Washington/Hong Kong, Dec 15 (Ians) Masks in indoor and public settings are back in some parts of the US as Covid-19 cases are soaring, while a recent study by researchers in Hong Kong shows that the explosive growth of infection rates in China could also lead to mutations of the virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), however, is yet to issue any fresh guidelines on masks but Poynter.org quoted CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walensky as saying that it is something that they are actively looking into at the CDC.
“In the meantime, what I do want to say is, one need not wait for CDC action in order to put a mask on,” said Walensky.
Santa Clara County on Thursday moved up to what the CDC deems a high Covid-19 community level, based on case and hospitalisation data, so did Los Angeles County.
According to the government weekly update,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), however, is yet to issue any fresh guidelines on masks but Poynter.org quoted CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walensky as saying that it is something that they are actively looking into at the CDC.
“In the meantime, what I do want to say is, one need not wait for CDC action in order to put a mask on,” said Walensky.
Santa Clara County on Thursday moved up to what the CDC deems a high Covid-19 community level, based on case and hospitalisation data, so did Los Angeles County.
According to the government weekly update,...
- 12/15/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Washington, Dec 13 (Ians) Multiple respiratory viruses are currently co-circulating with influenza in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said and urged the public to take flu shots and Covid-19 boosters to prevent from severe illnesses.
Seasonal flu activity is high across the country and so far this season, there have been at least 13 million cases, 120,000 hospitalisations and 7,300 deaths, Xinhua news agency reported citing the CDC estimates.
Of influenza A viruses detected and subtyped during the latest week ending December 3, 76 per cent have been influenza A (H3N2) and 24 per cent have been influenza A (H1N1), according to the CDC.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on Monday that the formulations of the flu shot this year are a good match for the most prevalent strains circulating in the country.
“We look in real time as to how well we think the influenza match is to what’s circulating.
Seasonal flu activity is high across the country and so far this season, there have been at least 13 million cases, 120,000 hospitalisations and 7,300 deaths, Xinhua news agency reported citing the CDC estimates.
Of influenza A viruses detected and subtyped during the latest week ending December 3, 76 per cent have been influenza A (H3N2) and 24 per cent have been influenza A (H1N1), according to the CDC.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on Monday that the formulations of the flu shot this year are a good match for the most prevalent strains circulating in the country.
“We look in real time as to how well we think the influenza match is to what’s circulating.
- 12/13/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Washington, Nov 29 (Ians) Over 11,200 patients in the US were hospitalized with flu, the highest since 2010, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Seasonal influenza activity is elevated across the country, Xinhua news agency quoted the CDC as saying on Monday.
Five flu-associated paediatric deaths were reported in the week ending November 19, which increased the overall number to 12, according to the CDC.
The CDC estimates that so far this season there have been at least 6.2 million flu illnesses, 53,000 hospitalisations and 2,900 deaths from flu.
Of influenza A viruses detected and subtyped this season, 78 per cent have been influenza A (H3N2) and 22 per cent have been influenza A (H1N1), according to the CDC.
Thanksgiving holiday gatherings have amped up the spread of viruses such as flu, coronavirus and respiratory syncytial virus (Rsv).
Rsv and flu are both at high levels for this time of year.
Seasonal influenza activity is elevated across the country, Xinhua news agency quoted the CDC as saying on Monday.
Five flu-associated paediatric deaths were reported in the week ending November 19, which increased the overall number to 12, according to the CDC.
The CDC estimates that so far this season there have been at least 6.2 million flu illnesses, 53,000 hospitalisations and 2,900 deaths from flu.
Of influenza A viruses detected and subtyped this season, 78 per cent have been influenza A (H3N2) and 22 per cent have been influenza A (H1N1), according to the CDC.
Thanksgiving holiday gatherings have amped up the spread of viruses such as flu, coronavirus and respiratory syncytial virus (Rsv).
Rsv and flu are both at high levels for this time of year.
- 11/29/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Washington, Oct 23 (Ians) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that its director had tested positive for Covid-19.
Rochelle Walensky, who’s up to date with her vaccines, is experiencing mild symptoms, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a release by the health agency.
“Consistent with CDC guidelines, she is isolating at home and will participate in her planned meetings virtually,” the release read.
Senior staff and close contacts, it added, have been informed of her positive test and are monitoring their health.
Walensky, 53, took over the CDC in January 2021 and is the latest US health official to have contracted the virus.
“Respiratory viruses are on the rise across the US,” Walensky tweeted on Friday.
“Get an updated Covid-19 vaccine & get your annual flu vaccine,” she also wrote. “Stay home if you are sick. Practice good hand hygiene.”
The CDC has recently stopped publishing Covid-19 case and...
Rochelle Walensky, who’s up to date with her vaccines, is experiencing mild symptoms, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a release by the health agency.
“Consistent with CDC guidelines, she is isolating at home and will participate in her planned meetings virtually,” the release read.
Senior staff and close contacts, it added, have been informed of her positive test and are monitoring their health.
Walensky, 53, took over the CDC in January 2021 and is the latest US health official to have contracted the virus.
“Respiratory viruses are on the rise across the US,” Walensky tweeted on Friday.
“Get an updated Covid-19 vaccine & get your annual flu vaccine,” she also wrote. “Stay home if you are sick. Practice good hand hygiene.”
The CDC has recently stopped publishing Covid-19 case and...
- 10/23/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The Biden administration is pushing updated coronavirus booster shots that target the Omicron variants as a way to blunt the expected surges in the winter when most people will stay indoors.
"This week marks an important shift in our fight against the virus," White House Covid-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha said as the shots rolled out last week. "It marks our ability to make Covid vaccines a more routine part of our lives as we continue to drive down serious illness and deaths and protect Americans heading into the fall and winter."
The shots target Omicron sub variants BA.4 and BA.5, which are responsible for virtually all new infections in the US. BA.5 has plateaued in the US, maintaining a rate of about 88 per cent of coronavirus cases over the past month. It’s believed to be the most transmissible strain yet.
"As 99 per cent of circulating viruses in the United States are BA.
