Month: February 2021

DETROIT – The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 563,893 as of Wednesday, including 14,704 deaths, state officials report. Wednesday’s update includes 1,383 new cases and 32 additional deaths. On Tuesday, the state reported a total of 562,510 cases and 14,672 deaths. New COVID-19 cases have plateaued and deaths are starting to slow. Testing has been steady with more than 40,000 diagnostic tests reported per day on average, with the 7-day positive rate down to 4.9% as of Tuesday. Hospitalizations continue to decline over the last several weeks. Michigan’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 1,422 on Tuesday -- the lowest since October. The 7-day death average was 43 on Tuesday. The state’s fatality rate is 2.6%. The state also reports “ac...

750 COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Monroeville to be made available at noon today Allegheny County Health Department call-takers to schedule appointments Updated: 12:24 PM EST Feb 4, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript -- COUNTY OFFICIALS JUST ADRESSED THIS? REPORTER THEY DID. THE GOOD NEWS TH FAR IS THAT THERE ARE SIGNS ALBEIT SMALL, THAT SUPPLIES COULD BE INCREASING. RITE AIDS AND GIANT EAGLES THA DO VACCINATIONS WILL BE GETTING MORE DOSES NEXT WEEK. BUT IT’S ALL RELATIVE. EACH GIANT EAGLE AND RITE AID DOING VACCINATIONS IN OUR AREA ONLY GOT 100 DOSES EACH, ACCORDING TO STATE DATA. THE BIG...

Iowa has surpassed a grim milestone as the state reports more than 5,000 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.The Iowa Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 977 new positive COVID-19 cases and 58 additional deaths. At 10 a.m., the health department reported 322,513 total positive cases, 290,011 total recoveries and 5,033 total deaths since the pandemic began. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 321,536 total cases and 4,975 total deaths.The state reports 275,706 total COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the state, with 262,719 of those doses administered to Iowa residents. The state reports 69,232 people have completed both vaccine doses.The state’s 14-day positivity rate continue to drop. The statewide rate is now 9.3%, down f...

By now you know that side effects come with the territory when you're getting the COVID vaccine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most of these reactions to the COVID vaccine are normal signs that your body is building immunity against the virus. But, though it's rare, you could also experience an allergic reaction to the vaccine, which is not something you should ignore. The CDC says there are several symptoms that could mean you are having some type of allergic reaction to the vaccine. Javeed Siddiqui, MD, the chief medical officer at TeleMed2U, says patients with vaccine-related reactions should try to determine if the "symptoms and timing of their reaction [is] consistent wi...

A few months into the COVID-19 pandemic it became clear that not everyone was fully recovering from the highly infectious virus. In fact, some people, who initially suffered mild to moderate infections, were experiencing curious symptoms several months after the virus had gone away. These people are now referred to as "long haulers" and their condition, long hauler syndrome or long COVID. A new systemic review and data analysis has compiled much of the data collected from long haulers, and put together a comprehensive list ranking their symptoms. Here are the 48 most common long hauler symptoms, ranked from least to most prevalent. Read on—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You've A...

New York — As widespread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and infertility took hold on social media, the rumors spread as rapidly as the virus itself and scared some women from getting a shot. Jay Huber, a fertility doctor in New Orleans, is asked daily by his patients if the vaccine causes infertility. He said there's no evidence of that happening. "I think it's important to debunk the myths because patients should have access to accurate information," Huber told CBS News. So then, what is the biggest misconception? "This concept that the vaccination will actually train the human immune system to create an antibody that would cross-react with the vital placenta protein, which would ultimately cause infertility," he said. The unfounded fear, Huber said, is that an antibody would not...