[ad_1] Almost three months after Kelsey Townsend gave birth to her fourth child, the 32-year-old from Wisconsin has finally come face to face with her. Lucy, now bright-eyed and alert, gave him a smile. “Hi. I love you. I love you so much. Yeah, I missed you,” Kelsey Townsend told her. Townsend was in a … Read more
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Governments and developers around the world are exploring the potential use of ‘vaccine passports’ as a way to reopen the economy by identifying those who are protected against the coronavirus. However, those who develop the technologies claim that such tools have consequences such as the potential exclusion of entire groups from … Read more
[ad_1] The United States is on track to vaccinate 75% of its population against Covid-19 this year, while Canada would need nearly a decade to reach that level of coverage, according to Bloomberg’s Covid-19 Vaccine Tracking. The radically different trajectories show how countries around the world have launched the largest mass vaccination campaign in history. … Read more
[ad_1] new York – As widespread disinformation on COVID-19 vaccines and infertility have taken hold on social media, rumors have spread as quickly as the virus itself and have scared some women from getting vaccinated. Jay Huber, a fertility doctor in New Orleans, is asked daily by his patients if the vaccine causes infertility. He … Read more
[ad_1] 3D print of a spike protein from SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 – in front of a 3D print of a SARS-CoV-2 viral particle. The spike protein (foreground) allows the virus to enter and infect human cells. In the model of the virus, the surface of the virus (in blue) is covered with … Read more
[ad_1] “I was very happy,” said Vega, “but at the same time in communities of color we did our own advocacy because if we hadn’t done our own advocacy we wouldn’t even have got of [vaccination] location.” Chelsea is 67% Latino and almost half of its residents are immigrants. Many are undocumented, have low-wage jobs … Read more
[ad_1] As Alameda County saw its first known cases of the highly contagious variant of the coronavirus spreading across the UK, the fight to find enough doses of the vaccine continued – and a senior health official warned that another surge may be on the horizon. Alameda County has identified six confirmed or suspected cases … Read more
[ad_1] Young adults and middle-aged people were responsible for the vast majority of the spread of COVID-19 in the United States last year, according to a new study. People aged 20 to 49 led just under 72% of transmissions between February and October, according to a new study by scientists at Imperial College London. People … Read more
[ad_1] Almost six months after a rare face and hand transplant, Joe DiMeo is relearning to smile, blink, pinch and squeeze. The 22-year-old New Jersey resident underwent the operation last August, two years after being badly burned in a car crash. “I knew it would only be small steps,” DiMeo told The Associated Press. “You … Read more
[ad_1] In the third week of 2021, clinical labs nationwide tested 23,549 samples for influenza. Of those, only 0.3 percent (65 tests) tested positive – a number that is, to say the least, absolutely wild. “Normally at this time of year we would be 20 to 30 percent positive,” said Lynnette Brammer, head of the … Read more