🇺🇸US Weekly COVID update: July 28, 2025 🔸1 in 118 People Currently Infected 🔸406,000 New Daily Infections 🔸2,842,000 New Weekly Infections 🔸142,000 to 568,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸1,000 to 1,700 Weekly Deaths 🔹 Transmission is high in Guam (very high), Louisiana (very high), Florida, and Hawai’i. Source:
Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative - COVID-19 Data Dashboard
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🇺🇸 USA: Thousands of New Yorkers — including ‘Orange is the New Black’ actor Matt McGorry — suffer from ‘Long COVID’ An estimated 500,000 New Yorkers had lingering COVID symptoms in 2023, affecting daily life and work. Actor McGorry, 39, said long COVID fatigue severely impacted his career. Source: https://archive.md/I1A27 @AusCOVID19 group image
🇺🇸 USA: "A school district in Tennessee said doctor’s notes will no longer excuse a child’s absence." "The policy states that after just 3 absences, schools will start intervention. If the student misses school for 8 or more days, they will be referred to juvenile court." Source:
https://www.fox19.com
School district says doctor’s notes will no longer excuse child absences
A school district in Tennessee said doctor’s notes will no longer excuse a child’s absence.
SARS-CoV-2 detections in wastewater accurately predict illnesses within one week "A new study from the University of Minnesota found that SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater accurately predicted the subsequent COVID-19 case count the following week in the community, adding further evidence to the usefulness of wastewater detection." Source:
SARS-CoV-2 detections in wastewater accurately predict illnesses within 1 week, study finds
The surges in wastewater detection accurately predicted case counts for the following week.
 Study: https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiaf242/8127153
Queensland: "Toowoomba Hospital has become the 6th hospital in 2 weeks to be inundated with influenza and Covid cases, forcing the rescheduling of non-urgent surgeries" Source: https://archive.md/bPbaJ @AusCOVID19 group image
Abnormal Long COVID PET/MR Findings Linked to Future Cardiac and Pulmonary Diseases. "Long COVID patients with abnormal cardiopulmonary PET/MR findings may be more likely to develop heart and lung diseases, according to new research published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine" Source:
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Long COVID patients with abnormal cardiopulmonary PET/MR findings may be more likely to develop heart and lung diseases, according to new research ...
 Study: https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/66/7/1126 @AusCOVID19 group
Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 15 July to 21 July 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 1,195 (-3.0%) 🔹Influenza: 3,650 (+10.1%) 🔹RSV: 921 (+14.4%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 147 (-2.6%) 🔸Influenza: 195 (+7.7%) 🔸RSV: 52 (+13.0%) Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu @AusCOVID19 group image
New COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows strong protection against multiple variants. "A promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by researchers at the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney has shown strong potential to protect against both current and emerging coronavirus variants. By targeting features shared by a range of coronaviruses, the vaccine is designed to offer broader and longer-lasting protection as the virus continues to evolve." Source:
Centenary Institute
New COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows strong protection against multiple variants
A promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by researchers at the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney has shown strong potent...
 Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-025-01144-7 @AusCOVID19 group
By Carnivora  @NastassjaCarni1 One of the hardest things of being #covidcautious is seeing your loved ones are not protecting themselves anymore. And you just know that they are going to get infected over and over again. And you just know that it will have long term consequences. It crushes me 💔 Source: https://x.com/NastassjaCarni1/status/1945497298001158633 image
Scientists Find Shocking Link Between COVID and Alzheimer’s. "The virus can cause brain inflammation, which, in some cases, becomes more serious." "Two new studies provide evidence that brain changes associated with COVID can increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease." Source:
Best Life
Scientists Find Shocking Link Between COVID and Alzheimer's — Best Life
Scientists Find Shocking Link Between COVID and Alzheimer's
 Study in Frontiers:
Frontiers | Infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae and SARS-CoV-2 and Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis
 Study in Science Advances: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads5006 @AusCOVID19 group image