Jha, the Dean of Public Health at Brown University, replaces outgoing COVID czar Jeffrey Zients, and will take up the position on April 5. America’s new COVID-19 czar Dr Ashish Jha is an effective communicator for the country on how to approach and tackle the coronavirus, the White House has said after President Joe Biden … Read more
In a series of tweets on Friday, the Indian-American physician said that his 4-year-old daughter last week tested positive for the virus first with fever and sore throat. US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy has announced that he along with his wife and two young children have tested positive for COVID-19 despite best efforts to … Read more
The nine approved so far represent just a tiny fraction of the more than 6,400 requested by Air Force troops, and they come as other service members are challenging the lack of religious exemptions in court cases. The Air Force became the second military service to approve religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, granting … Read more
Just 40 per cent of fully-vaccinated Americans have received a booster dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the average number of booster shots dispensed per day in the US has plummeted from a peak of one million (10 lakh) in early December to about 4.9 lakh as of last week. … Read more
The CDC uses genomic surveillance data to make projections about which versions of the COVID-19 viruses are causing the most new infections. The omicron variant accounted for 95% of new coronavirus infections last week, according to US health officials’ latest estimates. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention posted its newest estimates Tuesday. The CDC … Read more
Chairs were placed inches apart instead of the recommended 6 feet, leaving attendees little room to practice social distancing. (AP photo) Public health experts expressed concern Friday about President Donald Trump’s largely mask-free, socially un-distanced Republican convention event on the White House lawn, saying some of his 1,500 guests may have inadvertently brought and spread … Read more