Coronavirus
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 29: Anti-Vaxxers Pile On Matthew Perry’s Death, Study Finds More Severe Outcomes Tied to Covid Than Flu or RSV
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,327th day of the pandemic.
OP-ED ON SUNDAY
Meet Franz the Abandoned Dog, The Reason Why I Couldn’t Prepare Saturday’s Briefing
I’ve been writing the Coronavirus Morning News Brief since the earliest days of Covid, several months before we used the word “pandemic” or even “epidemic.” Since then, I’ve only missed two issues, …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 27: U.S. Reports HV.1 is Dominant Covid Variant, Antivirals in the U.S. Are Shifting to the Commercial Market
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,325th day of the pandemic.
[Editor’s Note: If you don’t make it through the entire statistics section every day, we recommend you at least try to do so on Fridays, which is the day we are able to post the data updated late Thursday. Things are hopping down there: For example, …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 26: Pfizer-BioNTech Combo Vaccine Generates Strong Immune Response, Carnival Liable in Covid Outbreak
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,324th day of the pandemic. .
In news we report today, Pfizer-BioNTech had good news about the two drugmakers’ combination Covid-flu vaccine, adults who received last year’s coronavirus booster and a high-dose version of the flu vaccine may be more prone to strokes, and Carnival Cruises was held liable for a …
Long Covid Research Comes Out of the Shadows, Opens the Door to Improved Diagnostic Tools and Potential Therapies
The term “Long Covid” has been been in the news over the past month than in prior months as researchers published studies that suggest reasonably definitive diagnosis of the condition might be attainable.
Long Covid, a cognate that is a somewhat misleading term, began to be used by patients to describe a longer, more complex course of illness than had been reported in Wuhan and other early epicenters.
The term gained consistency …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 25: Xocova – Why We Can’t Have Nice Things, Cruise Line Held Liable in Covid Outbreak
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,323rd day of the pandemic.
OP-ED ON WEDNESDAY
Long Covid Research Comes Out of the Shadows, Opens the Door to Improved Diagnostic Tools and Potential Therapies
The term “Long Covid” has been been in the news over the past month than in prior months as researchers published studies that suggest reasonably definitive diagnosis …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 24: Moderna’s Combo Vaccine, Trump’s Maskless Lawyers Demand Trial Pause Due to Covid Outbreak
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,322nd day of the pandemic.
In news we report today, Trump’s maskless lawyers ask for court delay after Covid outbreak, drugmaker Moderna announced the start of phase III trials for its combo Covid/flu vaccine, and AstraZeneca wants patients to self-admin their nasal flu vaccine.
LONG COVID
A new study from researchers at New …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Oct. 23: Research Connects Covid with Heart Disease, Distribution Woes Plague Getting Needles Into Arms
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,321st day of the pandemic.
In news we report today, numerous kinks have yet to be worked out with respect to the distribution of and payment for coronavirus vaccines in the United States, new research connects Covid with heart disease, and there’s a new variant in town.
LONG COVID
A new study from …
