Month: August 2021

The lambda variant of the coronavirus may be highly infectious and more resistant to COVID-19 vaccines than the original variant of the coronavirus, Reuters reports. Can lambda variant evade vaccines? A new study — published online through bioRxiv but has not been peer reviewed — found that the lambda variant has three mutations to the spike protein that help it resist antibodies created by the COVID-19 vaccines The study said that there were two additional mutations that make lambda even more infectious. So, all at once, the variant can spread fast and evade vaccines, according to the researchers, who worked in a lab in Japan. Is lambda variant a serious variant? The researchers warned that the lambda variant should be labeled a “variant of concern” by the World Health...

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**Related Video Above: Delta variant threat to those vaccinated and unvaccinated.** CLEVELAND (WJW) — As the delta variant surges and hospitalization rates go up, Ohio officials continue to grapple with COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy. Masks in schools: Who wants kids to mask up this fall in Ohio As of Aug. 3, only a little over 46% of all Ohioans have been fully vaccinated, the Ohio Department of Health reported. This despite evidence showing the vaccine works in staving off the spread of the virus. ODH reports that from the period between Jan. 1 and July 28 of this year, only 245 of the 17,455 people who were hospitalized from the virus were fully vaccinated. And, of the 6,890 deaths in the state during that time, only 68 patients were fully vaccinated...

CHICAGO — Illinois health officials confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in Illinois in 2021 as a Cook County resident in his 80s tested positive for the virus after becoming ill in mid-June. “West Nile virus is something we see every year in Illinois and it is important that people take steps to prevent mosquito bites and the viruses they carry by wearing insect repellent and getting rid of standing water around their homes,” IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said. Read more Chicago news headlines here. In 2020, 42 human cases of West Nile were confirmed in Illinois (although human cases are often underreported), with four people dying from the virus. West Nile is transmitted through the bite of a Culex pipiens mosquito, commonly called a house ...

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