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Coronavirus Daily News Brief – Dec. 20: U.S. Isn’t Near Peak Covid or Flu Levels, Baroness Admits Lying About Role in Covid PPE Firm
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,379th day of the pandemic.
In news we report today, the United States isn’t near peak Covid or flu levels for the season, Baroness Michelle Mone admitted lying about her involvement in a deal from which she benefitted financially for the sale of PPE to the U.K. government, and the JN.1 …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Dec. 11: 15 States Report High or Very High Respiratory Virus Activity Levels, Why Is Australia Closing Long Covid Clinics
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,370th day of the pandemic.
THE LEDE
To Mask on a Flight, or Not to Mask, That is the Question
At the center of the rather dismal response to the coronavirus pandemic is a fraught relationship with face masks.
Throughout history, humans have used masks for a variety of purposes without running into …
Coronavirus Weekend News Brief – Dec. 10: ‘I Was Really Sick,’ Said George Clooney; New Study Explains Rare Clotting Effect of Some Early Vaccines
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,369th day of the pandemic
In news we report today, George Clooney recounts directly a movie remotely while isolating with SARS-CoV-2,
a study shows that the current, or 2023, coronavirus vaccine continues to be effective against new omicron subvariants, hospitalizations are highest for the youngest and oldest in the United States, and …
U.S. Marshals Arrested at Heathrow After Drunken Behavior on Delta Flight
Two U.S. Marshals traveling on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York City to London’s Heathrow Airport were detailed upon landing for drunken behavior on the flight.
One, Michael Brereton, 39, was charged with entering the aircraft while drunk, the Metropolitan Police Service said in a statement. He was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sexual assault but that charge was later dropped.
The identity of the second U.S. Marshal was not …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Dec. 2: Preterm Births Fell in 2022 Thanks to Covid Vaccines, Study Suggests; Social Distancing for Dogs
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,361st day of the pandemic
In news we report today, social distancing for dogs is now a thing, preterm births declined in the United States once inoculations against SARS-CoV-2 took hold, and it’s possible that new tests that will provide an almost definitive diagnosis of Long Covid might be on the …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Nov. 29: Life Expectancy is Once Again Creeping Upward, Questions Raised About Mysterious Virus in China
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,358th day of the pandemic
In news we report today, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases would like to know what this mysterious illness that is sweeping through China actually is, cases of the new omicron sublineage BA.2.86 have trebled in the United States over the past two weeks, and life …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Nov. 20: Nerve Block Returns Sense of Smell to Long Covid Patients, More Controversy Over ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ Scheme
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,349th day of the pandemic.
In news we report today, a nerve block could return a sense of smell to some Long Covid patients, Rishi Sunak’s testimony was directly contracted concerning his “eat out to help out” scheme, and free at-home Covid tests are back.
LONG COVID
Researchers at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, …
