The double mutant variant of the coronavirus, first found in India, has emerged as a cause of concern for many countries in the world. B.1.617, as the variant is officially known, is the reason behind the massive Covid-19 second wave in India, according to experts. In such a scenario, the most crucial question that arises is Can the vaccines defend us against the B.1.617
âBat ladyâ hits out at Wuhan virus claims The Chinese scientist dubbed the Bat Lady has rejected fresh claims that COVID-19 may have escaped from her lab in Wuhan.
Health by Samantha Maiden 14th May 2021 11:07 AM The chief scientist for emerging disease at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Bat Lady Dr Shi Zhengli has rejected fresh claims COVID-19 may have escaped from her lab as sad and not acceptable . A group of 18 scientists including one of the world s foremost coronavirus researchers has reignited the debate over whether COVID-19 escaped from a Wuhan lab overnight. Warning there was not enough evidence to rule the option out, the group wrote to the prestigious Science magazine urging further investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 strain responsible for the global pandemic.
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With vaccination rates on the rise and questions remaining, Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian – whose District 5 includes Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View – has scheduled a telephone town hall devoted to answering residents’ questions about COVID-19.
Scheduled 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday (May 16), the event will include a panel of experts offering updates and fielding questions. The panel includes County Counsel James Williams and Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, professor of global health and infectious diseases at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Participation is open to all.
If unable to register in advance, those interested can listen online at video.teleforumonline.com/video/streaming.php?client=19716.
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For MedPage Today s After the Pandemic series, we asked our editorial board members to discuss what significant and lasting effects the COVID-19 pandemic will have on medicine and the delivery of healthcare.
Here, we interview Beth Darnall, PhD, associate professor in the department of anesthesiology, perioperative, and pain medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and director of the Stanford Pain Relief Innovations Lab in Palo Alto, California.
Can you share an anecdote about a patient and how the pandemic affected his or her situation?
Darnall: This story is about a person who is not my patient but whose care I am deeply aware of. Her medical emergency was a confluence of the pandemic and the ice storms that occurred in Texas several months ago.