Covid-19 levels have been rising in the United States for weeks as new variants drive what’s become an annual summer surge. Covid-19 surveillance has been scaled back significantly since the US public health emergency ended more than a year ago — individual cases are no longer counted, and severe outcomes are based on representative samples […]
NEW YORK (AP) — With fresh COVID-19 cases bubbling up in some parts of the country, health officials are setting course for a fall vaccination campaign. An influential government advisory panel on Thursday recommended new shots for all Americans this fall. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must endorse the recommendation. […]
Just as summer gatherings begin, Americans are also catching COVID-19 again. Cases predictably rose, in upticks, during the winter with more people indoors. They are also increasing as experts expected at the start of summer. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows small jumps in hospitalizations and deaths and slight increases in new cases. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The justices did not comment in letting stand rulings against the group from the federal appeals courts in New Orleans and Philadelphia. In a […]
Reader question: We see student enrollment going down at many Wisconsin universities. What is happening to the enrollment at technical schools? Answer: As referenced above, enrollment at the Universities of Wisconsin declined for eight straight years before increasing 1.1% last fall to reach 162,528 students. Enrollment at the Wisconsin Technical College System followed a similar pattern. The […]
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is joining several African leaders on Thursday to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa, after the coronavirus pandemic exposed gaping inequalities in access to them. The launch of the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator, which will provide financial incentives to […]
Shiseido & Dolce & Gabbana Split: Beauty Brand on luxury cosmetics Japanese cosmetics and personal care giant, Shiseido Company Limited, announced it is partially terminating its global license agreement with Italian luxury fashion label Dolce & Gabbana (D&G). The license agreement would cease with effect from December 31st, 2021 for all product categories, activities and […]
Forget friendship bracelets — some Swifties are calling Covid-19 their new concert souvenirs. Some fans who got COVID-10 after attending her Eras Tour are calling it a “gift” from “Mother.” In an informal poll on X after the Madrid show, over 3,700 people said they contracted the virus. It’s been years since the pandemic times of […]
A woman with mask on waits at a subway station in New York City on June 5, 2024. Credit – Selcuk Acar/Anadolu—Getty Images Just in time for summer vacation season, COVID-19 seems to be creeping back in the U.S. Nationally, the amount of SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater is still low, according to the U.S. Centers […]
Some Swifties in Europe have more than Taylor Swift in common — they have COVID-19 too. During the singer’s European Eras Tour stops, Swift performed in Madrid on May 29 and 30. According to Spanish news site El Nacional, not long after the concert that amassed about 130,000 attendees over two days, thousands online have said they contracted […]
Credit – Getty Images As much as we’d like to think that COVID-19 is behind us, the virus isn’t going anywhere. Health officials continue to recommend that people get vaccinated for both COVID-19 and influenza every year for the foreseeable future, and high hospitalization rates for COVID-19 in the past winter were a reminder that […]
Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) announced on Monday that she tested positive for COVID-19, keeping her away from the Capitol this week. “Unfortunately after a pretty busy schedule, I have tested positive for Covid,” Butler posted on social media. “I am following CDC guidelines and am resting up for the work ahead. I look forward to joining […]