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Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID hospitalizations are continuing to increase in the United States, according to data updated Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalizations rose for the sixth consecutive week, this time by 18.8% during the week ending Aug.19 to 15,067 — similar to levels seen in April […]
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Health officials are urging the public to plan ahead when it comes to scheduling their vaccinations, as this year may look a little different than previous seasons. With fall approaching, public health officials are spreading the word about newly approved vaccines and immunizations that can help […]
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — COVID hospitalizations in the U.S. have risen for a fifth consecutive week, with 12,613 new admissions in the week ending Aug. 12 — an increase of 21.6% from the prior week, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new admissions are still at the 22nd […]
d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 cases may be increasing again in New York City, new wastewater data hints. Nearly all of the 14 wastewater treatments plants in the city are currently in the “high” detection level category, meaning likely 50 or more cases per 100,000 people, according to the NYS Wastewater Surveillance Network dashboard, […]
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against omicron infection fell to less than 20% after six months, according to a new analysis published Wednesday. Researchers from Italy and the United States looked at some of the most common vaccines used around the world, including Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Sinovac. […]
Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Death rates from COVID-19 varied dramatically across the United States, a major new analysis finds. The report, published Thursday in medical journal The Lancet, looked at the rate of deaths throughout the country between January 2020 and July 2022. COVID death rates in states like Arizona and New […]
Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Death rates from COVID-19 varied dramatically across the United States, a major new analysis finds. The report, published Monday in medical journal The Lancet, looked at the rate of deaths throughout the country between January 2020 and July 2022. COVID death rates in states like Arizona and New […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A little over two years ago, Richard Loew and his wife Donna were settling into a relaxing, new stage of their life: retirement in Florida. But then came a government-branded letter, informing them that payments were due on nearly $100,000 of pandemic-relief loans, called Economic Injury Disaster Loans, or EIDL. […]
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On the third anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, public health experts can point to clear instances where the United States succeeded in beating back the virus and others where it didn’t. Even as the virus continues to spread, data from the Centers for Disease […]
Jamal and Cierra Chubb (NEW YORK) — When Cierra Chubb looks at her phone, she said she’ll often see texts throughout the day from her husband with messages like, “I’m so glad you’re here.” That’s because at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Chubb’s family did not think the 34-year-old mom of three from Lancaster, […]