West Virginia has the nation’s highest percentage of obese adults, the highest drug-overdose death rate and the highest number of residents with diabetes. But the Mountain State is also leading the nation in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout with the highest per capita distribution of the shots – second only to Alaska, according to the Centers … Read more
Thousands of Americans have experienced bad reactions after receiving coronavirus vaccines, a new report finds. Nearly 7,000 people had an ‘adverse event’ after being given either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna shot, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Friday. However, fewer than 10 percent of patients had a reaction like anaphylatic … Read more
The number of cases of the UK’s B117 coronavirus variant in the US is doubling about every 10 days, a new study estimates. It comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that the variant could become dominant in the US by March – a message reiterated by the agency’s director Dr … Read more
Life expectancy in the United States fell by a full year during the first half of 2020, a new report finds. In 2019, life expectancy – or the average number of years a person lives – for the general American population was 78.8 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Thursday. However, … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investing almost $200 million to help better identify and track coronavirus variants. Currently, the federal agency maps the DNA no more than 0.5 percent of all positive samples of the virus. But, described as a ‘down payment,’ officials say the money will help scale-up the number … Read more
First case of ANOTHER UK covid variant – that has a mutation that may weaken vaccines – is discovered in the US, CDC director reveals The US has discovered its first case of the ‘Bristol variant’ that emerged in the UK Variant has same mutations as the UK’s earlier B117 variant that make it 70% … Read more
First case of UK’s ‘Bristol variant’ of coronavirus that has a mutation that may weaken vaccines is discovered in the US, CDC director reveals The US has discovered its first case of the ‘Bristol variant’ that emerged in the UK Variant has same mutations as the UK’s earlier B117 variant that make it 70% more … Read more
Health and safety experts are calling on President Joe Biden‘s administration to recommend the widespread use of N95 masks The memo, obtained by CNN, has about a dozen signatories, including four members of Biden’s former coronavirus board that advised his transition team. The signatories, most of whom are doctors, say they want the Centers for … Read more
Washington, DC has reported its first cases of two highly contagious ‘super COVID’ variants that are sweeping the United States. Dr Laquandra Nesbitt, director of the District of Columbia Department of Health, announced on Thursday that three residents are confirmed to have the UK variant and one patient has the South African variant. Nesbitt said … Read more
Dr Anthony Fauci says there have been ‘no red flags’ after tens of thousands of pregnant women have received vaccines against COVID)-19. During a White House briefing on Wednesday, the nation’s top infectious disease expert said that expectant months have been given both Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s shots with no unexpected side effects. ‘I want to … Read more