Figures published on Tuesday show that over the weekend the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 fell below 10,000 for the first time since 25 October. The latest figures, covering 7 March, show there currently are 9,418 people in hospital with coronavirus. BBC News – Health
March 5, 2021 — A recent decrease in the number of Americans seeking testing for COVID-19 has experts on alert. Accurate and timely testing remains critical for treating and isolating individuals with COVID-19 infection, they stress. Widespread testing also allows for tracking the spread of the virus and any variants of concern as they arise.… Read More »
COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, has now been linked to many long-term complications, including heart damage, lung damage and neurological disorders. One emerging area of research is whether hearing loss and tinnitus (ringing in the ears) can result from coronavirus infection—either as a symptom or as a complication days or weeks later. We do know that many different types… Read More »
The Government Accountability Office has concerns about the FDA’s widening inspection backlog. COVID-19 certainly amplified the problem, but the issues had been mounting long before last March. As the FDA looks to honor lockdown rules and protect its staffers, the agency has largely paused inspections since the pandemic started last spring, conducting only those deemed “mission critical.”… Read More »
The Coronavirus Outbreak liveLatest Updates Maps and Cases Risk Near You Vaccine Rollout New Variants Tracker Thomas Hatcher Sr., 84, of Glastonbury, Conn., received a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine at a mass inoculation site set up at Rentschler Field in East Hartford this month. In Quest for Herd Immunity, Giant Vaccination Sites Proliferate… Read More »
We all want our children to be able to go back to school. What we don’t want is for them — or their teachers — to get sick from COVID-19. There is no easy, let alone perfect, solution, which is why, a year into the pandemic, there is no clear way forward. Recently the Centers… Read More »