Featured Headlines The Worst of the Omicron Wave Could Still Be Coming – The Atlantic A long descent from a peak in cases could exact a larger toll than even Omicron’s blistering ascent. Just weeks into its staggering ascent in…
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Tulane Outbreak – January 21, 2022
Featured Headlines COVID-19: Active, possibly infectious virus persists after 10 days – MedNewsToday A new study suggests that the recent trend of shortening isolation and quarantine periods for COVID-19 may be in error. The scientists measured the presence of active…
Tulane Outbreak – January 18, 2022
Featured Headlines Dr. Fauci talks about Omicron and where we are in the pandemic – Bloomberg Video Will omicron end the pandemic? It depends on new variants, Fauci explains – Seattle Times Even if enough people build natural immunity to…
Tulane Outbreak – January 11, 2022
Featured Headlines Hospitals Are in Serious Trouble – The Atlantic Omicron is inundating a health-care system that was already buckling under the cumulative toll of every previous surge. When a health-care system crumbles, this is what it looks like. Much of…
Tulane Outbreak – January 7, 2022
Featured Headlines No Omicron immunity without booster, study finds – Harvard Gazette Researchers found that traditional dosing regimens of COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S. don’t produce antibodies capable of recognizing and neutralizing the Omicron variant. The number of young…
Tulane Outbreak – January 4, 2022
Featured Headlines Omicron Variant Symptoms: Latest COVID ‘Making People Really Sick in a Different Way’ – NBC As COVID-19 infections with the omicron variant of the virus surge out of control nationwide, emergency rooms are filling up again — and one well-known New York…
Tulane Outbreak – December 31, 2021
Featured Headlines Columbia University researchers estimate infections could top out during the week of Jan. 9 – Washington Post The rapid surge of omicron infections in the United States may be relatively brief, measured in weeks rather than months, according to infectious-disease…
Tulane Outbreak – December 28, 2021
Featured Headlines Omicron and delta are coming to your party – Washington Post “Omicron and delta are coming to your party,” the Democrat said at a news conference Monday. He urged people to “think twice” before attending social gatherings, adding…
Tulane Outbreak – December 24, 2021
Featured Headlines With omicron, you need a mask that means business – NPR With another coronavirus variant racing across the U.S., once again health authorities are urging people to mask up indoors. Yes, you’ve heard it all before. But given…
Tulane Outbreak – December 20, 2021
Featured Headlines Christmas travel will fuel Omicron spread in US, Dr Fauci warns – BBC News Video Christmas travel plans will increase the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, even among the fully vaccinated, the top US infectious disease expert…