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Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Sept. 17: Neanderthal Genes Are Linked to Severe Covid Risk, Toddler Dies from Brain-Eating Amoeba

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,285th day of the pandemic and the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
In news we report today, Neanderthal genes have been linked to severe Covid cases, a toddler died from brain-eating amoeba, and new research may help Long Covid patients with severe chronic fatigue,.
AT PRESS TIME
Neanderthal Genes …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Sept. 16: SARS-CoV-2 Symptoms Are Shifting, Pharmacy Chains Roll Out Updated Covid Vaccines

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,284th day of the pandemic and the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, celebrating the start of the year 5784.
In news we report today, SARS-CoV-2 symptoms appear to be shifting aware from what was seen in earlier waves, an FDA advisory panel said that phenylephrine, a key ingredient …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Sept. 10: White House Overstepped First Amendment, Newsom ‘Would Have Done Everything Differently’

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,278th day of the pandemic.
WEEKEND OP-ED
Here Are Easy-to-Follow Guidelines as Cases of SARS-CoV-2 Begin to Rise
Get the new coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available: Data shows that it offers protection against the new EG.5 and FL.1.5.1 omicron subvariants in addition to BA.2.86.
Get tested. If you feel unwell, take at …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Sept. 9: Easy-to-Follow Covid Guidelines, Alabama First State Where Mask Mandates Reappear

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,277th day of the pandemic.
OP-ED ON SATURDAY
Here Are Easy-to-Follow Guidelines as Cases of SARS-CoV-2 Begin to Rise
Get the new coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available: Data shows that it offers protection against the new EG.5 and FL.1.5.1 omicron subvariants in addition to BA.2.86.
Get tested. If you feel unwell, take at …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Sept. 2: Covid Hospitalizations and Deaths Surge, 2020 Wave of Cases Hit Earlier Than Realized

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,270th day of the pandemic.
OP-ED FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Senators With Long Covid Demand Congressional Action
Three current and former U.S. senators who suffer from Long Covid – Tim Kaine, of Virginia, Todd Young of Indiana, and Jim Inhofe, a former senator from Oklahoma, penned an article that appeared today in …
Great Moments in Travel History – September 2023 Edition

Despite its name, September is the ninth month in the Gregorian calendar as well as the somewhat obsolete Julian calendar. In the Northern hemisphere, it is the start of meteorological fall although the start of astrological fall won’t come until September 23 this year. In the Southern hemisphere, the month is the start of meteorological spring.
Referred to as the “harvest month” in Charlegmagne’s calendar, September is still called Herbstmonat, the …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Aug. 21: Long Covid’s Long Road to Recovery, Covid Linked With High Blood Pressure

Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,258th day of the pandemic.
OP-ED ON MONDAY
s, ‘High Temperatures’ Are Not Contributing to the Spread of EG.5, At Least Not the Way You Might Think
When we – as in Covid researchers and healthcare practitioners – speak about SARS-CoV-2 and temperatures, it’s almost always the body temperature and thermoregulation we …