Nevada man had Covid-19 twice
4 years, 4 months ago

Nevada man had Covid-19 twice

CNN  

CNN — A 25-year-old Nevada man appears to be the first documented case of Covid-19 reinfection in the United States. Genetic tests indicate the patient was infected with two different varieties of the virus, a team at the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine and the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory reported. Earlier this week, Hong Kong researchers said they found the first documented case of coronavirus reinfection in a 33-year-old man. “After one recovers from COVID-19, we still do not know how much immunity is built up, how long it may last, or how well antibodies play a role in protection against a reinfection,” Mark Pandori, the director of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory, said in a news release Thursday.

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FBI chief confirms Covid-19 originated from lab incident in Wuhan
1 year, 10 months ago

FBI chief confirms Covid-19 originated from lab incident in Wuhan

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: The Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday confirmed that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from a lab incident in Wuhan, China. "FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed that the Bureau has assessed that the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab incident in Wuhan, China," tweeted the FBI. This development comes after new intelligence had …

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic
1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies around the world since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? “There is just not an intelligence community consensus.” The DOE’s conclusion was first reported over the weekend in the Wall Street Journal, which said the classified report was based …

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic
1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “There is just not an …

Covid-19 cases in the US surpass 100 million, says report
2 years ago

Covid-19 cases in the US surpass 100 million, says report

Firstpost  

According to health officials in China, Chinese cities are currently hit by the highly transmissible Omicron strains, mainly BA.5.2 and BF.7 Washington: The number of Covid-19 cases registered in the US since the start of the pandemic in early 2020 exceeded a staggering 100 million, Johns Hopkins University has said, amid a sharp spike in caseloads globally and the WHO …

As coronavirus cases explode in California, next few weeks are ‘absolutely critical’
3 years ago

As coronavirus cases explode in California, next few weeks are ‘absolutely critical’

LA Times  

People wait in line at a coronavirus testing site on Broadway in Santa Monica on Monday. This pushed the statewide seven-day average of newly announced infections to 50,267, easily eclipsing the sky-high case counts seen during last winter’s deadly COVID-19 wave, according to data compiled by The Times. Los Angeles County reported 21,790 new positive cases Tuesday — the fourth …

US coronavirus: The country just hit a record average of daily new Covid-19 cases
3 years ago

US coronavirus: The country just hit a record average of daily new Covid-19 cases

CNN  

CNN — The US hit a seven-day average of 265,427 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, blowing past the country’s previous record of about 252,000 daily cases, reported nearly a year ago on January 11. “I would urge people to wear a higher quality mask any time they’re in a place with lots of people and they’re going to be indoors …

COVID-19 | First case of Omicron variant in U.S. identified
3 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 | First case of Omicron variant in U.S. identified

The Hindu  

A person in California who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant, the White House announced Wednesday as scientists continue to study the risks posed by the new virus strain. Watch | All about the new Omicron coronavirus variant Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters that the person …

NIH study finds more evidence that COVID-19 was circulating in the US as early as Christmas 2019
3 years, 6 months ago

NIH study finds more evidence that COVID-19 was circulating in the US as early as Christmas 2019

Daily Mail  

Researchers have found more evidence to suggest that the new coronavirus was circulating in the U.S. at low levels in December 2019, weeks before cases were recognized by health officials. NIH researchers tested blood samples from 24,000 people across the U.S., which were collected in the first three months of 2020 and found seven tested positive for the virus. Pictured: …

Genome sequencing almost certainly proves COVID was deliberately made in a lab, US experts claim
3 years, 7 months ago

Genome sequencing almost certainly proves COVID was deliberately made in a lab, US experts claim

Daily Mail  

Two U.S. experts have penned a damning essay saying that science strongly suggests the novel coronavirus was manufactured inside a Chinese laboratory. The essay comes after an explosive study last week claimed that Chinese scientists created COVID-19 in the Wuhan lab, then tried to cover their tracks by reverse-engineering versions of the virus to make it look like it evolved …

Coronavirus | Joe Biden orders probe into virus origins
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | Joe Biden orders probe into virus origins

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he has asked American intelligence agencies to “redouble” their efforts to analyse the origins of COVID-19, to determine whether it emerged from human-animal contact or via a laboratory accident. Mr. Biden said he had reviewed a report on the origins of the virus, authored by his National Security Adviser and intelligence officials …

