[ad_1] New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may be more dangerous than other versions has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing their advice on how the nation is fighting the coronavirus, documents show internal. The CDC news comes as Louisiana experiences an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases and … Read more
[ad_1] Melanoma in a skin biopsy with H&E staining – this case may represent superficial spreading melanoma. Credit: Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 The mutations that give rise to melanoma result from a chemical conversion of DNA powered by sunlight – not just a DNA copy error as previously believed, reports a study by scientists … Read more
[ad_1] Medical staff member Gabriel Cervera Rodriguez raises his fist to celebrate receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, December 21, 2020. Come on Nakamura / Getty Images First, the bad news: Fully vaccinated people can spread the Delta variant just as easily as those who are not, … Read more
[ad_1] As the fiercely contagious Delta strain of the virus spreads infections at a frightening rate, hospital officials are worried about what could happen around the corner. And they’re frustrated with the number of unvaccinated COVID patients now ending up in hospital beds – a situation they describe as largely preventable if more people get … Read more
[ad_1] The CDC reported 6,587 breakthrough cases of Covid-19 as of July 26, including 6,239 hospitalizations and 1,263 deaths. At that time, more than 163 million people in the United States were fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Most cases of breakthrough – about 74% – have occurred in adults 65 years of age or older. Since … Read more
[ad_1] A UK government science panel has claimed that a variant coronavirus with a 35% death rate – similar to that seen in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) – could emerge, and that booster doses of the vaccine might be needed. A report released on Friday by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) examined … Read more
[ad_1] Weekly Review: Port Canaveral Funding, Indian River Dolphins, Schools and More Not yet a floridatoday.com subscriber? Here’s what you missed this week Rob Landers, Florida today Support local journalism. Unlock unlimited digital access to floridatoday.com Click here and subscribe today. Data released Friday shows that COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Brevard, setting new … Read more
[ad_1] Louisiana hospitals run out of intensive care beds as COVID-19 cases increase in the state. The general hospitals of Notre-Dame de Lourdes and Oschner Lafayette are short of intensive care beds. Our Lady of Lourdes has resorted to the conversion of ordinary beds outside intensive care to fight the virus, KATC ABC 3 reported. … Read more
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – CoxHealth is treating 182 COVID-19 patients at its sites ahead of the weekend, which marks a new record since the start of the pandemic. The new record comes after weeks of increasing cases in Springfield and the southwestern Missouri area. New cases of COVID-19 in Greene County fell 19% from … Read more
[ad_1] Scott Gottlieb, former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, predicts that the wave of the Delta variant of COVID-19 across the United States will last only a few more weeks. Speaking on CNBC, Gottlieb questioned whether the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new masking guidelines were the right call, and reminded viewers … Read more