[ad_1] HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – From poor refrigeration to spoiled doses, 130 vaccine suppliers across Texas have reported wasted 1,751 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to data obtained by 13 Investigates on Friday afternoon. Our analysis of Texas State Department health services data found that 350 of those wasted doses were in Harris County. … Read more
[ad_1] By MICHELLE LIU and MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press COLUMBIA, SC – A new variant of the coronavirus emerged in the United States on Thursday, posing another public health challenge in a country that is already losing more than 3,000 people to COVID-19 every day. The mutated version of the virus, first identified in South … Read more
[ad_1] Forecasters warn the Hudson Valley could be on hold for a major snowstorm early next week. As of this writing, The Weather Channel predicts Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties will see 4 to 8 inches of snow on Monday with a chance of about 1 inch more snow on Tuesday. Dutchess, Ulster and … Read more
[ad_1] After a nearly two-month suspension, alfresco dining will be permitted in Los Angeles County starting Friday. Officials have agreed to allow restaurants to resume foreign service in light of promising news on the COVID-19 front: the number of cases has dropped significantly in recent weeks, as have hospitalizations. Recent progress prompted the state of … Read more
[ad_1] The city temporarily closed its waiting list for a COVID-19 vaccine on Friday after more than 70,000 people were called upon to register, and will focus its latest shipment of 9,000 doses on the most vulnerable. That meant the Houston Department of Health didn’t open any new appointments on Friday, as it has in … Read more
[ad_1] Restaurants and brasseries were allowed to reopen for alfresco dining in Los Angeles County on Friday, but the revised order from public health officials states that “TVs or other screens showing programs must be left off until ‘See you again. The Los Angeles Daily News reports that “the restriction is an apparent effort to … Read more
[ad_1] Brazilian researchers have reported cases of patients infected with two strains of the coronavirus variants at a time, as part of efforts to track the spread of emerging variants across the country. The results were published ahead of peer review this week in the medRxiv preprint server. The infections were found in two patients … Read more
[ad_1] One of the many big questions scientists are trying to answer is whether people who contract Covid-19 during pregnancy will impart natural immunity to their newborns. Recent studies have hinted that they might. And new findings, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics on Friday, provide another piece of the puzzle, offering more evidence that … Read more
[ad_1] © Getty / Basak Gurbuz Derman / Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derma This Doctor Wants You To Avoid Alcohol After Getting Your COVID-19 Vaccine – Here’s Why Some experts wonder whether you should avoid alcohol before and after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine because of its impact on your immune response. But one doctor we spoke … Read more
[ad_1] Seattle hospitals shipped Covid-19 vaccines to hundreds of people in the middle of the night after a freezer in which they were stored broke down. It’s unclear exactly what caused the freezer to crash Thursday night, but the Northwest and Montlake campuses of UW Medical Center and Swedish Medical Center received over 1,300 doses … Read more