Coronavirus News
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| WHO: COVID cases and deaths falling nearly everywhere | The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere last week except the Middle East and Southeast Asia, according to the World Health Organization. In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said Wednesday that confirmed cases… |
2022-06-08 | |
| Amid a COVID surge, WA hospital leaders wonder why fewer people seem to care | A wave of infections since mid-March has meant a steady increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations. But during this surge, fewer people seem to be talking about it. And that has… |
2022-06-07 | |
| How long COVID could change the way we think about disability | Mallory Stanislawczyk was hesitant to make the call. She hadn’t spoken to her friend for years. But the friend, who gets around in a wheelchair, was the only person the 34-year-old nurse practitioner could think of who would understand her questions. About being ready to accept help. About using… |
2022-06-07 | |
| FDA advisers back Novavax COVID shots as 4th US option | American adults who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon get another choice, as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday backed a more traditional type of shot. Next, the FDA must decide whether to authorize the protein vaccine made by latecomer Novavax… |
2022-06-07 | |
| Even mild COVID cases can cause long-term heart problems, researchers find | Cardiac doctors are reporting a growing number of patients like Knight, who have lingering post-COVID cardiovascular symptoms or new, serious heart conditions. These patients may have a wide range of heart problems, including irregular or racing heartbeat, blood clots, coronary disease and heart… |
2022-06-06 | |
| WA state hospitals ‘remarkably strained’ by COVID-19 community spread, officials say | Washington hospital officials warned Monday that facilities are heading toward the bad old days with COVID-19 cases peaking and high spread in the community. This go-around, while patients are not as sick as they’ve been in previous surges, the caseload is impacting not just those… |
2022-06-06 | |
| White House: 1st shots for kids under 5 possible by June 21 | The Biden administration said Thursday that children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for the age group, as expected. White House COVID-19 coordinator Ashish Jha outlined the administration’s… |
2022-06-03 | |
| Novavax hopes its COVID shot wins over FDA, vaccine holdouts | Americans may soon get a new COVID-19 vaccine option -- shots made with a more tried-and-true technology than today’s versions. The big question: Why should they care? After long delays, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide within weeks whether to authorize Novavax’s… |
2022-06-02 | |
| More than two-thirds of people have COVID antibodies, WHO says | More than two-thirds of the world’s population probably have significant levels of COVID-19 antibodies, meaning they have either been infected or were vaccinated, the World Health Organization said. So-called seroprevalence rates surged to 67% in October from 16% in February of 2021,… |
2022-06-02 | |
| During COVID’s omicron wave in U.S., death rates soared for older people | Despite strong levels of vaccination among older people, COVID killed them at vastly higher rates during this winter’s omicron wave than it did last year, preying on long delays since their last shots and the variant’s ability to skirt immune defenses. This winter’s wave of deaths in… |
2022-06-01 |