Updated on 12/28/2021 07:54 pm Rapid home tests are more likely to COVID-19 show false negative with the omicron variant, strongly mutated with respect to previous strains, reported the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The news comes as the country faces a huge increase in cases that, according to experts, are being underdiagnosed due […]
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COVID-19: US now says omicron prevalence is lower than previously announced
Updated on 12/28/2021 05:02 pm The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, in English) lowered the prevalence rate of the omicron coronavirus variant in the country on Tuesday compared to others such as the delta. In updated data on its website this Tuesday, the CDC points out that in the week of December 19 […]
Timing is everything for omicron and the weather
Por Gernot Wagner As you walk the streets of New York these past few days, what is most surprising to see is the sudden resurgence of long lines everywhere. Not to buy, but to test for COVID. The masks also returned. Cornell, New York and Princeton universities quickly decided to take their final exams online, […]
Coronavirus can persist for months by spreading through the body
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can spread in a few days from the airways to the heart, brain and almost every organ system in the body, where it can persist for months, according to a study. In what they describe as the most comprehensive analysis to date of the distribution and persistence of the SARS-CoV-2 […]
America faces 2022 with more than 100 million cases and on omicron alert
America faces the last week of 2021 with a steady increase in cases of COVID-19, after exceeding 100 million cases and approaching 2.5 million deaths, while studying new measures to respond to the omicron variant, whose spread has forced the cancellation of thousands of flights and several cruises in the middle of Christmas and the […]
COVID-19: Fauci recommends mandatory vaccination for domestic travel in the US
Updated on 12/27/2021 03:57 pm The doctor Anthony Fauci, the leading infectious disease expert in U.SHe said the country should “seriously” consider a vaccination mandate for domestic travel. During an interview with MSNBC, Fauci, the lead scientific advisor on the response to the COVID-19 of President Joe Biden, said that “when you impose a vaccination […]
More US money market reforms would decimate ‘prime’ funds
Updated on 12/27/2021 03:57 am The third attempt by the Securities and Exchange Commission U.S Reforming the nearly $ 5 trillion money market industry may further challenge the existence of funds that invest primarily in credit assets. Last week, the regulatory agency proposed amendments to the rules governing money market funds to address concerns about […]
America would be happier if it had more people
Tyler Cowen Here’s one of the most worrisome economic statistics from a year that was filled with them: In 2021, according to the Census Bureau, the US population grew at the slowest rate in history. This poor performance was due to slowing immigration, low birth rates, and of course a large number of deaths from […]
New York registers rise in hospitalizations of children due to COVID-19
The health authorities of New York confirm an increase in hospitalizations of children due to the coronavirus, while the omicron variant continues to spread through the United States, while the White House promised this Sunday to solve the shortage of tests of the COVID-19. The New York State Department of Health “closely monitors an upward […]
France suffers its fifth wave of COVID-19 with fears that the country will be paralyzed
When the symbolic threshold of 100,000 cases a day has just been surpassed, France has fully entered its fifth wave of COVID-19 fearing a paralysis of the country due to an expected increase in sick leave due to the contagiousness of omicron. On the eve of the Council of Ministers that will propose new rules […]