Covid US: Just two 'breakthrough' infections found in 417 fully vaccinated people in NY study
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid US: Just two 'breakthrough' infections found in 417 fully vaccinated people in NY study

Daily Mail  

Less than one percent of people at a New York City school who were fully immunized with the COVID-19 vaccine tested positive for coronavirus, a new study finds. Researchers found that just two people - or 0.5 percent - out of 417 employees at Rockefeller University who received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines later contracted the virus. …

Coronavirus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in China: Study
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in China: Study

India TV News  

The novel coronavirus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019, according to a study. "To answer this question, we combined three important pieces of information: a detailed understanding of how SARS-CoV-2 spread in Wuhan before the lockdown, the genetic diversity of the virus …

Coronavirus strains first detected in California are officially ‘variants of concern,’ CDC says
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus strains first detected in California are officially ‘variants of concern,’ CDC says

CNN  

CNN — Two coronavirus strains first detected in California are now officially “variants of concern,” according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No coronavirus variants currently rise to the US government’s highest threat level, “variant of high consequence.” Coronavirus strains shown to significantly reduce vaccine effectiveness would fall under that category. Concerns about antibody treatments Still, health …

New COVID-19 variant spreading in New York, found in samples from November 2020, studies claim
3 years, 10 months ago

New COVID-19 variant spreading in New York, found in samples from November 2020, studies claim

Firstpost  

A new form of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in New York City, and it carries a worrisome mutation that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, two teams of researchers have found. “But just knowing about it is good, because then we can perhaps do something about it.” Nussenzweig said he was more worried about the variant in New York …

Coronavirus variants: CDC reports warn new strains could lead to rapid rise in coronaivus cases
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus variants: CDC reports warn new strains could lead to rapid rise in coronaivus cases

CNN  

CNN — New coronavirus variants could lead to a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases, and can “dangerously accelerate the trajectory of the pandemic,” US health officials warned Wednesday. “The continued spread of variants that are more transmissible could jeopardize the progress we have made in the last month if we let our guard down.” In a report released Wednesday, researchers …

WHO team probing COVID-19 outbreak says virus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO team probing COVID-19 outbreak says virus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab

Firstpost  

The team found no proof of the disease spreading earlier than the initial outbreak in the second half of December 2019. The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, saying an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese …

Coronavirus | SARS-CoV-2 ‘unlikely’ to have leaked from lab, says WHO team
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus | SARS-CoV-2 ‘unlikely’ to have leaked from lab, says WHO team

The Hindu  

The SARS-CoV-2 virus was unlikely to have leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan and the evidence pointed to natural origins, according to a World Health Organisation and China joint expert team that concluded a visit to Wuhan, where the COVID-19 pandemic began. The team also concluded there was no indication of the virus being spread among the population there prior …

'Inconclusive Evidence' Of Covid-19 Virus In China's Wuhan Prior To Dec 2019, Finds WHO Investigation
3 years, 11 months ago

'Inconclusive Evidence' Of Covid-19 Virus In China's Wuhan Prior To Dec 2019, Finds WHO Investigation

ABP News  

New Delhi: In an unexpected revelation, the World Health Organisation on Wednesday said that its team did not find conclusive evidence of large outbreaks that could be related to Coronavirus prior to December 2019 in China's Wuhan, which was earlier considered epicentre of Covid-19 outbreak. Head of the WHO mission Ben Embarek said that the team found evidence of wider …

New covid-19 variants have scientists worried about reinfection
3 years, 11 months ago

New covid-19 variants have scientists worried about reinfection

Live Mint  

Evidence is mounting that having covid-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. That work was done before the new variants began to spread, said one study leader, Dr. Stuart Sealfon of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. “What this basically tells us, unfortunately, is that past infection with …

Extraordinary Patient Offers Surprising Clues To Origins Of Coronavirus Variants
3 years, 11 months ago

Extraordinary Patient Offers Surprising Clues To Origins Of Coronavirus Variants

NPR  

Extraordinary Patient Offers Surprising Clues To Origins Of Coronavirus Variants Back in the spring of last year, a 45-year-old man went to the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston because of a coronavirus infection. "He was readmitted to the hospital several times over the subsequent five months for recurrence of his COVID-19 infection and severe pneumonia," says infectious disease doctor …

