Month: August 2021

GREENWOOD, Arkansas—Michael Lejong fully intended to get vaccinated for Covid-19, his wife said, standing in the pavilion that the prominent architect designed for his hometown. But he was relatively young, very healthy and not overly concerned about the virus. He wanted to get his shots separately from his wife, so he could care for her if she had adverse side effects. She got hers immediately in April and he put his off. In late June, he began feeling sick and tested positive for Covid-19. A week of mild symptoms turned into extreme fatigue. On July 3, he was admitted to a nearby hospital with low oxygen levels; on the 15th, doctors put him on a ventilator. He died four days later. The death of the 49-year-old Greenwood native, father of two, ...

Health officials have traced a total of 158 coronavirus cases to two July music festivals. Even at outdoor venues, attendees bunching closely together results in high aerosol exposure. NYC will enforce proof of vaccination at concerts starting September 13. Loading Something is loading. Health officials are investigating recent COVID-19 outbreaks related to...

by: Alix Martichoux, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Aug 7, 2021 / 09:51 PM EDT / Updated: Aug 7, 2021 / 09:51 PM EDT A child is given a nucleic acid test for the coronavirus in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province on August 3, 2021, as the city tests its entire population for Covid-19. – China OUT (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) (NEXSTAR) — Hospitals around the United States, especially in the South, are starting to fill back up again as the delta variant tears though the country. With previous waves of infection, we’ve been most worried about the elderly being vulnerable. Now, it’s younger people — even children — starting to show up in hospital beds. Nearly 72,000 kids and teens...