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Allegheny County breaches CDC threshold for return of face masks – Pittsburgh
Allegheny County breaches CDC threshold for return of face masks Pittsburgh Post-Gazette31 Michigan counties should be masking, regardless of vaccination status, per CDC data MLive.com9 Massachusetts counties now subject to CDC masking…
Minnesota employers mandate vaccines, masks for workers as COVID cases rise
article A medical official fills a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine. (FOX 9) - Major Minnesota employers and education institutions are imposing mask mandates and vaccine requirements for workers to slow a COVID-19 surge across…
COVID Hospitalizations Quadruple; Pediatric Cases Spike Across LA
LOS ANGELES, CA — As the Delta variant fuels Los Angeles County's surge in coronavirus cases, health officials are seeing a spike in hospitalizations and in pediatric cases with children representing a larger share of cases than they did…
Alaska reports 751 cases of COVID-19 over the weekend as statewide surge
Alaska reported 751 COVID-19 cases over three days as a statewide surge driven by the highly infectious delta variant continued over the weekend. The newly reported cases followed a trend of higher cases and hospitalizations that…
Las Vegas man send heartbreaking text before dying of COVID
A Las Vegas dad dying of COVID-19 sent his fiancée the heartbreaking text, “I should have gotten the damn vaccine” just before he succumbed, according to new reports. Michael Freedy, 39, had gone on vacation with…
Delta spreads ‘like wildfire’ as doctors study whether it makes patients sicker
LOS ANGELES, Aug 2 (Reuters) - With a new wave of COVID-19 infections fueled by the Delta variant striking countries worldwide, disease experts are scrambling to learn whether the latest version of coronavirus is making people - mainly…
Houston to give $25 gift cards to those who get fully vaccinated
HOUSTON – Houston is offering free gift cards to those who get fully vaccinated.According to Houston Health Department, people that are vaccinated at one of its health centers or clinics will receive a $25 gift card starting August 2. To…
A Covid-19 outbreak in Provincetown helped motivate the CDC’s mask guidance
"That's what we kind of say is the official start of summer," said Christopher Roberts, who owns a puzzle and game store in Provincetown. "July 4 is just packed ... and then really from that day on, it's like that."Published Friday by…
Latest surge may be tipping point for unvaccinated, NIH director says
The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Francis Collins, on Sunday said the current coronavirus surge, which is being driven by the highly transmissible delta variant, may be "the tipping point" for unvaccinated…
UK scientists believe it is ‘almost certain’ a coronavirus variant will emerge
The analysis has not been peer-reviewed, the early research is theoretical, and does not provide any proof that such a variant is in circulation now. Documents like it are released "as pre-print publications that have provided the…