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Jefferson County back in the yellow zone for COVID-19: What officials are recommending Updated: 4:54 PM EDT May 10, 2022 Hide Transcript Show Transcript seen nationally well evolved throughout the whole pandemic has gotten hit later. So just like how we saw cases increasing on the east coast *** couple of weeks ago we are seeing that same thing here now. So to bring up the dashboard so we are in the yellow medium risk and that is because the number of cases has increased. Um here in jefferson County. If we were doing the old um community levels. Uh we would be in the red for the number of cases w...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is investigating two cases of pediatric hepatitis in the state, but both cases have tested negative for adenovirus infection.The DPH said no additional details are being released to respect the privacy of the pediatric patients. Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that it was investigating more than 100 cases of severe and unexplained hepatitis in children.It asked doctors and public health officials to notify the agency if they had similar cases of children under the age of 10 with elevated liver enzymes and no apparent explanation for their hepatitis going back to October.Most of the children were healthy when they developed symptoms that included fatigue, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, belly pain,...

<!-- --> CEPI will fund the initiative under its USD 200 million programme to advance the development of vaccines New Delhi: The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) on Tuesday said it will provide up to USD 19.3 million (about Rs 149 crore) to Bharat Biotech International, the University of Sydney, and Switzerland-based ExcellGene SA for the development of a "variant-proof" SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate.  CEPI will fund the initiative under its USD 200 million programme to advance the development of vaccines that provide broad protection against SARS-Cov-2 variants and other betacoronaviruses. The funding will support the consortium as it seeks to establish preclinical and clinical proof of concept for an adjuvanted subunit vaccine designed to provide broad pro...

New Jersey on Tuesday reported eight COVID-19 death and 3,083 new confirmed positive tests as the seven-day average for cases rose to the highest number since Feb. 4. The state’s seven-day average for confirmed cases increased to 2,932 on Tuesday, up 33% from a week ago, and up 127% from a month ago. The seven-day average has increased for 20 consecutive days. Hospitalizations, which typically lag about two weeks behind case trends, have also been on the rise this month. There were 647 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases across 70 of the state’s 71 hospitals as of Monday night. One hospital did not report data. Hospitalizations have been climbing after hitting recent lows in mid-March, but still remain significantly lower than when they peaked at 6,089 on Jan. 1...

Honoure Stark of Toronto must wear a chemotherapy cream  for at least six hours a day that she says leaves her looking like an 'acid attack victim'  A cancer-stricken mother has shared shocking pictures illustrating how her chemotherapy cream leaves her looking like an 'acid attack victim'.  Honoure Stark from Toronto in Canada, initially dismissed an 'unusual spot' on her forehead she found back in 2008 as eczema, until it began to eat away at her flesh. The 'enormous' spot turned out to be a form of skin cancer. 'Countless' lesions have cropped up all over the 53-year-old's body since being diagnosed.  Despite undergoing about 30 surgeries to remove them, Ms Stark still needs to use a chemotherapy cream to stop her from getting other cancerous lesions. But the moth...

Photo: Bilanol (Shutterstock) There are two types of people in the world. The type who thoughtlessly store their toothbrushes out in the open, in the same bathroom that harbors a fecal-matter-spewing toilet (gross, right?), and the type who takes pains to cover their toothbrushes when not in use, and even periodically disinfect them in the dishwasher or with a fancy ultraviolet sterilizing device. Of the two groups, guess who is following the CDC and ADA guidelines for taking care of your toothbrush? Surprise, it’s the lazy folks. But aren’t their toothbrushes covered in bacteria and other gross little microbes? They sure are. All toothbrushes are full of germs, and most of them come from our mouths. This review of studies on toothbrush contamination reports that all of them “foun...

Seasonal flu virus may be a direct descendant of the 1918 'Spanish flu' that caused a global pandemic and killed up to 100m people, study finds The seasonal human flu virus 'may have descended from 1918 Spanish flu strain' Based on the analysis of samples collected in Europe during the 1918 pandemic Researchers in Berlin revealed more details on the biology of the H1N1 flu virus Detected mutations in virus that may have helped it better adapt to human hosts By Sam Tonkin For Mailonline Published: 11:21 EDT, 10 May 2022 | Updated: 11:32 EDT, 10 May 2022 <!-- <!-- <!-- <!-- <!-- (function (src, d, tag){ var s = d.createElement(tag), prev = d.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0]; s.src = src; prev.parentNode.insertBefore(s,...

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise around the United States, some experts are saying that the country could be entering a fifth wave of the virus as summer approaches. In the last week alone, COVID cases in the state of Illinois have gone up by more than 40%, while hospitalizations have also begun a slow increase, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. “If you look at our rates, (and) if you look, for example, at the CDC maps, we are right up there with the east coast,” Dr. Sharon Welbel of Cook County Health says. The East Coast has been seeing rapid increases in COVID cases in recent weeks, largely fueled by a new subvariant of omicron. Numerous counties are now considered to be at a “high community level” of the virus, with officials...

Over the last two years, new Covid cases and deaths have risen and fallen alongside surges of variants and subvariants. One constant, experts say: a continual increase in long Covid cases. The term "long Covid" refers to the wide range of new, ongoing or returning health conditions that can affect people weeks or months after they've recovered from a Covid infection. Common symptoms include fatigue, difficulty breathing, heart palpitations, brain fog, lightheadedness, stomach pain and altered sense of taste or smell, the Centers for Disease Control says. "There's definitely no slowing down in the demand and the need for long Covid care. It's continuing to increase," says Dr. Jason Maley, director of Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's long Covid clinic, which i...

COVID-19 cases are on the rise in New Hampshire, but some residents say they're still confused by guidelines for testing.New Hampshire is averaging more than 500 reported new cases each day, the most since Valentine's Day. But the number of hospital patients with COVID-19 is lower than it was at the end of last week. Still, many health care facilities say workers are experiencing burnout, partly because of staff shortages."There are a number of folks who have really been working throughout the pandemic and really giving it their all and working through multiple waves of COVID. So, putting in long hours, being at the bedside or regardless of role, I think the burnout can be impacting any position throughout any healthcare organization," said Kerry Ann Hayon, the Vice President for the...