The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

Aust trial treats COVID-19 blood clots

A clinical trial has pinpointed the most efficient level of blood thinning treatment needed for patients hospitalised with COVID-19.

AAP · Dec 10, 2022

Covid treatments and prevention improving but the longer you can avoid it the better

The 'no point delaying infection' argument falls down in a number of places

Wales Online · Dec 10, 2022

Uptick sees boosters called for

The Public Health Ministry is urging people to get boosters within four months of receiving their last Covid-19 vaccination as the number of infections is back on the rise.

Bangkok Post · Dec 9, 2022

How does the SARS-CoV-2 virus cause long COVID? Here are some leading theories

It's a question that's tantalised researchers since the first reports of "long haulers" back in 2020: what causes long COVID?

ABC News · Dec 8, 2022

COVID case rise slows, peak on horizon

Weekly COVID-19 infections have risen six per cent in the past week as new data shows Australia experienced higher-than-average deaths from January to August.

AAP · Dec 8, 2022

Leo Varadkar rules out Covid-19 measures to tackle Strep A in schools across Ireland

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said that while the coalition is concerned about Strep A, it is a treatable illness and class pods are not under consideration

Irish Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

Commentary: Immunity’s down. Infection rates are up. And what happened to everyone’s masks?

Over recent weeks, since before Thanksgiving, there has been a significant and steep rise in COVID-19-related hospitalizations for Americans 70 and older. Nationally, that rate now exceeds the peak of the BA.5 summer wave and the delta wave in the summer of 2021 — and this surge is still in…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 8, 2022

Hong Kong government eases COVID quarantine and testing regime after Beijing moves

The Hong Kong government said on Thursday that the isolation period for COVID-19 patients and their close contacts will be cut to five days from seven days.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

Strep A: The three symptoms parents need to keep their kids home with as alarm raised by HSE

Schools have been advised that children with a fever, cough or a sore throat should be kept at home in a bid to tackle any further spread

Irish Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

COVID-19 Vaccinations Reduce Risk Of Reinfection By 50 Per Cent

These findings were revealed in an analysis published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, which is coordinated by Lamberto Manzoli, medical epidemiologist as well as Director of the School of Public Health and Hygiene of the University of Bologna. Read on for details:

Dynamite News · Dec 8, 2022