Month: September 2021

Tyler Gilreath, 20, thought that if he got COVID-19, he could beat it. But his mom said Monday that the young University of North Carolina Wilmington student was brain dead from complications of the virus, soon to be taken off life support. Gilreath, from Cary, contracted COVID-19 last month, according to WECT.His mother, Tamra Demello, is still trying to process it. 'This is life-changing': Months after hospitalization, Moore Co. man struggles with long-haul COVID "This is just such a devastating shock," she said. "It'll just leave such a hole in our heart forever that can never be filled." The junior at UNCW was healthy and had no underlying medical conditions. Demello said she tried over the summer to convince Gilreath to get vaccinated. Apex 4th grade teacher, mom of 4, dies from...

New research reveals that one in 10 children consume no produce on a regular basis at all, which can impact mental well-being more than family problems at home. NORFOLK, England — Children who eat more fruits and vegetables tend to have sharper minds, according to new research. In a recent study, kids who consumed the recommended five or more portions of fruits and vegetables a day had the highest mental well-being scores. The study is the first to investigate the association between fruit and vegetable intake, breakfast and lunch choices, and mental well-being in British school children. However, the study also finds that almost 10% of kids eat no fruits or vegetables at all! “While the links between nutrition and physical health are well understood, until now, not much has been kn...

State health officials on Tuesday reported 1,008 new cases of COVID-19 over a three-day period along with nine additional deaths from the viral disease. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention does not provide updated case data on Sunday and Monday, so the 1,008 cases reflects new infections that were reviewed by staff over the weekend and on Monday. The agency has also been struggling to keep pace with the surge in test results requiring review. As a result, Tuesday’s total includes cases reported to the Maine CDC back as far as September 17. But Maine’s seven-day average of new cases continues to climb upward, driven largely by new infections of the more contagious delta variant among unvaccinated people. The seven-day average of new cases stood at 523 on Tuesday compa...

TEL AVIV—In late July, dozens of Israeli scientists and government health officials were locked in a marathon video call where they examined new data indicating that the effectiveness of the Covid vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE was waning. Infections from the new Delta variant were increasing, and growing numbers of people were falling seriously ill, even those who had had both shots of the vaccine. Lives were potentially on the line.

Formal submission to request Emergency Use Authorization to follow in the coming weeks NEW YORK and MAINZ, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced they have submitted data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from the Phase 2/3 trial of their COVID-19 vaccine in children 5 to <12 years of age. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210928005307/en/ The Companies announced positive topline results from the pivotal trial on September 20, 2021. In the trial, which included 2,268 participants 5 to <12 years of age, the vaccine demonstrated a favorable safety profile and elicited robust neutralizing antibody responses using a two-dose regimen of 10 μg ...

A fully vaccinated Michigan couple died of COVID-19 — less than one minute apart and while holding hands, according to their daughter. Grand Rapids residents Cal Dunham, 59, and his wife Linda, 66, who had pre-existing health conditions, began to feel sick during a family camping trip this month, Fox 17 reported. “[My dad] called me before our family camping trip and said he wasn’t feeling good but he thinks it’s just like sinus, and [Linda] caught it and she’s like, ‘He gave me his cold,’” their daughter Sarah Dunham told the outlet. “The third day they woke me up and said, ‘We’ve got to go because we don’t feel well.’ So I packed them all up and they left,” she said. Cal and Linda Dunham both died after being taken off life support on Monday,FacebookWith...