"This week marks an important shift in our fight against the virus," White House Covid-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha said as the shots rolled out last week. "It marks our ability to make Covid vaccines a more routine part of our lives as we continue to drive down serious illness and deaths and protect Americans heading into the fall and winter."
The shots target Omicron sub variants BA.4 and BA.5, which are responsible for virtually all new infections in the US. BA.5 has plateaued in the US, maintaining a rate of about 88 per cent of coronavirus cases over the past month. It’s believed to be the most transmissible strain yet.
"As 99 per cent of circulating viruses in the United States are BA.
- 9/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Los Angeles, Sep 16 (Ians) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Monkeypox Vaccine Equity Pilot programme to support innovative, non-traditional ways to address disparities in monkeypox vaccination, said the US health agency.
Starting from Thursday, local, state, and territorial health departments, as well as tribal governments and local non-governmental organisations, can partner together and begin submitting requests to access monkeypox vaccine through the programme, Xinhua news agency reported.
This new pilot programme is intended to reach population that may face barriers to monkeypox vaccination, which may include differences in language, location of vaccination sites, vaccine hesitancy, mistrust of government, lack of access to on-line scheduling technology, disability issues, immigration status and stigma, the CDC added on Thursday.
“We have a responsibility to address inequities that have been highlighted by this outbreak, and this programme will help make a difference,” said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
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Starting from Thursday, local, state, and territorial health departments, as well as tribal governments and local non-governmental organisations, can partner together and begin submitting requests to access monkeypox vaccine through the programme, Xinhua news agency reported.
This new pilot programme is intended to reach population that may face barriers to monkeypox vaccination, which may include differences in language, location of vaccination sites, vaccine hesitancy, mistrust of government, lack of access to on-line scheduling technology, disability issues, immigration status and stigma, the CDC added on Thursday.
“We have a responsibility to address inequities that have been highlighted by this outbreak, and this programme will help make a difference,” said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
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- 9/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New York, Sep 1 (Ians) The US has likely recorded its first death in a person diagnosed with monkeypox in Texas who was also severely immunocompromised, according to health officials.
The unnamed adult who was being treated in Harris County, died on Sunday. The officials said the individual had “various severe illnesses” beside the virus, reports the Daily Mail.
A cause of death is yet to be determined, but if it is confirmed to be monkeypox, it will make the fatality the first in the US from the virus during the current outbreak.
Globally, at least 15 global monkeypox deaths have now been reported, including two in Spain and one in Brazil.
The US currently has the largest outbreak of the virus in the world, with 18,101 cases diagnosed to date including more than nine in 10 among gay or bisexual men.
The virus, native to West Africa, has spread to more than 40 countries so far,...
The unnamed adult who was being treated in Harris County, died on Sunday. The officials said the individual had “various severe illnesses” beside the virus, reports the Daily Mail.
A cause of death is yet to be determined, but if it is confirmed to be monkeypox, it will make the fatality the first in the US from the virus during the current outbreak.
Globally, at least 15 global monkeypox deaths have now been reported, including two in Spain and one in Brazil.
The US currently has the largest outbreak of the virus in the world, with 18,101 cases diagnosed to date including more than nine in 10 among gay or bisexual men.
The virus, native to West Africa, has spread to more than 40 countries so far,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New York, Aug 31 (Ians) There have been fewer new cases of monkeypox recorded recently in some big US cities and nationwide, but experts say it is too soon to tell if the trend will continue, media reports said.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, last week, said that she is “cautiously optimistic” about the downward trend but warned that the overall case count is still growing.
“The rate of rise is lower, but we are still seeing increases and we are of course a very diverse country and things are not even across the country. So, we are watching this with cautious optimism,” she was quoted as saying.
As per the CDC, there were an average of 337 new cases of monkeypox reported each day in the US last week.
That’s a 24 per cent drop from two weeks earlier — a difference of more than 100 cases a day,...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, last week, said that she is “cautiously optimistic” about the downward trend but warned that the overall case count is still growing.
“The rate of rise is lower, but we are still seeing increases and we are of course a very diverse country and things are not even across the country. So, we are watching this with cautious optimism,” she was quoted as saying.
As per the CDC, there were an average of 337 new cases of monkeypox reported each day in the US last week.
That’s a 24 per cent drop from two weeks earlier — a difference of more than 100 cases a day,...
- 8/31/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Los Angeles, Aug 30 (Ians) The US has confirmed over 17,000 monkeypox cases, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A total of 17,432 known monkeypox cases had been reported nationwide as of Friday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the CDC data.
New York had the most cases, with 3,124, followed by California with 3,291 and Florida with 1,739, according to CDC data.
So far, the US has the world’s highest tally of monkeypox cases.
Although monkeypox cases are still increasing nationally, the speed of the outbreak appears to be slowing, said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
US officials said additional monkeypox vaccines could be made available to the public as soon as September, according to a report of CBS News.
The Biden administration has been facing criticism in its response to the monkeypox outbreak, including failure to order enough vaccines, speed treatments and make tests available to head off the outbreak.
A total of 17,432 known monkeypox cases had been reported nationwide as of Friday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the CDC data.
New York had the most cases, with 3,124, followed by California with 3,291 and Florida with 1,739, according to CDC data.
So far, the US has the world’s highest tally of monkeypox cases.
Although monkeypox cases are still increasing nationally, the speed of the outbreak appears to be slowing, said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
US officials said additional monkeypox vaccines could be made available to the public as soon as September, according to a report of CBS News.
The Biden administration has been facing criticism in its response to the monkeypox outbreak, including failure to order enough vaccines, speed treatments and make tests available to head off the outbreak.
- 8/30/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
It’s right there in the name: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is supposed to prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases — or, failing that, control them.
But the Atlanta-based CDC by its own admission screwed up the initial response to the Covid-19 pandemic back in early 2020. And now there’s a growing sense of worry among epidemiologists that the agency is screwing up the responses to outbreaks of monkeypox and polio, too.
“I’m sorry to say that the public, as well as a number of public-health professionals,...
