family from getting it in the first place. Here’s what you need to know.

Los Angeles Times

Strep infections in children that can result in ‘flesh-eating’ disease becoming a concern

Doctors should be on the lookout for a particular kind of invasive strep infection in children that can result in so-called “flesh-eating” disease and organ failure, according to health officials.

Evening Standard

Former health minister urges UK rethink on Covid tests for China arrivals

The comments from the Tory peer put further pressure on ministers to reconsider their stance after saying Britain has ‘no plans’ to impose tests

The Independent UK

Could the UK impose new Covid travel restrictions?

‘I think it’s inevitable Britain will follow the move to put greater restrictions on those flying from China,’ says CEO of travel consultancy the PC Agency

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