Dangerous new coronavirus strains may incubate in COVID-19’s sickest
3 years, 11 months ago

Dangerous new coronavirus strains may incubate in COVID-19’s sickest

LA Times  

A nurse brings medication to a COVID-19 patient in an hospital intensive care unit. Among the sickest of COVID-19 patients, this population of “long haulers” appears to play a key role in incubating new variants of the coronavirus, some of which could change the trajectory of the pandemic. Indeed, situations in which patients can’t clear a viral infection are “the …

Remote Hawaii County Becomes Last In U.S. To Get The Coronavirus
3 years, 11 months ago

Remote Hawaii County Becomes Last In U.S. To Get The Coronavirus

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Nearly a year after the first person to test positive for COVID-19 was identified in Washington state on Jan. 20, 2020, the coronavirus has found its way into every single county in the United States. According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Johns Hopkins University data and state records, the last county to register a case …

A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with cases
3 years, 11 months ago

A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with cases

Associated Press  

The race against the virus that causes COVID-19 has taken a new turn: Mutations are rapidly popping up, and the longer it takes to vaccinate people, the more likely it is that a variant that can elude current tests, treatments and vaccines could emerge. “We’re in a race against time” because the virus “may stumble upon a mutation” that makes …

A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with cases
3 years, 11 months ago

A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with cases

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re in a race against time" because the virus …

US CDC warns new COVID variant could be dominant strain by March
3 years, 11 months ago

US CDC warns new COVID variant could be dominant strain by March

Al Jazeera  

The United States CDC says a more transmissible COVID-19 variant – first discovered in the United Kingdom – has been found in 10 US states. Former FDA chief to lead vaccine drive Separately on Friday, US President-elect Joe Biden chose David Kessler, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration, for a senior role in the new administration’s efforts …

More contagious virus variant found along New York's Long Island
3 years, 11 months ago

More contagious virus variant found along New York's Long Island

India TV News  

Three additional cases of a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus have been identified in New York, including one on Long Island, Gov. The third case involving a 64-year-old man from Massapequa appears unrelated to the exposures in upstate New York, the governor said. The initial case identified in New York was a man in his 60s who works …

New Covid-19 variant found in eight US states: Official data
4 years ago

New Covid-19 variant found in eight US states: Official data

Hindustan Times  

A new, more infectious strain of the coronavirus has now spread to at least eight US states, official data showed Friday, as the country logged a record new daily virus caseload. Data from the US Centers for Disease Control showed Friday that the strain -- first reported in the US last week -- has been detected in eight states, with …

California has nation’s 2nd confirmed case of virus variant
4 years ago

California has nation’s 2nd confirmed case of virus variant

Associated Press  

California on Wednesday announced the nation’s second confirmed case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus, offering a strong indication that the infection is spreading more widely in the United States. Several states, including California, Massachusetts and Delaware, are also analyzing suspicious virus samples for the variant, said Dr. Greg Armstrong, who directs genetic sequencing at …

First US case of COVID-19 variant found in Colorado as highest number of COVID hospitalisations recorded
4 years ago

First US case of COVID-19 variant found in Colorado as highest number of COVID hospitalisations recorded

ABC  

The first reported US case of the COVID-19 variant seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado. Key points: Current vaccines are thought to be effective against the new COVID variant Travellers arriving to the US from the UK now require proof of a negative COVID-19 test The UK variant has also been found in Canada, Italy, India …

Colorado identifies first known case of UK coronavirus variant in US
4 years ago

Colorado identifies first known case of UK coronavirus variant in US

CNN  

CNN — A Colorado man has the variant of the coronavirus from the United Kingdom that health officials say is more transmissable than other strains of the virus, Gov. “An unknown travel history mean that this person picked it up the community,” Dr. Atul Gawande, a member of the Biden-Harris transition Covid advisory board and a surgeon at Brigham and …

US detects first case of COVID-19 variant in Colorado
4 years ago

US detects first case of COVID-19 variant in Colorado

Al Jazeera  

Man with no travel history first confirmed US case of COVID strain that UK scientists believe is more contagious. The first reported US case of the COVID-19 variant that’s been seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado, Governor Jared Polis announced Tuesday. The variant was found in a man in his 20s who is in isolation southeast …