But the Atlanta-based CDC by its own admission screwed up the initial response to the Covid-19 pandemic back in early 2020. And now there’s a growing sense of worry among epidemiologists that the agency is screwing up the responses to outbreaks of monkeypox and polio, too.
“I’m sorry to say that the public, as well as a number of public-health professionals,...
- 8/22/2022
- by David Axe
- Rollingstone.com
There’s a growing chorus from public health officials being heard across the country this week, and it consists of one just word: “Masks.”
Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on a Zoom with reporters today recommended, “Everyone two years of age and older should wear a mask in indoor gatherings and indoor settings such as businesses, restaurants and indoors at schools.”
Likewise last Friday, a group of health officers from the Bay Area issued a rare joint statement strongly recommending — but not requiring — residents to once again wear face coverings indoors.
“If you’ve chosen not to wear a mask in indoor public places recently, now is a good time to start again,” Dr. George Han, deputy health officer for Santa Clara County told the San Francisco Chronicle.
A little further south, the Pacific Grove Unified School District in Monterey, CA on Monday decided to mandate all...
Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on a Zoom with reporters today recommended, “Everyone two years of age and older should wear a mask in indoor gatherings and indoor settings such as businesses, restaurants and indoors at schools.”
Likewise last Friday, a group of health officers from the Bay Area issued a rare joint statement strongly recommending — but not requiring — residents to once again wear face coverings indoors.
“If you’ve chosen not to wear a mask in indoor public places recently, now is a good time to start again,” Dr. George Han, deputy health officer for Santa Clara County told the San Francisco Chronicle.
A little further south, the Pacific Grove Unified School District in Monterey, CA on Monday decided to mandate all...
- 5/20/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated: The CDC today made its expected announcement that relaxes mask requirements in most indoor spaces. The new guidance means that it’s now considered ok for most Americans to go maskless indoors in public, including those who are not vaccinated.
The announced recommendations indicate that Americans only need mask up indoors when their region’s healthcare system is in danger of being overwhelmed. Only 37% of the U.S. currently falls into that category, according to the CDC’s newly-altered thresholds indicating outbreak severity.
The new framework assessing outbreak severity mixes new hospitalizations for Covid-19, current hospital beds occupied due by Covid-19 patients — or hospital capacity — and new Covid cases. Based on those factors, communities are placed in either low, medium or high severity categories.
More specifically, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that the calculation would be “based on fraction of hospitalizations that are Covid,...
The announced recommendations indicate that Americans only need mask up indoors when their region’s healthcare system is in danger of being overwhelmed. Only 37% of the U.S. currently falls into that category, according to the CDC’s newly-altered thresholds indicating outbreak severity.
The new framework assessing outbreak severity mixes new hospitalizations for Covid-19, current hospital beds occupied due by Covid-19 patients — or hospital capacity — and new Covid cases. Based on those factors, communities are placed in either low, medium or high severity categories.
More specifically, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that the calculation would be “based on fraction of hospitalizations that are Covid,...
- 2/25/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated: America’s winter Covid-19 surge has hit deep inside the beltway.
Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-ma) and Cory Booker (D-nj) evealed today that they have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Fully vaccinated and boostered, Warren, 72, declared on social media Sunday that she is “only experiencing mild symptoms” right now.
As cases increase across the country, I urge everyone who has not already done so to get the vaccine and the booster as soon as possible – together, we can save lives. https://t.co/lyVapoCE3A
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 19, 2021
Sen Warren reference to her situation being a “breakthrough case” implies the former Presidential candidate caught the Omicron variant that has exploded all over the world in recent weeks. On December 17, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said that Omicron will certainly become the “dominant strain” of the infection in the United States within a matter of weeks.
Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-ma) and Cory Booker (D-nj) evealed today that they have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Fully vaccinated and boostered, Warren, 72, declared on social media Sunday that she is “only experiencing mild symptoms” right now.
As cases increase across the country, I urge everyone who has not already done so to get the vaccine and the booster as soon as possible – together, we can save lives. https://t.co/lyVapoCE3A
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 19, 2021
Sen Warren reference to her situation being a “breakthrough case” implies the former Presidential candidate caught the Omicron variant that has exploded all over the world in recent weeks. On December 17, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said that Omicron will certainly become the “dominant strain” of the infection in the United States within a matter of weeks.
- 12/19/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Scientists have identified a new Covid-19 lineage responsible for a number of recent Covid cases in South Africa, Australia and Canada that displays “many of the defining mutations of B.1.1.529 (Omicron) [but does] not have the full set. These cases also have “a number of their own unique mutations,” according to analysis posted on information sharing platform GitHub. The platform is widely used by top researchers to share data and information related to Covid-19.
As a result of those similarities and differences with the original Omicron, which was first identified about two weeks ago, the new sequence is being called BA.2, while the original variant has been dubbed BA.1.
The new lineage is being called “stealth” Omicron by some scientists and news outlets because, while Pcr tests do identify it as Covid, the mutations on BA.2 defy a shortcut used by scientists to identify a Covid case specifically as Omicron.
Why does that matter?...
As a result of those similarities and differences with the original Omicron, which was first identified about two weeks ago, the new sequence is being called BA.2, while the original variant has been dubbed BA.1.
The new lineage is being called “stealth” Omicron by some scientists and news outlets because, while Pcr tests do identify it as Covid, the mutations on BA.2 defy a shortcut used by scientists to identify a Covid case specifically as Omicron.
Why does that matter?...
- 12/8/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated: Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told CNN’s Jake Tapper today that it will be 7-10 days before we know for sure about how severe cases caused by the Omicron variant of Covid-19 generally are. Fauci said that South African officials have “assured us they’d know probably in a matter of a week, a week and a half as to whether or not we’re dealing with something that for the most part is more severe, equally as severe or less severe.” Fauci said according to the incomplete information we now have, the infections seem to be less severe. But the variant seems to be spreading rapidly.
Two weeks ago South Africa, where the variant was first identified earlier this month, recorded 136 new cases. Today, the country logged 2,273 new infections. That’s a more than 16-fold increase in just two weeks.
Two weeks ago South Africa, where the variant was first identified earlier this month, recorded 136 new cases. Today, the country logged 2,273 new infections. That’s a more than 16-fold increase in just two weeks.
