Category: Reinfection

More people are catching coronavirus a second time, heightening long COVID risk, experts say

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Authors: Rong-Gong Lin II, Luke Money Mon, August 1, 2022  LA Times Emerging evidence suggests that catching the coronavirus a second time can heighten long-term health risks, a worrisome development as the circulation of increasingly contagious Omicron subvariants leads to greater numbers of Californians being reinfected. Earlier in the pandemic, it was assumed that getting […]

Why Are So Many People Getting COVID a Second and Third Time?

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Doctors say if you got infected with the Omicron BA.1 or BA.2 variants, your antibodies might not fully protect you against the newer BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants now spreading through Southern California Authors: Joel Grover and Josh Davis  June 16, 2022 NBC News A sign encouraging mask use hangs on a fence before the local school council […]

More of the vaccinated and boosted landing in hospital with COVID-19

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Authors: By Ariel Hart Zachary Hansen May 19. 2022 – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Doctors say it’s caused by a combination of a variant that can escape the vaccine’s effects and the most vulnerable also being the most vaccinated As summer once again brings signs of a coming COVID-19 wave, an unusual trend has emerged: The Georgians who […]

How many times can you get COVID? What experts know about reinfection

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Authors:  Hannah Sparks May 18, 2022  The New York Post The new normal is now. In what seemed like an instant, COVID-19 became an inevitable aspect of everyday life more than two years ago — with no signs to suggest that we’ll ever see otherwise again. As we look at our lives ahead with waves […]

Had Covid At Christmas? You Could Get It Again Now

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Authors: Madison Muller, May 13,2022 Bloomberg News As a stealth wave of Covid makes its way across the U.S., those who have so far evaded the virus are now falling ill — while others are catching Covid for a second, third or even fourth time.Several factors have conspired to make the state of the pandemic harder […]

Coronavirus wave this fall could infect 100 million, administration warns

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Authors: Yasmeen Abutaleb, Joel Achenbach May 6, 2022 The Washington Post The Biden administration is warning the United States could see 100 million coronavirus infections and a potentially significant wave of deaths this fall and winter, driven by new omicron subvariants that have shown a remarkable ability to escape immunity. The projection, made Friday by […]

Another rare virus puzzle: They got sick, got treated, got covid again

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Authors: Carolyn Y. Johnson  April 27, 2022 The Washington Post Shortly after he served on a jury in March, Gregg Crumley developed a sore throat and congestion. The retired molecular biologist took a rapid test on a Saturday and saw a dark, thick line materialize — “wildly positive” for the coronavirus. Crumley, 71, contacted his […]

COVID cases rise again in half the states

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Change in reported COVID-19 cases per 100k people in the last two weeks March 23 to April 5, 2022 Half of the states are seeing COVID case numbers rise again while nationwide totals continue to fall. The big picture: The Omicron subvariant known as BA.2 is the dominant strain circulating around the U.S., accounting for almost […]

COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations by COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis — California and New York, May–November 2021

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Weekly / January 28, 2022 / 71(4);125–131 January 19, 2022, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release. Authors: Tomás M. León, PhD1; Vajeera Dorabawila, PhD2; Lauren Nelson, MPH1; Emily Lutterloh, MD2,3; Ursula E. Bauer, PhD2; Bryon Backenson, MPH2,3; Mary T. Bassett, MD2; Hannah Henry, MPH1; Brooke Bregman, MPH1; Claire M. Midgley, PhD4; Jennifer F. Myers, […]

4,811 recovered Israeli COVID patients got reinfected — TV

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Authors: FROM THE LIVEBLOG OF THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 7:56 pm   Health Ministry data cited by Channel 13 suggests the Delta variant may be more effective at causing COVID reinfection among recovered patients than earlier strains of the coronavirus. According to the data, 4,811 Israelis have been reinfected with coronavirus, accounting for 0.47 percent of […]