May 31, 2022 – The CDC has updated its travel advisory for monkeypox as global cases continue to increase. The risk to the public is still considered low, the CDC said, but travelers should “practice enhanced precautions” and avoid close contact with sick people. The travel advisory shifted from level 1, where travelers are advised … Read more
Experts and politicians say Scotland needs to learn to live with Covid for the “foreseeable future”. Source link
It is controversial whether viruses are alive, but – like all living things – they do evolve. This fact has become abundantly clear during the pandemic, as new variants of concern have emerged every few months. Some of these variants have been better at spreading from person to person, eventually becoming dominant as they out-compete … Read more
Nov. 18, 2021 — We have so much to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN’s chief medical correspondent in his new book, World War C: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One, urges us to get prepared now for future pandemics. Gupta uses the clever … Read more
Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO, has said recently that COVID-19 may be entering a stage called endemic (Reuters Photo) Endemic: Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, World Health Organisation, has said recently that COVID-19 may be entering a stage called endemic. Meaning, some people will contract the virus but the level at which it will … Read more