- 11/30/2021
- by Bruce Haring and Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: The Centers for Disease Control on Tuesday recommended the Pfizer vaccine for use in children ages 5-11. The move was expected following the Fda’s authorization last week.
“Together, with science leading the charge, we have taken another important step forward in our nation’s fight against the virus that causes Covid-19,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement. “We know millions of parents are eager to get their children vaccinated and with this decision, we now have recommended that about 28 million children receive a Covid-19 vaccine.”
CDC...
“Together, with science leading the charge, we have taken another important step forward in our nation’s fight against the virus that causes Covid-19,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement. “We know millions of parents are eager to get their children vaccinated and with this decision, we now have recommended that about 28 million children receive a Covid-19 vaccine.”
CDC...
- 11/3/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Updated: CDC director Rochelle Walensky signed off tonight on the expansion of booster shots of Covid-19 vaccines to millions more Americans, according to multiple media reports. The Fda had approved the expansion on Wednesday and Walensky’s was the last approval needed before the changes could be implemented.
Just hours earlier Los Angeles County director of Public health Barbara Ferrer said her department is ready to begin the new regime “starting tomorrow.”
For details on the rollout, see below.
Previously: “We’d like everybody to be boosted who needs to be boosted over the holidays,” said Los Angeles County director of Public health Barbara Ferrer on Thursday.
She said the county is prepared, “starting tomorrow,” to begin vaccinating the more than 3 million people in the county who will be eligible for booster shots once the CDC chief approves the move. According to the Washington Post, “CDC director Rochelle Walensky is...
Just hours earlier Los Angeles County director of Public health Barbara Ferrer said her department is ready to begin the new regime “starting tomorrow.”
For details on the rollout, see below.
Previously: “We’d like everybody to be boosted who needs to be boosted over the holidays,” said Los Angeles County director of Public health Barbara Ferrer on Thursday.
She said the county is prepared, “starting tomorrow,” to begin vaccinating the more than 3 million people in the county who will be eligible for booster shots once the CDC chief approves the move. According to the Washington Post, “CDC director Rochelle Walensky is...
- 10/22/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington, Sep 25 (Ians) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, in an unusual decision overruled her agency’s recommendation and endorsed Covid booster shots for people who work in healthcare, schools and other settings where they are at higher risk of exposure to the Covid-19 virus. “This was a scientific […]...
- 9/25/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Following another week of surging Covid-19 infections — including early data suggesting a rise in breakthrough cases among those who are fully vaccinated — the Biden administration announced their recommendation of a booster vaccine shot in a statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Hhs) on August 18th. This announcement comes less than a week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation that people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised receive an additional dose of an mRNA vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna) took effect.
Citing mounting...
Citing mounting...
- 8/19/2021
- by Elizabeth Yuko
- Rollingstone.com
Dr. Scott Gottlieb once spent Sunday mornings surfing through TV’s spate of venerable public affairs programs. In recent months, that has become impossible.
Gottlieb, a former Fda commissioner and a well-connected adviser in the worlds of medicine and health business, can’t sit back and look at the Sunday shows because he has, over the past year, become a central element of one of them. He has been interviewed on CBS’ “Face the Nation” so many times that he has become one of the most frequent non-journalist guests in the history of the show, which launched in 1954. Only former Senator John McCain has appeared more often on the show — 112 times — throughout its nearly six decades on the air. Gottlieb this past Sunday made his 73rd appearance on the program, surpassing Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been on the program 69 times, and Senator Bob Dole, who has been on 64 times.
Gottlieb, a former Fda commissioner and a well-connected adviser in the worlds of medicine and health business, can’t sit back and look at the Sunday shows because he has, over the past year, become a central element of one of them. He has been interviewed on CBS’ “Face the Nation” so many times that he has become one of the most frequent non-journalist guests in the history of the show, which launched in 1954. Only former Senator John McCain has appeared more often on the show — 112 times — throughout its nearly six decades on the air. Gottlieb this past Sunday made his 73rd appearance on the program, surpassing Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been on the program 69 times, and Senator Bob Dole, who has been on 64 times.
- 8/10/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Less than one week before the nation’s second-largest school district in Los Angeles welcomes students back to campus, a new study from the American Academy of Pediatrics found “a continuing substantial increase” of Covid cases among children.
“As of August 5, nearly 4.3 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic,” the Aap report reads. “Almost 94,000 cases were added the past week, a continuing substantial increase. After declining in early summer, child cases have steadily increased since the beginning of July.”
Since the beginning of the pandemic, children represented 14.3% of total cumulated cases. For the week ending August 5, children were 15.0% of reported weekly Covid-19 cases. That may not sound like much of a difference but the point is the recent increase.
Of course, as more adults get vaccinated, children will make up a larger portion of new cases, simply because kids over the age of 12 cannot yet be vaccinated.
“As of August 5, nearly 4.3 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic,” the Aap report reads. “Almost 94,000 cases were added the past week, a continuing substantial increase. After declining in early summer, child cases have steadily increased since the beginning of July.”
Since the beginning of the pandemic, children represented 14.3% of total cumulated cases. For the week ending August 5, children were 15.0% of reported weekly Covid-19 cases. That may not sound like much of a difference but the point is the recent increase.
Of course, as more adults get vaccinated, children will make up a larger portion of new cases, simply because kids over the age of 12 cannot yet be vaccinated.
- 8/10/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Millions of Americans are at risk of eviction, thanks to the eviction moratorium that expired over the weekend while Congress and the White House sparred over who was responsible for extending it. President Joe Biden asked landlords to pause evictions for the next 30 days on Monday as the administration scrambles to find a way to implement a new eviction moratorium.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Monday that the CDC so far has been “unable to find legal authority” to create a new moratorium, citing a Supreme Court...
Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Monday that the CDC so far has been “unable to find legal authority” to create a new moratorium, citing a Supreme Court...
- 8/2/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
On July 20, California Governor Gavin Newsom, amid increasing Covid 19 infections in the state, urged every eligible resident to get vaccinated. When asked about other preventative measures, the governor, who is facing a recall election in September, said increased vaccination was all the state needed.
