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Experts Say We Need Better Surveillance, but Urge Caution When Using Current Tracking Tools as Cases and Hospitalizations Surge
With COVID-19 daily cases and hospitalizations passing what they were in the spring, experts are concerned. The same worries about not having enough hospital beds, equipment, and staff to take care of all the sick people are back, especially with Thanksgiving being a...
Coronavirus Cases Top 10 Million, Psychological Impact of COVID-19 and Challenges for Antibody Infusions
On Monday, the United States surpassed its 10 millionth coronavirus case. The current surge in volume is concerning, especially when you consider there were one million new infections in the last 10 days. Record numbers of cases are being recorded in 28 states, with...
Biden’s Coronavirus Plan and Pfizer’s Vaccine
President-elect Joe Biden has recently released his plans for handling the coronavirus pandemic. One focus is to encourage state and local leaders to put in place mask mandates, if needed, and continuing to practice social distancing. Biden’s goal is to have the...
COVID-19 Vaccine Tracking App and Children Coronavirus Antibodies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed a smartphone app, V-SAFE, that will help them keep track of several things once vaccines are being rolled out to the public. The goal is to monitor for any serious side effects, especially in high-risk...
US Coronavirus Cases Top 100,000 in One Day for First Time, New Restrictions in Some Places and Rapid Tests Not Effective for Those Without Symptoms
Today, the United States passed a grim milestone with having recorded 104,004 new cases of the coronavirus in a single day. This is the latest development in the surge that has started spiking in recent weeks. Seven states have set records for hospitalizations, with...
Show Down Between Trump and Top Public Health Officials as Cases Among Children
The rapport between President Trump and top public health officials has been contentious for months. One relationship in particular that has been fraught with tension is the one between the president and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of...
COVID-19 and Obesity, Opioid Addiction and Virtual Doctors Visits
With the pandemic raging, there’s research going on to find factors that might contribute to the severity of illness a person experiences. Several recent studies have found that individuals who have extra weight are more vulnerable. Two different studies highlight the...
Plans to Ship Millions of Rapid COVID-19 Tests as Vaccine Trial Placed on Hold
Today, President Trump declared a plan to dispense 150 million rapid coronavirus tests procured by the federal government to states, tribes, and other jurisdictions in the next few months. Experts were happy with this announcement because the country continues to...
Children Deaths Related to COVID-19 Remain Low as Study Finds Millions of Americans Still at Risk
While the overall death toll from COVID-19 is above 200,000, the number of children and teenagers that have died is around 100. According to data from the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association, 18 states haven’t had a single fatality in...
Deaths Reach 200,000, Coronavirus is Mutating and FDA Going to Announce New Guidelines for Vaccine
America has reached a grim milestone—the number of people who’ve died from COVID-19 has officially topped 200,000. This means that since the first known death related to the disease on February 6th, over 858 people have been dying each day. To put it in perspective,...