First reported U.S. case of COVID-19 variant is found in Colorado
4 years ago

First reported U.S. case of COVID-19 variant is found in Colorado

LA Times  

A server wears a mask while waiting on a customer Monday in the outdoor patio of a downtown Denver sushi restaurant. The first reported U.S. case of COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus strain that’s sparked alarm in the United Kingdom has been detected in Colorado, Gov. Scientists in the U.K. believe the new virus variant, which has a distinctive set …

Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection
4 years ago

Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection

India TV News  

Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections. Researchers found that people who made antibodies to the coronavirus were much less likely to test positive again for up to six months and maybe longer. on the order of the same kind of protection you’d get from an effective vaccine,” of getting the …

Covid-19 infections may have been present in US as early as December 2019: Study
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 infections may have been present in US as early as December 2019: Study

Live Mint  

Washington: The novel coronavirus may have been introduced into the US as early as December 13 to 16, 2019, suggests a study which assessed archived samples from routine blood donations collected by the American Red Cross. "The presence of these serum antibodies indicate that isolated SARS-CoV-2 infections may have occurred in the western portion of the US earlier than previously …

Slow progress: On WHO's assurance to uncover origin of COVID-19
4 years, 1 month ago

Slow progress: On WHO's assurance to uncover origin of COVID-19

The Hindu  

In 2003, a WHO team was able to identify the animal source of SARS coronavirus within weeks despite its arrival in China nearly three months after the initial outbreak. Soon after the virus spread around the world, there was heightened demand to identify its origin in China’s Wuhan where the first case cluster was reported. Even as the global focus …

Coronavirus infections found in US in 2019, weeks before China cases
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus infections found in US in 2019, weeks before China cases

Live Mint  

Testing has found Covid-19 infections in the US in December 2019, according to a study, providing further evidence indicating the coronavirus was spreading globally weeks before the first cases were reported in China. The study published Monday identified 106 infections from 7,389 blood samples collected from donors in nine US states between Dec. 13 and Jan. 17. “The findings of …

WHO says would be ’highly speculative’ to say Covid-19 did not emerge in China
4 years, 1 month ago

WHO says would be ’highly speculative’ to say Covid-19 did not emerge in China

Live Mint  

The World Health Organization's top emergency expert said on Friday it would be "highly speculative" for the WHO to say the coronavirus did not emerge in China, where it was first identified in a food market in December last year. China is pushing a narrative via state media that the virus existed abroad before it was discovered in the central …

The origins of COVID-19 are 12 months old and here's what we know about how it started
4 years, 1 month ago

The origins of COVID-19 are 12 months old and here's what we know about how it started

ABC  

This time last year — as China's perishing winter descended across most of the country — rumours about a strange new flu were beginning to circulate in Wuhan. By early December, a so-called "pneumonia of unknown origin" had been identified, and patients — many of them workers or customers of a well-known market — were finding their way to Wuhan's …

US Woman Carried Coronavirus for 105 Days Without Any Symptoms, Finds Case Study
4 years, 2 months ago

US Woman Carried Coronavirus for 105 Days Without Any Symptoms, Finds Case Study

News 18  

While most people infected with the novel coronavirus actively shed the pathogen for about eight days, scientists have reported an unusual case of a blood cancer patient who carried the virus for about 105 days, “and remained infectious for at least 70,” without experiencing any symptoms the entire time. “At the time we started this study, we really didn’t know …

US Records More Than 90,000 Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours for the First Time
4 years, 2 months ago

US Records More Than 90,000 Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours for the First Time

News 18  

The United States notched a record number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday, for the first time topping 90,000 diagnoses in 24 hours, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. The country, which has seen a resurgence of its Covid-19 outbreak since mid-October, recorded 91,295 new cases in the 24 hours up to 8:30 pm Thursday, according to a …

Coronavirus Reinfections: Can you get infected with Covid-19 twice? It’s complicated
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus Reinfections: Can you get infected with Covid-19 twice? It’s complicated

CNN  

CNN — After overcoming a bout with Covid-19, President Donald Trump said he was immune to the virus. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said this week health officials are beginning to see “a number of cases” reported as reinfections. “Well-documented cases,” he said, ‘“of people who were infected, after a relatively …

Why You Shouldn't Panic About COVID-19 Reinfection Yet
4 years, 2 months ago

Why You Shouldn't Panic About COVID-19 Reinfection Yet

Huff Post  

Artur Debat via Getty Images The United States reported its first confirmed case of COVID-19 reinfection, which was more severe than the patient's first bout of the illness. “Reinfection seems to be a rare occurrence,” said Sandra Kesh, an infectious disease specialist with Westmed Medical Group. “We don’t know how many — and exactly what type — of antibodies were …

Coronavirus Reinfection is Very Much a Possibility. But is This a Cause of Worry?
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus Reinfection is Very Much a Possibility. But is This a Cause of Worry?

