Measures to Fight Omicron, Americans Need to Get Vaccinated
Latest Coronavirus News By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) President Joe Biden laid out a comprehensive plan on Tuesday to help Americans navigate a tough winter facing the Omicron variant, but he also made an impassioned plea for every eligible person to get vaccines and boosters. “For the […]
48 COVID Cases Reported on World’s Largest Cruise Ship
Latest Coronavirus News MONDAY, Dec. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) At least 48 passengers and crew members on Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas — the world’s largest cruise ship — have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been quarantined, the company said Monday. Of the 48 people who tested positive during the sailing, […]
CDC Supports ‘Test-to-Stay’ Strategy for Schools
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) Unvaccinated students exposed to COVID-19 can remain in the classroom as long as they’re regularly tested for the virus at school, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The CDC pointed to two new studies from California and Illinois as evidence […]
Deadly COVID ‘Black Fungus’ Mucormycosis Hits U.S. – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 It’s a phenomenon first identified in India earlier this year: Patients who have or are recovering from COVID-19 who then contract a sometimes deadly fungal infection known as mucormycosis — also known as “black fungus.” Now, the U.S. Centers for Disease […]
Deadly COVID ‘Black Fungus’ Mucormycosis Hits U.S. – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 It’s a phenomenon first identified in India earlier this year: Patients who have or are recovering from COVID-19 who then contract a sometimes deadly fungal infection known as mucormycosis — also known as “black fungus.” Now, the U.S. Centers for Disease […]
CDC Panel Advises That Other Vaccines Be Preferred Over J&J Shot
Latest Coronavirus News By Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) Following continued reports of a rare but life-threatening clotting condition linked to the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, a federal advisory panel on Thursday recommended that the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna shots be the […]
U.S. Army COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Nears 98%
Latest Coronavirus News THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) Nearly 98% of the U.S. Army’s active duty force had received at least one coronavirus vaccine dose as of Wednesday’s deadline for mandatory vaccination, officials said Thursday. However, more than 3,800 soldiers have refused to get a shot and could start being discharged from […]
Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine But Causes Less Severe Disease: Study
Latest Coronavirus News TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) Compared to previous coronavirus variants, Omicron appears to cause less severe illness, but is more resistant to the Pfizer vaccine, researchers at South Africa’s largest health insurer report. The team at Discovery Health analyzed 211,000 positive coronavirus cases during the country’s fourth wave, including […]
U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 800,000
Latest Coronavirus News By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 The COVID-19 death toll in the United States reached 800,000 on Monday, and one expert believes it will likely hit 1 million at some point in 2022. The 800,156 confirmed deaths in the nearly two years since the first known U.S. […]
Breathlessness With ‘Long COVID’ May Point to Heart Damage
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, Dec. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) Shortness of breath in people with “long COVID” might not just be about the lungs — it may indicate heart damage from the disease, new research suggests. “The findings could help to explain why some patients with long COVID still experience breathlessness one year […]