‘Get used to it': Outbreaks give taste of living with virus
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Get used to it': Outbreaks give taste of living with virus

Associated Press  

The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it’s like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars. “If you’re not an actor in a Broadway play or a politician you might fall through the testing cracks.” The public health response will vary from community to community based on what’s happening locally, Michaud said. “We’re fighting smaller fires instead of a raging blaze across the country and those smaller fires can be disruptive,” Michaud said. “It leaves everyone to choose their own adventure when it comes to pandemic response and individual behaviors.” In Washington D.C., the outbreak has been particularly high profile — striking multiple Cabinet secretaries and Congress members along with Mayor Muriel Bowser and the president of Georgetown University. Georgetown University announced it would reintroduce its indoor mask mandate amid rising infection numbers that include university President John DeGioia Georgetown’s Chief Public Health Officer Ranit Mishori, in announcing the new restrictions, described the infection spike as “significant” — particularly among undergraduates.

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COVID surging in California. Is it time to bring back masks, hand sanitizer? What experts say
7 months, 4 weeks ago

COVID surging in California. Is it time to bring back masks, hand sanitizer? What experts say

LA Times  

People gather outside to listen to the Miskey Mountain Boys at the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach on July 28. In Los Angeles County, coronavirus levels in wastewater are at 44% of last winter’s peak for the 10-day period that ended July 20. “Given the increased transmission of new strains of COVID-19, residents should continue taking common-sense precautions to …

Why Covid-19 is spreading this summer
8 months, 1 week ago

Why Covid-19 is spreading this summer

BBC  

Why Covid-19 is spreading this summer Getty Images Covid-19 doesn't follow normal seasonal patterns, like other respiratory viruses – waves of infection can happen at any time of year. Getty Images New Covid-19 subvariants are finding new ways to escape the immune system Given the need to protect society’s most vulnerable, studying these continually emerging variants remains crucial for updating …

‘Still not over’: WHO cautions of COVID-19 threat ahead of summer holidays after US President Joe Biden tests positive
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Still not over’: WHO cautions of COVID-19 threat ahead of summer holidays after US President Joe Biden tests positive

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With US President Joe Biden testing positive for COVID-19 before the Presidential elections, the World Health Organisation has warned the public that Covid is still not over. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a warning, stating that vaccination rates among health professionals and the over-60s—two demographics most at risk of dying from COVID—are alarmingly falling. Globally, 9.8 million …

As COVID-19 ticks up in some places, US health officials recommend a fall vaccination campaign
9 months ago

As COVID-19 ticks up in some places, US health officials recommend a fall vaccination campaign

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — With fresh COVID-19 cases bubbling up in some parts of the country, health officials are setting course for a fall vaccination campaign. What’s more, health officials have reported upticks this month in COVID-19-associated emergency room visits and hospitalizations, and a pronounced increase in positive test results in the southwestern U.S. It’s not clear whether that’s a sign …

As COVID-19 ticks up in some places, US advisers recommend a fall vaccination campaign
9 months ago

As COVID-19 ticks up in some places, US advisers recommend a fall vaccination campaign

The Independent  

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COVID-19 intensifies across California, with the worst probably still to come
1 year, 2 months ago

COVID-19 intensifies across California, with the worst probably still to come

LA Times  

The winter COVID-and-flu season is ramping up in California and nationwide, with doctors and other experts saying the worst of the respiratory illness season is still to come. “And we’re probably not quite to the zenith of it yet,” said Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, regional chief of infectious diseases at Kaiser Permanente Southern California. “Looking at some of the data that …

Flu and COVID infections are rising and could get worse over the holidays, CDC says
1 year, 3 months ago

Flu and COVID infections are rising and could get worse over the holidays, CDC says

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Look for flu and COVID-19 infections to ramp up in the coming weeks, U.S. health officials say, with increases fueled by holiday gatherings, too many unvaccinated people and a new version of the coronavirus that may be spreading more easily. About 42% of U.S. adults had gotten flu shots by the first week of December, down from …

Flu and COVID infections are rising and could get worse over the holidays, CDC says
1 year, 3 months ago

Flu and COVID infections are rising and could get worse over the holidays, CDC says

The Independent  

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Covid-19 not a concern for most US adults, who are split on the latest vaccine and other precautions, KFF survey finds
1 year, 4 months ago

