Month: July 2021

The highly infectious Delta variant has become California’s most identified strain of the coronavirus, a troubling development that underscores the strain’s danger to unvaccinated populations. New data released by the California Department of Public Health now say that 35.6% of coronavirus variants so far analyzed in June have been identified as the Delta variant, which was first identified in India. That’s a dramatic relative increase from May, when the Delta variant comprised just 5.6% of analyzed coronavirus cases in California, and Delta was the state’s fourth most identified variant. The latest numbers were enough to dethrone the previous dominant strain, Alpha, which was first identified in the United Kingdom and now comprises 34.3% of analyzed coronavirus cases in June. Alpha was C...

A scientist has recommended people wear masks ‘indefinitely (PA/AFP/Getty/Rex)A scientist advising the Government has recommended people wear a face mask ‘indefinitely’ despite reports there are plans to scrap the measure. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is understood to be preparing to update the nation this week on his plans for unlocking on July 19, with reports he will be ending a host of domestic restrictions, including mask-wearing. But Professor Adam Finn, from the Government’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said face coverings are extremely valuable under certain circumstances and he does not plan to ditch them. He told Sky News’ Trevor Phillips On Sunday programme: ‘Well on a personal level I shall certainly be continuing to wear a mask ...

A woman who turned down a COVID-19 vaccine utimately caught the disease and died. Tricia Jones from Kansas City said she was wary of adverse effects from the shots. Missouri has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. A Missouri woman who refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine because she was afraid of its side effects died in hospital last month after contracting the Delta variant, her mother told local news outlets. Tricia Jones, a 45-year-old mother of two from Kansas City, died on June 9 after a month in hospital on a ventilator. Her mother, Deborah Carmichael, told local m...

DETROIT — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the case of a 13-year-old Saginaw County boy who died in his sleep three days after getting his second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in mid-June.  The county health department confirmed the investigation, telling the Free Press that the medical examiner's office conducted an autopsy and the death was reported to the state health department as well as the CDC. "The investigation as to whether there is a correlation between his death and vaccination is now at the federal level with CDC," said a joint statement issued by Saginaw County Health Department Medical Director Dr. Delicia Pruitt and Health Officer Christina Harrington. More:Michigan COVID-19 vaccine sweepstakes is shot at $5M in cash prizes, scholarships Mo...