Aug 04 As COVID cases surge again, here’s how vaccinations are rising By Laura Santhanam With the more transmissible delta variant fueling steep spikes in places where vaccination rates are low, experts insist more must be done. Continue reading
Aug 04 AP EXPLAINER: Will new CDC moratorium keep tenants housed? By Michael Casey, Associated Press After a federal eviction moratorium was allowed to lapse this weekend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new moratorium Tuesday on evictions that would last until Oct. 3. Continue reading
Aug 04 Indonesia surpasses 100,000 deaths amid new virus wave By Edna Tarigan, Associated Press It took 14 months for Indonesia to exceed the 50,000 death mark at the end of May, and just over nine weeks to double it. The Health Ministry recorded 1,747 new deaths of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Continue reading
Aug 03 DeSantis won’t move on masks as Florida COVID wards swell By Terry Spencer, Adriana Gomez Licon, Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press With the much more contagious delta variant now spreading exponentially, Florida hit 11,515 hospitalized patients Tuesday, breaking last year's record for the third straight day. Continue reading
Aug 03 For many, the belated realization that COVID will be ‘a long war’ sparks anger and denial By Megan Molteni, STAT News Though this new outrage might look and sound like righteous indignation, mental health professionals say that what’s behind it is fear. Continue reading
Aug 02 Mask mandate reinstated in San Francisco Bay Area amid surge By Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press Health officials in San Francisco and six other Bay Area counties have announced that they are reinstating a mast mandate for all indoor settings as COVID-19 infections surge. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 8:38 Masks, vaccinations, delta: Why we are at a ‘critical point’ in the pandemic By PBS NewsHour Surges in Delta cases across the nation have changed and undone some of the progress made against the COVID-19 pandemic: the CDC has advised fully vaccinated people to remain cautious and even wear masks indoors. Jessica Malaty Rivera, an infectious… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 7:56 What to know about the CDC’s delta variant study and how it affects vaccinated Americans The World Health Organization said COVID-19 infections are up 80% around the world in the last month, overwhelming health systems in many countries. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a pivotal study showing fully vaccinated… Continue watching
Jul 30 Study: Vaccinated people who got ‘breakthrough’ infections can carry as much virus as others By Lindsey Tanner, Philip Marcelo, Associated Press The findings have the potential to upend past thinking about how the disease is spread. Previously, vaccinated people who got infected were thought to have low levels of virus and to be unlikely to pass it to others. But the… Continue reading
Jul 30 CDC team: ‘War has changed’ as delta variant dangers emerge By Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may be more dangerous than other versions has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing advice. Continue reading