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St Basil’s aged care home COVID court case delayed
A document oversight has caused further delays to a criminal case against an aged care home over one of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks.St Basil's Home for the Aged faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday, after being charged by…
Long COVID Is Now the Biggest Pandemic Risk for Most People
Compared with the worst days of the pandemic—when vaccines and antivirals were nonexistent or scarce, when more than 10,000 people around the world were dying each day, when long COVID largely went unacknowledged even as countless people…
California health officials shorten COVID isolation guidance as infections peak
A positive Covid-19 at home test is displayed on May 02, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Amid widespread COVID-19 cases from a rapidly spreading!--Get>…
WHO Says Covid Vaccines Saved At Least 1.4 Mn Lives In Europe
At least 1.4 million lives have been saved in Europe thanks to Covid vaccines, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, recalling that the virus was "here to stay". The WHO European region -- which covers 53 countries…
BNT162b2 Vaccine Shows High Efficacy in Youth During COVID Delta and Omicron
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In children and adolescents, BNT162b2 was effective for COVID-19-related outcomes during the delta and omicron periods, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in the Annals of Internal…
Another Covid wave hits U.S. as JN.1 becomes dominant variant
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveThe United States is in the throes of another covid-19 uptick, cementing a pattern of the virus surging around the holidays as doctors and public health officials brace for greater…
Have COVID or flu symptoms? Here’s when you should go to the doctor, urgent care
ER visits for respiratory viruses skyrocketing, CDC says
BOSTON - More people are going to the emergency room these days with the flu and…
Blakeman is misusing COVID funds
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is moving to use $10 million in federal coronavirus funds for a series of events in 2024 celebrating the county's 125th anniversary when Nassau's three towns broke off from Queens. Blakeman told…
How Behavioral Science Nailed It in COVID Policymaking
A study led by Kai Ruggeri at Columbia University, with over 80 collaborators, highlights the importance of behavioral sciences in policy decisions, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study revisits and validates…