BIZARRE: 8 - What They Never Told You

Editorial: Vax judgment: Court order limiting federal mandate of US employees makes no sense

In striking down the president’s ability to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. government employees, a New Orleans federal appeals court has handed a victory to infectious disease.

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023

Lisa Jarvis: An urgently needed TB shot could democratize vaccines

Tuberculosis surrendered the title of the world’s deadliest infectious disease after COVID-19 struck, but it reclaimed that terrible distinction last year. As with COVID, a new vaccine could go a long way to sharply curtailing the disease, which killed about 1.4 million people a year before the pandemic and increased…

Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2023

‘There’s no response to that craziness’: Fauci reacts to Elon Musk and GOP calls to prosecute him

The country’s former top infectious disease expert went on to say attacks on him were irresponsible and put his family in danger

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2023

Russian Embassy Says North Korea Lifted Lockdown in Capital

Russia’s embassy in North Korea says the country has eased stringent epidemic controls in capital Pyongyang that were placed during the past five days to slow the spread of respiratory illnesses. North Korea has not officially acknowledged a lockdown in Pyongyang or a re-emergence of COVID-19 after leader Kim Jong…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 30, 2023

Govt eyes Golden Week for COVID downgrade

The government is considering lowering the classification of COVID-19 under the Infectious Diseases Control Law around the Golden Week holiday period in early May.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 21, 2023

Study: Non-infectious diseases cause early death in Pakistan

A British-based medical journal says Pakistan has made progress over infectious diseases but now struggles against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer as causes of early deaths

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

RSV recedes and flu peaks as a new COVID variant shoots 'up like a rocket'

RSV and the flu appear to be receding in the U.S., but COVID is on the rise, new data suggests, driven by holiday gatherings and an even more transmissible omicron subvariant that has become dominant.

WEKU · Jan 6, 2023

China to Drop Outbound Travel Restrictions With End of ‘Zero Covid’

Beijing will resume processing passport applications and issuing Hong Kong visas in January, when it will downgrade Covid-19’s infectious disease classification

Caixin Global · Dec 28, 2022

Jennifer Shuford named commissioner of Texas public health agency

The infectious disease doctor has been at the helm of the department in an interim capacity since the fall, replacing longtime commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt following his retirement.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 27, 2022

China to Boost Supply of Pfizer’s Covid Pill as Demand Soars, Expert Says

The antiviral drug Paxlovid will be gradually made available at all medical institutions and at the community level, says head of the infectious diseases department at Peking University First Hospital

Caixin Global · Dec 21, 2022