Month: September 2021

University leaders first reported the gastrointestinal illness Sept. 21, after about 12 students on the main campus in Northwest Washington reported severe stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhea. Days later, that number grew to 90 and “fewer than 15” people had been transported to emergency rooms, officials said. As of Monday, 130 students and employees had reported some combination of symptoms.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky clarified her comments regarding Covid-19 booster shots after she told the Atlantic on Monday that she plans on getting a Covid booster shot, but wants to make sure those who are at higher risk get them first. "I am not at all concerned about supply," said Walensky on CNBC's "The News with Shepard Smith." "I do know that here have been some queues in the pharmacies as people have been wanting to get their booster right away, so I merely indicated that I didn't want to be in a rush above those who are over the age of 65 who might be more at risk than I am, and I'll wait a week or two, and I will absolutely get mine." The CDC endorsed an extra dose of Pfizer's vaccine for people 65 and older, adults wit...

The idea of ‘ageing’ overnight after a traumatic event sounds like a figure of speech — it was famously expressed in relation to Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France.  Her hair allegedly went white the night before she was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution, aged 38. Yet research has now shown that going white overnight and other forms of rapid ageing are a biological fact. A U.S. study found that new mothers who had less than seven hours’ sleep a night in their baby’s first six months were biologically three to seven years older than those who had seven or more hours’ rest, as reported in the journal Sleep Health last month. Research has now shown that going white overnight and other forms of rapid ageing are a biological fact The researchers,...

An unvaccinated pregnant woman lost her baby after she went into premature labor while being treated for COVID-19. Last month, mother-of-two Kimberly Rangel, of Meridien, Idaho, contracted the virus and her health quickly declined, reported KTVB. She was hospitalized and placed in a medically induced coma for a few weeks while doctors tried to stabilize her vitals. However, Rangel went into premature labor and, when she woke up, she was told that her baby did not make it. Rangel was not vaccinated and her family is now sharing her story in hopes of warning other mothers-to-be about the dangerous complications they may face if they don't get their shots.  Mother-of-two Kimberly Rangel (pictured with her children) of Meridien, Idaho, who was pregnant with her third chil...

Smoking Data also finds smokers more likely to die from disease compared with those who have never smoked Mon 27 Sep 2021 18.30 EDT Smokers are 60%-80% more likely to be admitted to hospital with Covid-19 and also more likely to die from the disease, data suggests.A study, which pooled observational and genetic data on smoking and Covid-19 to strengthen the evidence base, contradicts research published at the start of the pandemic suggesting that smoking might help to protect against the virus. This was later retracted after it was discovered that some of the paper’s authors had financial links to the tobacco industry.Covid has wiped out years of progress on life expectancy, finds studyOther studies on whether smoking is associated with a greater likelihood of more severe Covid-19...

California continues to have the lowest levels of coronavirus transmission in the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Monday, the agency’s color-coded map showed California as having a “moderate” level of virus transmission, represented by yellow, with 48 other states stuck in the “high” transmission category, labeled red, and Connecticut advancing into the second-worst “substantial” tier, marked orange. However, data published on Mondays can sometimes be off due to reporting irregularities over the weekend. Ali Bay, a spokesman for the California Department of Public Health, said that the state believes that the updated data would show that California is still technically in the orange category since data on cases are not rep...