“The answer to the Delta variant is vaccination,” said Newsom. “We don’t need masking. Just get vaccinated.”
What a difference a week — ok, eight days — makes.
In response to the spike in Covid cases and hospitalizations and new CDC guidance calling for masking measures to prevent the spread of the highly-transmissible Delta variant, the California Department of Public Health updated its Guidance for Face Coverings, recommending mask use for indoor public settings, regardless of vaccination status.
“The Delta variant has caused a sharp increase in hospitalizations and case rates across the state. We are recommending masking in indoor public places to slow the spread while...
“The answer to the Delta variant is vaccination,” said Newsom. “We don’t need masking. Just get vaccinated.”
What a difference a week — ok, eight days — makes.
In response to the spike in Covid cases and hospitalizations and new CDC guidance calling for masking measures to prevent the spread of the highly-transmissible Delta variant, the California Department of Public Health updated its Guidance for Face Coverings, recommending mask use for indoor public settings, regardless of vaccination status.
“The Delta variant has caused a sharp increase in hospitalizations and case rates across the state. We are recommending masking in indoor public places to slow the spread while...
- 7/28/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Alabama’s Republican Governor Kay Ivey expressed frustration with those who are eligible to get the vaccine but remain unvaccinated, saying they are “letting us down.”
On Thursday, Ivey was asked by reporters what is it going to take to get people vaccinated. The governor, seemingly flabbergasted replied, “I don’t know. You tell me. Folks are supposed to have common sense.”
Ivey then went on to blame the unvaccinated for the recent surge in covid cases, driven by the Delta variant, which currently represents more than 80 percent of the new positive cases nationwide.
On Thursday, Ivey was asked by reporters what is it going to take to get people vaccinated. The governor, seemingly flabbergasted replied, “I don’t know. You tell me. Folks are supposed to have common sense.”
Ivey then went on to blame the unvaccinated for the recent surge in covid cases, driven by the Delta variant, which currently represents more than 80 percent of the new positive cases nationwide.
- 7/23/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
California Delta Variant Cases Now 83% Of Covid Infections Analyzed, Marking A 53% Rise In One Month
As he urged Californians to get vaccinated, Governor Gavin Newsom said twice this week that the share of analyzed positive Covid cases caused by the more transmissive Delta variant would be north of 60% when new numbers were announced. That’s up from about 53% in late July. The governor was underselling his point.
A monthly report on positive tests sent for genomic sequencing — which IDs specific variants — revealed that fully 82.8% of the positive tests analyzed were due to the Delta Variant. That’s a 53% rise in one month. And it’s up from Delta’s tiny 5.9% share of all variants in the state in May. See chart below.
According to CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, California’s numbers mirror the national surge in Delta. The variant now makes up 83% of genetically sequenced cases nationwide, up from about 50% in early July, she said.
Federal and local officials say full vaccination still delivers...
A monthly report on positive tests sent for genomic sequencing — which IDs specific variants — revealed that fully 82.8% of the positive tests analyzed were due to the Delta Variant. That’s a 53% rise in one month. And it’s up from Delta’s tiny 5.9% share of all variants in the state in May. See chart below.
According to CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, California’s numbers mirror the national surge in Delta. The variant now makes up 83% of genetically sequenced cases nationwide, up from about 50% in early July, she said.
Federal and local officials say full vaccination still delivers...
- 7/22/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Republicans had more confidence in science four decades ago than they do today, according to a new poll.
In 1975, Gallup polled U.S. adults about their confidence in science, and 72 percent of Republicans said they had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the field. But that number has plummeted by almost 30 percentage points to only 45 percent since the last time the polling firm asked the question.
Confidence in science overall among Americans has seen a six percentage point decline since 1975, from 70 percent to 64 percent, according to...
In 1975, Gallup polled U.S. adults about their confidence in science, and 72 percent of Republicans said they had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the field. But that number has plummeted by almost 30 percentage points to only 45 percent since the last time the polling firm asked the question.
Confidence in science overall among Americans has seen a six percentage point decline since 1975, from 70 percent to 64 percent, according to...
- 7/17/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky’s opening remarks at Friday’s Covid-19 press briefing struck a sobering tone. With cases, hospitalizations and death rates on the rise, Walensky said the data is sending a “clear message.”
“There is a clear message that is coming through,” the director said. “This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
That conclusion came after Walensky gave an overview of the CDC’s most recent data. “After weeks of declines,” Walensky said. “The seven-day average of daily deaths has increased by 26 percent to 211 per day.
“There is a clear message that is coming through,” the director said. “This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
That conclusion came after Walensky gave an overview of the CDC’s most recent data. “After weeks of declines,” Walensky said. “The seven-day average of daily deaths has increased by 26 percent to 211 per day.
- 7/16/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
This week CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said adult deaths from Covid-19 are “at this point entirely preventable” due to the effectiveness of vaccines. And a new analysis from the AP confirms what Walensky said.
According to the analysis of government data from May, released on Thursday, out of the 18,000 Covid-19 deaths during the month, approximately 150 were fully vaccinated people. That comes out to 0.8 percent, or an average of five deaths per day out of more than 200 average daily deaths. At the height of the pandemic in January of this year,...
According to the analysis of government data from May, released on Thursday, out of the 18,000 Covid-19 deaths during the month, approximately 150 were fully vaccinated people. That comes out to 0.8 percent, or an average of five deaths per day out of more than 200 average daily deaths. At the height of the pandemic in January of this year,...
- 6/24/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
As the highly transmissible Covid-19 Delta variant has spread to 74 countries in just six months since its discovery, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is warning Americans that the strain will become the “predominant variant in the months ahead” in the United States.
The Delta variant is believed to be 43 to 90 percent more transmissible than the previous Covid-19 strains and is now the dominant strain both in India and in the United Kingdom.
When asked on CNN this week why the Delta variant is responsible...
The Delta variant is believed to be 43 to 90 percent more transmissible than the previous Covid-19 strains and is now the dominant strain both in India and in the United Kingdom.
