[ad_1] A teenager emerging from a 10-month-old coma has no knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic despite having contracted the disease twice. Joseph Flavill, 19, was hit by a car while walking in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire on March 1 last year, three weeks before the start of Britain’s first national lockout. He spent months in … Read more
[ad_1] The beleaguered campaign to immunize Sonoma County seniors for the coronavirus plunged into deeper chaos on Monday when the company running the vaccination effort at a Rohnert Park clinic began canceling thousands of appointments, all by not fixing a flaw in its website that wrongly allowed people under 12. of 75 to schedule 9,000 … Read more
[ad_1] © Provided by NBC News WASHINGTON – The United States will begin shipping doses of the Covid-19 vaccine directly to retail pharmacies next week, as the Biden administration continues to expand how and where Americans can get vaccinated. The initial shipment of 1 million doses will go to 6,500 stores from Feb.11, said Jeffrey … Read more
[ad_1] Chicagoans who are struggling to find an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine may get help soon. The Zocdoc online healthcare planning website is partnering with the city of Chicago and several hospitals, clinics and pharmacies to help eligible Chicagoans find vaccine appointments. But the supply of vaccines remains far behind demand. Tuesday’s announcement comes … Read more
[ad_1] Moderna is seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to increase the amount of vaccine sealed in each vial in the hopes of relieving some pressure on the manufacturing and distribution process, according to a CNBC report. An anonymous source told the outlet that the change would allow Moderna to store 15 … Read more
[ad_1] Covid-19 coverage See more stories As the world rushes to ramp up vaccines, one of the more disturbing coronavirus variants appears to become a little more worrying. British researchers have detected at least 15 cases of B.1.1.7 variants carrying an additional mutation: E484K, a mutation already seen in other variants of concern and which … Read more
[ad_1] As Israel continues to lead the world in immunizing its population, the health ministry has found that very few Israelis report side effects after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Most of the side effects were mild and temporary. A Health Ministry follow-up committee found that only 6,575 out of 2,768,200 Israelis (0.24%) who received the … Read more
[ad_1] A mutant and more transmissible strain of the virus responsible for COVID-19 has been discovered in Summit County, officials said Monday, the third instance of the so-called “British variant” identified in Utah. It comes at a time of optimism locally as holiday-related COVID spikes have largely eased and county cases are at their lowest … Read more
[ad_1] A hastily executed transfer of nearly 200 people to the California prison system sparked a public health disaster that put the lives of thousands of prisoners and staff at risk and resulted in dozens of deaths, according to a new report from the Office of the Inspector General of the State (OIG). The report … Read more
[ad_1] States, tribes and territories will benefit from a 5% increase in supply this week, and Americans will soon have easier access to vaccinations through local pharmacies. As the United States surpasses 26 million COVID-19 infections, President Biden took additional steps today to implement his comprehensive national strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. These steps … Read more