News 18  

The patient walked into the Washoe County community testing station in the US state of Nevada on April 18 with a sore throat, dry cough and a headache, but no reason to worry. “Reinfections from SARS-CoV-2 mean that immunity acquired through natural infection is not perfect.” Researchers who documented the Nevada patient’s case offered a number of possible explanations as …

Covid-19 again? Reinfection cases raise concerns over immunity after vaccination
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 again? Reinfection cases raise concerns over immunity after vaccination

Live Mint  

The case of a man in the United States infected twice with COVID-19 shows there is much yet to learn about immune responses and also raises questions over vaccination, scientists said on Tuesday. "It is becoming increasingly clear that reinfections are possible, but we can't yet know how common this will be," said Simon Clarke, a microbiology expert at Britain's …

Covid patients might experience more severe symptoms on reinfection: Study
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid patients might experience more severe symptoms on reinfection: Study

Live Mint  

Covid-19 patients infected with the novel coronavirus for a second time might experience more severe symptoms, according to a study which is the first to confirm a case of reinfection with the virus in the US. The study noted that the patient's second infection was more severe, resulting in hospitalisation with oxygen support, indicating previous exposure to COVID-19 may not …

25-Year-Old Nevada Man Infected Twice With COVID-19, Scientists Say
4 years, 2 months ago

25-Year-Old Nevada Man Infected Twice With COVID-19, Scientists Say

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A 25-year-old man living in Nevada is thought to be the first confirmed case of COVID-19 reinfection in North America. The genomes of the patient’s virus samples were sequenced in April and June, displaying significant genetic differences between the two cases, implying the patient was infected twice by two distinct SARS-CoV-2 infections. Lead researcher Mark Pandori, from …

Covid-19 Reinfection ‘More Severe’, Patients Require Hospitalisation with Oxygen Support: Study
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 Reinfection ‘More Severe’, Patients Require Hospitalisation with Oxygen Support: Study

News 18  

Covid-19 patients may experience more severe symptoms the second time they are infected, according to research released Tuesday confirming it is possible to catch the potentially deadly disease more than once. A study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal charts the first confirmed case of Covid-19 reinfection in the United States — the country worst hit by the pandemic …

Covid reinfection: US man gets virus twice in 48 days, 2nd time more severe, given oxygen support
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid reinfection: US man gets virus twice in 48 days, 2nd time more severe, given oxygen support

India Today  

A 25-year-old man in Nevada, US was re-infected with coronavirus and the second infection was "more severe" than the first one, a study published in The Lancet on Monday said. The study said the patient's second infection was "symptomatically more severe" than the first one, which shows that exposure to SARS-CoV-2 once, "might not guarantee total immunity" in all cases. …

A Nevada man got COVID-19 twice. His case shows why we need a vaccine
4 years, 2 months ago

A Nevada man got COVID-19 twice. His case shows why we need a vaccine

LA Times  

A vial of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine. The fact that his positive coronavirus tests were 48 days apart was strong evidence that he was indeed infected twice, Tillett’s team wrote. The results of all this testing make clear that fighting off a COVID-19 infection isn’t necessarily enough to make someone immune to the coronavirus going forward, Tillett and his colleagues …

Covid-19 testing is key, but a testing-only strategy is a ‘complete failure’
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 testing is key, but a testing-only strategy is a ‘complete failure’

CNN  

CNN — Until President Trump’s coronavirus infection, the White House strategy for keeping him and others in the administration safe was one of testing only. Testing-only strategy a ‘complete failure’ Unlike mask-wearing, testing would not “send the wrong message” as Trump has said in the past, and one he reinforced when he pointedly took off his mask on the White …

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