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The CDC's failed race against covid-19: A threat underestimated and a test overcomplicated Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Susan Gerber, the respiratory viruses supervisory branch chief at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was one of the CDC scientists removed or shifted to another position in the spring.
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CDC squandered weeks pursuing complex test at start of COVID-19 pandemic A new virus was exploding in Wuhan, a Chinese city with 11 million people connected by its airport to destinations around the world. In the United States, doctors and hospitals were waiting for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ...
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From Polio To The COVID Vaccine, Dr. Peter Salk Sees Great Progress Editor's Note: As this year winds down, we're looking back at some people we spoke to earlier in 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic was in its early stages. Now that there's a vaccine, we wanted to check in with someone whose family has a long history ...
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As Virus Resurges in Africa, Doctors Fear the Worst Is Yet to Come PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa — At the center of a terrifying coronavirus surge, 242 patients lay in row after row of beds under the soaring metal beams of a decommissioned Volkswagen factory. Workers at the vast field hospital could provide oxygen and ...
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Black doctor dies of COVID after racist treatment complaints A Black doctor who died battling COVID-19 complained of racist medical care in widely shared social media posts days before her death, prompting an Indiana hospital system to promise a "full external review" into her treatment. Dr. Susan Moore, 52, tested ...
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Florida reports 17042 new COVID-19 cases, 140 more resident deaths Florida's resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 21,135 with the addition of 140 more reported fatalities on Saturday, while also adding 17,042 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to 1,264,588.
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Black Indiana doctor died of coronavirus weeks after accusing hospital of racist treatment INDIANAPOLIS -- A Black physician died of COVID-19 weeks after she described a white doctor dismissing her pain and concerns about her treatment as she lay in an Indiana hospital. Dr. Susan Moore passed away on Dec. 20 due to complications from ...
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VIRUS TODAY: US leads virus deaths, global count tops 80M Here's what's happening Saturday with the pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. — The U.S. is by far the leading nation in COVID-19 cases as the number of infections globally topped 80 million.
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NY health care provider may have fraudulently obtained Covid-19 vaccines, state says (CNN) A New York-based health care provider may have fraudulently obtained Covid-19 vaccines and transferred and administered the vaccine to members of the public contrary to state guidelines, according to a statement released by New York State Health ...
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Woman Brags on Facebook She Got COVID Vaccine Through Connections A California hospital is acknowledging it gave the COVID-19 vaccine to "several" people who are not online healthcare workers—after a woman took to Facebook to brag that she got a dose because a family member had connections. "When I woke up this ...
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With technical issue delaying results, LA County reports two-day total of 29464 new coronavirus cases Two day's worth of statistics added up to daunting numbers from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Saturday, Dec. 26, as 29,464 new coronavirus cases were posted. Already packed hospitals around the county reported more COVID-19 ...
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Orange County firefighters receive Moderna COVID-19 vaccine About a hundred Orange County firefighters received the Moderna coronavirus vaccine Saturday morning, bringing relief to an agency whose ranks have been hit hard by the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the community. Three stations were set up ...
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Can COVID-19 vaccines get us to herd immunity? 'The jury is definitely still out' Top infectious-disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci says the number of U.S. people who need to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity has been underestimated. By Emily BaumgaertnerTribune News Service. Email Writer. Share. facebook · tweet · reddit.
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Michigan coronavirus cases up to 477269; Death toll now at 12029 The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 477,269 as of Saturday, including 12,029 deaths, state officials report. Saturday's update includes 7,341 new cases and 254 ...
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More of NJ's healthcare workers to receive COVID-19 vaccine this week More of N.J.'s healthcare workers to receive COVID-19 vaccine this week. Updated Dec 26, 2020; Posted Dec 26, 2020. bergen_moderna_vaccine. Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center CEO Deborah Visconi and staff ...
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SoCal stay-at-home order expected to be extended as region's hospitals struggle with COVID-19 surge The original order was set to last three weeks, expiring Dec. 28. But Southern California's ICU capacity stands at 0% as hospitals strain under a continuing increase in new patients. To exit from the stay-at-home order, a region has to move back to at least 15% ...
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How quickly the US lost 1 in 1000 Americans to Covid-19 (CNN) The United States reached a grim milestone on Saturday: 1 in 1,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 since the nation's first reported infection in late January. Census Bureau estimates for the last week of December place the US population at ...