Covid-19 not a concern for most US adults, who are split on the latest vaccine and other precautions, KFF survey finds

CNN  

CNN — Most adults in the United States are not worried about getting sick with Covid-19 or spreading it over the holidays, a new survey from KFF found. Concern about rising cases and hospitalizations is slightly higher, with nearly half of adults saying they are “very” or “somewhat” worried that Covid-19 hospitalizations will increase this winter – about the same …

COVID outbreaks hit workplaces, schools across California as summer illnesses worsen
1 year, 6 months ago

COVID outbreaks hit workplaces, schools across California as summer illnesses worsen

LA Times  

The summer COVID bump is worsening in California, with infections spreading at schools and workplaces, and hospitalizations ticking up. Among the work sites in L.A. County where there are active COVID-19 outbreak investigations are the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, CBS Studio Center Stage 18, the L.A. City Department of Public Works’ Bureau of Street Services, the Westchester-Loyola Village Branch …

COVID-19 is ‘heating up all around’ this summer. Should we be wearing masks again?
1 year, 7 months ago

COVID-19 is ‘heating up all around’ this summer. Should we be wearing masks again?

LA Times  

The uptick in coronavirus transmission this summer has not brought major alarm from health experts. There are people who may want to avoid contracting COVID-19 “because it’s disruptive to life.” Chin-Hong said he’s aware of people who’ve had to change big travel plans to Europe and Africa because of illness. And even if you don’t choose to mask up, “definitely …

US ends COVID-19 health emergency today: Key figures defining the pandemic
1 year, 10 months ago

US ends COVID-19 health emergency today: Key figures defining the pandemic

Firstpost  

Though daily life has long returned to near-normal for many in the United States, the official end of the COVID-19 health emergency Thursday night still marks a new post-pandemic era for the country. Three years of health emergency A state of emergency was first declared in the United States in January 2020, more than three years ago. 1.1 million deaths …

On third anniversary of COVID’s arrival, L.A. County ‘in a much better place’
2 years, 2 months ago

On third anniversary of COVID’s arrival, L.A. County ‘in a much better place’

LA Times  

David Huynh, left, and Joanna Marinez shop at the Americana at Brand in Glendale in late November 2022. Three years to the day after reporting its first confirmed case of COVID-19, Los Angeles County is “in a much better place” in the pandemic — hard-won progress a top health official attributed to vaccination, community immunity resulting from the virus’ rampant …

Has California avoided another devastating winter COVID wave?
2 years, 2 months ago

Has California avoided another devastating winter COVID wave?

LA Times  

Shoppers, some wearing masks, made their way along Santee Alley in Los Angeles in December. “I never say we’re in the clear, because there’s still people for whom COVID is going to remain a really big concern, and they’re going to continue to need to do everything they can to avoid getting infected,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara …

EXPLAINER: Is COVID-19 winding down? Scientists say no.
2 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: Is COVID-19 winding down? Scientists say no.

Associated Press  

Is the coronavirus on its way out? Topol said the virus “just has too many ways to work around our current strategies, and it’ll just keep finding people, finding them again, and self-perpetuating.” HOW WILL THE VIRUS MUTATE? “Every time we think we’ve seen the peak transmission, peak immune escape properties, the virus exceeds that by another significant notch,” Topol …

EXPLAINER: Is COVID-19 winding down? Scientists say no.
2 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: Is COVID-19 winding down? Scientists say no.

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Still, living with COVID "should not necessarily be a …

Is COVID-19 winding down? Scientists say no
2 years, 6 months ago

Is COVID-19 winding down? Scientists say no

LA Times  

Vials of Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine are seen on a production line at a manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Mich. Is the coronavirus on its way out? Still, living with COVID-19 “should not necessarily be a scary or bad concept,” since people are getting better at fighting it, Jha said during a recent question-and-answer session with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. Topol …

For now, wary US treads water with transformed COVID-19
2 years, 8 months ago

For now, wary US treads water with transformed COVID-19

Associated Press  

The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the U.S. with lots of infections but relatively few deaths compared to its prior incarnations. “It’s going to be a good summer and we deserve this break,” said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. “For the first time that I can remember, pretty …

