COVID-19

More U.S. First Responders Are Dying Of COVID-19

The resurgence of COVID-19 this summer and the national debate over vaccine requirements have created a fraught situation for the United States' first responders, who are dying in larger numbers but pushing back against mandates. It's a stark contrast from the beginning of the vaccine rollout when first responders were prioritized for shots. The mandates affect tens of thousands of police officers, firefighters and others on the front lines across the country, many of whom are...

How Effective Are Covid-19 Vaccines Really? It’s Complicated

The vaccines are wondrous weapons, but they aren’t impenetrable armor.The vaccines are wondrous weapons, but they aren’t impenetrable armor.

Florida’s Summer Of Death

THE VILLAGES, Fla. — They trickled into a theater resembling a barn and refashioned as a site administering antibodies to treat covid-19: retired couples holding gloved hands, an elderly man stumbling as a woman held his arm, paramedics donning oxygen masks. Other retirees zipped past the theater on bicycles and in golf carts, whizzing through the busy shopping and entertainment plaza in the nation’s largest retirement community. Sara Branscome, 61, marveled at how life goes on...

Has Delta Peaked?

THE NEW YORK TIMES – The number of new daily U.S. cases has risen less over the past week than at any point since June, as you can see in this chart: There is obviously no guarantee that the trend will continue. But there is one big reason to think that it may and that caseloads may even soon decline. Since the pandemic began, Covid has often followed a regular — if mysterious — cycle. In...

Vaccines Versus Ivermectin

Doctors are dismayed by patients who fear coronavirus vaccines but clamor for unproven ivermectin.

Here We Go Again: Some Shoppers Are Panic-Buying Toilet Tissue

USA TODAY – Please don't run straight to the supermarket, but some shoppers are buying up all the toilet paper – again. Of course, this brings back distressing memories of spring 2020 and the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Demand for toilet paper skyrocketed as Americans were faced with a possibly lengthy stay-at-home future. Even though manufacturers eventually caught up with demand, there were occasional local and national shortages with shoppers again finding empty shelves where...

Anti-Vaxxers Shut Down Vaccine Clinic

INDEPENDENT – A pop-up Covid-19 vaccination site in Georgia was forced to close following harassment from anti-vaccine members of the public, a senior health care official said. Kathleen Toomey, the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Health, spoke a press briefing and requested people show respect those working to tackle the pandemic. Toomey was joined by Governor Brian Kemp as she described the treatment of healthcare workers as “wrong” during the state’s struggle with the...

McDonald’s Weighs Closing Indoor Dining

USA TODAY – McDonald's is reportedly weighing whether to once again close indoor dining as the delta variant of the coronavirus continues its rapid spread through the U.S. According to Reuters, the fast-food chain instructed franchisees on steps to take to close indoor dining in locations heavily affected by the delta variant. In an emailed statement to USA TODAY, McDonald's said they are monitoring the impact of delta variant closely and recently convened with franchisees "to...

COVID-19 Booster Shot Risks

SHOTS HEALTH NEWS – Some Americans are already lining up for COVID-19 booster shots. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that administering doses of the vaccine in ways that aren't OK'd by the federal government could put health care providers at risk of lawsuits and leave patients with unexpected bills. These so-called "off-label" uses include giving the vaccine out as a booster shot to people who are not immunocompromised, or using...

School Vaccine Mandates A ‘Good Idea’: Fauci

SELF – Vaccine mandates in schools for those ages 12 and up will be a “good idea” to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in a new CNN interview. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in people at least 16 years old. It also has an emergency use authorization for use in...

FDA Targets Online Tea Sellers’ COVID Claims

An online tea company in Kansas is on notice from the FDA for claims made about its tea’s ability to mitigate, prevent, treat, diagnose, or cure COVID-19 in people.

Pfizer Vaccine Killed Patient, Officials Say

WELLINGTON (Reuters) New Zealand reported its first recorded death linked to U.S. drugmaker Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry said on Monday, after a woman suffered a rare side-effect leading to inflammation of the heart muscle. The report comes as the country battles an outbreak of the Delta variant after nearly six months of being virus free. It followed a review by an independent panel monitoring the safety of the vaccines. The ministry said in a...

“Mr Anti-Vax” Conservative Radio Host Dead Of Covid

As the contagious Delta variant spreads, states led by Republicans resistant to public health mandates, Florida among them, are struggling with a surge of hospitalizations and deaths.

Family Stunned As COVID Kills High Schooler

MIAMI (AP) — In Columbia County, which now leads Florida in COVID-19 cases per capita, 17-year-old Jo'Keria Graham died just days before she started her senior year of high school. The teen, who loved taking care of kids and called her grandparents daily to check on them or help at their office, was still in quarantine at her Lake City home after testing positive for COVID days before school started. The high schooler had seemed...

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