Aug. 10, 2022 – COVID-19 is far from done in the United States, with more than 111,000 new cases being recorded a day in the second week of August, according to Johns Hopkins University, and 625 deaths being reported every day. And as that toll grows, experts are worried about a second wave of illnesses … Read more
FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you think the reported worldwide death toll from the pandemic is already too high, new research suggests the number of excess deaths may be triple that of official estimates. The official COVID-19 death toll between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2021, was 5.9 million. … Read more
Amie Reaux, mother of Keighlie Reaux, Youngsville, LA. Michelle Owens, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson. Torri Metz, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Emily Adhikari, MD, medical director of perinatal infectious diseases, Parkland Hospital, Dallas. Danielle Jones, MD, obstetrician-gynecologist, Austin, TX. … Read more
Sept. 9, 2021 — President Joe Biden will announce more stringent vaccination mandates for federal workers and contractors tonight, according to CNN. The new rules are expected to be part of a larger plan to fight COVID-19 in the United States. The president is scheduled to unveil his latest strategies for the pandemic from … Read more
“The window of opportunity” for crucial studies into how the Covid-19 pandemic started is closing, scientists say. Source link
THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (Healthday News) — Wearable fitness trackers such as Fitbits or the Apple Watch can help track people’s recovery from COVID-19 and are revealing just how long-term that recovery is, according to a new study. It was conducted from late March of 2020 to late January of 2021, and included 875 … Read more
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, March 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Fewer than 1 in 10 people in Wuhan carried COVID-19 antibodies in their bloodstream four months after the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city that served as a harbinger of a global pandemic, a new study shows. Further, only about 40% of … Read more