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Only 10 out of 4 million Americans who Moderna’s COVID-19 suffered life-threatening anaphylactic allergic reactions to the shot, CDC reveals CDC investigated 1,266 reports of ‘adverse events’ after Moderna vaccinations 47 were ruled allergic reactions and just 10 were deemed anaphylaxis All 10 people recovered and only one had no history of allergies Health officials warn … Read more
Only 10 out of 4 million Americans who Moderna’s COVID-19 suffered life-threatening anaphylactic allergic reactions to the shot, CDC reveals CDC investigated 1,266 reports of ‘adverse events’ after Moderna vaccinations 47 were ruled allergic reactions and just 10 were deemed anaphylaxis All 10 people recovered and only one had no history of allergies Health officials warn … Read more
Preliminary figures suggests 2020 will be the deadliest year in U.S. history. A record 3,260,397 people died last year, which public health experts says is due to COVID-19, indirect pandemic deaths and overdoses. That figure is about 15 percent higher than the 2,835,533 Americans who died in 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control … 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
Next week, a small airport in Iowa will become the first to implement a program to screen passengers for coronavirus symptoms before they enter security. Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the plans created by the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids. If proven to be successful at deterring sick passengers from boarding flights, the … Read more
The super-infectious mutant strain of coronavirus that was first detected in Kent has spread to at least 60 other countries, the World Health Organization said today. Cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, sometimes known as VOC 202012/01, have been reported in most of continental Europe, as well as in nations further afield including the US, Australia, India, … 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
The CDC will start requiring all international travelers coming into the US to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter the country, sources close to the decision told the Wall Street Journal. Global testing requirements would be an expansion on a Trump administration policy barring UK travelers without a negative test from … Read more
European countries that had stricter mitigation measures against COVID-19 likely saved thousands of lives, a new study finds. Nations such as Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina had closed schools and offices, limited gatherings and implemented stay-at-home orders before cases began rapidly spreading across the continent, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed … Read more
US will require negative COVID-19 tests from ALL international travelers in 11th hour attempt to stop influx of ‘super-covid’ variants that have already infected at least 82 Americans The US will require all international travelers to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test, sources close to the decision told the Wall Street Journal It is … Read more