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Florida adds more than 17000 coronavirus cases over two day span Saturday's addition of 17,042 cases brings the total number of statewide infections to 1,264,588 since March. The state also announced 142 additional deaths from the virus. Statewide, 21,437 people have died from coronavirus. The weekly ...
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Coronavirus in Oregon: 612 new cases, 0 new deaths as Oregonians share their personal pandemic struggles Oregon reported 612 new coronavirus cases Saturday and no additional deaths -- far below recent tallies. The state's data often lags during weekends and may not be reflective of the actual state of the pandemic in Oregon. The Oregonian/OregonLive ...
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One COVID-19 patient is dying every 10 minutes in Los Angeles County as officials fear post-Christmas surge The city has seen a four-fold increase in cases, with patients dying at the rate of one every ten minutes in Los Angeles County. The news comes as millions of Americans show no signs they ...
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What you should know about the UK mutation and what it means for the end of the pandemic Does 2020 have one last surprise in store for us? Ever since the pandemic started, there's been some fear of a mutant, game-changing strain of the virus. So when British scientists discovered a new variant called B.1.1.7 in December, naturally we wanted to ...
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European Union nations kick off mass COVID-19 vaccinations WARSAW, Poland (AP) —. European Union nations on Sunday officially kicked off a coordinated effort to give COVID-19 vaccinations to adults among their 450 million citizens, marking a moment of hope in the continent's battle against the worst public health ...
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3-year-old suffers stroke from COVID-19; doctors, family call recovery best Christmas present ever COLUMBIA, Mo. – A family and a team of doctors at University of Missouri Health Care are calling the recovery of a 3-year-old boy the best Christmas present ever after the boy had COVID-19, which caused a stroke. "We thought we were going to lose him for ...
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Covid Q&A: Could a Mutations Beat a Vaccine? In this week's edition of the Covid Q&A, we look a mutations, and how they might affect the effectiveness of vaccines. In hopes of helping to make this very confusing time just a little less so, each week Bloomberg Prognosis is picking one question sent in by ...
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Boston health care worker who experienced reaction to Moderna coronavirus vaccine has history of allergies (CNN) — A health care worker who experienced an allergic reaction after receiving a Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Boston Medical Center on Christmas Eve tells CNN he has a history of allergies. This is the first known case of allergic reaction from a ...
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COVID has killed 1 in 1000 people in US — less than a year after first reported case COVID-19 has killed one of every 1,000 people in the United States, just over 11 months since the first case was reported. According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, there were 331,561 confirmed coronavirus fatalities in the nation as of ...
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Latest Idaho news, sports, business and entertainment at 1:20 am MST BC-ID-VIRUS OUTBREAK-IDAHO. Vaccinations starting at Idaho long-term care facilities. BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say vaccinations for about 10,200 residents and staff at 75 Idaho long-term care facilities will begin Monday. Idaho Department of Health ...
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South Carolina has 3111 new COVID-19 cases Saturday and 74 deaths, highest since July COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina health officials announced Saturday that 74 more people have died of the coronavirus, the highest number since July according to officials' daily reports. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control also ...
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In shift, majority now want vaccine Since the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine began last spring, upbeat announcements were stalked by ominous polls: No matter how encouraging the news, growing numbers of people said they would refuse to get the shot. The time frame was ...
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Orange County reports 63 deaths due to COVID-19 over last two days The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 63 coronavirus deaths and 5,953 new infections on Saturday. Data provided to begin the weekend accounted for a two-day total, as the healthcare agency last issued a report on the county's virus ...
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'It's been a long time coming': Williamson County firefighters receive first COVID-19 vaccines WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Williamson County area first responders received the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine Saturday as part of the phase 1-A vaccine distribution. Among the 121 people to receive the Moderna vaccine Saturday is ...
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Already had COVID-19? You still should get a vaccine, experts say Thinking that you'll forego a COVID-19 vaccine because you've already had the virus? You may want to think again, medical experts say. "There's a difference between vaccination immunity and natural immunity," said Dr. Paul Entler, a vice president at ...
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Boston Medical Center Doctor Has Apparent First Allergic Reaction To Moderna Vaccine A Boston Medical Center doctor appears to have suffered the first known case of an allergic reaction to the coronavirus vaccine made by Cambridge biotech company, Moderna. Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, an oncology fellow at BMC, said he has a severe ...
