Month: August 2021

WALKER, Mich. (WOOD) — Michiganders with compromised immune systems can now get their third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Meijer. The retailer announced Monday the booster vaccine is now available in all of its pharmacies. Meijer says it will carry both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccine. Eligible patients include those living with organ or stem cell transplants, cancer, primary immunodeficiency, some people with HIV, and those receiving immunosuppressive medication. Inside woodtv.com: Complete coverage of the coronavirus pandemic Immunocompromised individuals can text “COVID” to 75049 to make an appointment at Meijer or walk into any Meijer pharmacy for their third dose. All people seeking the booster will need to report their immunocompromised status in ...

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Latest numbers: Delta variant drives COVID-19 surge in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana Updated: 6:50 PM EDT Aug 16, 2021 Cases of COVID-19 are again climbing across Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, fueled by the delta variant. Below are the latest statistics, updated daily, via each state's health department. OHIO (Data as of Monday, Aug. 16)NEW CASES: 1,814TOTAL CASES: 1,161,573NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS: 118NEW CONFIRMED DEATHS: 0 new deaths, 20,614 total* * The state now updates deaths only after death certificates have been processed, typically twice weekly. KENTUCKY (Data as of Monday, Aug. 16)NEW CASES: 2,100TOTAL CASES: 518,987NEW CONFIRMED DEATHS: 9 new deaths, 7...

Antibodies attack a coronavirus particle in this illustration. (Image credit: Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images)The rapid spread of the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has put more patients in hospital beds and led to reinstatements of mask mandates in some cities and states. The variant, which is more transmissible than previous variants, also seems more able to cause breakthrough infections in vaccinated people. Fortunately, vaccines are forming a bulwark against severe disease, hospitalization and death. But with the specter of delta and the potential for new variants to emerge, is it time for booster shots — or even a new COVID vaccine? For now, public health experts say the far bigger emergency is getting first and second doses into people who haven't had ...

At Ben Taub Hospital where Valdez is awaiting surgery, the intensive care unit was at 103 percent capacity as of Monday morning, with 33 percent of those cases related to covid-19, a spokesperson for Harris Health System told The Post. Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, the other public hospital in the Harris Health System, remains similarly stretched at 94 percent ICU capacity, with 54 percent of those cases covid-related.