Month: November 2020

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The Oregon Health Authority on Monday reported 1,174 new confirmed or presumptive cases and six new deaths. The state is now averaging a record 1,241 cases a day over the past week. And hospitalizations climbed upward to a new high, as well, with 456 people actively hospitalized, 44 more than Friday. Throughout the recent spike, hospital capacity has been of growing concern. Oregon has about 4,500 non-critical-care hospital beds with dedicated staff statewide and the system was at 88% capacity, with a tighter supply in the metro area, where beds were 92% full as of late last week. It’s a similar story for the state’s roughly 720 staffed intensive-care-unit beds, which were at 82% capacity statewide and 90% full in the metro area. On Friday, Patrick Allen, Oregon’s top health administrat...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) -Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department announced on Monday that three more residents have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in Lancaster County to 70.  The individuals were two women in their 90s and a man in his 70s.  All had been hospitalized.  On behalf of the City, Mayor Gaylor Baird expresses condolences to their families and friends. LLCHD reports 309 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lancaster County , bringing the community total to 14,835.  The 98 new cases reported Sunday were partial results. Monday’s total includes cases reported by midnight Sunday. The total number of new cases reported for Sunday and Monday is 407. Visit COVID19.lincoln.ne.gov to access a dashboard that summarizes Lancaster C...

A volunteer is injected with a vaccine as he participates in a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America, in Hollywood, Florida, September 24, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters Public health officials and drugmakers must be transparent about the side effects people may experience after getting their first shot of a coronavirus vaccine, doctors urged during a meeting Monday with CDC advisors as states prepare to distribute doses as early as next month. Dr. Sandra Fryhofer of the American Medical Association noted that both Pfizer's and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccines require two doses at varying intervals. As a practicing physician, she said she worries whether her patients will come back for a second dose because of the potentially...

With Thanksgiving days away and New York City battling a second wave of COVID-19, New Yorkers are once again facing hours-long waiting times for coronavirus tests. Public health experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have repeatedly cautioned individuals about the risks of leaving town and meeting with family members. "The safest thing to do is not to travel," Dr. Dave Chokshi, the city's public health commissioner said on Monday. But many are blatantly ignoring the advice. Over the weekend, more than 3 million travelers passed through U.S. airport checkpoints, the busiest weekend since the pandemic began in March. In New York City, a recent Friday saw roughly 75,000 people get tested, an all-time high. All of which suggests that, COVID be damned,...

Black, Asian and Hispanic children tested and treated for COVID-19 are faring significantly worse than other children during the pandemic, according to a new and comprehensive analysis made by an organization representing seven of the nation’s largest pediatric medical centers. The disease also hits poor children and those with diabetes and cancer hardest, the analysis shows. In addition, the analysis underscores how children are less likely to contract the virus than adults. Roughly 1 of every 25 children in the study (or 4% of the more than 135,000 participants) tested positive.  Findings from the PEDSnet organization, which includes Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, were published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. The report is based...