Rate of COVID-19 cases is on the rise in Washington state
2 years, 10 months ago

Rate of COVID-19 cases is on the rise in Washington state

Associated Press  

SPOKANE, Wash. — The rate of COVID-19 cases is rising in Washington. The statewide average of cases over the past seven days is 228 per 100,000 people, keeping Washington in the state Department of Health’s highest-risk category for the spread of COVID-19, The Spokesman-Review said Saturday. Jay Inslee said Wednesday the best projections from health officials show there is likely …

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots
2 years, 10 months ago

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha issued a dire warning Thursday that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn’t swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines and treatments. “That leaves a lot of us vulnerable.” Jha predicted that the next generation of vaccines, which are likely to be …

Coronavirus is under control in the U.S., but the pandemic isn’t over, Fauci says
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus is under control in the U.S., but the pandemic isn’t over, Fauci says

LA Times  

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday the coronavirus is under better control in the United States, but the pandemic isn’t over — and the challenge is how to keep improving the situation. “We are in a different moment of the pandemic,” said Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, in an interview with the Associated Press. “By no means does that mean …

CDC: King County at ‘medium’ community level of COVID
2 years, 11 months ago

CDC: King County at ‘medium’ community level of COVID

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Washington state’s most populous county has moved from a “low” community COVID-19 level to “medium,” per federal guidance, as infection rates increase, officials said. The Seattle Times reported the King County’s top health officer said Monday that despite the movement within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention community levels, there are no plans to reintroduce indoor masking …

How many California lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines? Scientists have an answer
2 years, 11 months ago

How many California lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines? Scientists have an answer

LA Times  

The arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines in December 2020 marked the start of a new, safer phase of the pandemic. In the first 10 months of their availability, COVID-19 vaccines prevented an estimated 1.5 million coronavirus infections, nearly 73,000 hospitalizations, and almost 20,000 deaths in California, according to a study published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open. Each …

‘Get used to it’: Recent outbreaks give a taste of living with the coronavirus
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Get used to it’: Recent outbreaks give a taste of living with the coronavirus

LA Times  

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker at the opening night of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite” at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway late last month in New York. “If you’re not an actor in a Broadway play or a politician you might fall through the testing cracks.” The public health response will vary from community to community based on what’s happening …

Op-Ed: I nearly died from COVID. Now I’m letting go of the fear
3 years ago

Op-Ed: I nearly died from COVID. Now I’m letting go of the fear

LA Times  

COVID hospitalizations are far less deadly now than they were two years ago. Today, COVID-19 is far less dangerous than it was two years ago, and I wonder: By telling my harrowing story, did I contribute to a climate of fear that we now find difficult to dispel? It’s time for a full accounting of our response Two years ago, …

U.S. virus cases and hospitalizations continue steady decline
3 years, 1 month ago

U.S. virus cases and hospitalizations continue steady decline

LA Times  

Average daily COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are continuing to fall in the U.S., an indicator that the Omicron variant’s hold is weakening across the country. “I think what’s influencing the decline, of course, is that Omicron is starting to run out of people to infect,” said Dr. Thomas Russo, professor and infectious disease chief at the University of Buffalo’s Jacobs …

CDC chief acknowledges that Americans are 'anxious' to return to normal life
3 years, 1 month ago

CDC chief acknowledges that Americans are 'anxious' to return to normal life

Daily Mail  

Dr Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, acknowledged on Wednesday that Americans are 'anxious' to return to normal as Covid cases are down 35% over the past week. Economists who carried out a meta-analysis found draconian restrictions imposed in spring 2020 — including stay-at-home orders, compulsory masks and social distancing — only reduced Covid mortality by 0.2 per cent. Nearly …

Abcarian: It's looking like we all might get COVID someday
3 years, 2 months ago

Abcarian: It's looking like we all might get COVID someday

LA Times  

Over the last few weeks, you’ve probably had the same conversation I’ve been having: “We’re all going to get it, aren’t we?” “Yep.” Call it fatalism. “I don’t think it’s a foregone conclusion that everybody will get COVID-19,” UCLA infectious disease expert Otto Yang told the “Today” show last month. “Endemic is now often used to describe the point where …

Biden: COVID-19 'Probably Here To Stay' In The World
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden: COVID-19 'Probably Here To Stay' In The World

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden is telling Americans life with COVID-19 is going to get better but the virus is likely “here to stay,” as the latest variant registers record high infection rates in the United States. “Having COVID in the environment and in the world is probably here to stay, but COVID as we’re dealing with it now …

