[ad_1] YUMA, Colorado (KKTV) – A woman was bitten and a wild animal had to be shot after several Colorado families allegedly played with a coyote puppy. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials shared details of the incident with the public on Thursday. According to the National Wildlife Agency, people recently tried to pet and play … Read more
[ad_1] AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – Amarillo area coronavirus status level is rising to orange level. The status level change is effective Thursday, July 22. “We are seeing a recent increase in the number of positive COVID-19 tests in the Amarillo community,” said Casie Stoughton, director of the Amarillo public health department. “The best way for … Read more
[ad_1] (Update: Firefighters test positive for COVID-19, quarantined away from campfire) LAKEVIEW, Ore. (KTVZ) – Incident management teams are working closely with local public health officials and the Oregon Health Authority’s investigation into nine positive cases of COVID-19 among crew battling the fire nearly 400,000 acres, officials said Thursday. In accordance with protocols developed in … Read more
[ad_1] CHAPEL HILL, NC (WTVD) – Several healthcare providers in North Carolina will now require all their employees to be fully immunized against COVID-19. UNC Health alerted employees on Thursday that they should be vaccinated by Tuesday, September 21. This includes anyone working at UNC Medical Center, UNC REX Healthcare, Chatham Hospital, Johnston Health, UNC … Read more
[ad_1] Outbreaks of a drug-resistant “superbug” fungus have spread among patients in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Texas and Washington, DC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The mushroom, Candida auris, attacks people with weakened immune systems. The CDC said evidence suggests these cases involved person-to-person transmission, which would be a … Read more
[ad_1] Thirty-one children under the age of 12 have tested positive for COVID-19 after an outbreak at an overnight camp in upstate New York, The New York Times reported Thursday. Why is this important: None of the children are seriously ill, but the infections raise concerns about the possibility of transmission to neighboring communities. Cases … Read more
[ad_1] Santa Clara, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties health officials on Thursday urged employers to demand their workers get vaccinated as soon as possible, as the Bay Area is seeing an increase in COVID-19, mostly among those who have not been vaccinated. And Santa Clara County said Thursday afternoon that it intends to lead … Read more
[ad_1] Paul Biris / Getty Images For the latest news and information on the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths rise again as virus is extremely contagious delta variant of the coronavirus is establishing itself as the dominant strain in the United States. In some parts of the … Read more
[ad_1] Israeli company set to become first in world to launch ORAL COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials Oravax Medical, a Jerusalem-based subsidiary of Oramed Pharmaceuticals, develops oral vaccine against COVID-19 Oral vaccine targets three proteins on the virus rather than the single spike protein that Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines target Researchers say it’s faster, cheaper and … Read more
[ad_1] ORLANDO, Florida – AdventHealth executives have reverted the central Florida healthcare chain to ‘yellow status’, taking new precautionary measures amid rising COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. Hospitals have been under green status, or operating as usual, for a few months as vaccinations increase, but on Thursday AdventHealth executives announced they were reverting to yellow status. … Read more