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  • 29 Nov 2022 11:26 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    The U.S. is ‘certainly’ still in a Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Fauci says

    The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said the U.S. is “certainly” still in the middle of a Covid-19 pandemic and he is “very troubled” by the divisive state of American politics.

    La OMS recomienda un tratamiento sumamente eficaz contra la COVID-19 y pide a la empresa productora amplia distribución geográfica y transparencia

    “As a public health official, I don’t want to see anyone suffer and die from Covid,” he told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “I don’t care if you’re a far-right Republican or a far-left Democrat, everybody deserves to have the safety of good public health and that’s not happening.”

    Fauci said between 300 and 400 people are still dying from Covid every day, and the uptake of the latest vaccine booster has been less than 15%

    More at source: CNBC

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  • 24 Nov 2022 8:54 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    From your Friends & Staff at IJCSA we would like to wish all our Members and families celebrating Thanksgiving a wonderful day! Enjoy! The office will be closed today & tomorrow and reopening on Monday 11/28 - All online services remain OPEN


  • 16 Nov 2022 8:34 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Repeat COVID Infections Could Be Deadly, Study Says

    Repeat COVID-19 infections could be deadly or lead to severe health consequences including organ failure, a new study has revealed.

    Research conducted by Washington University’s School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System found that people who have been infected with the virus numerous times were twice as likely to die.

    SARS-CoV-2 Virus that causes COVID19

    Those same individuals were also three times more likely to be hospitalized during their initial illness for a longer term than those who only had it once, Nature Medicine revealed in an article published on Thursday.

    More at source: Greek Reporter

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  • 10 Nov 2022 9:19 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Thanksgiving is two weeks away. Get your updated Covid-19 shot now, health officials warn

    In October, White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said that getting the updated Covid-19 vaccine is “the most important thing” Americans can do for their health right now.

    Illustrative image: an Israeli COVID test facility. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

    “The most important thing every American can do to reduce their likelihood of having significant, preventable health issues in the next three to six months is to go get an updated Covid vaccine,” Jha said. “Beyond that, we need to make sure that everyone over the age of 50 or otherwise with high-risk conditions gets treatments if they do get infected. We have treatments widely available.”

    More at source: CNN

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  • 06 Nov 2022 7:19 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Israeli long COVID study: 1 in 3 people fail to regain regular health months later

    Among adults who get COVID-19, one in three fails to return to pre-infection health levels even months later, a new Israeli study suggests.

    After recovery, “about 34.6 percent of participants reported not returning to their baseline health condition,” states a peer-reviewed study by researchers from Maccabi Healthcare Services, one of the country’s four health funds, based on surveys by 699 patients conducted between one and six months after recovery. On average, respondents were five months after recovery.


    The study, led by Maccabi’s head of research and innovation Dr. Tal Palaton, highlighted the prevalence of symptoms including memory disturbances and muscle pain, and warned of the public health consequences of long COVID. Policymakers “should expect a significant impact of this syndrome on public health,” it said.

    More at source: Times Of Israel

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  • 27 Oct 2022 7:39 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Dr. Jha: A ‘tripledemic’ could hit the U.S., but ‘we’re not powerless against it’

    Covid has been a prominent winter threat during the last two years and is expected to wreak havoc again this year, especially with the emergence of so-called “Scrabble” variants that appear adept at evading immunity from vaccines and prior infection.

    The U.S. is also seeing an early uptick in flu cases, which don’t typically rise until late December. The country’s South Central and Southeastern regions already have positive rates as high as 10%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


    Jha pointed to the widely available vaccines targeting two of the three respiratory viruses: the flu shot and the new omicron-specific Covid booster.

    More at source: CNBC

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  • 21 Oct 2022 8:17 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Our Third COVID Winter Is Coming. America Isn't Ready

    Our third American COVID winter is at hand. In the months ahead—with students back in school, temperatures dropping, social life moving indoors, and holiday travel commencing—not to mention the emergence of new and increasingly immune-evasive variants—we can count on another seasonal surge of infections and deaths.

    White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks at the daily press briefing at the White House on October 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. Jha spoke on the new COVID-19 Bivalent vaccine boosters and urged all Americans to take it. (Kevin Dietsch-Getty Images)

    With the experience of last year’s record-breaking Omicron wave, American leaders should now—at least, in theory—be very well equipped to deal with what’s ahead. Health agencies should be preparing clear, actionable messages on COVID measures for the holiday season. Masks, COVID tests, and treatments..

    More at source: Time

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  • 18 Oct 2022 8:06 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    World Faces New Threats From Fast-Mutating Omicron Variants

    Since emerging in late 2021, the highly transmissible omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 has splintered into a dazzling array of subvariants that are now driving fresh waves of Covid-19 cases around the world. The proliferation of such a diversity of variants is unprecedented, and pits numerous hyper-mutated iterations against each other in a race for global dominance.


    That’s turbo-charged Covid, making it one of the fastest-spreading diseases known to humanity, and further challenging pandemic-mitigation efforts in a global population already weary of frequent booster shots, testing and masking

    Continue reading at Bloomberg

    More info at CDC

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  • 07 Oct 2022 7:34 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Strokes, heart attacks, sudden deaths: Does America understand the long-term risks of catching COVID?

    A 35-year-old acquaintance drops dead from a hemorrhagic stroke. A friend in her 40s, and another in his 70s, experience recurrent spells of extreme dizziness, their hearts pounding in their chests when they stand. A 21-year-old student with no prior medical history is admitted to the ICU with heart failure, while a 48-year-old avid tennis player, previously healthy, suddenly suffers a heart attack. A relative is diagnosed with pericarditis, an inflammation of the protective sac surrounding the heart.

    Is COVID the reason?

    In a study that included patients from the initial wave of the pandemic, scientists from the University of Florida found that survivors of severe COVID-19 had two-and-a-half times the risk of dying in the year following illness compared to people who were never infected. Of note, nearly 80% of downstream deaths were not due to typical COVID complications like acute respiratory distress or cardiac causes.

    More at source: Fortune Magazine

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  • 30 Sep 2022 7:18 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Rising Covid-19 cases in the UK may be a warning for the US

    There are signs that the United Kingdom could be heading into a fall Covid-19 wave, and experts say the United States may not be far behind.

    A recent increase in Covid-19 cases in England doesn’t seem to be driven by a new coronavirus variant, at least for now, although several are gaining strength in the US and across the pond.


    “Generally, what happens in the UK is reflected about a month later in the US. I think this is what I’ve sort of been seeing,” said Dr. Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at Kings College London.

    After seeing a downward trend for the past few weeks, the Zoe study saw a 30% increase in reported Covid-19 cases within the past week.

    More at source: CNN

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