US coronavirus: The country just hit a record average of daily new Covid-19 cases
3 years, 3 months ago

US coronavirus: The country just hit a record average of daily new Covid-19 cases

CNN  

CNN — The US hit a seven-day average of 265,427 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, blowing past the country’s previous record of about 252,000 daily cases, reported nearly a year ago on January 11. “I would urge people to wear a higher quality mask any time they’re in a place with lots of people and they’re going to be indoors …

Vaccines making Thanksgiving easier, but hot spots remain
3 years, 4 months ago

Vaccines making Thanksgiving easier, but hot spots remain

Associated Press  

The U.S. is facing its second Thanksgiving of the pandemic in better shape than the first time around, thanks to the vaccine, though some regions are seeing surges of COVID-19 cases that could get worse as families travel the country for gatherings that were impossible a year ago. “We’ve had several people in their 40s die in the last month …

New wave of coronavirus infections next autumn seems unavoidable, experts say
3 years, 4 months ago

New wave of coronavirus infections next autumn seems unavoidable, experts say

NL Times  

Medical experts told NOS that a spike in coronavirus infections next fall is likely despite an increasing number of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Extra measures, such as face masks, to stop the spread of the coronavirus will continue to be part of daily life, the experts said. Yet, the experts said that additional measures to prevent the spread of …

COVID vaccine inequity persists in Americas, PAHO warns
3 years, 4 months ago

COVID vaccine inequity persists in Americas, PAHO warns

Al Jazeera  

The Pan American Health Organization says less than half of people in the Americas are fully vaccinated. Following two consecutive months of decline, COVID-19 infections are rising again in some countries in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization has said, cautioning that uneven vaccination rates across the region continue to be a problem. Concerns have been rising that despite …

COVID cases falling, but trouble signs arise as winter looms
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID cases falling, but trouble signs arise as winter looms

Associated Press  

Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but deaths nationally have been ticking up over the past few weeks, some rural hospitals are showing signs of strain, and cold weather is setting in. A recent debate over masks in Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage, grew heated, and hospital and public health officials last …

The ACT has recorded 17 new cases of COVID-19 as 80 per cent vaccination milestone is reached
3 years, 5 months ago

The ACT has recorded 17 new cases of COVID-19 as 80 per cent vaccination milestone is reached

ABC  

The ACT has reached 80 per cent full vaccination coverage of Canberrans aged 12 and over. Key points: Six of today's cases are yet to be linked to a known source Six of today's cases are yet to be linked to a known source ACT charities say they expect an influx of donations as restrictions continue to ease ACT charities …

CDC predicts continued declines in Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths over next 4 weeks
3 years, 5 months ago

CDC predicts continued declines in Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths over next 4 weeks

CNN  

CNN — Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations are expected to decline over the next four weeks, according to ensemble forecasts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published Wednesday. The latest CDC forecast predicts 500 to 10,100 new confirmed Covid-19 hospitalizations likely to be reported by November 5 – a fifth straight week of projected declines. The number of …

Covid-19 case rates are dropping nationally but rising in these 5 states
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 case rates are dropping nationally but rising in these 5 states

CNN  

CNN — The big picture for Covid-19 in the US is looking a little brighter as new infections and hospitalizations decline. ‘Still way too high’ New Covid-19 cases are going “in the right direction – we have less than 100,000 cases a day,” Fauci said Sunday. Death isn’t the only terrible outcome with Covid-19 It’s important for people to understand …

America's coronavirus outbreak is now a patchwork of highly vaccinated states and pockets of raging Delta
3 years, 7 months ago

America's coronavirus outbreak is now a patchwork of highly vaccinated states and pockets of raging Delta

ABC  

As spring turned to summer in the United States, the staff of CoxHealth South, one of the main hospitals in Springfield, Missouri, dared to hope. "This Delta variant is a game changer," Dr Howard Jarvis, CoxHealth South's emergency room director, says. "It is somewhat frustrating that people haven't chosen to get vaccinated," Dr Jarvis says. "I believe COVID is a …

July 28, 2021 US coronavirus news
3 years, 8 months ago

July 28, 2021 US coronavirus news

CNN  

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration said the US isn’t doing a good job of measuring how much spread is happening in the country and there is probably a lot more than is being picked up. “I don’t think we’re doing a good job of measuring how much spread is actually underway in this …

Editorial: We need a COVID postmortem so we do better with the next plague
3 years, 8 months ago

Editorial: We need a COVID postmortem so we do better with the next plague

LA Times  

The most troubling revelation in “The Premonition,” the recent book by California author Michael Lewis, was that during the first crucial first months of the COVID-19 pandemic no one was really in charge of our nation’s response. Moderate congressional Democrats known as the Blue Dog Coalition sent a letter to leaders in the House and Senate earlier this month urging …

Vaccinated people can get ‘breakthrough’ infections: How worried should we be?
3 years, 8 months ago

Vaccinated people can get ‘breakthrough’ infections: How worried should we be?

