Tag: Infections
CDC should track more COVID-19 breakthrough infections to get ahead of the pandemic, experts warn
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After May 1, 2021, the CDC streamlined from reporting all breakthrough COVID-19 infections to only monitoring the most severe cases, with the agency acknowledging the total number of cases are under underrepresented ...
FDA investigating outbreak of listeria infections connected to Fresh Express packaged salads
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The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it is investigating a multistate outbreak of listeria infections connected to Fresh Express packaged salads, which announced a recall of some of its products. Ten p...
Move over Superman, COVID-19 ‘super immunity’ possible after breakthrough infections, study finds
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These patients generate antibodies that were as much as 1,000% more effective than compared to those generated two weeks after the second Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, according to a Journal of the American Medical Associ...
Australia moves to lift Covid-19 restrictions amid surge in Omicron infections
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Australia's largest state, New South Wales (NSW), has announced its highest number of new Covid-19 cases in three months, with local officials attributing the rise to an outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron ...
Expectant mothers with sexually transmitted infections are more likely to give birth prematurely, study finds
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New information on how having a sexually transmitted infection before or during pregnancy can affect newborns is emerging. Having chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis -- sometimes called "silent" infections due to a dea...
Fresh lockdowns in China as local Covid-19 infections spread to 11 provinces
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Hong Kong Authorities in northern China are reimposing lockdowns and other emergency measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, with health officials warning of a worsening outbreak after the country recorded more t...
Clay Travis: Fauci’s prediction on college football games and COVID infections ‘hasn’t materialized’
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FAUCI TELLS STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY ATTENDEES HEALTH CRISIS ‘SUPERSEDES’ NEED TO DO ‘WHAT YOU WANT TO’ CLAY TRAVIS: All over the south, millions of people have gone to college football games and the number of Covid ...
Australian Prime Minister hints at end to ‘Covid zero’ amid protests and record infections
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hinted at an end to the country's zero Covid-19 infections strategy in an opinion piece published Sunday, warning Australians to expect a rise in infections as restrictions r...
16-year-old South Carolina student dies from Covid-19 complications as school district struggles with infections
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As students return for the first day of school in Lancaster County, South Carolina, the district's leadership has confirmed that a 16-year-old student has died of complications from Covid-19. "We are saddened to ...
COVID-19 breakthrough infections with severe outcomes comprise 0.01% of cases
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CLICK HERE TO FIND A COVID-19 VACCINE NEAR YOU "This remains a pandemic of the unvaccinated, where the vast majority of spread is — in this country is among those who are unvaccinated," Dr. Rochelle Walensky, directo...
San Francisco hospitals report hundreds of COVID-19 infections among vaccinated staff
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CLICK HERE TO FIND A COVID-19 VACCINE NEAR YOU As of August 2, 55 staff members out of over 7,000 staffers at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital are COVID-19 positive, and none of the infected staff have requi...
How worried should vaccinated people be of Covid-19 breakthrough infections?
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Coronavirus infections are on the rise again in the United States. While more than 99% of deaths are among those unvaccinated, anecdotal reports abound of breakthrough infections, or cases of fully vaccinated people...
The Seychelles is 60% vaccinated, but still infections are rising. That’s not as bad as it sounds
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One of the most vaccinated countries in the world is experiencing a Covid-19 outbreak. While other nations struggle to secure enough vaccines, the Seychelles is in the enviable position of having already fully immun...
Germany to impose ’emergency brake’ law across almost entire country to curb Covid infections
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Berlin Germany's new "emergency brake" rules for areas with high Covid-19 infection rates, intended to curb the spread of the virus, will come into force Saturday, Health Minister Jens Spahn said. They will affect al...
Salmonella infections in 8 states could be tied to wild songbirds, CDC says
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Investigators are looking into an outbreak of salmonella infections in 19 people that could be associated with sick or dead birds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infections have occurre...
Health care in Brazil’s Amazonas state in ‘collapse’ as Covid-19 infections surge
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Hospitals in Brazil's largest state, Amazonas, are facing a crisis situation amid surging coronavirus infections, as oxygen supplies run short and hundreds of people wait in line for a hospital bed. Brazilian Health...