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Life expectancy in the United States fell by a full year during the first half of 2020, a new report finds. In 2019, life expectancy – or the average number of years a person lives – for the general American population was 78.8 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Thursday. However, … Read more
The US is only sequencing about 2,300 coronavirus genomes a week in search of variants, and aims to sequence 7,000 weekly. The far smaller UK sequences 12,000 genomes a week.
The nation’s top infectious disease expert says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may recommend wearing two masks. Dr Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has endorsed the use of two masks, also known as double-making, in the past – particularly a cloth mask and then … Read more
CDC will send funding and ‘support’ to South Carolina to speed its vaccine rollout in an effort to stop the South African variant from taking hold there CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky said the agency is offering ‘support’ to states where variants threaten to spread South Carolina will get funding and ‘resources for increased testing, … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has quietly updated its guidance on how late the second dose of a coronavirus vaccine can be administered after insisting it would not allow delays in shots. Currently, the two vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), one by Pfizer-BioNTech and the other by … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predict that up to 508,000 Americans could die of COVID-19 in less than one month. Published on Wednesday, the ‘ensemble’ forecast combines 37 independent forecasts of coronavirus deaths over the next four weeks into one projection. The forecast predicts that between 22,500 and 23,300 deaths from the virus … Read more
The CDC and Pfizer are investigating the death of a Miami doctor who died from a rare blood condition two weeks after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr Gregory Michael, 56, an obstetrician with a private practice at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, died last Sunday – 16 days after he was vaccinated. In a … Read more
Nearly two dozen Americans have experienced life-threatening allergic reactions after receiving Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine, a new report finds. Between December 14 and 23, a total of 21 people suffered anaphylaxis upon getting their first dose, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Wednesday. Of those patients, 17 people had a history of … Read more
Canadian health officials have confirmed on Saturday the first two cases of a more contagious COVID-19 mutant strain that was first detected in the United Kingdom and has now spread to Denmark, Belgium, Australia, Holland, and other countries. The announcement was made on Saturday by Dr. Barbara Yaffe, the associate chief medical officer of health for … Read more
US health officials closely tracking possible side effects of the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine said on Saturday they have seen at least six cases of severe allergic reactions out of more than a quarter million shots given – prompting one Illinois hospital to pause vaccinations. Medical experts said that a chemical called polyethylene glycol (PEG), a … Read more