[ad_1] As the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Department have urged Americans to avoid traveling to the UK. But that doesn’t go far enough, Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton, co-founder and medical director of GoodStock Consulting, told Yahoo Finance Live. In fact, Americans should … Read more
[ad_1] How serious is the Delta COVID-19 surge in California? While the Golden State still used its four-color reopening plan to rank counties by infection rate, at least a dozen, including Los Angeles, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano would now be in the most restrictive purple tier, and many companies would. not be fully open. … Read more
[ad_1] The Biden administration has yet to name a leader for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a $ 7 billion program that sets priorities for global AIDS care, leaving countries that receive program funds without counseling during a particularly severe pandemic for those with HIV PEPFAR is headed by a Global AIDS Coordinator, … Read more
[ad_1] Visitors to San Francisco bars may soon have to show up with vaccine cards at more bars. The San Francisco Bar Owner Alliance, which represents 500 bars, said on Tuesday it was considering a new program requiring guests to show proof of vaccination before entering. With cases of COVID-19 returning to the Bay Area … Read more
[ad_1] Dr Brytney Cobia said Monday that all but one of his COVID patients in Alabama had not received the vaccine. The vaccinated patient, she said, just needed some oxygen and should make a full recovery. Some of the rest are dying. “I’m admitting healthy young people with very serious COVID infections to the hospital,” … Read more
[ad_1] A popular summer destination in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, reports a worrying spread of COVID-19 infections after July 4. Officials in Provincetown, Massachusetts on Monday released a number of renewed mitigation measures after at least 132 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the weeks following the holiday weekend. City manager Alex Morse told ABC News … Read more
[ad_1] Michigan health officials are investigating a recent increase in cases of Legionnaires’ disease or a severe form of pneumonia. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services noted 107 cases reported in 25 counties between July 1 and July 14, which translates to a 569% increase over the same period in 2020 and a … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: Navy Medicine via Flickr Tuesday’s COVID-19 update from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) includes 625 new cases and one new death. To be clear, the 625 cases include data submitted to the health department from Saturday to Monday, so it’s three days of data, not one. The death toll in the state … Read more
[ad_1] Coronavirus symptoms remain the same as ever, however, the new Delta variant changes the order of the most common, according to data from the Zoe COVID Symptom study. “Fewer symptoms were reported over a shorter period of time by those who had previously received a vaccine,” the report says, “suggesting that they were getting … Read more
[ad_1] “The first thing I thought about was ‘This is Delta for you’,” said Dr. William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. “Even in highly vaccinated communities, Delta is able to transmit,” Hanage said, adding that he was concerned “that we are now at the very beginning … Read more