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WHO: COVID boosters should start with most vulnerable

Fri, 2022-01-21 10:19 — mike kraft
WHO: COVID boosters should start with most vulnerable GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says that coronavirus vaccine boosters should now now be offered to people, starting with the most vulnerable, in a move away from its previous insistence that boosters were unnecessary for healthy adults and an acknowledgment that the vaccine supply is improving globally. AP NEWS

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Unvaccinated seniors almost 50 times more likely to be hospitalized, other developments

Fri, 2022-01-21 09:58 — mike kraft
Unvaccinated seniors almost 50 times more likely to be hospitalized, CDC data shows: COVID-19 updates Unvaccinated adults 65 and older who have COVID are 49 times more likely to be hospitalized than their boosted counterparts. Latest updates. Cady Stanton, Celina Tebor and Christine Fernando USA TODAY
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U.S: Tracking the virus in wastewater is helping respond to the most recent wave of the coronavirus, but a more coordinated national effort is needed, experts sa

Thu, 2022-01-20 20:07 — mike kraft

 

As the highly contagious Omicron variant pushes national coronavirus case numbers to record highs and sends hospitals across the country into crisis mode, public health officials are eagerly searching for an indication of how long this surge might last.

The clues are emerging from an unlikely source: sewage.

People who contract the coronavirus shed the virus in their stool, and the virus levels in local wastewater provide a strong, independent signal of how much is circulating in a given community.

The sewage data reveal an Omicron wave that is cresting at different times in different places.

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Coronavirus spreading like never before in Americas; Mexico reaches record

Thu, 2022-01-20 19:32 — mike kraft
Coronavirus spreading like never before in Americas, health agency says COVID-19 infections are reaching new peaks in the Americas with 7.2 million new cases and more than 15,000 COVID-related deaths in the last week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters
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New York City hospitals reported overrun with bodies during COVID death surge, staffing shortages

Thu, 2022-01-20 17:57 — mike kraft
NYC hospitals overrun with bodies during COVID death surge, staffing... Hospitals are scrambling to organize dead COVID-19 patients, shifting them between facilities amid backlogs at the city Medical Examiner's Office and local crematoriums, The Post has learned. New York Post

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How Common Are False Positive COVID-19 Tests? Experts Explain. Home testing is convenient and reliable—when done correctly.

Thu, 2022-01-20 17:44 — mike kraft
What Is a False Positive COVID-19 Test? Everything to Know About At-Home Testing You could be swabbing your nose incorrectly. Jake Smith Prevention
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FDA says shortage of blood specimen collection tubes requires conservation measures

Thu, 2022-01-20 12:14 — mike kraft
UPDATE: Blood Specimen Collection Tube Conservation Strategies The FDA recommends conservation strategies to minimize the use of these tubes and maintain the quality and safety of care for patients. Center for Devices and Radiological Health U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Starbucks drops employee vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling

Thu, 2022-01-20 12:01 — mike kraft
Starbucks nixes vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reversing a plan it announced earlier this month. In a memo sent Tuesday to employees, the Seattle coffee giant said it was responding to last week’s ruling by the U.S. AP NEWS

 

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Florida health official placed on leave after encouraging employees to get vaccinated

Thu, 2022-01-20 11:39 — mike kraft
Florida health official placed on leave after encouraging employees to get vaccinated “I am sorry but in the absence of reasonable and real reasons, it is irresponsible not to be vaccinated,” Raul Pino, the director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, wrote in a Jan. 4 email to employees. Timothy Bella Washington Post
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Vaccinated persons who also had prior infection were most protected from Delta

Thu, 2022-01-20 11:31 — mike kraft
Vaccinated With Prior Infection Most Protected During Delta Wave Data showed prior infection alone similarly protective, though CDC notes caveats Molly Walker medpagetoday

Following the emergence of the Delta variant, individuals who had a prior COVID-19 infection with or without vaccination had lower case rates than those who were vaccinated alone, data from California and New York found.

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