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CDC Hasn't Updated COVID Vax Breakthrough Data

Thu, 2021-11-11 17:41 — mike kraft

As Americans weigh the risks of holiday gatherings, many are looking for data on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among the vaccinated -- but nationally, that information is not reported in real-time.

In mid-October, the CDC started publishing cases and deaths by vaccination status on its COVID Data Tracker for the first time. But the information was only current as of September 4 -- and the page hasn't been updated since. ...

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Ellume recalling more than 2 million at-home COVID-19 test kits

Thu, 2021-11-11 17:30 — mike kraft

FDA, Ellume recalling more than 2 million at-home COVID-19 test kits Australian manufacturer Ellume is recalling about 2 million at-home COVID-19 test kits over concerns about "higher than acceptable" false positives. Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

Australian manufacturer Ellume is recalling about 2 million at-home COVID-19 test kits over concerns about "higher than acceptable" false positives.

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Diabetes problems make Africa more likely to die from COVID-19, says WHO

Thu, 2021-11-11 12:53 — mike kraft

Diabetes problem makes Africa more vulernable to COVID-19 death, says WHO Death rates from COVID-19 infections are much higher in patients with diabetes in Africa, where the number of people with diabetes is growing rapidly, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. George Obulutsa Reuters

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Florida Broward County sheriff says department lost 9 employees to COVID-19

Thu, 2021-11-11 12:14 — mike kraft

Florida sheriff says department lost 9 employees to COVID-19 COVID-19 has had a staggering impact on the sheriff's department in Broward County, Florida ABC News ABC News

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EU authorizes 2 new medicines for people at risk of severe COVID

Thu, 2021-11-11 12:06 — mike kraft

EU authorizes 2 medicines for people at risk of severe COVID AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of two new medicines against the coronavirus for people at risk of severe disease. In a statement on Thursday, the EU drug regulator said it had concluded that the monoclonal antibody treatments — a combination of casirivimab and imdevimab, and the drug regdanvimab — have both been proven to significantly reduce the risk of hospitalization and death in patients vulnerable to serious COVID-19. AP NEWS

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Germany, once cited as good exam,ple of how to deal with the [andemic, is now seeing big surge

Thu, 2021-11-11 11:33 — mike kraft

Germany was once praised for its Covid response. Now it’s seeing 50,000 cases a day, prompting a dramatic warning

Germany was once seen as a prime example of how to deal with the coronavirus. Now, it’s recording close to 50,000 new Covid cases a day, prompting a dire warning of a dramatic rise in fatalities from one expert.

Germany is in the midst of what has been described as a fourth wave of Covid, as the delta variant spreads as the weather gets colder. Thursday marks the fourth day in a row that it has posted a fresh daily high, Reuters noted, with the number of new cases coming in at 50,196.

Data from the country’s public health body, the Robert Koch Institute, showed that Germany’s total number of cases has now hit 4.89 million and that the number of fatalities stands at 97,198. ...

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Dutch consider new partial lockdown as coronavirus cases hit record

Thu, 2021-11-11 11:24 — mike kraft

Dutch consider new partial lockdown as coronavirus cases hit record The Dutch government on Thursday was considering whether to impose Western Europe's first partial lockdown since the summer, as new coronavirus cases jumped to the highest level since the start of the pandemic. Reuters Reuters

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Is Covid’s winter surge already here? Experts warn the pandemic isn’t over

Thu, 2021-11-11 11:05 — mike kraft

A new surge of Covid-19 cases is expected to start hitting the United States around Thanksgiving just as the holiday season begins, public health experts are warning.

But with more and more Americans vaccinated, it’s not likely to linger as long or do as much damage because there’s a level of protection this season that wasn’t there last year, they say. ...

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