When asked on CNN this week why the Delta variant is responsible...
- 6/19/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
In a speech, President Biden celebrated the U.S. reaching a milestone 300 million vaccinations in 150 days while warning communities with low vaccination rates that they “will be very hurt” by the Covid-19 variants that are spreading across the globe.
“I see an important milestone that just didn’t happen on its own or by chance,” Biden told reporters at the White House on Friday. “It took the ingenuity of American scientists, full capacity of American companies and whole government response across federal, state, tribal and local governments.”
But, the president...
“I see an important milestone that just didn’t happen on its own or by chance,” Biden told reporters at the White House on Friday. “It took the ingenuity of American scientists, full capacity of American companies and whole government response across federal, state, tribal and local governments.”
But, the president...
- 6/18/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Washington, June 5 (Ians) As the US doubled down on vaccinating adults in March and April, Covid hospitalisation rates teenagers (between 12 and 17 years old) went significantly up and many were seriously sick, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report has showed.
Around one-third of kids in this age group who were in the hospital for Covid-19 treatment reached the intensive care unit (ICU).
"Among hospitalised adolescents, nearly one third required intensive care unit admission, and 5 per cent required invasive mechanical ventilation; no associated deaths occurred," said the report.
Hospitalisation rates from Covid-19 in this age group were around 2.5 to 3 times higher than those from the flu over the last three flu seasons.
"The findings force us to redouble our motivation to get our adolescents and young adults vaccinated," said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
Vaccination is effective in preventing hospitalisation among adults.
"Similarly, widespread vaccination of adolescents will likely reduce Covid-19-associated hospitalisations,...
Around one-third of kids in this age group who were in the hospital for Covid-19 treatment reached the intensive care unit (ICU).
"Among hospitalised adolescents, nearly one third required intensive care unit admission, and 5 per cent required invasive mechanical ventilation; no associated deaths occurred," said the report.
Hospitalisation rates from Covid-19 in this age group were around 2.5 to 3 times higher than those from the flu over the last three flu seasons.
"The findings force us to redouble our motivation to get our adolescents and young adults vaccinated," said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
Vaccination is effective in preventing hospitalisation among adults.
"Similarly, widespread vaccination of adolescents will likely reduce Covid-19-associated hospitalisations,...
- 6/5/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
A new study finds that teens are at increasing risk for severe Covid cases, and that among those recently hospitalized for Covid, nearly a third entered intensive care and five percent were placed on a ventilator. “I am deeply concerned by the numbers of hospitalized adolescents and saddened to see the number of adolescents who required treatment in intensive care units or mechanical ventilation,” said CDC director Rochelle Walensky in a statement.
The study, published in a CDC journal, suggests that the rising rates of hospitalization among adolescents — which had...
The study, published in a CDC journal, suggests that the rising rates of hospitalization among adolescents — which had...
- 6/4/2021
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
With 12 states now reporting 70 percent of their adult population is vaccinated with at least one dose, medical experts are concerned about a possible surge of coronavirus cases in states and territories that have fallen behind.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert and chief medical adviser to the White House, told CNN on Thursday that although he’s “fairly certain” the nation won’t see “the kind of surges we’ve seen in the past,” pockets where vaccination rates are low are susceptible.
“If you have a...
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert and chief medical adviser to the White House, told CNN on Thursday that although he’s “fairly certain” the nation won’t see “the kind of surges we’ve seen in the past,” pockets where vaccination rates are low are susceptible.
“If you have a...
- 6/3/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle Walensky declared Thursday morning that videos claiming Covid-19 vaccines include microchips are “ridiculous.”
On “CBS This Morning,” Gayle King prompted her: “I’m almost embarrassed to ask you this but on TikTok, there’s a video going around right now. Have you seen it? And somebody did it to me. You put the coin on your arm. If it stays there, it means there’s a chip in your arm. It’s a big thing that’s going on TikTok right now. Can you just put that to rest and say how ridiculous it is?”
Walensky laughed and said, “That’s ridiculous. We are not being injected with chips. What we’re being injected with is this incredible scientific breakthrough that keeps us safe and is effective against something that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans over the last 15 months.
On “CBS This Morning,” Gayle King prompted her: “I’m almost embarrassed to ask you this but on TikTok, there’s a video going around right now. Have you seen it? And somebody did it to me. You put the coin on your arm. If it stays there, it means there’s a chip in your arm. It’s a big thing that’s going on TikTok right now. Can you just put that to rest and say how ridiculous it is?”
Walensky laughed and said, “That’s ridiculous. We are not being injected with chips. What we’re being injected with is this incredible scientific breakthrough that keeps us safe and is effective against something that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans over the last 15 months.
- 6/3/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
When the House Energy & Commerce subcommittee meets on Wednesday for an oversight hearing titled “A Shot At Normalcy: Building Covid-19 Vaccine Confidence,” one of the witnesses will be none other than Nick Offerman, identified as an “actor and woodworker.”
The former Parks & Recreation star, who played Libertarian Ron Swanson, will have a unique perspective on reaching the vaccine resistant.
“Ignorance is an area in which I can claim some authority, and it is from that perch I would like to communicate why it’s extremely important that we all get vaccinated,” Offerman plans to say, according to prepared remarks, which otherwise are geared to his experience during the Covid-19 crisis.
It underscores a bit of a new front breaking through the media and misinformation clutter to reach the vaccine hesitant.
When Keegan-Michael Key holsted Saturday Night Live this month, the show opened with a satirical take on mask guidance and,...
The former Parks & Recreation star, who played Libertarian Ron Swanson, will have a unique perspective on reaching the vaccine resistant.
“Ignorance is an area in which I can claim some authority, and it is from that perch I would like to communicate why it’s extremely important that we all get vaccinated,” Offerman plans to say, according to prepared remarks, which otherwise are geared to his experience during the Covid-19 crisis.
It underscores a bit of a new front breaking through the media and misinformation clutter to reach the vaccine hesitant.
