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Coronavirus and Avian Flu Tidbits #298, June 9, 2024
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. New post: Man Dies After H5N2 Bird Flu Infection. Here’s How It Differs From H5N1 News @JPWeiland June 7th update: Infections increased modestly again this week (+6%), Hawaii at highest levels in over a year. Continental US at low levels, but west coast…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #267, Oct 15, 2023
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. ~ ~ ~ Tidbits is abbreviated this week. With all that is going on in Israel and the Middle East, I haven't felt up to doing more. Not much happening on the Covid front anyway. If you wish to support Israel, I would suggest…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #249, June 11, 2023
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. New Post: Women’s Health Center Opening In The Abortion Desert Of Western Maryland Happening in our little rightward leaning town! It's going to be an interesting ride... A response to WV banning abortions. https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2023/06/08/womens-health-center-opening-in-the-abortion-desert-of-western-maryland/?sh=a163ff95f12f News Covid: NIH to intensify scrutiny of foreign grant…
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Coronavirus & Monkeypox Tidbits #213 10/2/22
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. New posts: Cracks In Promising Treatments For Monkeypox—TPOXX And Jynneos https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2022/09/21/cracks-in-promising-treatments-for-monkeypox-tpoxx-and-jynneos/?sh=5b15d4ad3122 ~ ~ ~ The Pandemic Is NOT Over https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/981321 ~ ~ ~ What Makes Some Infections Asymptomatic? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/981679 News Covid: Five things about covid we still don’t understand at our peril https://wapo.st/3fAlzYB …
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Coronavirus Tidbits #195 6/5/22
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I’m getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. Post: Medicines For Monkeypox – Antivirals And Vaccines Are Available While monkeypox is spreading globally, there is no need for the level of alarm that we had with Covid-19. Why? First, monkeypox is not nearly as transmissible as Covid and requires close contact.…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #177 1/30/22
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. New post: My latest: I'm excited about this new #saliva based #rapidtest for #Covid in part because it is #OpenAccess. No patent, inexpensive, free technology as "a gift to the world" fr @UCSB researchers Smartphone And Spit: A Game-Changing Test For Covid And…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #113 1/17/21
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I’m getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. NEW Post on Forbes: News Reinfections immune responses from past infection reduce the risk of catching the virus again by 83% for at least five months. The data suggest that repeat infections are rare — they occurred in fewer than 1% of about…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #96 11/1/20
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I’m getting. Tidbits will likely be a bit shorter and a little less frequent for the next little bit. I have been immersed in #GOTV efforts. Now there are opportunities to help w post-election challenges. Don’t know if I can muster the energy for that… Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that.…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #80 9/6/20
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I’m getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. News Fauci warns that Labor Day celebrations could drive Covid-19 spikes https://www.statnews.com/2020/09/04/fauci-labor-day-covid-19/ Vaccine makers are planning a public statement to push back on pressure on the FDA: The effort is shaping up as a joint statement from the leading companies developing Covid-19 vaccines,…
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Coronavirus Tidbits # 28 4-4 to 4-6-20
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Tidbits will likely be a bit shorter and a little less frequent for the next little bit. The technical aspects of learning this are wearing... I have been immersed in preparing it and reading about coronavirus, and I need to spend a little more time on self-care, which for me means seeing the spring flowers emerge and digging in the…