LA Times  

Tracy Mitchell, president of Mothers in Action, holds a sign advertising a mobile vaccination clinic hosted in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. That remains true, officials say, even as Los Angeles County health officials shared a seemingly ominous data point Thursday: 20% of newly diagnosed coronavirus cases in June occurred among vaccinated people. And while …

Top US health official warns of rising COVID infections
3 years, 8 months ago

Top US health official warns of rising COVID infections

Al Jazeera  

US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy says cases are increasing among unvaccinated people, in particular. His comments come as new US COVID-19 cases surged 70 percent this week compared with the prior seven days to an average of 30,000 new infections a day, fuelled by the Delta variant. The head of the Pan American Health Organization last week urged countries …

Biden grapples with a ‘pandemic of unvaccinated’
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden grapples with a ‘pandemic of unvaccinated’

The Hindu  

Two weeks after celebrating America’s near “independence” from the coronavirus, President Joe Biden is confronting the worrying reality of rising cases and deaths — and the limitations of his ability to combat persistent vaccine hesitancy. Cases of COVID-19 have tripled over the past three weeks, and hospitalisations and deaths are rising among unvaccinated people. Just four states with low vaccination …

Covid Protections Kept Other Viruses at Bay. Now They’re Back
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid Protections Kept Other Viruses at Bay. Now They’re Back

Wired  

In the middle of June, staffers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent out a bulletin to state health departments and health care providers, something they call a Health Advisory—meaning, more or less, that it contains information that’s important but not urgent enough to require immediate action. Now RSV’s out-of-season return tells us that we could be headed …

Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated
3 years, 9 months ago

Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated

India TV News  

Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine. An Associated Press analysis of available government data from May shows that …

Coronavirus Today: California is open! Now what?
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Today: California is open! Now what?

LA Times  

I’m Karen Kaplan, and it’s Tuesday, June 15. “It might just take time, and little by little, things change.” By the numbers California cases, deaths and vaccinations as of 7:29 p.m. Tuesday: Track California’s coronavirus spread and vaccination efforts — including the latest numbers and how they break down — with our graphics. “It’s one of the best days of …

For the first time in over a year, the US records a daily average of fewer than 20,000 new coronavirus cases
3 years, 9 months ago

For the first time in over a year, the US records a daily average of fewer than 20,000 new coronavirus cases

CNN  

CNN — The US just recorded a seven-day average of fewer than 20,000 new daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since March 2020. Tuesday, New York reported its lowest positivity rate since the pandemic’s start, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, attributing the milestone to vaccinations and the “willpower of New Yorkers.” “This is … another clear piece of evidence …

Average Covid-19 cases are lowest they’ve been in nearly a year. Vaccines can push them even lower, officials say
3 years, 10 months ago

Average Covid-19 cases are lowest they’ve been in nearly a year. Vaccines can push them even lower, officials say

CNN  

CNN — Covid-19 vaccines have proven a tremendous ally in America’s battle against the virus – but there’s more work to do. “For the first time since the pandemic began, Covid cases are down in all 50 states,” White House senior Covid-19 adviser Andy Slavitt said in a Tuesday briefing. “Vaccine in the refrigerator cannot prevent disease.” Roughly 47.9% of …

There’s growing confidence that the worst of COVID-19 is behind California
3 years, 10 months ago

There’s growing confidence that the worst of COVID-19 is behind California

LA Times  

Jeymy Mendoza, 16, hugs her mother, Maria Jimenez, 34, as they wait in line in April to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination at a walk-up mobile clinic in Los Angeles. Ferrer noted that the estimated population that needs to be vaccinated in L.A. County for herd immunity is a guess, “but we do assume it’s probably somewhere around 80%.” California …

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