covid-19

As one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. mainland, Hurricane Ida left more than 1 million homes and businesses in Louisiana and Mississippi without power and a death toll that has now risen to 4 individuals as it passed through on Sunday. Officials warn that restoring the power…

Analysts and health professionals have seen a disturbing and substantial increase in mental health cases with children and young teens across the nation, as a result of the pandemic. And with the rising demand for services, health professionals and medical centers are struggling to keep up. A study…

Recently, fake Covid-19 vaccination cards for sale have been found circulating on messaging apps including WhatsApp and Telegram. Sellers are offering the paper cards for around $100. These illegal activities have increased since many countries and local areas have been mandating vaccination…

Recently the Biden administration has announced that it will begin offering vaccine booster shots to Americans eight months after their second dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. Similar to the first shot, health care workers and nursing home residents will be among the first to be eligible for this…

Studies have shown that effectiveness of the vaccine against COVID-19 has been declining as time passes, thus the main COVID-19 vaccines within the U.S.

As schools and businesses are opening back for in-person businesses, there are still many who hesitate to receive the vaccination shot.

There were 3000 students in isolation due to positive tests either in the first week of school or within a few days before the first day of school. Additionally, there were 3500 students in quarantine due to close contact with infected individuals. LAUSD officials stare that they are not aware…

This Covid-19 pandemic newsletter updates shines light on the full FDA approval of the Pfizer Vaccine, that brings us closer to the vaccine being mandated in U.S. troops. Schools and big companies, such as Chevron, are continuing to mandate masks and vaccines for employees and school members.…

In both L.A. and Chicago school districts, all staff members will be required to be fully vaccinated by October 15th, 2021. The schools plan to have limited exemptions to this mandate. Despite vaccine mandates, the districts will continue to require masking in school buildings. This requirement…

Earlier last year when German biotech company, CureVac, went public, its shares soared in the hopes of developing an effective COVID-19 vaccine. CVnCoV vaccine, like the highly successful Pfizer and Moderna, uses messenger RNA. However, shares in CureVac dramatically plummeted when the interim…

According to the U.S. Department of Health, the Biden Administration is set to invest upwards of $3 billion to expedite the discovery, development, and manufacturing of antiviral medicine to treat not only COVID-19 but also a range of viruses. Even though the coronavirus case counts and death rates…

Last July when Breanna Aguilar’s immediate family tested positive for COVID-19, she did not fit into any groups considered high risk for severe disease. However, her case can potentially shed light on the progression of long-haul COVID-19. Aguilar’s positive test was accompanied by weight gain,…

More than a year after the pandemic, the looming question of the origins of COVID-19 is still on everyone’s mind. According to the previously undisclosed U.S intelligence report, three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of virology in November 2019 became sick enough to seek hospital care with…

As vaccination rates increase throughout the country, the CDC and other companies have begun to offer various incentives to further boost the upward trajectory in hopes to reach herd immunity--where at least 60% to 90% of the population is vaccinated. For example, in Maryland, employees are offered…