As California braces for severe flu season, doctors urge shots — with or without a COVID booster
It’s more critical than ever to get a flu shot this year, say Bay Area infectious disease experts. Two-plus years...
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27 people killed in China quarantine bus crash
Twenty-seven people died en route to a Covid-19 quarantine facility when their bus crashed in southwest China on Sunday, local...
‘Hot Spot’ memoir considers lessons from Nashville’s COVID-19 response
The early weeks and months of the COVID-19 pandemic were a swirl of uncertainty.How lethal would this novel coronavirus be?...
A randomized controlled trial of heterologous ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and recombinant subunit vaccine MVC-COV1901 against COVID-19
Study designThis was an investigator-initiated, single-blinded, 1:1 randomized vaccine clinical study, designed to assess the reactogenicity and immunogenicity of heterologous...
FOCUS: Hopes grow for win-win effect of inbound tourism in Japan, weak yen
Japanese policymakers expect that a further reopening of Japan's borders to foreign visitors will breathe life into inbound tourism that...
Your boss is ordering you back to the office even though they have no idea if COVID is really over
Labor Day marked the end of the total work-from-home era for many U.S. workers, with companies including Apple, Comcast, and...
Frank Auerbach: how artist drew himself for Covid ‘plague years’ drawings
Frank Auerbach: how artist drew himself for Covid ‘plague years’ drawingsThe renowned British artist found inspiration in his own features...
Don’t touch foreigners, warns senior health official after China’s first monkeypox case
CNN — A top Chinese health official has warned people against touching foreigners, a day after mainland China confirmed its...
US Treasury market liquidity to be worse than COVID-19 levels, MSCI warns
Period of quantitative tightening could be over The Federal Reserve could be forced to slow the reversal of its asset...
Having a history of psychological distress may trigger long Covid, study says
CNN — You may have up to a 50% higher risk of developing long Covid-19 if you suffer from common...