Month: November 2020

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting four new coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday and 156 new cases.A total of 170 Mainers with COVID-19 have now died. Two new deaths were reported in York County. The two other deaths were in Kennebec and Knox counties.The 156 new cases bring the total since the beginning of the outbreak to 9,519.There were 204 recoveries reported, bringing the total to 7,229.MAINE CORONAVIRUS DATA: Deaths: 170 Total cases: 9,519 Confirmed cases: 8,559 Probable cases: 960 Cumulative positivity rate: 1.42% 14-day positivity rate: 2.0% Patients recovered: 7,229 Active cases: 2,120 Currently hospitalized: 85 Patients in intensive care: 30 Patients on ventilators:...

More than 900 staffers at the Mayo Clinic have reportedly been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past two weeks. Dr. Amy Williams, dean of clinical practices at the multi-state hospital system, announced the number on Tuesday during a call with reporters. According to Williams, 93 percent of the cases in the clinic were contracted in community areas, such as break rooms, while employees were eating or partaking in other activities with their masks off, according to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. “It shows you how easy it is to get COVID-19 in the Midwest,” said Williams. “Our staff are being infected mostly due to community spread, and this impacts our ability to care for patients. We need everyone in the communities we serve to do their part to limit the spread of COVID-19.”...

Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are at new peaks, cities and states are weighing second lockdowns, and flu season is upon us — but we're all looking the other way. Why it matters: Pandemic fatigue has set in and the nation has collectively stopped caring just in time for the holiday season. This Thanksgiving could be catastrophic for public health. Compare April's Zoom seders with the in-person Thanksgiving dinners being planned all across the country. The number of Americans driving or flying this Thanksgiving will be in the tens of millions, per AAA (though travel will be down from 2019). According to CBS, the Transportation Security Administration expects to screen six million travelers this holiday. Canceled spring proms and graduations have been replaced with fall birthday ba...

At least 32 people who attended a wedding in Ohio last month have reportedly contracted the coronavirus, including the bride and groom and two of the couple’s grandparents who had to visit the emergency room for severe symptoms. A third grandparent also tested positive for the virus but didn't have to go to the hospital.  Anthony and Mikayla Bishop cut their wedding party guest list down from 200 to 85 before they were married on Oct. 31 in Blue Ash, a city in the suburbs of Cincinnati, WLWT-TV in Cincinnati reported.  "Weddings are definitely scary right now,” Mikayla Bishop told WLWT. “I didn't think that almost half of our wedding guests were gonna get sick. You're in the moment. You're having fun. You don't think about COVID anymore." NEW CORONAVIRUS WEDDING RULES IN OHIO IGNITE ...

From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists observed that children seemed to be less susceptible to developing COVID-19, although the exact reasons why remain unclear.   Now, an unusual case in Australia may provide unique insight into the mystery, thanks to the experience of a young family from Melbourne. In this family of five, the two parents became sick with COVID-19 after attending an interstate wedding without their children. However, the symptoms didn't show until days after they had returned from the trip. Nonetheless, completely unbeknownst to them, they had brought SARS-CoV-2 into their home, and exposed their children to it. The family with researchers from MCRI. (MCRI) Once both the parents developed symptoms – including cough, congested nose, fever and h...