Coronavirus Related News & Updates

Four Years On, the Mysteries of COVID Are Unraveling 
Knvul Sheikh/The New York Times
In the last four years, scientists have unraveled some of the biggest mysteries about COVID. Are superdodgers real? Is COVID seasonal? And what's behind its strangest symptoms? Here's what we've learned. Read more...

C.D.C. Recommends Another Round of COVID Vaccinations for Ages 65 and Older 
Apoorva Mandavilli/The New York Times
The spring shot would be a second dose of the most recent iteration of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or Novavax vaccines introduced in the fall. People who are immunocompromised are already eligible for additional doses of the vaccine. Read more...

Vallarta's Eighth Health Region Offices Open COVID Vaccinations
Brenda Beltran/Tribuna de la Bahia
The vaccine is open to the general public, but especially to vulnerable groups such as the elderly, pregnant women, children from 6 months to 5 years of age and people with chronic diseases. Read more...

How Long COVID Takes a Toll on Relationships and Intimacy 
Amanda Morris/The Washington Post
While much has been written about the physical health challenges of long covid, less is known about how the debilitating condition affects relationships. Read more...

Telltale Signs You May Have Had COVID-19 Without Knowing It
Jon Cooper/WebMD
The COVID-19 virus may have been around longer than we originally thought. So people may have had the virus and recovered from it without knowing. Read more...

Vallarta Health Commission Denies There Are Currently Patients With COVID-19 
Tribuna de la Bahia
There are 30,390 cases of COVID-19 reported since the beginning of the disease, but since November 26th only one case has been registered. Read more...

Jalisco to Apply Moderna Vaccine to Vulnerable Population 
Siker
The state will allocate an investment of nearly 31 million pesos for the acquisition of just over 50 thousand doses, with the aim of immunizing priority groups in the coming critical weeks, from January 16 to March 2024. Read more...

Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available in Mexican Pharmacies 
Mexico News Daily
As of December 20, doses of the new Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 are available at some of Mexico's biggest pharmacy chains.  Read more...

Omicron, Now 2 Years Old, Is Not Done With Us Yet 
Carl Zimmer/The New York Times
The dominant variant of the coronavirus has proved to be not only staggeringly infectious, but an evolutionary marvel. Read more...

Let's Be Clear About the Limits of the COVID Vaccine 
Leana S. Wen - Washington Post
When vaccines were first authorized at the end of 2020, they appeared to be more than 90 percent protective against contracting the coronavirus. That's no longer the case. Read more...

COVID Is Here to Stay. How Will We Know When It Stops Being Special?
The Washington Post
New coronavirus variants are making headlines. Photos of positive test results are popping up on social media feeds. Hospitalizations are increasing. Read more...

Mexico Lifts Health Emergency Status on COVID-19
Team Angels
Mexico has lifted its health emergency status for COVID-19, effective March 8, 2023. The decision was made by the Mexican government after a decline in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Read more...

Puerto Vallarta Is on Its Feet Three Years After the First Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in Vallarta 
PVDN
"We have survived," expressed the director of the VIII Sanitary Region, Jaime Alvarez Zayas, three years after the confirmation of the first case of COVID-19 in the city, a case that occurred when he was the Director of Sanitary Regions of the SSJ. Read more...

Bill Gates: We Must Fight Pandemics the Way We Fight Fires 
Bill Gates - The New York Times
The world must take action now to make sure COVID-19 becomes the last pandemic, and one of the biggest moves we can make is to support the world's health experts and invest in the Global Health Emergency Corps so it can live up to its full potential. Read more...

Jalisco Reports Significant Drop in Covid-19 Infections 
Michael Brown - Vallarta Today
In the eighth week of 2023, a decrease in COVID-19 infections in Jalisco is reported. When comparing this period with the first week of this year, the decrease in cases is 67.5 percent; and although the pandemic continues to be active, the downward trend has been maintained, coinciding with the end of winter and better weather conditions. Read more...

Will Covid Boosters Prevent Another Wave? Scientists Aren't So Sure. 
Apoorva Mandavilli - The New York Times
The shots may help the vulnerable dodge serious illness or death. But some experts believe boosters must be improved and are calling for a new strategy. Read more...

COVID Cases in Mexico Continue to Increase 
Vallarta Daily News
According to the Ministry of Health, as of November 22, Mexico reports 7,125,098 positive cases and 330,495 deaths due to the virus since the beginning of the pandemic. Read more...

For Those Still Trying to Duck COVID, the Isolation Is Worse Than Ever 
Ellen McCarthy - The Washington Post
While there's no reliable tally of the people who are "Still COVIDing," some members of the masked minority have reorganized their lives indefinitely. Read more...

The Masks We'll Wear in the Next Pandemic 
Jacob Stern - The Atlantic
To guard against future pandemics, what we should focus on, some experts say, is attacking viruses where they're most vulnerable. Specifically, they argue, we should be focusing on the air we breathe. Read more...

Another Covid Wave Could be Coming. Here's How to Make Your Holiday Plans. 
Dani Blum - The New York Times
As our third pandemic winter approaches, some doctors are fearing a seasonal surge in COVID. But you can mitigate risk without missing out. Read more...

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