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The delta variant and kids: Parents' questions answered How likely is it that as a vaccinated parent, I could pass along the delta variant to my child? What about the youngest babies and toddlers who might be heading back to daycare soon?
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Why Even Vaccinated People Are Getting 'Breakthrough' Infections A wedding in Oklahoma that led to 15 vaccinated guests becoming infected with the coronavirus. Raucous Fourth of July celebrations that dispersed the virus from Provincetown, Mass., to dozens of places across the country. As the Delta variant surges across ...
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Should Vaccinated People Start Wearing Masks Again? The bottom line is this: While being fully vaccinated protects against serious illness and hospitalization from Covid-19, no vaccine offers 100 percent protection. As long as large numbers of people remain unvaccinated and continue to ...
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People who have lost their loved ones to covid-19 are getting vaccinated, Alabama doctor says A doctor in Alabama had a harrowing message for those still unwilling to get vaccinated. Sharing how she has "made a LOT of progress encouraging people to get vaccinated," Brytney Cobia, a physician at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, detailed ...
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31 Children Test Positive for Coronavirus at Summer Camp The outbreak at Camp Pontiac, a sleep-away camp in upstate New York, started in the girls' dormitories. Nurses, worried that young campers were showing symptoms of Covid-19, began administering tests. Last Saturday, one came back positive. More would ...
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Where Covid-19 Hospitalizations Are Rising in the US Hospital staff members and health officials in these areas say the rise has come quickly and unexpectedly, driven by the more aggressive Delta variant, low vaccination coverage and their communities' return to the social activities of pre-pandemic life.
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COVID-19: What to Do When Family Members Are Unvaccinated Make sure your unvaccinated child wears a mask in public (as long as they're at least 2 years old). To set a good example, and to further protect yourself and others, it may help to wear one yourself, even if you're fully vaccinated.
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Virtual Roller Coaster Ride Study Brings New Insights Into Migraine THURSDAY, July 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Roller coasters race up, down, over and back again at breakneck speeds, but if you are one of the millions of people who get migraines, the risks may not be worth the thrill. A new study by German researchers ...
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The rise in US Covid-19 hospitalizations is a self-inflicted wound, expert says "This is a self-inflicted wound, because we can prevent all of those hospitalizations and deaths -- or at least 98, 99% of them -- if we can encourage vaccination," Dr. Peter Hoztez, a vaccinologist and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor ...
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Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine's benefits still outweigh risks, CDC data show Earlier this month, the US Food and Drug Administration updated the label on Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine to warn of the possible increased risk of a rare neurological complication known as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).
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Latino Healthy Brain Summit seeks to educate, lessen stigma, provide resources on Alzheimer's disease Judith Rocha went with her mother to her next doctor visit, and after a series of tests that included a cognition exam, the then 69-year-old was diagnosed with dementia. That was August 2005. Socorro received an Alzheimer's diagnosis in February 2006.
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Oregon calls for counties to 'take action now' to slow resurgent coronavirus Allen said counties with low vaccination rates should "take action now" and local officials should urge their populations to get vaccinated, wear masks and avoid social gatherings if they haven't received shots.
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Stanford University reports 7 breakthrough cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated students Dr. Jen Ashton talks about new COVID cases that are occurring in people who have been fully vaccinated. Stanford University reported at least seven confirmed ...
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Pfizer Vaccine Offers 88% Protection Against Delta Variant, But 2 Doses Needed By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, July 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine provides surprisingly robust protection against the highly infectious Delta variant of COVID-19 -- but only if you've gotten ...
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Death Of 10-Year-Old Girl In La Plata County Was From Causes Associated With The Plague BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is investigating plague activity, including a deadly case. The CDPHE lab has confirmed reports of plague in animals and fleas from six different counties.
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Sleepaway camp in New York says 31 campers under age 12 tested positive for Covid-19 Camp Pontiac, located in Copake, NY, about a two-hour drive from New York City, said in a letter to parents the first positive test result was received on July 16. The virus then spread further.
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99% of COVID deaths are now of unvaccinated people, experts say For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising again as the extremely contagious delta ...
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If More Adults Don't Get Vaccinated, More Kids Will Develop COVID-19 Children can potentially experience severe health outcomes, including death, from COVID-19. Coronavirus variants, which may potentially be more dangerous, are a special concern for unvaccinated children. Getting more adults and ...
