[ad_1] Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who is also a member of the Pfizer board of directors, noted that “natural immunity” acquired from a previous infection with COVID-19 should be included in virus-related policy and mandate discussions. “The rest of the evidence shows that natural immunity confers long-lasting protection,” Gottlieb said in … Read more
[ad_1] BOSTON – Rapid COVID-19 antigen tests are already available at local schools and health boards, but doctors say if we are to get out of this pandemic they must be available to everyone for free. Take the case of Cameron Thompson, who is from Atlanta and is going to visit a friend whose 18 … Read more
[ad_1] A lawsuit could force an Ohio hospital to give one of its Covid patients ivermectin, a deworming drug for cattle that has been adopted by right-wing circles as a treatment for coronaviruses, even though authorities health warns that it is dangerous and ineffective to use as a remedy for the pandemic. Last week, a … Read more
[ad_1] Updated at 21:51: Revised to include comment from a lawyer for Imran Rasheed’s family. Man who killed a Lyft driver on Sunday afternoon in Garland, then opened fire on Plano police headquarters before an officer shot him may have been inspired by foreign terrorists, authorities say . Imran Ali Rasheed, 32, of Garland died … Read more
[ad_1] Enlarge / Two classrooms had to be closed due to a series of issues with continuing policies to limit the spread of the pandemic. Covid-19 coverage See more stories The CDC released a report on Friday tracing the spread of the delta variant at an elementary school in California. It is tempting to make … Read more
[ad_1] NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia – Flowers now sit outside the window of Evita Wilkins’ apartment in her memory. Family and neighbors gathered outside her home on Aqueduct Drive on Monday, where Newport News police said she was shot and killed a few hours earlier. Wilkins’ older sister Sharon Knight said the 27-year-old was outgoing and … Read more
[ad_1] Groundbreaking cases reach majority levels in some jurisdictions, but numbers escape the CDC “I’m not going to fight the administration over where to put you,” Dr. C., a highly trained gastroenterologist, said quietly to my friend who was in bed in an emergency room triage room. “We just want to put you in a … Read more
[ad_1] Many federal employees will need to be vaccinated. Sarah Tew / CNET For the latest news and information on the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has been given full approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration last week, in the hopes that Americans who have not … Read more
[ad_1] PORT ANGELES – Hurricane Ridge Road remained closed Monday evening after a man from the North Olympic Peninsula, armed with a rifle, fled into the woods of Deer Park Campground on Sunday morning, authorities said. The wild areas of Deer Park and Hurricane Ridge were also off-limits to campers, who were evacuated from the … Read more
[ad_1] Vials with a sticker saying “COVID-19 / Coronavirus Vaccine / Injection only” and a medical syringe can be seen in front of a Novavax logo displayed in this illustration taken on October 31, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration Aug. 30 (Reuters) – Participants in Novavax Inc.’s advanced COVID-19 vaccine trial (NVAX.O) can … Read more