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The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

What are the Covid isolation guidelines for 2023?

CDC guidlines outline different recommendations for symptomatic vs non-symptomatic cases

The Independent UK

How soon after Covid can I get a booster?

High-risk individuals—such as older adults—may not need to wait as long as those who are less likely to develop severe disease

The Independent UK

Symptoms of new Covid variants as cases increase in UK

Cases of the Pirola variant in the UK have passed 100

The Independent UK

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Covid deaths are on the rise again, so what happens? Mask-wearing in hospitals is scrapped

The only masking that’s going on is that of the government’s continued failure to get to grips with the virus, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Experts angered and disappointed over Boris Johnson’s long Covid remark

The then-Prime Minister said the condition was ‘Gulf War Syndrome’.

The Independent UK

Number of Covid-19 hospital patients in England rises to five-month high

The figure is still some way below the level reached last winter.

The Independent UK

Fresh warning to pregnant women to get Covid vaccine after dozens of deaths

Risk of future deaths of pregnant women from winter viruses without action, researchers warns

The Independent UK

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Symptoms of new Covid variants as cases increase in UK

Cases of the Pirola variant in the UK have surpassed 100

The Independent UK

For Texans with long COVID, specialized centers can provide more effective treatments — if they can access them

Long COVID clinics in Texas are few and far between, often with months-long waitlists. But these centers can provide care that validates stigmatized patients, offers unique treatments and teaches physicians more about the new condition.

The Texas Tribune

Nasal vaccine could offer protection against Strep A

Jab has potential to be ‘world first’ in treating deadly bacteria

Evening Standard

US prisoners who did not consent to ivermectin Covid treatment win payout

Prisoners in Arkansas settle lawsuit for $2,000 each after accusing Washington county detention center of ‘medical experimentation’

The Guardian - US

Animal tranquiliser added to opioids causing ‘steep increase’ in deaths

Authors of new study say there is not enough awareness of effects of xylazine, which is being mixed in with heroin and fentanyl

The Guardian - US

‘Delays are costing lives’: the struggle to allocate US opioid settlement funds

Distribution of New York’s $200m from pharmaceutical firms to combat the epidemic has stalled due to bureaucracy tie-ups

The Guardian - US

As US rolls out new Covid vaccines, some face ‘hiccups’ getting appointments

Health experts describe ‘hiccups’ in transition from centralized federal system to commercial market

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Charities call on NHS England to bring back Covid precautions for staff

As virus cases rise by 30% in the past week, the clinically vulnerable and medics fear they will be put at risk this winter

The Guardian - UK

Covid is evolving – but the UK is not doing enough to evolve with it

More resilient variants are emerging. Yet monitoring and testing have slowed, and access to vital drugs is patchy, writes immunologist Sheena Cruickshank

The Independent UK

Arkansas jail inmates settle lawsuit with doctor who prescribed them ivermectin for COVID-19

Five former inmates at an Arkansas county jail have settled their lawsuit against a doctor who they say gave them ivermectin without their consent to treat COVID-19

The Guardian - UK

People may suffer ‘long colds’ more than four weeks after infection, study shows

Results in the Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine journal found a ‘similar risk’ of long-term symptoms as those with Covid

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Synthetic opioids and sedative may be behind rise of fatal overdoses in West Midlands

Exclusive: About 30 deaths in two months being examined for involvement of heroin substitute nitazenes and tranquilliser xylazine

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicagoans looking for new COVID-19 shot face supply issues, insurance hiccups

Some large hospital systems in Chicago don’t have vaccines available yet, despite the doses being approved weeks ago.

The Independent UK

Drugs regime at hospital unit ‘open to abuse by any member of staff so minded’

Nurse Catherine Hudson, 54, was convicted of drugging patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s stroke unit to ‘keep them quiet and compliant’.

The Guardian - UK

What’s the state of Covid in the UK – and how is it being tracked?

The UK Health Security Agency has stepped up infection monitoring in the run-up to winter

The Independent UK

Say goodbye to the COVID-19 vaccination card. The CDC has stopped printing them

The once-critical white COVID-19 vaccination cards are being phased out

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out was ‘confusing’ and put lives at risk, inquiry told

Eat Out to Help Out ‘encouraged social mixing’ and ‘confused public health messaging’, inquiry hears

The Independent UK

Covid-19 inquiry: Bereaved were ‘demoralised to see mistakes being repeated’

People who lost relatives early on became concerned about decisions bring taken as the pandemic progressed.

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