are getting sick with respiratory illnesses but testing negative for COVID-19, RSV and the flu. Dr. Bernard Camins, medical director of infection prevention at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, joins "CBS News Mornings" to explain some of the other types of viruses going around. ...
Many parts of the world are going to be reporting data faster than we'll see in the U.S. That's because they have this particular PCR test that gives a signature that is apparently very omicron-specific. It's not a specific PCR test for omicron, but the signature omicron gives is uni...
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that usually infect animals but can sometimes evolve and spread to humans. Symptoms in humans include fever, coughing and shortness of breath, which can progress to pneumonia. Physicians recommend basic hygiene, including washing hands with soap and water...
How is the virus spread? The NHS says it is not exactly known how coronavirus is spread from person to person because it is a new illness. It says similar viruses are spread in cough droplets and that it is "very unlikely" to be be spread through things like packages or food. ...
In the nearly two decades since the Qinghai Lake incident, H5N1 viruses have made their way around the globe, even to perhapsthe most unlikely spot of all, Antarctica, infecting penguins and other wild birds there. Only Australia and New Zealand have yet to find H5N1 at this point. (Two ...
“We know that anybody that has come in close contact with somebody that is even suspected or confirmed to have Covid-19 needs to get tested, needs to quarantine. That is how we’re going to get this pandemic under control. And we know that asymptomatic spread is one of the primary dri...
“Based on scientific understanding of viruses, it is highly likely there are many variants evolving simultaneously across the globe,” a spokesperson said in a statement emailed to CNN. “Additionally, there is a strong possibility there are variants in the United States; however, it ...
The governor said it’s unusual to see such surges in respiratory viruses in the summer months, which has led to fuller pediatric ICUs. Evers said the big concern is as Covid-19 infections increase across the board, that could very well translate to higher numbers of children ...
The President, who early in the pandemic often compared coronavirus to the flu, on Thursday used his personal experience to contrast the two viruses. “You can say what you want about the flu, but I’ve never lost anybody that I know to the flu,” he said. ...
“With the sequence, we are going to be able to make a new vaccine in very short order, in as little as six weeks,” Hwang said. Both Moderna and Pfizer use a modular type of technology that allows the vaccine formula to be changed quickly in case a viruses mutates so much ...