Coronavirus Headlines
Covid-19: Nursing Home Cases, Deaths Likely Underreported
Mismatch between federal and state data early in the pandemic to blame Federal data from the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) understated total Covid-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes early in 2020, and...
Biden Takes Hardline on Vaccines with Mandate-Driven Plan
’We have the tools, we just need to finish the job’ As Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to spike, President Joseph R. Biden unveiled a new plan to combat the pandemic that now threatens not only the...
Covid-19: CDC Data Show No Increase in Miscarriage Risk with mRNA Vax
Findings add to evidence indicating safety of Covid-19 during pregnancy Further analysis of data from the CDC’s v-safe Covid-19 vaccine pregnancy registry team showed no increased risk for first- or second-trimester...
Covid-19: Vaccine Prevents Emergency Department, Urgent Care Need
Older adults were highly protected, CDC analysis found The real-world efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines for preventing hospitalization and death has been shown in study after study, and now new research from the U.S. Centers for...
Covid-19: Evictions Possible Culprit in Latest Outbreak Wave
States that lifted eviction bans earliest had higher hazard, study finds Lifting Covid-19-related eviction moratoriums may have contributed to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the rising Covid-19 case count, new research...
Covid-19: ’Long-Haul’ Symptoms Persist One Year Later in Wuhan Survivors
Most symptoms resolved, but half still had at least one related to Covid Among some of the first patients hospitalized with Covid-19, about half still had at least one persistent symptom associated with the illness a year later,...
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Receives Full FDA Approval
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday...
Stop Using Ivermectin Veterinary Drug to Treat COVID-19, FDA Urges
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Taking a drug meant for horses and cattle to...
Pentagon to Make COVID-19 Vaccination Mandatory for Military
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Following on full U.S. regulatory approval of the...
As Covid Vaccinations Slow, Parts of the US Remain Far Behind 70% Goal
Vermont and Massachusetts lead the nation, with more than 70% of adults having had at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine. Southern states like Tennessee lag far behind.
California’s Highest Covid Infection Rates Shift to Rural Counties
As vaccination rates rise across the state, the overall numbers of covid cases and deaths have plunged. But health officials are still reporting nearly 1,000 new cases and more than two dozen deaths a day. So, where does covid continue to simmer in California? And why?
