[ad_1] On New Year’s Eve, Los Angeles County reported a third consecutive day of record coronavirus-related deaths. The tally was another 290 lives lost, though some of it was due to a delay in reporting the holiday weekend. The region has set rising records for daily deaths over the past three days. As a result, … Read more
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – America’s leading infectious disease specialist Dr Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday he expected America to gain enough herd immunity to COVID-19 through vaccination to regain “some semblance of of normality ”by fall 2021, despite the first setbacks in the deployment of the vaccine. Fauci made his remarks during an online … Read more
[ad_1] Massachusetts set a daily record for COVID-19 cases on Thursday, reporting 6,887, according to the state Department of Public Health. The previous one-day record was December 3, although that day’s report included nearly 700 overdue cases. There were 7,424 cases reported on December 26, but that included two days of cases, as the Department … Read more
[ad_1] Getty Images As the New Year approaches, many will resolve to drink less alcohol or give up completely. If you can’t imagine the idea of going the whole year without your favorite adult drink, consider Dry January instead. This popular annual tradition involves a short-term commitment to sobriety. Starting January 1, thousands of people … Read more
[ad_1] A large percentage of frontline workers in hospitals and nursing homes have refused to take the Covid-19 vaccine, a hurdle for public health officials as the country struggles to roll out vaccinations across the country . About 50% of frontline workers in Riverside County, California have refused to be vaccinated, Riverside public health director … Read more
[ad_1] GREENVILLE, North Carolina (WITN) – Vidant Health is tightening restrictions for visitors due to the increased spread of COVID-19. The hospital system says positivity rates for those tested have increased steadily since Thanksgiving and are now around 22%. Already, Vidant Roanoke-Chowan is banning visitors to both the emergency department and inpatient units, while the … Read more
[ad_1] BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Officials from Baylor Scott & White Health have said that while they continue to see an increase in patient numbers and intensive care unit occupancy rates continue to rise, “they won’t. will be unable to meet the demand for non-COVID care. The admission comes after the Brazos County Health District … Read more
[ad_1] By Steve Gorman, Rebecca Spalding (Reuters) – A pharmacist at a Wisconsin hospital was arrested Thursday for sabotaging more than 500 doses of the coronavirus vaccine by deliberately removing them from the refrigeration to spoil them, law enforcement and medical officials said. FILE PHOTO: An employee shows off the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine … Read more
[ad_1] A Wallowa Memorial Hospital worker had a severe allergic reaction to an initial dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine this week, state health officials said Thursday. The health worker has been hospitalized and continues to recover, according to a statement provided by the Oregon Health Authority. The agency did not say if the person … Read more
[ad_1] Governor Charlie Baker closed 2020 with a final press conference on COVID-19 on Wednesday – and what might be a familiar message to Massachusetts residents ahead of the New Year’s holidays. On the penultimate day of the year, Baker reminded residents of the rules and guidelines discouraging private gatherings with people outside their immediate … Read more