Clinicians, Public Health Leaders Urge Caution as Omicron Wave LingersWhile cases are declining in some areas of the U.S., others are still seeing a surge, said former CDC official Nancy Messonnier, MD, executive director of Pandemic Prevention & Health Systems for the Skoll Foundation ( Read more... )

Does our child need to isolate? Can I use an at-home test on a baby? Your parenting pandemic questions answered.

With omicron exploding throughout the United States, many of the questions that have bedeviled caregivers for the length of the pandemic are taking on a new urgency. If we want our children to stay healthy, and not infect other friends, ( Read more... )

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COVID at 2 Years: Preparing for a Different 'Normal'

How the Pandemic Led to Disarray ― and Discovery: The droplet dogma, changes in testing methods, and rapid publication

...True airborne spread of infections was thought to be rare. Infectious disease expert Jeffrey Shaman, PhD, listened to ( Read more... )

Fauci: 'Open Question' Whether Omicron Ends Pandemic

"It is an open question as to whether or not Omicron is going to be the live virus vaccination that everyone is hoping for because you have such a great deal of variability with new variants emerging," said Fauci, the chief medical advisor to the White House.

Fauci said his definition of " ( Read more... )

This is a dangerous time in the pandemic for people like me. Don’t forget us.
For the immunocompromised, covid fatigue poses a grave threat.

...I understand why anyone who is healthy, or better still, healthy and vaccinated, would be eager to let down their guard. Early data suggest omicron is less likely than other variants to lead to ( Read more... )

Could the Omicron Surge Hasten the Transition From Pandemic to Endemic?

The record-setting surge in COVID-19 cases nationwide - including more than one million new infections reported on January 3 - raises questions about whether the higher Omicron variant transmissibility will accelerate a transition from pandemic to endemic disease.

Furthermore, ( Read more... )

A raging COVID wave is crashing into Maryland hospitals’ emergency departments, from The Baltimore Sun

And Gov. Hogan did declare a 30-day state of emergency a couple days after this article was published.
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At first, the warm meal donations poured in. Lawn signs, bumper stickers and billboards saluted the “heroes” for their bravery. Then came the ( Read more... )

Coronavirus Can Spread to Heart, Brain Days After Infection

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can spread to the heart and brain within days of infection and can survive for months in organs, according to a new study by the National Institutes of Health.

The virus can spread to almost every organ system in the body, which could contribute to the ( Read more... )

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...as Dr. Ari Kaplan of Medscape remarked, a while back...

And so, hot off the (virtual) press:

Let's Stop Hand Hygiene Theater and Focus on Airborne Transmission

Omicron More Likely to Reinfect Than Delta, No Milder: Study

More on symptoms and treatments:

In COVID, New-Onset Seizures More Common Than Breakthrough Seizures

Convalescent Plasma Cuts COVID- ( Read more... )