by Richard A. Hendricks | Jan 24, 2021 | Health News
“The CDC has reached out to UK officials and is reviewing their new mortality data associated with variant B.1.1.7,” a CDC official told CNN Saturday, using the scientific name for the variant first spotted in the UK in November. A UK report released Friday states there is “a realistic possibility” that the new variant has […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jan 23, 2021 | Health News
At the beginning of the year, a senior CDC official told CNN he hoped over the next two weeks that the agency would more than double the number of coronavirus genomes being sequenced in the US per week. While the number of sequences did increase over those two weeks,...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jan 16, 2021 | Health News
A variant first identified in Britain known as B.1.1.7 is being found in the US as well, and modeling indicates it could worsen the already terrible spread of the virus across the country, the CDC researchers said. That means people need to try harder to wear masks,...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jan 7, 2021 | Health News
In the first week and a half of the US Covid-19 vaccine effort, the CDC said there have been 21 additional confirmed cases of severe allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis, bringing the total cases to 29 out of 1.9 million doses administered. By comparison, the rate...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jan 2, 2021 | Health News
Starting Monday in the UK, passengers must have a negative Covid-19 test within three days of boarding a flight to the United States. “Today, President Trump is taking another step to protect the health of the American people,” according to the statement....
