Forget ‘stealth omicron.’ A new COVID variant could soon be dominant in N.J.
Forget ‘stealth omicron.’ A new COVID variant could soon be dominant in N.J. https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2022/05/forget-stealth-omicron-a-new-covid-variant-could-soon-be-dominant-in-nj.html
LA County sees slight drop in COVID hospitalizations
LA County sees slight drop in COVID hospitalizationshttps://heysocal.com/2022/05/23/la-county-sees-slight-drop-in-covid-hospitalizations/
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Top Biden health officials sound warning on rising coronavirus infections
The increase in new infections, nearing 100,000 a day, comes as Memorial Day weekend approaches Top Biden administration officials warned Wednesday that one-third of Americans live in communities experiencing rising levels of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations and urged them to resume taking personal protection measures, including wearing masks. The increase in new infections — nearing 100,000 a […]
The WHO To Discuss Global Pandemic Treaty At World Health Assembly May 22-28
You know the 1996 movie Independence Day, where much of the World united to defeat a common enemy? Well, during the Covid-19 pandemic that started in 2020, pretty much the opposite happened. The World was about as organized as all-cat produced and directed episode of Dancing with the Stars or rather Dancing with the Stars Who are Also Cats. […]
This is how China rounds up thousands of people for quarantine
Thousands of people in a village near the Chinese port city of Tianjin were ordered into government quarantine, with videos circulated on social media showing residents being marched through streets and onto buses as officials continue to deploy the country’s strict COVID-Zero playbook on new outbreaks. Residents of Liuanzhuang village in northern Tianjin were ordered […]
Failure of an American ideology’: why Covid has an outsized impact on the US
As the US records 1 million Covid deaths, experts note underinvestment in long-term care, primary care and public health all contributed to the toll David Rosner continually talks to colleagues who are distraught about the American response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “When you are in a school of public health and a public health environment, […]
FDA authorizes Pfizer Covid booster for children 5 to 11 years old
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. Children in the age group can get a booster shot at least five months after they’ve received the primary two-dose series, the FDA said in a statement. Full coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Students protest, discontent grows over China’s COVID policy
BEIJING (AP) — Administrators at an elite Beijing university have backed down from plans to further tighten pandemic restrictions on students as part of China’s “zero-COVID” strategy after a weekend protest at the school, according to students Tuesday. Graduate students at Peking University staged the rare, but peaceful protest Sunday over the school’s decision to […]
Covid: What will the pandemic look like in North Korea?
For almost two-and-a-half years, North Korea has stuck to its claim it has seen no cases of Covid-19. Not any more. This week, the country confirmed its first infections. The highly reclusive nation had responded to the pandemic by closing its borders, although few believed it had really managed to escape the virus. Now, the […]
