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☆ Scientists race to understand highly mutated coronavirus variant spotted in four countries, including the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A highly mutated new variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 has countries on alert as scientists scramble to understand how far it has spread and how well our immunity will defend against it. The World Health Organization designated BA.2.86 a “variant under monitoring” on Thursday, a designation that encourages countries to track and report the sequences they find. SSI scientists stressed that it’s still too early to say anything about the severity or contagiousness of the new variant. Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta every Tuesday from the CNN Health team. The XBB descendant EG.5 is currently the dominant variant in the US, causing an estimated 20% of all new Covid-19 cases in this country.

Persons: Jesse Bloom, ” Bloom, ”, Morten Rasmussen, Mandy Cohen, we’ve, “, ” Cohen, Dr, Sanjay Gupta Organizations: CNN, Omicron, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, World Health Organization, EG, WHO, Statens Serum Institut, US Centers for Disease Control, UK’s Health Security Agency, CNN Health, University of Michigan, White House Locations: Seattle, Israel, Denmark, United States, United Kingdom

☆ Landmark Study Shows Higher Suicide Risk for Transgender People
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Azeen Ghorayshi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Transgender people in Denmark have a significantly higher risk of suicide than other groups, according to an exhaustive analysis of health and legal records from nearly seven million people over the last four decades. The study is the first in the world to analyze national suicide data for this group. Transgender people in the country had 7.7 times the rate of suicide attempts and 3.5 times the rate of suicide deaths compared with the rest of the population, according to the records analyzed in the study, though suicide rates in all groups decreased over time. And transgender people in Denmark died — by suicide or other causes — at younger ages than others. “This is beyond doubt a huge problem that needs to be looked at,” said Dr. Morten Frisch, a sexual health epidemiologist at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen and a co-author of the new study.

Persons: —, ”, Morten Frisch Organizations: Statens Serum Institut, American Medical Association, Republican Locations: Denmark, Copenhagen, United States

☆ Ученые назвали причину повторного заражения коронавирусом
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-19 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

Американские медики назвали причину повторного заражения коронавирусом. В дальнейшем они проходили тест каждые две недели, а в случае заражения описывали симптомы болезни. Чтобы понять причину повторного заражения, специалистами был изучен иммунный ответ военнослужащих. Таким образом исследование показало, что причина повторного заражения может быть в более слабом иммунитете. Ранее ученые подсчитали риск повторного заражения коронавирусом среди различных возрастных групп населения.

Organizations: Statens Serum Institut, Медицинская школа имени Карла Айкана Locations: США, Копенгаген

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