Coronavirus

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 27: From Bats to Cats to Rats, Cases in China Rise, School Mask Mandates Return in Some Places

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 27: From Bats to Cats to Rats, Cases in China Rise, School Mask Mandates Return in Some Places

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,142nd day of the pandemic.  Today would also have been the 56th birthday of our company’s and, indirectly the Morning News Brief’s, co-founder, Greg Spira, my brother, who succumbed in 2011 to polycystic kidney disease, also known as PKD.
Simply put, PKD is a genetic disorder in which the renal tubules …

At Some Schools, Covid Testing is Going to the Dogs

The pandemic is literally going to the dogs but, in this case, that’s not a bad thing.
“Scent-trained dogs are a strategy for rapid, noninvasive, low-cost, and environmentally responsible COVID-19 screening” according to a new study published this week in JAMA Pediatrics by Dr. Carol Glaser, the assistant deputy director in Central Laboratory Services and medical officer for infectious disease laboratories at the California Department of Public Health.  Dr. Glaser, who …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 26: Tories Oust MP Over Vaccine Comment , Claim of Deadly Vaccine Batches is ‘False’ Says CDC

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 26: Tories Oust MP Over Vaccine Comment , Claim of Deadly Vaccine Batches is ‘False’ Says CDC

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,141st day of the pandemic and the 37th anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster, a nuclear accident at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat in the north of what is now Ukraine.  It is considered the worst-ever civil nuclear incident and is …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 25: Florida Surgeon General Altered Data to Show Vaccine Risk, Remote Work’s Productivity Penalty

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 25: Florida Surgeon General Altered Data to Show Vaccine Risk, Remote Work’s Productivity Penalty

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,140th day of the pandemic and National Telephone Day.  It’s worthy of note that the phone – in many cases a landline – was also a lifeline to millions of people across the globe during the lockdowns at the start of the pandemic.
Currently, there are an estimated 9.82 billion mobile …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 24: CDC Reorg Makes Progress, Mexico’s President Tests Positive for Covid

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 24: CDC Reorg Makes Progress, Mexico’s President Tests Positive for Covid

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,139th day of the pandemic.
To save you the trouble of scrolling up, I will confirm before you continue to read that this is the Coronavirus Morning News Brief, a scientific publication steeped in reason and fact, not the Onion or the Postillon.
A doctor who contended that vaccinated people become magnetized …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 23: Link Between Vaccines and Tinnitus?, Boris Johnson Almost Met With Queen While Infected , and Today’s Statistics

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 23: Link Between Vaccines and Tinnitus?, Boris Johnson Almost Met With Queen While Infected , and Today’s Statistics

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,138th day of the pandemic and World Book Day, a celebration to promote the enjoyment of reading… so please read on.
In news we cover today, Boris Johnson came close to holding an in-person meeting with the queen while exhibiting severe Covid symptoms and more research about a possible connection between …

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 21: Does XBB.1.16 Cause Pinkeye?, Outbreak Hits Bay Area Hospital

Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 21: Does XBB.1.16 Cause Pinkeye?, Outbreak Hits Bay Area Hospital

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,136th day of the pandemic. Yesterday was 420 (pronounced four-twenty and based on the U.S. format of month date year for dates), an international counterculture holiday based on the celebration and consumption of weed.  For the life of me, I cannot figure out how I forgot to mention it, but …