covid-19

In King County, Seattle police officers arrived at the scene of a shirtless white man assaulting multiple people – an act of a hate crime. According to the victim, the suspect yelled “go back to China” prior to the assault, then he was arrested and jailed in King County Jail. Despite his lack of…

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday signed off on Novavax's two-dose Covid-19 vaccine. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, along with the rest of the CDC committee voted to unanimously recommend the use of the new vaccine as a two-dose primary series in adults. The…

The University of California Irvine on Monday has reinstated indoor masking mandates for all students and staff regardless of vaccination status. UCI has joined other University of California schools such UC Riverside and UCLA that have reinstated their indoor masking mandates during the summer.…

A comprehensive study conducted in the United States to see if vaccination protects against long-term COVID found that the shots had only a little protective effect: being vaccinated appeared to lessen the chance of lung and blood clot issues but did little to protect against most other symptoms.…

A new study from Ontario, Canada has linked poor air quality to severe COVID-19 infection. The research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that individuals who lived in areas of Ontario with high concentrations of pollutants such as fine particulate matter, nitrogen…

Pfizer announced on Monday that their long-awaited vaccine for young children was found to elicit a strong immune response with no significant adverse effects. The dose given to the children was one-tenth the dose given to adults which were found to be well tolerated by their immune systems.…

Just like it's recommended to get your flu shot every fall, some doctors suggest doing so with a COVID vaccine as well. This would allow the vaccine to be tailored to the specific variant posing the most risk, and will hopefully be more effective in reducing disease. However, there are shortcomings…

The overall burden of long-covid in the United States is estimated to be about 10-30% of adults who have had COVID. New findings show that even people who did not have bad reactions to COVID upon infection are still at high risk for developing long-covid symptoms. Some of these symptoms include…

For the third time, Americans can order free at-home COVID-19 tests at COVIDtests.gov. Through the U.S postal service, up to 8 tests will be sent per household. This comes as a result of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increasing by 60% in the past 2 weeks due to highly contagious Omicron…

According to the White House, the United States has reached 1 million COVID-19 deaths. However, it is believed by experts that the death toll is much higher. There was a decrease in people with non-Covid related cases going to the hospital because of fear of going to the hospital during Covid and…

As the US nears 1 million deaths due to COVID-19 infection, Americans 65 and older continue to account for about 75% of all US covid deaths. Despite this, 1 in 3 people 65 and older who have already received their initial round of vaccinations still have not received a first booster shot though the…

Biden honored the occasion during the White House's latest virtual Global COVID-19 Summit, reflecting on the pandemic's impact on the nation after over two years. "This pandemic isn't over. Today, we mark a tragic milestone here in the United States—1 million COVID deaths. One million empty chairs…

On Thursday, May 12, according to North Korean officials, the first-ever case of COVID-19 has been identified, prompting the government to declare a national emergency. 18,000 new cases have been reported with 6 deaths, one of which tested, positive for the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron. The North…

Scientists studying long-haul COVID-19 are now discovering viral fragments donut in the gut months after initial infection. This discovery adds to the growing pool of evidence that supports the hypothesis of persistent bits of virus, also referred to as “coronavirus ghosts”. According to Ami Bhatt,…