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Health officials brace for a surge in US Covid-19 cases after the holidays With Christmas in the rear view mirror, public health experts are bracing for yet another surge in Covid-19 cases, similar to those seen after other US holidays in recent months. "We've just seen these amplification events, and that's what's happened at the end ...
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LA County probing if fast-spreading coronavirus strain linked to surge in cases Scientists in Los Angeles are trying to figure out if the fast-spreading strain of the coronavirus fueling a huge surge in cases in the United Kingdom is behind a similar rise in California. The mutation is up to 70 percent more contagious, but it doesn't appear to ...
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France reports 1st case of SARS-CoV-2 variant By NewsDesk @bactiman63 · French health authorities confirm the detection of the first case of the variant of the COVID-19 virus Friday, a variant currently spreading in the south-east of England. Image/FotoshopTofs via pixabay. This first case was detected in ...
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NY health care provider accused of illegally distributing vaccine says it will cooperate with state probe NEW YORK — A New York health care company accused by state officials of fraudulently obtaining the COVID-19 vaccine and administering it to members of the public says it will cooperate with the investigation. State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard ...
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LA County Fears New Strain of COVID-19 Might Be Fueling Surge in Cases The new variant was first reported in Great Britain, which has instituted tougher lockdown rules over the past week, but has also been reported in France. By City News Service • Published 45 mins ago • Updated 45 mins ago. Pause. 2:09. COVID-19 Test Sites ...
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Active COVID-19 cases increase; hospitalizations fall The North Dakota Department of Health reported 133 new COVID-19 cases Saturday for a total of 2,329 active cases in the state. That is an increase of eight active cases since the Department of Health reported virus numbers on Thursday. There are 13 new ...
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"Good reason" to think vaccines will be effective against mutated COVID-19 strains, doctor says New strains of COVID-19 have caused alarm and concern in the United Kingdom and South Africa, with many people worried the mutations could complicate vaccine efforts that have only recently gotten underway. At least one doctor, however, voiced ...
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Our View: Take this seriously. Take the vaccine as soon as you can. We hope the sports metaphors that sum up where we are with the coronavirus pandemic are "the final stretch" with "bases loaded" and a "grand slam" on the way. Cover for What Had Happened Was: A podcast for Dayton. Play. What Had Happened Was: A ...
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Doctor reportedly has severe allergic reaction to Moderna COVID-19 vaccine "It was the same anaphylactic reaction that I experience with shellfish," Dr. Sadrzadeh told the paper, noting that his tongue became numb, his blood pressure plummeted and he broke into a cold sweat.
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Here are the latest COVID-19 case numbers confirmed Saturday in Washington state Statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are at 236,719 cases and 3,184 deaths. The case total includes 8,924 cases listed as probable. DOH revises previous case and death counts daily. Washington's population is ...
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Massachusetts reports 7424 new COVID cases, 46 deaths Health officials also announced another 46 COVID-related fatalities, bringing the total number of COVID-related deaths in Massachusetts since the start of the pandemic to 11,752. Saturday's numbers include testing data from Thursday morning ...
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Coronavirus in Mississippi: 845 new cases, 3 deaths reported Saturday The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 845 new cases of the coronavirus and three deaths on Saturday. On Wednesday the state surpassed 200,000 cases of COVID-19 since the virus hit Mississippi in March. On Tuesday, the state reported a ...
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Can COVID-19 vaccines get us to herd immunity? 'The jury is definitely still out' LOS ANGELES – The aim of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 is herd immunity — the point at which so few people are susceptible to infection that the virus runs out of places to go. In the early days of the pandemic, epidemiologists estimated that ...
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Boston doctor with history of allergies has severe reaction to Moderna vaccine A doctor in Boston with a history of allergies had a severe allergic reaction to Moderna's coronavirus vaccine. Hossein Sadrzadeh told CNN that after he was vaccinated at Boston Medical Center on Thursday, he felt his heart rate spike to 150 beats per minute.
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DHEC: 3111 new cases, 74 more deaths announced in SC Saturday COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has announced 3,111 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 74 additional confirmed deaths Saturday, Dec. 26. This brings the ...
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