Jan 18 Getting COVID-19 is much riskier for your heart than vaccination By Glen Pyle, Jennifer H Huang, The Conversation Myocarditis — an inflammation of the heart muscle — following COVID-19 vaccination is rare, and the risk is much smaller than the risks of cardiac injury linked to COVID-19 itself. Continue reading
Jan 17 Omicron slamming South American hospitals as workers fall ill By Débora Álvares, Almudena Calatrava, Associated Press The coronavirus' omicron variant is barreling across South America and pressuring hospitals whose employees are getting infected and taking sick leave, leaving facilities understaffed to cope with COVID-19's third wave. Continue reading
Jan 14 A doctor’s advice about testing and masks right now By Nicole Ellis As omicron continues to spread across the U.S. confusion has grown around how to get a test and what type to use, which masks are effective and how to safely isolate or quarantine and still work or care for a… Continue reading
Jan 04 In Chinese city locked down due to coronavirus, some complain food hard to find By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press Residents of the Chinese city of Xi'an are enduring a strict coronavirus lockdown, with business owners suffering yet more closures and some people complaining of difficulties finding food. Continue reading
Jan 02 Fauci: CDC mulling COVID test requirement for asymptomatic By Hope Yen, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now considering including the negative test as part of its guidance after getting significant “pushback” on its updated recommendations last week. Continue reading
Jan 01 New NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls for resiliency against virus By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press “Getting vaccinated is not letting the crisis control you,” Adams said at City Hall. “Enjoying a Broadway show. Sending your kids to school. Going back to the office. These are declarations of confidence that our city is our own.”… Continue reading
Dec 25 Flight cancellations drag on as airlines short-staffed By Tali Arbel, Associated Press FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, noted 875 flights entering, leaving or inside the U.S. canceled Saturday, up from 689 Friday. About 200 more flights were already canceled for Sunday. FlightAware does not say why flights are canceled. Continue reading
Dec 08 Some experts suggest omicron variant may have evolved in an animal host By Helen Branswell, STAT The theory goes that some type of animal, potentially rodents, was infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus sometime in mid-2020. Continue reading
Dec 05 Fauci says early reports encouraging about omicron variant By Gene Johnson, Associated Press “Thus far, it does not look like there’s a great degree of severity to it,” Fauci said. “But we have really got to be careful before we make any determinations that it is less severe or it really doesn’t cause… Continue reading
Dec 03 Biden, allies increasingly pushing back at GOP’s virus barbs By Zeke Miller, Associated Press As public patience wears thin amid the emergence of the new omicron variant and some GOP lawmakers' threats to shut down the government over vaccine requirements, the White House and its allies are seizing on what they see as a… Continue reading