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Researchers who lead the world's first comprehensive sequencing program for newborn infants have published the next chapter in the ongoing study of the BabySeq Project, with new findings on infants and families who have been followed for 3-5 years.
Saskatchewan physicians are warning the provincial government of a potential fifth wave of COVID-19 if more measures are not introduced.
"No one is calling Saskatchewan's response to the pandemic a success, except members of the current government," one doctor says.
Among the more than 2,000 youngsters treated for Covid-19 at Children's National Hospital in the District of Columbia, USA, one newborn was unusual. The baby was very sick, for one. Most infected kids barely show symptoms and even the hospitalised ones tend to have mild cases. But the real surprise came when doctors measured the infant's viral load. It was 51,418 times the median of other paediatric patients. And when they sequenced the virus in the baby recently, they found a variant they hadn't seen before. Jae C. Hong/AP In this January 8 photo, emergency medical technician Thomas Hoang, ...
File photo: And some experts argue that some of the best bang for our limited genetic testing buck could come from focusing more on children, who could act as harbingers of more infectious strains because they are generally more resistant to the virus. Picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA) Covid-19 medical mystery: Baby with high viral load baffles doctors By The Washington Post By Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington - Among the more than 2 000 youngsters treated for the coronavirus at Children's National Hospital in the District of Columbia, one newborn was unusual. The baby was very sic...