Month: August 2021

Ekaterina Wilson, an unvaccinated 39-year-old in North Carolina, had been scared of COVID-19 vaccines. But after being hospitalized with COVID-19, she wished she could have gone back to get the shot.  A doctor at the hospital said almost all of his unvaccinated patients were having this realization. Loading Something is loading. ...

A New Jersey man who died last month had tested positive for West Nile virus, health officials confirmed. The man, who was in his 60s, was from Camden and was first admitted to the hospital for symptoms on July 16.  After treatment, he was discharged to a sub-acute care center where he died, Camden County officials said Saturday.  "West Nile virus typically affects a small number of New Jersey residents each year, however, the prevalence of the virus has been increasing recently," County Health Officer Dr. Paschal Nwako said in a news release. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim and his family. The Camden County Department of Health is continuing to work with the Mosquito Commission to ensure that additional spraying and testing will be conducted in the area."  West Nile vi...

In an email, Dr. Mercola wrote, “Local communities must come together when the federal health agencies and mainstream media are under the influence of the pharmaceutical industry.” Dr. Tenpenny sent links to several reports about the human reproductive system. Dr. Northrup and Mr. Bollinger didn’t respond to requests for comment. Many local media publications and stations have reported responsibly and factually on the pandemic. Gannett, the publisher with 100 daily newspapers and nearly 1,000 weekly publications across 43 states, has dedicated resources to fact-checking and teaching journalists that accuracy matters more than speed, said Amalie Nash, senior vice president for local news and audience development at USA Today, which is owned by Gannett. The investment was crucial because in...

In May, when the CDC said fully vaccinated people could ditch masks and social distancing, it seemed to signal a return to normalcy. But epidemiologists cautioned at the time that the move wasn’t likely to be permanent, and shouldn’t be interpreted as the end of Covid-19 as a daily concern. Colder weather or a right hook in the virus’s evolution could bring restrictions right back. Still, Americans seem shocked by the recent turn of events. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised everyone — even those who’ve gotten Covid-19 shots — to go back to indoor masking, a decision driven by new data showing the hyper-contagious Delta variant colonizes the nose and throat of some vaccinated people just as well as the unvaccinated, meaning they may just as easily spread thi...

ALBANY - Time to mask up in more than one third of New York counties, according to new federal guidelines and data. Daily figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Sunday showed 23 of New York's 62 counties met the COVID-19 spread threshold where the CDC recommends people should mask up indoors — even those who are vaccinated. On Sunday, New York's COVID positivity rate hit a seven-day average of 2.5%, its highest since mid-April and more than double what it was a year ago, when the rolling average was a mere 1%, state records show. "This virus has always been unpredictable, and in the face of the Delta variant, our hard-won progress is only as good as our determination to build on it," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Sunday. The CDC added its new dai...

Twenty-four fully vaccinated friends had a weeklong July 4 getaway in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Fourteen of them caught COVID-19. The cases were part of a bigger study that prompted the CDC to change its indoor masking guidance. Loading Something is loading. Fourteen of 24 vaccinated friends who visited the Cape Cod town...