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The Biden administration informed Congress on Monday of its plan to begin winding down the COVID-19 national and public health emergency declarations with an end date set for May 11. The announcement comes in response to two House Republican measures pushing to end the emergencies immediately, according to CNN. “The wind-down would align with the Administration’s previous […]
On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that its monkeypox guidance had been updated after the first suspected case of human-to-dog transmission, per CBS News, Scientists revealed in a The Lancet-published paper there has been evidence that dogs and possibly other animals can contract the virus from humans. The case was documented […]
A team of international scientists have identified a new virus called Langya, which has already been detected in 35 individuals in China. Per the Washington Post, a peer-reviewed study published by the New England Journal of Medicine details how the Langya Henipavirus was discovered after it potentially first infected animals and made the jump to humans. While the […]
California has become the latest state to declare a state of emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the declaration on Monday as the state recently eclipsed 800 monkeypox cases, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The declaration will allow California to deploy personnel from the Emergency Medical Services […]
Experts are suggesting that Monkeypox, the virus that has now reached 26 countries, could have been circulating for years without anyone knowing. As NBC News reports, scientists and experts are trying to figure out why the virus has suddenly been seen in widespread areas over the past month with hundreds of reported cases. “There may have been […]
Two new even more transmissible Omicron subvariants have been found in the United States, Deadline reports. First identified in South Africa, BA.4 and BA.5 were initially recorded on Jan. 10 and Feb. 26, respectively, but have only recently caused a dramatic spike in cases in their country of origin. Abdool Karim, public health expert at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, […]
In recent days, you may have encountered a story or three regarding the so-called “Deltacron” variant, described in one report as a COVID-19 strain that’s effectively a combo of the previously confirmed Delta and Omicron variants. Amid the growing coverage of “Deltacron,” however, a number of experts on such matters have publicly voiced skepticism regarding […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a warning just last week that the omicron variant will become the dominant strain in the United States in a matter of weeks. That day has already come. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, omicron accounts for 73 percent of new cases across the U.S., making it the dominant variant in […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Kristy Swanson, who is known for playing the titular character in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, revealed […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets A Texas man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for falsely claiming that he paid someone with COVID-19 to lick […]
