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How to understand Ohio’s ‘white lung syndrome’ pneumonia outbreak — and why it’s not linked to China

‘We have no evidence whatsoever of any connection to any outbreaks statewide or internationally’

The Independent UK

With ‘Eris’ rising and now ‘Fornax,’ when are COVID cases likely to peak again? A look at what may lie ahead for fall and winter

Expect peaks this fall and winter not as much as a high wall of cases, experts say.

Fortune

Drug-resistant E. coli may be in the meat you just bought for dinner. Here’s how to keep your kitchen safe

Multidrug-resistant E. coli were found in 40% of store-bought meat samples tested in one Spanish city in 2020, according to data that will be presented this weekend at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Copenhagen.

Fortune

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A ‘super strain’ of an antibiotic-resistant stomach bug is on the rise in the U.S. Here are the symptoms to watch for

It’s never been more important for clinicians to ensure that the antibiotics they’re prescribing are appropriate, one expert tells Fortune—and for patients to understand that if their provider isn’t prescribing antibiotics, it may be for good reason.

Fortune

We’ve had 25 million flu cases in 2023. Will we see a second wave?

ATLANTA -- As of Feb. 24, Atlanta’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated 25 million illnesses, 280,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 deaths from the flu this season. With that in mind, the CDC also reported that influenza activity is low nationwide as of Feb. 18. The virus certainly made an…

Tribune News Service

New COVID lab leak assessment reignites furor over pandemic origins

A new U.S. government assessment that COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak in China is sure to add fuel to House oversight hearings into the pandemic's origins and have a bearing on future funding for the National Institutes of Health.

Axios

Faye Flam: Older Americans need more protection from COVID

COVID is still killing about 500 Americans every day — picking off the oldest, frailest members of our society. About 9 in 10 COVID deaths are now among people over 65.

Tribune News Service

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This winter's U.S. COVID surge is fading fast, likely thanks to a 'wall' of immunity

The main reason the surge is ebbing now, pandemic experts suspect, is the significant immunity many people in the U.S. have acquired from prior infections and COVID vaccinations many received.

WEKU

Are COVID travel curbs on China making the world safer?

They will not affect global infection numbers or new variant spread but might be pushing an opaque China to open up.

Al Jazeera

What’s CH.1.1? Meet ‘Orthrus,’ a new wildcard Omicron strain with a concerning Delta mutation

CH.1.1 is an Omicron with a concerning Delta mutation—not quite a "Deltacron," but still potentially concerning, experts say.

Fortune

An 'unprecedented pandemic of avian flu' is wreaking havoc on the U.S. poultry industry. Humans may be at risk too, experts warn

When the virus does make the leap to humans, it’s highly fatal, with a mortality rate greater than 50%.

Fortune

A ‘super strain’ of gonorrhea circulating in the U.S. is so powerful that it can evade many antibiotics used to treat it, experts say

The case comes amid “a rising epidemic of sexually transmitted disease” in the U.S., a public health expert told Fortune.

Fortune

China's COVID surge prompts CDC to expand a hunt for new variants among air travelers

It would make more sense to screen a plane's wastewater to look for new variants than to screen individual passenger volunteers, some researchers say. Others say any information is helpful.

WEKU

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.

Reuters

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Faye Flam: The real reasons your family is sick right now

Something is altering the normal seasonal currents of cold and flu viruses. They slowed to a trickle during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic only to blast through human populations this year. Some public health experts have called it a “tripledemic,” but it might even be described as a…

Irish Mirror

Three dead from mysterious virus outbreak as WHO on alert

All three people who died had other health conditions.

Daily Mirror

World Health Organization to probe mystery pneumonia outbreak that has left three dead

There have so far been 10 cases of a mysterious strain of pneumonia in Argentina, with three people dying, and the UK's top scientists are monitoring the situation

The Conversation

Creative skills will be crucial to the future of work. They should take centre stage at the jobs summit

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here.

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Editorial: Reforms vital after CDC's fumbling

A North Dakota native has been named to a new and vital health care post. The nation ought to wish her well because the task before her is daunting: overseeing the overhaul of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after its frustrating response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service

As COVID deaths in Minnesota surpass 13,000, the risk profile has a twist

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota surpassed 13,000 COVID-19 deaths earlier this month with the toll still falling hardest on the elderly, unhealthy and unvaccinated.

Asharq Al-Awsat

White House Tries to Make Biden’s COVID a ‘Teachable Moment’

For more than a year, President Joe Biden’s ability to avoid the coronavirus seemed to defy the odds. When he finally did test positive, the White House was ready. It set out to turn the diagnosis into a "teachable moment" and dispel any notion of a crisis. "The president does…

The Independent UK

White House tries to make Biden's COVID a 'teachable moment'

For more than a year, President Joe Biden’s ability to avoid the coronavirus seemed to defy the odds

The Guardian - US

The BA.5 Covid variant is causing US cases to rise – should you be worried? All you need to know

The newest challenge hits the nation at a time the leadership has largely moved on from the coronavirus discourse

The Independent UK

From one July Fourth to the next, a steep slide for Biden

President Joe Biden is set to mark his second Fourth of July since taking office, and he's finding a far different political atmosphere today than a year ago

Los Angeles Times

How many COVID-19 deaths are ‘acceptable’? Decision necessary to move to post-pandemic world

LOS ANGELES — In the post-pandemic world the United States is struggling to bring forth, how many people are we willing to let die of COVID-19 each year?

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