COVID-19

How the delta variant took over the US

Mon, 2021-08-16 08:04 — Naomisfreeman

How the delta variant took over the US The delta variant has overtaken the U.S. in a matter of weeks as it spreads around the world in what President Biden’s chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci called a “global outbreak” of the strain. Justine Coleman TheHill

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Millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the world face expiration

Sun, 2021-08-15 22:31 — mike kraft

Millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the world face expiration As demand slows in wealthy nations like the Netherlands, more dust is gathering — and more doses are expiring. Adam Taylor, Danielle Paquette Washington Post

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Analysis: U.S. Homeland Security warns fresh COVID-19 restrictions could spark violent attacks

Sun, 2021-08-15 22:15 — mike kraft

U.S. Homeland Security warns fresh COVID-19 restrictions could spark violent attacks The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in a new terrorism warning bulletin, said violent extremists could view the reimposition of COVID-19-related restrictions following the spread of coronavirus variants as a rationale to conduct attacks. Mark Hosenball Reuters

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Oregon governor orders National Guard to help in Covid-19 battle

Sun, 2021-08-15 21:59 — mike kraft

Oregon governor orders National Guard to help frontline workers in Covid-19 battle Gov. Kate Brown urged residents to get vaccinated: "I know this is not the summer many of us envisioned." NBC News

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday ordered 500 National Guard members to help frontline workers in their battle against the expanding Covid-19 Delta variant.

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Approaching the unvaccinated: local voices and pursuasion, not shaming --two items

Sun, 2021-08-15 21:38 — mike kraft

Why A Hard-Sell Pitch For COVID Vaccines Won't Work In This Rural Illinois Town The sponsor of 4-H clubs nationally is tapping its respected roots in rural communities to promote COVID-19 vaccines. But it won't be easy, locals say. Start with trusted local voices — and listen. NPR.org

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All of Massachusetts now considered high or substantial risk for COVID spread, meeting CDC’s mask threshold

Sun, 2021-08-15 21:23 — mike kraft

All of Massachusetts now considered high or substantial risk for COVID spread, meeting CDC’s mask threshold The CDC recommends people wear a mask indoors in areas of high or substantial risk. mehanson masslive

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Texas Supreme Court blocks mask mandates ordered by two counties

Sun, 2021-08-15 21:04 — mike kraft

The Latest: Texas court blocks 2 counties' mask mandates AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court has blocked mask mandates ordered by two of the nation’s largest counties that defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott as COVID-19 cases surge and hospitals are stretched thin. AP NEWS

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court has blocked mask mandates ordered by two of the nation’s largest counties that defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott as COVID-19 cases surge and hospitals are stretched thin.

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NIH director sees 'no signs' of a Delta peak

Sun, 2021-08-15 20:54 — mike kraft

NIH director sees 'no signs' of a Delta peak “This is going very steeply upward with no signs of having peaked out,” Collins said on “Fox News Sunday.” Catherine Kim YahooNews

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins warned on Sunday the continuing rise of Covid-19 cases propelled by the Delta variant could return the nation to the worst days of the pandemic.

“This is going very steeply upward with no signs of having peaked out,” Collins said on “Fox News Sunday.”

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Coronavirus already causes several US counties to suspend school classes

Fri, 2021-08-13 18:38 — mike kraft

Coronavirus case surges force school closures The school year just started in many of the counties across the U.S. Jacob Knutson Axios

Several counties across the U.S. have temporarily suspended school because of a surge in coronavirus cases among students and faculty early in the academic year.

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CDC Approves vaccine booster shots for persons with weak immune systems.

Fri, 2021-08-13 18:23 — mike kraft

Extra COVID vaccine OK'd for those with weak immune systems WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to better protect them as the delta variant continues to surge. AP NEWS

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky endorsed on Friday the use of a third dose of coronavirus vaccine in immunocompromised people.

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