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A new Covid-19 omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, is sweeping the country.

XBB.1.5 is the most highly transmissible version we've seen of the Covid-19 virus. It's also very good at evading immune defenses.

Inverse

Mpox has faded in the US. Who deserves the credit?

Mpox is no longer the exploding health crisis that it appeared to be less than six months ago

The Independent UK

What is invasive strep A? The potentially dangerous condition is currently on the rise

There are ways to treat the infection and protect yourself and your family from getting it in the first place. Here’s what you need to know.

Inverse

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China reports first 2 COVID deaths since easing rules, but numbers don’t stack up

More than a month after China started seeing an exponential surge in COVID cases, the country has only reported two virus deaths, defying the experience of other, more vaccinated and better resourced places as they reopened and fueling suspicion the true scale of fatalities is being hidden.

Tribune News Service

China’s Covid death toll doesn’t stack up, raising suspicions about data

BEIJING: More than a month after China started seeing an exponential surge in Covid cases, the country has only reported two virus deaths, defying the experience of other, more vaccinated and better resourced places as they reopened and fueling suspicion the true scale of fatalities is being hidden.

The Times of India

Why China’s COVID figures don’t add up

China is reporting fewer COVID cases despite easing restrictions across the country.

Al Jazeera

Health experts in conundrum over best way to avoid winter ‘tripledemic’

RSV, Covid-19 and flu cases are exploding, but many health officials aren’t forcing masks or discouraging in-person gatherings

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Experts are concerned Thanksgiving gatherings could accelerate a 'tripledemic'

As the holiday approaches, infectious disease specialists are bracing for the possibility that big family get-togethers and travel will propel the spread of RSV, flu and COVID-19.

WEKU

Strong RSV vaccine data lifts hopes after years of futility

A new study suggests vaccinating pregnant women protects their newborns from the common but scary respiratory virus called RSV

The Independent UK

FACT FOCUS: States, not CDC, set school vaccine requirements

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Thursday voted that the agency should update its recommended immunization schedules to add the COVID-19 vaccine, including to the schedule for children

The Independent UK

The bloodiest sci-fi movie on Netflix reveals a scary truth about viruses

The virus in 'Resident Evil' isn’t real (nor are zombies), but is it even plausible? Here's what the science says.

Inverse

Flu is expected to flare up in U.S. this winter, raising fears of a 'twindemic'

After virtually disappearing for the last two years, there are troubling clues that the flu could come roaring back this year, to cause trouble alongside COVID.

WEKU

Can science prevent a pandemic?

Researchers worldwide are racing to understand how pandemics unfold — and some are taking divergent and even risky paths to tackle the problem.

Inverse

Polio virus detected in NYC wastewater, health officials say

NEW YORK — The polio virus has been detected in New York City, health authorities said Friday, a jarring discovery arriving three weeks after the long-defeated virus reemerged in Rockland County north of the city. The potentially deadly virus was detected in sewage samples collected in the city.

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Axios

Polio unlikely to spread widely in U.S.

The detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples in London and New York is providing another stark reminder of the importance of vaccination and new forms of surveillance, public health experts say.

Inverse

We need to talk about "mild Covid" — and why it sucks

Early in the pandemic, doctors defined mild, moderate, and severe Covid. Two and a half years later, do they still make sense?

Salon

Don't pull a Biden and work while sick

The president has advertised how he's hard at work while recovering from COVID; docs say that sets a bad precedent

The Guardian - US

Paxlovid going underused due to doctors’ ‘misperceptions’, experts say

Clinicians are ‘skittish’ about the Covid antiviral, resulting in a failure to treat patients who could greatly benefit

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Salon

Experts still torn on throat swabbing

Other countries' health bureaus have advised the public to throat-swab when taking at-home tests, but not the US

Salon

No, boosters aren't bad for you

A conspiracy theory about booster shots resurfaced this month — here’s what experts say

Inverse

FDA just authorized Covid-19 vaccines for kids under 5. Here’s what parents need to know

An outside panel of experts for the FDA recommended both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccine for kids under 5. Shortly after, the FDA granted a EUA.

Salon

Misinfo swirls around Bieber's condition

Is it too late now for anti-vaxxers to say sorry to Bieber for drafting him into their misinformed narrative?

Salon

Who wants a monkeypox vaccine?

The country has a stockpile, but there are not enough vaccines for everyone

Tribune News Service

This rural, red Southern county was a vaccine success story. Not anymore

MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn. — At a glance, it seemed like a Southern pandemic success story in a most unlikely place.

Inverse

What you need to know about the monkeypox virus

Researchers around the world are finding an unusually high number of cases in places where the virus isn't endemic. Here's what you should know about it.

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