Month: August 2021

A Texas pediatrician has warned she is “more worried for children than I have ever been” as the virulent delta coronavirus strain takes hold across the country. Heather Haq, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and pediatric hospitalist at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, voiced her concerns in an op-ed published by The Washington Post on Wednesday. “Throughout the pandemic, I have cared for kids admitted with covid-19 to the children’s hospital in Houston where I am a pediatrician,” she wrote. This included newborns, school-age kids, tweens and adolescents who were severely ill. While it’s true that the majority of children who contract the virus are asymptomatic or suffer only mild symptoms, Haq said it’s worrying how unpredictable the virus can be.  “O...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Officials with the Medical University of South Carolina say the Tri-county is in a “code red situation” with COVID as medical officials say the virus’ impact in the Charleston area has gone from “significant” to “severe” in the latest update by the healthcare networks’ COVID-19 tracking data. “It’s worse than I thought. We’re in a code red situation,” said Dr. Michael Sweat, team leader of the COVID-19 Epidemiology Intelligence Project. “I worry that people aren’t realizing this is happening. My current impression is that most of them aren’t really tuned in that much to the sudden change we’ve had. It happened so quickly — within a matter of a week or so, it just took off like a rocket.” According to MUSC, cases in the Tri-county area which includes Charleston, B...

New research found a link between COVID-19 and lasting cognitive deficits, including the acceleration of Alzheimer’s disease, the Alzheimer’s Association said in a press release.  The findings, which were announced at the 2021 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, held virtually and in Denver, reveal that some COVID-19 patients experience short- and/or long-term neuropsychiatric symptoms, including loss of smell and taste, and cognitive and attention deficits, known as “brain fog.” For some, mostly older adults, these neurological symptoms carry on, and researchers are working to understand the mechanisms by which this brain dysfunction occurs, and what that means for long term cognitive health.   The Association noted that biological markers of brain injury...

CVS Health has stopped offering Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine in its pharmacies, now only making the shots available in roughly 10% of its retail locations, the company told CNBC on Wednesday. The drugstore chain said it made the change over the past several weeks. It said customers can still get the shots at almost 1,000 MinuteClinic locations in 25 states and Washington D.C. MinuteClinics are inside of some of the company's drugstores and provide non-emergency medical care and other services, such as diagnostic tests and vaccines. CVS pharmacies will continue to offer the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines nationwide, according to CVS spokesperson Mike DeAngelis. He declined to say how many pharmacies were impacted by the change ...

CVS Health has stopped offering Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine in its pharmacies, now only making the shots available in roughly 10% of its retail locations, the company told CNBC on Wednesday. The drugstore chain said it made the change over the past several weeks. It said customers can still get the shots at almost 1,000 MinuteClinic locations in 25 states and Washington D.C. MinuteClinics are inside of some of the company's drugstores and provide non-emergency medical care and other services, such as diagnostic tests and vaccines. CVS pharmacies will continue to offer the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines nationwide, according to CVS spokesperson Mike DeAngelis. He declined to say how many pharmacies were impacted by the change ...

CVS Health has stopped offering Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine in its pharmacies, now only making the shots available in roughly 10% of its retail locations, the company told CNBC on Wednesday. The drugstore chain said it made the change over the past several weeks. It said customers can still get the shots at almost 1,000 MinuteClinic locations in 25 states and Washington D.C. MinuteClinics are inside of some of the company's drugstores and provide non-emergency medical care and other services, such as diagnostic tests and vaccines. CVS pharmacies will continue to offer the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines nationwide, according to CVS spokesperson Mike DeAngelis. He declined to say how many pharmacies were impacted by the change ...

CVS Health has stopped offering Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine in its pharmacies, now only making the shots available in roughly 10% of its retail locations, the company told CNBC on Wednesday. The drugstore chain said it made the change over the past several weeks. It said customers can still get the shots at almost 1,000 MinuteClinic locations in 25 states and Washington D.C. MinuteClinics are inside of some of the company's drugstores and provide non-emergency medical care and other services, such as diagnostic tests and vaccines. CVS pharmacies will continue to offer the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines nationwide, according to CVS spokesperson Mike DeAngelis. He declined to say how many pharmacies were impacted by the change ...