When Keegan-Michael Key holsted Saturday Night Live this month, the show opened with a satirical take on mask guidance and,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
New Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and death rates in the U.S. have dropped to a level unseen since last summer, and health officials are crediting the vaccine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday that the seven-day average of new coronavirus cases had dropped by more than 19 percent from the prior seven-day average. The decrease also marks the second day in a row where the seven-day average is less than 30,000 cases per day. The last time the seven-day average of cases per day was this low was June 18th,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday that the seven-day average of new coronavirus cases had dropped by more than 19 percent from the prior seven-day average. The decrease also marks the second day in a row where the seven-day average is less than 30,000 cases per day. The last time the seven-day average of cases per day was this low was June 18th,...
- 5/23/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Those who have been fully vaccinated do not need to wear masks or maintain social distancing in most indoor and outdoor settings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday.
“We have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy. If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House Covid-19 briefing.
Walensky added caveats to the new guidance, saying those...
“We have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy. If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House Covid-19 briefing.
Walensky added caveats to the new guidance, saying those...
- 5/13/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The Centers for Disease Control announced on Thursday that fully-vaccinated people can ditch their masks indoors — in most cases. The announcement further eases federal government recommendations for safety during the Covid-19 crisis.
“If you’re fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask,” President Joe Biden said in remarks from the Rose Garden.
“I think it’s a great milestone, a great day. It has been made possible by the extraordinary success we have had by vaccinating so many Americans so quickly.”
In a tweet, the CDC said, “If you are fully vaccinated against #COVID19, you can resume activities without wearing a mask or staying 6 feet apart, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal or territorial laws, incl. local business and workplace guidance.”
Update: If you are fully vaccinated against #COVID19, you can resume activities without wearing a mask or staying 6 feet apart, except where required by federal,...
“If you’re fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask,” President Joe Biden said in remarks from the Rose Garden.
“I think it’s a great milestone, a great day. It has been made possible by the extraordinary success we have had by vaccinating so many Americans so quickly.”
In a tweet, the CDC said, “If you are fully vaccinated against #COVID19, you can resume activities without wearing a mask or staying 6 feet apart, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal or territorial laws, incl. local business and workplace guidance.”
Update: If you are fully vaccinated against #COVID19, you can resume activities without wearing a mask or staying 6 feet apart, except where required by federal,...
- 5/13/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared racism a “serious threat” to public health. In a statement announcing a health equity initiative on Thursday, the agency acknowledged that racism “negatively affects the mental and physical health of millions of people, preventing them from attaining their highest level of health, and consequently, affecting the health of our nation.”
As part of the initiative to address racism’s impact on public health, the agency plans to study how social determinants (the environments in which we live and work) affect health outcomes for Americans.
As part of the initiative to address racism’s impact on public health, the agency plans to study how social determinants (the environments in which we live and work) affect health outcomes for Americans.
- 4/8/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
One week after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state would, on June 15, leave its tiered restriction system behind, the first signs of a Covid-19 resurgence have appeared.
For the first time in 2021, the state’s 7-day test positivity rate ticked up. And it did so two days this week.
Last week, California’s test positivity rate was 1.7%, where it had been since March 23. On Tuesday, the state’s data dashboard indicated the 7-day test positivity rate had risen to 1.8%. On Wednesday, the rate went to 1.9%, where it remained as of Thursday’s report.
While ever-so-sleight, the number may be significant, since it’s the first time since December 31 that it has ticked up. And while the CA Covid-19 dashboard notes the data is incomplete for the Wednesday and Thursday reports, the test positivity rate is a 7-day average, which is meant to smooth such variations. Plus, the number was...
For the first time in 2021, the state’s 7-day test positivity rate ticked up. And it did so two days this week.
Last week, California’s test positivity rate was 1.7%, where it had been since March 23. On Tuesday, the state’s data dashboard indicated the 7-day test positivity rate had risen to 1.8%. On Wednesday, the rate went to 1.9%, where it remained as of Thursday’s report.
While ever-so-sleight, the number may be significant, since it’s the first time since December 31 that it has ticked up. And while the CA Covid-19 dashboard notes the data is incomplete for the Wednesday and Thursday reports, the test positivity rate is a 7-day average, which is meant to smooth such variations. Plus, the number was...
- 4/8/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles County’s weeks-long decline in new Covid-19 case rates stalled on Tuesday, even as California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is planning to drop its restrictive Covid-19 tier system come June 15. As a result of its numbers, L.A. County will be unable to advance to the less-restrictive Yellow tier of the aforementioned reopening tiers for at least three more weeks.
The state’s weekly update of county-by-county figures put Los Angeles’ seven-day average daily rate of new Covid-19 infections at 3.1 per 100,000 residents, the same level as last week. By contrast on Tuesday, 16 other counties in the state moved to less severe tiers.
L.A.’s case rate leaves the county firmly entrenched in the Orange tier of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, which governs business and recreational restrictions during the pandemic. The county officially entered the Orange tier last week, but did not...
The state’s weekly update of county-by-county figures put Los Angeles’ seven-day average daily rate of new Covid-19 infections at 3.1 per 100,000 residents, the same level as last week. By contrast on Tuesday, 16 other counties in the state moved to less severe tiers.
L.A.’s case rate leaves the county firmly entrenched in the Orange tier of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, which governs business and recreational restrictions during the pandemic. The county officially entered the Orange tier last week, but did not...
- 4/6/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Earlier this month, Oscar producers Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher, and Jesse Collins put out a letter to all of the Academy Award nominees. The letter detailed some of what the Oscars this year would be like, including the lack of an option to take part via Zoom, essentially proclaiming that winners would be getting gold in person. As much as that seems like an ideal way to receive your Academy Award, given the tenuous nature of where the Covid-19 pandemic will be next month, it may have been a little overly ambitious. Well, today it seems like there’s at least some portion of the Academy that’s considering finding at the minimum, a compromise… Here’s some of the story from Deadline: Rumors are flying regarding possible changes in how nominees may be accepting their Oscars, if they must appear in person, and whether the show will look more...
- 3/29/2021
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
President Joe Biden announced that 90 percent of American adults will be eligible to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in the next three weeks. While he had originally encouraged states to make all adults eligible by May 1, Biden moved up the deadline to mid-April based on the progress many states have made in vaccinating their residents.