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Novant, Atrium to require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 In a statement to WCNC Charlotte, Novant Health said the deadline for employees to get vaccinated will be Sept. 15, 2021. The health system says they hope their more than 35,000 employees will take the shot voluntarily by then but are rolling out a mandatory ...
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The delta variant has taken hold in Indiana. Here's what you need to know. The United States and Indiana have seen a number of variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 in the past 16 months. At first, the most common variant was the alpha variant, first identified in the United Kingdom, known as the B.1.1.7 variant.
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COVID booster shot 'would be helpful' for immunocompromised people, advisory committee recommends People who are severely immune-compromised should consider getting a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, several members of a federal advisory committee said Thursday, and should definitely take other precautions like wearing masks and making sure ...
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'Superbug' Fungus Spread in Two Cities, Health Officials Say NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials said Thursday they now have evidence of an untreatable fungus spreading in a few hospitals and nursing homes. The "superbug" outbreaks ...
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Scent of a vaccine Advantages of intranasal vaccines include needle-free administration, delivery of antigen to the site of infection, and the elicitation of mucosal immunity in the respiratory tract. The idea that intranasal vaccination preferentially protects the respiratory ...
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Israeli health ministry says Pfizer vaccine prevents severe sickness—but not infection Pfizer Inc.'s Covid-19 vaccine provided a strong shield against hospitalization and more severe disease in cases caused by the contagious delta variant in Israel in recent weeks, even though it was just 39% effective in preventing infections, according to the ...
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All systems yellow: AdventHealth limits visitors, ponders staff vaccine mandate AdventHealth is shifting from green to yellow status. All seven Central Florida hospital locations will add additional visitor restrictions, limit elective inpatient cases, and require masks hospital-wide, the system announced Thursday on a Facebook livestream.
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Cambridge officials urge residents to wear masks as COVID breakthrough cases climb City officials in Cambridge are reporting a rise in new COVID-19 cases and are urging residents, whether they are vaccinated or not, to wear masks and practice social distancing "where transmission is likely and when around unvaccinated people, including ...
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Outbreaks of a drug-resistant superbug fungus spread in two US cities, CDC reports Outbreaks of a drug-resistant "superbug" fungus spread among patients in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Texas and Washington, D.C., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The fungus, Candida auris, preys on people ...
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US Is 'Far Away From The Peak' Of Delta Variant, Public Health Expert Warns As the coronavirus' more contagious Delta variant fuels a surge in cases, the physician and public health professor Dr. Ashish Jha offered a jarring warning on CNBC on Thursday, telling viewers infections may continue to climb for weeks — especially in ...
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Hospitalizations trending upward in OC, but officials not yet considering mask mandate COVID hospitalizations are climbing in Orange County, but county health officials aren't sounding the alarm just yet. The Orange County Health Care Agency recently reported an increase in hospitalizations from the 126 cases reported on Tuesday to 143 ...
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Caution urged after plague found in six Colorado counties, linked to death of 10-year-old child Plague is caused by bacteria and usually is transmitted by bites from infected fleas. Prairie dogs, squirrels, chipmunks and other rodents many carry the fleas and become infected themselves, so everyone should avoid getting close to those animals, the health ...
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Scientists study migraines through virtual roller coaster rides An IRL roller coaster. CNET. Compared with the slow climb to the top of a real-world roller coaster, the nail-biting moment when you're suspended in air, and the scream-wracked plummet, a digitally simulated roller coaster ride seems pretty dull. But what if ...
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It's a question of 'when, not if' unvaccinated Ohioans contract COVID-19, state's chief medical officer warns Highly contagious delta variant accounted for 36% of COVID cases sequenced in recent weeks in Ohio, up from 1% a month ago. A sign advertises a COVID-19 mass-vaccination clinic at Cleveland State University. AP/Tony Dejak. Email icon; Facebook icon ...
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What's This About Delta Being 1000 Times More Infectious? Baisheng Li, MD, and colleagues studied 62 people and their close contacts who were infected in the initial Delta outbreak in Guangzhou from May 21 to June 18. These close contacts were tested daily via PCR, ...
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Public Health England says signs of increased reinfection risk with Delta variant LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) - Public Health England on Friday said that there were early signs of increased reinfection risk from the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant compared to Alpha, in an update of its variant risk assessment. It said that out of ...
