Long Covid results in organ impairment for 60 per cent of patients--study

COVID antivirals not related to rebound or worse outcomes --study

EU expected to push for annual COVID shots

Local U.S. governments planning to use Covid relief funds to ease medical debtss

...To address the problem, an increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are devising plans to spend federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds to eliminate residents’ medical debt and ease those debt burdens.  ...

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COVID-origins investigations: WHO shelves 2nd phase, House Republicans summon Fauci and other officials for their hearings

The World Health Organization (WHO) has quietly shelved the second phase of its much-anticipated scientific investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, citing ongoing challenges over attempts to conduct crucial studies in China, Nature has learned. ...

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Yellen says U.S. counties should use COVID funds for housing, job training

COVID vaccination rate low among older people, especially in poorer nations--study

The COVID Pandemic Is Not Over For Older Persons

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For older Americans, the pandemic still poses significant dangers. About three-quarters of Covid deaths have occurred in people over 65, with the greatest losses concentrated among those over 75.

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U.S. Company recalls 56,000 COVID-19 rapid tests

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Universal Meditech Inc. has initiated a nationwide recall of 56,300 Skippack Medical Lab SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kits. The company says they were distributed without “appropriate premarket clearance or approval” which could lead to inaccurate results since their performance was not properly evaluated by the FDA.

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Two new studies indicate Paxlovid's usefulness in helping prevent hospitalization, death in COVID outpatients

Two new studies, one from the United States and one from Canada, suggest that the oral antiviral drug Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) is effective in lowering the odds of hospitalization or death from the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant.

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IMF chief says world must build more resilience to do deal with crises like Covid

Think of the unthinkable’: IMF chief warns world is a very different place after crises like Covid

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“We all have to change our mindset to be much more agile and much more oriented towards building resilience at all levels, so we can handle the shocks better,” Kristalina Georgieva said Tuesday, during a World Government Summit panel hosted by CNBC’s Hadley Gamble.

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COVID-19 might increase diabetes risk -- study

Research Indicates Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Shape Treatments

15 Signs of COVID That Could Mean Persons Were Sick but Didn’t Know

People who haven't had COVID will likely catch XBB.1.5 – and many will get reinfected, experts say

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