Month: July 2021

Medical workers with Delta Health Center wait to vaccinate people at a pop-up Covid-19 vaccination clinic in this rural Delta community on April 27, 2021 in Hollandale, Mississippi. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Mississippi state health officials issued new guidance on Friday that calls for state residents over the age of 65 and immunocompromised residents, vaccinated or unvaccinated, to avoid any indoor mass gatherings for the next two weeks amid "significant transmission" of the delta variant over the coming weeks. The new guidance is in place until July 26 and is not mandatory. The guidance should instead be considered a recommendation. "We're not recommending any mandates. What we're doing is we're providing personal recommendations for individuals who ar...

Oneida, N.Y. – A tranquilizer commonly used on horses, in combination with other drugs, has been detected in three people who died of overdoses this year, according to Oneida County. The tranquilizer, xylazine, may have been added to amplify the effects of other drugs, according to a news release from the county. It is often found in combination with opioids, officials said. “It’s unclear whether people know it’s in their drugs or not as research on its use in street drugs is limited,” the county’s Director of Public Health Dan Gilmore said. Injecting drugs with xylazine can cause skin lesions and ulcerations, officials said. If a xylazine overdose is suspected, officials said Narcan should be administered and 911 called. While Narcan is not effective against xylazine, it should be a...

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium said a wild bat found inside the zoo's aquarium complex tested positive for rabies and urged 186 people who attended zoo camping events to seek treatment for rabies exposure.The zoo noted the bat was not part of its' collection, but rather a wild bat that entered the Aquarium.According to the zoo, on July 4th a guest taking part in an overnight campout in the Aquarium building reported she awoke and noticed a wild bat near her head. She did not appear to suffer any scratches or bite marks. But because the bat flew away before it could be captured, the zoo's veterinarian advised the woman to contact her doctor for the risk of rabies exposure.The zoo says it notified Douglas County Health Department, and a team from the zoo located seven wild, li...

The delta variant is driving up coronavirus cases in California, landing the Bay Area on a federal “hot spot” watch list and spurring renewed urgency to get shots into the arms of people who haven’t been vaccinated, even in areas where immunization rates are already high. In San Francisco, public health officials are now requiring all workers at hospitals, nursing homes, jails and shelters to be vaccinated by Sept. 15. That’s a shift from an earlier order that mandated vaccination only after at least one vaccine was fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration, which now allows the shots under emergency authorization. Stanford Medicine announced a similar policy shift Friday. The moves come as cases have more than doubled in parts of the state, including Alameda and Los...

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OHA reports 99 hospitalizations, lowest since last Sept. 24 PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including Crook County's 24th death, raising the state’s death toll to 2,792, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday. OHA also reported 265 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Friday, bringing the state total to 210,229. Vaccinations in Oregon OHA reported Friday that 6,920 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 3,280 doses were administered on Thursday and 3,640 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry on Thursday. The seven-day running average is now 5,335 doses per day. Oregon ha...