States race to use COVID-19 vaccines before they expire
Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been saved from the trash after U.S. regulators extended their expiration date for a second time
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Covid clusters among the vaccinated are killing our back-to-normal dreams
They were gold miners in French Guiana, revelers in Cape Cod, and Indian health-care workers. Even though they inhabit worlds apart, they ended up having two things in common. All were vaccinated against covid-19. And they all became part of infection clusters. In recent weeks, cases like these are proving that covid-19 transmission chains and…
COVID-19 live updates: CDC says vaccines may be less effective against delta variant
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 195 million people worldwide and killed over 4.1 million of them.
CDC yet to release COVID data behind mask reversal
More than a day after issuing new guidance that vaccinated people should wear masks indoors, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has yet to release the data behind its decision.
Star golfer out for Covid –
Star golfer out for Covid — for 2nd time in 2 months… (First column, 4th story, link) Related stories:Team USA Wins 6 Medals in Best Olympic Start Ever… Athletes chant ‘Dr. Biden’ as first lady cheers swimmers… Sweltering Condit…
Positive COVID test knocks DeChambeau out of Olympics
KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau tested positive for COVID-19 before leaving the United States for the Olympics and will miss the Tokyo Games. He’ll be replaced by Patrick Reed.
What is a COVID-19 vaccine ‘breakthrough’ case?
What is a COVID-19 vaccine “breakthrough” case?
COVID-19 cases in US triple over 2 weeks amid misformation
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — COVID-19 cases triple tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation that is straining hospitals, exhausting doctors and pushing clergy into the fray.
Here’s what we know about kids and long covid
When it comes to covid, kids have largely been spared. They can get infected and spread the virus, but they have little risk of becoming seriously ill or dying. Yet, just like adults, they can have symptoms that persist well beyond the initial infection. This condition, officially known as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC),…
Ohio to unveil 2nd COVID vaccination incentive program
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio will announce a second coronavirus vaccine incentive program within the next few days in a new attempt to boost the state’s vaccination rate, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday.
What went so wrong with covid in India? Everything.
On April 21, Ashley Delaney brought his father-in-law to the Goa Medical College and Hospital, the largest public hospital in the small southwestern Indian state. The hospital was in chaos and the wards were packed, with all 708 covid beds occupied—so 69-year-old Joseph Paul Alvares, a cancer survivor, had to lie on a gurney for…
The next pandemic is already here. Covid can teach us how to fight it.
It was August 2017, and pleasant and breezy in the central mountains of Madagascar. The passengers loading their bags into the minibus leaving Ankazobe, a small town in the highlands, were grateful for the morning coolness. It would be warm and sticky on the trip they were taking to Antananarivo, the island’s million-person capital 100…
COVID-19 early release program for inmates to end July 1
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic raged over the past year, Virginia prison officials released more than 2,100 inmates early to try to control the spread of the virus by reducing the prison population. That practice will end…