[ad_1] UTAH (ABC4) – As of Jan. 15, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has dropped the COVID-19 safety restrictions that were in place for cruise lines. The initial protocols were enforced on Oct. 25, 2021, when the pandemic was considered a public safety emergency. The conditions covered numerous restraints, including the maximum […]
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[ad_1] COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are falling in the U.S., while deaths continue to rise, according to the CDC’s COVID data tracker weekly review published Jan. 28. Nine numbers to know: Reported cases 1. As of Jan. 26, the nation’s seven-day case average was 596,860, a 19.9 percent decrease from the previous week’s average. Hospitalizations […]
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[ad_1] A top Maine health official will give an update this afternoon on how the state processes COVID-19 cases in light of a massive backlog that is artificially lowering daily case counts and the state’s official infection rate. Dr. Nirav Shah, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention director, will brief the media at 2 […]
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[ad_1] Could ‘stealth Omicron’ become ‘Pi’ The Omicron subvariant BA.2, nicknamed the ‘stealth Omicron,’ appears to be outpacing other substrains of Omicron in some regions of the world, reports Grady McGregor for Fortune, which is raising fears that the even more transmissible version of Omicron could spark larger covid-19 waves globally. McGregor explains that the […]
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[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) — Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots. They are the first large U.S. studies to look at vaccine protection against omicron, health officials said. The papers echo previous research — including studies […]
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[ad_1] “Although the epidemiology of COVID-19 might change as new variants emerge, vaccination remains the safest strategy for averting future SARS-CoV-2 infections, hospitalizations, long-term sequelae, and death,” the researchers wrote. Researchers analyzed the risk of Covid-19 infection and hospitalization among four groups of individuals: vaccinated with and without prior infection and unvaccinated with and without […]
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[ad_1] Staff members from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department investigate a pet shop in Hong Kong, Tuesday, January 18, 2022, which closed after some pet hamsters tested positive for the coronavirus, according to authorities. Kin Cheung/AP Hong Kong authorities say they will euthanize around 2,000 small animals — including all hamsters in pet shops — […]
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[ad_1] One year into her tenure as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky acknowledged that she hasn’t been clear enough with the American public. She says the pandemic threw curveballs that she should have anticipated. She thinks she should have made it clearer to the public that new rules and […]
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