covid-19

A poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that 1 in 5 American households had to delay care for serious illnesses in the past few months. In Idaho's hospitals, breast cancer surgeries and standard cancer screenings have been…

Covax, a global initiative by the UN to provide Covid-19 vaccines to low and middle income countries, states it will miss its target to distribute 2 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the year. It will expect to provide roughly 1.4 billion, a shortfall that is due to export and…

Arizona is one of many states that has banned mask mandates in schools. However, the state is still happily accepting relief funds from the federal government. Essentially, the state is providing funding to all public and charter schools that abide by all state laws regarding COVID. Being that mask…

On Tuesday, October 5, Johnson & Johnson had submitted data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of a booster shot of its Covid-19 vaccine in people ages 18 years and older. According to CDC, an estimated 15 million Americans have received the single-dose…

According to the study conducted by Marm Kilpatrick, an infectious disease researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, people who become infected with the Delta variant are less likely to transmit the virus to their close contacts if they have had a COVID-19 vaccine. This latest study…

In the United States, over 5.7 million children have tested positive for Covid-19. The number of children who continue to have symptoms after infection, also known as long-haul covid, is unknown. These symptoms include fatigue, headaches, and muscle pain. As schools return to person, some have made…

Three California hospitals, two in Bakersfield and one in Redding, are receiving assistance from the National Guard amidst another surge of Covid-19 hospitalizations. These hospitals, like many others nationwide, are facing staffing shortages. Rural parts of California are facing intense COVID-19…

Merck announced that their pill reduced the risk of hospitalization and death by 50% in recent clinical trials. The pill is designed to be taken during the first few days of a COVID-19 infection. During this period, the virus is replicating quickly, but the immune system has not yet responded.…

The nation's second largest school district of over 600,000 students, L.A.U.S.D. Board of Education, had a unanimous agreement on a mandate for Covid-19 vaccinations for all students age 12 and up. January 10, 2022 will be the deadline for all students, unless they have a "medical or other…

Teens around the United States display the lowest vaccination rates for a vaccine eligible age group. In the past, prior to the development of new COVID-19 variants, the virus mainly affected older individuals. Nowadays, though, the virus can spread quickly through kids too. Therefore, the CDC…

Los Angeles Country has eased its COVID-19 vaccination/testing requirement for large public venues such as Six Flags and Universal Studios. Initially, the Health Officer Order mandated all attendees and employees to show proof of Covid vaccination or a negative test within 72 hours, with the…

The booster shot side effects have been found to closely mirror those of the second dose. According to a recent CDC study, the majority of side effects were mild in nature with arm soreness, fatigue, and headache as the most commonly reported symptoms. Since mid-August, nearly 2.8 million…

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation survey, 71% of unvaccinated respondents claim that booster shots are signs that vaccines are ineffective. The divide in attitude continues as it becomes clearer just how differently vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals view the pandemic. The split in…

This past week the CDC released a report that found the coronavirus vaccines do not increase the risk of birth defects or miscarriages. The study was done on a total of 1,613 pregnant women who were all inoculated with the coronavirus vaccine. The majority of those in the study (70%) were…