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Study: Pfizer, AstraZeneca Vaccines Effective Against Delta Researchers, led by Jamie Lopez Bernal, PhD, from Public Health England, write that the lower effectiveness against the Delta variant is particularly evident after a single dose, but even after two doses they were less effective.
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Into the Unknown: What Might a Combined Influenza/COVID-19 Season Look Like This Fall? The CDC has chosen to track Pneumonia-Influenza-COVID-19 (PIC) as a bundle of coded conditions for death and will likely continue to do so. From the January 1, 2021, through June 12, 2021, there have been 256,915 PIC deaths.
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SW Bend resident says her cat brought home dead bat that tested positive for rabies BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Southwest Bend resident Colleen Quinn said Thursday she still can't believe a cat brought a dead, rabid bat into her home. Deschutes County ...
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What Is a COVID-19 Vaccine 'Breakthrough' Case? It's when a fully vaccinated person gets infected with the coronavirus. A small number of such cases are expected and health officials say they're not a cause for alarm. COVID-19 vaccines ...
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Shelby County COVID-19 task force holds first briefing in weeks amid uptick in cases MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After a four-week hiatus, the Memphis and Shelby County Joint COVID Task Force held a briefing because cases are heading in the wrong direction. "We stopped these briefings about a month ago and said if things changed substantially, ...
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Novant, Atrium to require all employees to get COVID-19 vaccine by fall In keeping with that goal, the North Carolina Healthcare Association strongly supports hospital and health system policies that require all hospital employees and clinical team members to be vaccinated against COVID-19. NCHA recognizes that each hospital ...
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Should Vaccinated People Mask up With COVID-19 Cases Rising? By CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer. Should vaccinated people mask up with COVID-19 cases rising? It depends on your situation, but masking in public can provide another layer of protection and help prevent the virus from spreading to others who ...
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AdventHealth sees 'nightmare' fastest COVID hospitalization increase in Central Florida On Thursday, 720 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 across all of AdventHealth's hospitals in Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake, Polk, Volusia and Flagler counties. Of those hospitalized, 95% were unvaccinated, according to hospital officials.
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Jefferson County health officer: COVID masks might be needed when people gather indoors Cases of COVID-19 are rising exponentially in Alabama's largest metro area because a new, highly contagious variant is spreading among the unvaccinated, and public places should consider a return to requiring face masks, the head of the area health ...
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COVID-19: AdventHealth moves back to 'yellow status' due to surge in cases ORLANDO, Fla. – Leaders at AdventHealth have moved the health care chain back to a "yellow status," taking new precautionary measures due to rising COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. The hospitals have been under a green status, or business as ...
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West Nile virus positive mosquitoes confirmed in LA County The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District on Thursday, July 22, announced the first West Nile virus positive mosquito samples to be confirmed this year in its service area. The positive mosquito samples were collected from mosquito traps in ...
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CDC now monitoring 'over 200 individuals in 27 states' for monkeypox WASHINGTON (WVLA) – A week after a Texas man was confirmed to have monkeypox after traveling overseas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring dozens of people who may have come in contact with him. Cleveland Indians to ...
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Q&A: The case for an intranasal COVID-19 vaccine "Given the respiratory tropism of the virus ... it seems surprising that only seven of the nearly 100 SARS-CoV-2 vaccines currently in clinical trials are delivered intranasally," Frances Lund, PhD, and Troy D. Randall, PhD, wrote in a viewpoint published today in ...
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154 lawsuits claim carcinogens from Covington firms caused cancer More than 150 lawsuits were filed this week in Gwinnett County State Court, each alleging that emissions from Covington companies caused cancer in residents there. The suits claim that BD, a company that uses ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment, ...
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Baker says he plans no changes in COVID-19 policies amid a rise in cases As COVID-19 cases begin to tick up again in Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker said Thursday that he has no plans to reinstate statewide restrictions. But he left the door open for local officials to set limits on their own communities should they consider it ...
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First confirmed samples of West Nile virus found in Petaluma mosquitoes. Here's how to minimize your risk Scientists with the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito Vector Control District confirmed the virus in mosquitoes collected near the city's Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility, marking the first such detection in either North Bay county this year, district spokesperson Nizza ...
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