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California orders statewide mask requirement starting Wednesday amid rising coronavirus cases
3 years ago

California orders statewide mask requirement starting Wednesday amid rising coronavirus cases

LA Times  

Shoppers wearing face masks wait in line to enter a store at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce on Nov. 26. Faced with rising coronavirus cases and growing concerns about the Omicron variant, California is ordering a statewide mask mandate for indoor public spaces to go into effect on Wednesday. “We are proactively putting this tool of universal indoor masking in …

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The vaccinated are worried and scientists don’t have answers
3 years, 4 months ago

The vaccinated are worried and scientists don’t have answers

Deccan Chronicle  

Anecdotes tell us what the data can’t: Vaccinated people appear to be getting the coronavirus at a surprisingly high rate. One is that this is a hard question to address.” Absent clear public health messaging, vaccinated people are left confused about how to protect themselves. But we don’t have great clinical data.” One of the best known outbreaks among vaccinated …

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Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And on the latter task, projecting too much …

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Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden doesn’t just have to manage the coronavirus pandemic — he also has to manage people’s expectations for how soon the country will come out of it. And on the latter task, projecting too much optimism can be as risky as offering too little, requiring what one public health expert calls a “necessarily mixed message.” At …

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Is it time to delay second doses of coronavirus vaccines?
3 years, 10 months ago

Is it time to delay second doses of coronavirus vaccines?

CNN  

CNN — Two letters to major medical journals this week provide fuel for the argument that in these times of scarce coronavirus vaccine, people can skip their second doses, immediately doubling the supply for others. “Our data show substantial early reductions in SARS-CoV-2 infection and symptomatic COVID-19 rates following first vaccine dose administration,” Dr. Eyal Leshem and colleagues wrote. “Early …

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Fact check: Trump continues to falsely claim that spike in coronavirus cases is due to heightened testing
4 years, 2 months ago

Fact check: Trump continues to falsely claim that spike in coronavirus cases is due to heightened testing

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump has claimed over and over in the past week – at campaign rallies, on Twitter and in an interview with “60 Minutes” – that the US is only seeing so many coronavirus cases because the country is doing so much testing. “To say that cases aren’t actually increasing is to deny reality,” Dr. Tom …

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US sees highest number of new coronavirus cases in a single day since August
4 years, 3 months ago

US sees highest number of new coronavirus cases in a single day since August

CNN  

CNN — The recent uptick in coronavirus cases across the United States has emergency physicians fearing it could represent the start of a “dreaded second wave.” “We are all seeing increasing numbers of Covid-19 patients who are coming into our ERs, who are getting really sick, requiring hospitalization and even intensive care,” Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency room physician and …

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July 25 coronavirus news
4 years, 5 months ago

July 25 coronavirus news

CNN  

Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Tom Frieden uses hand sanitizer during a hearing on May 6 in Washington. Alex Wong/Getty Images The first concern with a vaccine to prevent coronavirus infection will be safety, former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Thomas Frieden said Friday. “Because some of the adverse outcomes from …

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Alex Azar: ‘Window is closing’ for US to get coronavirus under control
4 years, 6 months ago

Alex Azar: ‘Window is closing’ for US to get coronavirus under control

CNN  

CNN — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned Sunday that the “window is closing” for the United States to get the coronavirus pandemic under control, as confirmed cases are surging in a majority of the country and some states are dealing with record numbers of hospitalizations. “Things are very different from two months ago… So it is a …

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US coronavirus: Only two states are reporting a decline in new cases
4 years, 6 months ago

US coronavirus: Only two states are reporting a decline in new cases

CNN  

CNN — Only two US states are reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases compared to last week: Connecticut and Rhode Island. Ron DeSantis said the state’s surge in cases in the past week was the result of a “test dump,” echoing an assertion from the White House that an increase in testing is resulting in the higher numbers. “We’ve …

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US coronavirus: Only two states are reporting a decline in new cases
4 years, 6 months ago

US coronavirus: Only two states are reporting a decline in new cases

CNN  

CNN — Only two US states are reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases compared to last week: Connecticut and Rhode Island. Ron DeSantis said the state’s surge in cases in the past week was the result of a “test dump,” echoing an assertion from the White House that an increase in testing is resulting in the higher numbers. “We’ve …

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Nation’s stockpile proves no match for the coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 8 months ago

Nation’s stockpile proves no match for the coronavirus pandemic

CNN  

CNN — As complaints about dire shortages of protective gear for medical workers on the frontlines of the Covid-19 crisis began to stream in, President Donald Trump was quick to point the finger of blame at his predecessor, Barack Obama. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services said, “All ventilators deployed from the SNS are in operating …

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Dr. Tom Frieden: These are the ‘10 plain truths’ about the coronavirus pandemic, according to former CDC director
4 years, 8 months ago

Dr. Tom Frieden: These are the ‘10 plain truths’ about the coronavirus pandemic, according to former CDC director

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Tom Frieden, the former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, laid out “10 plain truths” about Covid-19 on Wednesday as he spoke at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on the pandemic response. “In my 30 years in global public health, I’ve never seen anything like this,” Frieden, who now serves as president and …

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Trump says coronavirus taskforce to continue work: Live updates
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump says coronavirus taskforce to continue work: Live updates

Al Jazeera  

US President Donald Trump to announce new members of coronavirus taskforce Monday, as focus turns to medical treatment. 18:20 GMT – Trump denies reports that US coronavirus taskforce to disband In a reversal from statements he made only a day earlier, United States President Donald Trump said the emergency taskforce handling his administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak would not …

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State openings bring risks, huge stakes for America and its President
4 years, 8 months ago

State openings bring risks, huge stakes for America and its President

CNN  

CNN — America is stirring, but it’s every state for itself. Still, Frieden cautioned that the longer fight against the pandemic, which he described as the worst public health threat in 100 years, is “just beginning.” A pandemic respects no state borders, and there is a real chance that states taking a risk by opening could eventually make the situation …

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Pandemic preparedness never accounted for a President like Trump
4 years, 8 months ago

Pandemic preparedness never accounted for a President like Trump

CNN  

CNN — Donald Trump was in his element. He lobbed insults, calling her “Gretchen ‘Half’ Whitmer” on Twitter and telling Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the coronavirus task force, “don’t call the woman in Michigan.” While government officials and public health experts have devoted years to efforts to enhance US preparedness for a pandemic, a key factor went …

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As The Coronavirus Crisis Heats Up, Why Isn't America Hearing From The CDC?
4 years, 9 months ago

As The Coronavirus Crisis Heats Up, Why Isn't America Hearing From The CDC?

NPR  

As The Coronavirus Crisis Heats Up, Why Isn't America Hearing From The CDC? "I want to assure Americans that we have a team of public health experts," President Trump said at Tuesday evening's coronavirus task force briefing — a bit of reassurance that probably would not have been necessary if that briefing had included anyone from the Centers for Disease …

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Coronavirus impact comes into focus: How it spreads, infects
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus impact comes into focus: How it spreads, infects

India Today  

The medical impact of the new coronavirus is coming into sharper focus as it continues its spread in what is now officially recognized as a pandemic. It's been taking two to three days, and "we are working really hard to see if we can shorten that time" by developing an in-house test, Dr. Aimee Moulin of the University of California, …

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Coronavirus stalks the aged and infirm, who face the most serious, lethal risk
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus stalks the aged and infirm, who face the most serious, lethal risk

LA Times  

After the novel coronavirus broke out not far from her Northern California home, Christina Arnold began to worry about herself and her two teenage sons. “Older populations of people and people with health conditions may have much bigger problems,” Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a news briefing Monday. Peter Beilenson, health …

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