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Eight Per Cent in the US Are Skipping Their Second Doses of Covid Vaccines

Sun, 2021-04-25 11:58 — mike kraft

Millions of Americans are not getting the second doses of their Covid-19 vaccines, and their ranks are growing.

More than five million people, or nearly 8 percent of those who got a first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, have missed their second doses, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is more than double the rate among people who got inoculated in the first several weeks of the nationwide vaccine campaign.

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How India’s second wave became the worst COVID-19 surge in the world

Sat, 2021-04-24 11:46 — mike kraft

How India’s second wave became the worst COVID-19 surge in the world

New Delhi (National Geographic)--- During the past few weeks, Indian social media has been inundated with SOS messages: hospitals tweeting about dwindling oxygen supplies and physicians watching helplessly as patients perish from preventable deaths. A journalist pleading for but denied a hospital bed took to Twitter to log his deteriorating condition till he died.

Overwhelmed crematoria are working round-the-clock to keep up with the pace of bodies; furnaces have melted down from overuse and additional funeral platforms are being built outside. Such are the heartbreaking messages and haunting images that highlight the formidable second wave of the coronavirus pandemic raging through the country.

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New MIT research: Risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors the same at 6ft and 60ft

Sat, 2021-04-24 11:36 — mike kraft

MIT researchers: Risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors the same at 6ft The risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors is the same when socially distanced 6 feet apart and 60 feet apart, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say. Jordan Williams TheHill

The risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors is the same when socially distanced 6 feet apart and 60 feet apart, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say.

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FDA says N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused

Fri, 2021-04-23 17:36 — mike kraft

FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused The Biden administration has taken the first step toward ending an emergency exception that allowed hospitals to ration and reuse N95 medical masks, the first line of defense between frontline workers and the deadly coronavirus. Thousands of medical providers have died in the COVID-19 pandemic , many exposed and infected while caring for patients without adequate protection. Critical shortages of masks, gowns, swabs, and other medical supplies prompted the Trump administration to issue guidelines for providers to ration , clean, and reuse disposable equipment.

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J&J COVID-19 vaccine with a warning label about rare clots receives OK from CDC advisory panel

Fri, 2021-04-23 17:26 — mike kraft

Johnson & Johnson vaccine use should resume with a warning about risk of rare blood clots, CDC advisers recommend If the United States lifts the pause on the vaccine's use with a warning added to the label, the position would be similar to one taken by Europe’s drug regulator. Lena H. Sun, Carolyn Y. Johnson Washington Post

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Japan declares a state of emergency in Tokyo and Osaka as coronavirus cases rise

Fri, 2021-04-23 12:12 — mike kraft

TOKYO — Japan on Friday declared states of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and surrounding areas in an effort to stem a widening coronavirus outbreak three months before the country plans to host the Summer Olympics.

The measures will take effect on Sunday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said, calling them “a short and concentrated measure” to slow the virus’s spread during the Golden Week holiday, traditionally one of the year’s busiest travel periods.

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