Month: May 2021

Vaccines and immunisation GB study points to highlighting personal benefits being key to counter vaccine hesitancy Emphasising the personal benefits of vaccination against Covid may be an effective way to reduce scepticism in those most hesitant towards having a jab, research suggests.In the UK more than two-thirds of adults have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, with about a third having had two doses.But while uptake in the UK has generally been high, some people remain hesitant. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, covering 31 March to 25 April, about 7% of adults in Great Britain reported being hesitant about having a Covid vaccination. Prof Daniel Freeman, of the University of Oxford, said while most of the population appreciated ...

Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: A Humboldt County resident has died with COVID-19, and 18 additional cases of the virus were reported today. A total of 4,002 county residents have tested positive.   The person who died was in their 70s. Staff in the Emergency Operations Center and at Public Health extend their condolences to the individual’s friends, family and loved ones.  County Tops 100,000 Vaccine Doses Administered Humboldt County Public Health and other approved local vaccinators have administered 107,228 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Local vaccination data on the Data Dashboard has been updated. Some highlights include: 55.4% of Humboldt County residents ages 16 and older who currently qualify for vaccination have received at least one vac...

New Hampshire is one of six states where more than 70% of adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but the rate of vaccinations is starting to slow down.All of the states at 70% or more are in New England, except for Hawaii. Health officials said it's essential that more people get vaccinated to bring the pandemic to an end."The number and the percentage of people who are receiving at least one dose of the vaccine is starting to slow," said Dr. Benjamin Chan, the state epidemiologist.The number of people in New Hampshire receiving their second dose is still increasing, and the state is still requesting its full allocation of vaccine from the federal government."We don't believe that this virus is magically going to go away," Chan said. "It's going to be with us f...

By Nancy Lapid    (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.    mRNA vaccines likely effective against India variant    Both of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are likely effective against the coronavirus variant that is rapidly spreading throughout India and several other countries, according to laboratory experiments. Researchers exposed the variant known as B.1.617.1 to blood serum samples from 15 volunteers with antibodies induced by the Moderna vaccine, 10 volunteers with antibodies after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and 24 people with antibodies after recovering from COVID-19. In a paper publish...

Granite Staters soon will be able to log in to the state's vaccination scheduling system to get COVID-19 vaccination appointments for children as young as 12.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that it's endorsing the two-dose Pfizer vaccine for children 12 or older. The decision was widely anticipated after the Food and Drug Administration cleared the vaccine for emergency use in that age group earlier this week.State officials said appointments will be available in VINI, the state's vaccination scheduling system, starting Thursday, and same-day appointments will be available at some locations.The decision came after Pfizer studied the vaccine in more than 2,000 children age 12 to 15 and found it to be safe and effective. There were no cases of COVID-1...

A female in her 80s from Doña Ana County. A female in her 60s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized. A male in his 80s from San Juan County. The individual was a resident of the Bloomfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bloomfield. The number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now 4,111.  In addition to the deaths, the state reported 198 additional COVID-19 cases. As of Wednesday, New Mexico has reported a total of 200,232 cases. The latest cases include: 68 new cases in Bernalillo County 2 new cases in Chaves County 1 new case in Cibola County...