In a speech on Monday, the president promised “more vaccines, more sites, more vaccinators” so that the 90 percent of eligible adults will not only be eligible but those 90 percent will also live within five miles...
In a speech on Monday, the president promised “more vaccines, more sites, more vaccinators” so that the 90 percent of eligible adults will not only be eligible but those 90 percent will also live within five miles...
- 3/29/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Rumors are flying regarding possible changes in how nominees may be accepting their Oscars, if they must appear in person, and whether the show will look more like the Grammys which rotated in sets of different nominees for their categories rather than having all nominees seated for the entire show. Trades are falling over each other with “exclusive” teases of possible moves on the part of the Oscar show producers, as well as a meeting tomorrow which has informed nominees of looming decisions that may directly affect their attendance. Deadline can definitely confirm that the latter is happening, even as the Academy has consistently said from day one of the pandemic that the situation is “fluid.”
Adding to these woes today, CDC director Rochelle Walensky...
Adding to these woes today, CDC director Rochelle Walensky...
- 3/29/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
During a White House covid-19 briefing on Monday, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave powerful testimony about the current increase in cases, warning Americans, “When we see that uptick in cases, what we have seen before is that things really have a tendency to surge, and surge big.”
After speaking about the U.S. surpassing 30 million total coronavirus cases, Dr. Rochelle Walensky expressed a “recurring feeling I have of impending doom,” adding, “Right now, I’m scared.”
“When I first started at CDC about two months ago,...
After speaking about the U.S. surpassing 30 million total coronavirus cases, Dr. Rochelle Walensky expressed a “recurring feeling I have of impending doom,” adding, “Right now, I’m scared.”
“When I first started at CDC about two months ago,...
- 3/29/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
President Joe Biden said that 90% of the U.S. will be eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine within three weeks, as he also warned of rising cases.
“This war is far from won,” he said.
Vaccine eligibility does not necessarily mean accessibility, as Biden also outlined plans to boost the number of sites where Americans can receive the doses. He said that 33 million doses of vaccine would be available this week. He outlined a plan to greatly boost vaccine sites by April 19, when 90% would be within five miles of a vaccination site. The number of pharmacies offering vaccines will more than double, from 17,000 to 40,000, he said, while more federally run vaccination sites will be added.
He urged governors and mayors to restore mask mandates. Six states have lifted them: Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.
“Mask up. It’s a patriotic duty,” Biden said. “It’s the only...
“This war is far from won,” he said.
Vaccine eligibility does not necessarily mean accessibility, as Biden also outlined plans to boost the number of sites where Americans can receive the doses. He said that 33 million doses of vaccine would be available this week. He outlined a plan to greatly boost vaccine sites by April 19, when 90% would be within five miles of a vaccination site. The number of pharmacies offering vaccines will more than double, from 17,000 to 40,000, he said, while more federally run vaccination sites will be added.
He urged governors and mayors to restore mask mandates. Six states have lifted them: Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.
“Mask up. It’s a patriotic duty,” Biden said. “It’s the only...
- 3/29/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“When I first started at CDC two months ago,” said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Monday, “I promised I would tell the truth, even when it wasn’t the news you wanted to hear. Now is one of those times when I have to share the truth and I have to hope and trust you will listen.”
Dr. Walensky then grew emotional as she recalled on her experiences treating Covid-19 patients who were alone at the end of their lives because loved ones could not risk infection.
Speaking during a White House briefing Dr. Walensky said, “We have so much to look forward to, so much promise and potential of where we are and so much reason for hope,” she said. “But right now, I’m scared.”
“I’m going to lose the script, and I’m going to reflect on the recurring feeling I have of impending doom,...
Dr. Walensky then grew emotional as she recalled on her experiences treating Covid-19 patients who were alone at the end of their lives because loved ones could not risk infection.
Speaking during a White House briefing Dr. Walensky said, “We have so much to look forward to, so much promise and potential of where we are and so much reason for hope,” she said. “But right now, I’m scared.”
“I’m going to lose the script, and I’m going to reflect on the recurring feeling I have of impending doom,...
- 3/29/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely gather indoors without masks or social distancing, according to new guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday.
During a White House coronavirus briefing, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky explained some of the new guidelines that may signal the first step back to normalcy since the pandemic took hold in the US.
“A growing body of evidence suggests that fully vaccinated people are less likely to have asymptomatic infection and potentially less likely to transmit Sars-CoV-2 to others,...
During a White House coronavirus briefing, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky explained some of the new guidelines that may signal the first step back to normalcy since the pandemic took hold in the US.
“A growing body of evidence suggests that fully vaccinated people are less likely to have asymptomatic infection and potentially less likely to transmit Sars-CoV-2 to others,...
- 3/8/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
President Joe Biden appeared in an interview with CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell, portions of which aired before the Super Bowl, where he discussed the challenges his administration faces amid the pandemic. Topics ranged from how to safely return to in-person school to how he will ramp up vaccinations and his approach to Iran.
“I think it’s time for schools to reopen safely. Safely,” Biden said, adding that children have been “going through a lot,” but he emphasized that districts will need to make modifications first. “You have to...
“I think it’s time for schools to reopen safely. Safely,” Biden said, adding that children have been “going through a lot,” but he emphasized that districts will need to make modifications first. “You have to...
- 2/8/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
As the vaccine is slowly rolling out, January became the deadliest month of the pandemic in the U.S. At least 95,373 people died from Covid-19 in the first month of 2021, according to the Covid Tracking Project.
As a result, cemeteries are struggling to keep up with demand as bodies accumulate, and in Los Angeles County lawmakers had to raise air quality limits on how many cremations can be performed each month. Even though daily case rates and hospitalizations appear to be falling, experts warn that “a hurricane” surge is approaching as new,...
As a result, cemeteries are struggling to keep up with demand as bodies accumulate, and in Los Angeles County lawmakers had to raise air quality limits on how many cremations can be performed each month. Even though daily case rates and hospitalizations appear to be falling, experts warn that “a hurricane” surge is approaching as new,...
- 2/1/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
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