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Overview: Jill Biden tests positive for Covid as ‘Pirola’ variant spreads fast across US

Jill Biden, 72, has tested positive for Covid and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said in a statement.

Case counts are rising across the US, and public health experts are monitoring a worrisome new variant.

Doctors warned that the BA.2.86 variant – unofficially called “Pirola” – may be cause for concern as it is a newly-designated, highly-mutated variant of Omicron which triggered a surge in cases in a number of countries including the US.

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Study indicated U.S. federal aid had a substantial impact on COVID testing, modest one on vaccine rollouts.

How Did Federal Aid to States and Localities Affect Testing and Vaccine Delivery?

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" We find that federal fiscal assistance dollars had a modest if any impact on the pace of vaccine rollouts, may have improved the equitability of vaccine administration, and had a substantial impact on the volume of tests administered...."

 

 

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Many more people have long COVID than previously believed, small study suggests

A study using SARS-CoV-2 antibody and T-cell tests shows that 41% of 29 patients who developed a postviral syndrome (PVS) showed evidence of a previous COVID-19 infection, suggesting that millions of Americans with long COVID symptoms were exposed to the virus early in the pandemic but couldn't access testing.

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