Saturday, the state of Florida reported more new COVID-19 cases to the Centers for Disease Control than any previous day in the coronavirus pandemic: 21,683. That’s a 12.1% jump over the previous record, Jan. 7’s 19,334 cases during the worst month of the pandemic. Daily case counts routinely surpassed 10,000 as the pandemic peaked a […]
The Washington Post obtained an internal CDC document that shows the new COVID-19 Delta Variant appears to cause more severe illness than earlier variants and spreads as easily as chickenpox. The internal federal health document also argues that officials must “acknowledge the war has changed.” The “document” is an internal Centers for Disease Control and […]
Seventy-five days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared that vaccinated people no longer needed to wear face coverings, the agency has reversed course, announcing that the rise of the Delta variant necessitates a return to masking, as reported by Yahoo News. “In areas with substantial and high transmission, CDC recommends fully vaccinated […]
Wildfire season is already off to a record-breaking start, and experts are warning that smoke from the state’s biggest blazes may be as dangerous as the flames themselves. The Los Angeles Times reports that in 2020, smoke from California’s wildfires blanketed the state in ash, soot and thick, hazy skies for weeks, with some plumes […]
Although its mid-July, many school districts in several states are gearing up for the new school year. Unfortunately, the reality is that there’s still a global pandemic happening, and here in the U.S., the Delta variant is fueling a rise in cases among the unvaccinated — including children under the age of 12, who aren’t […]
Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling five of its sunscreen products after low levels of benzene, a chemical that can cause cancer with repeated exposure, were found in samples. The company announced the recall Wednesday and advised consumers to stop using the products. The affected products, which were all “spray” sunscreens, i.e. sold in aerosol […]
Amid an uptick in coronavirus cases across the country, members of the White House COVID-19 response team on Friday warned that communities with low vaccination rates will continue to see a preventable rise in cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the disease. “This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the […]
As reported in Business Insider, the World Health Organization announced on Friday said that people should continue to wear face masks and take other measures meant to curb the spread of COVID-19, raising concerns about the quickly spreading Delta variant of COVID-19. “People cannot feel safe just because they had the two doses. They still […]
Here’s another reason why everyone on the planet should get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible: new studies have found that the virus may cause diabetes in addition to pneumonia and other lasting health problems. While most people will recover from COVID without longer-term problems, doctors have noticed that some patients have developed diabetes. […]
Heart attack, stroke, pulmonary embolism—all three medical emergencies happen in different parts of the body, and yet they have something in common: They can all be caused by a blood clot. Blood clots have been in the news lately, after the CDC put a temporary pause on use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine when six women […]