by owner | Jul 8, 2022 | News
Even as BA.4 and BA.5 continue to climb the charts, crowding out earlier Omicron subvariants, scientists are warning about an even newer strain: BA.2.75. Tom Peacock, PhD, a virologist at Imperial College London, tweeted on June 30, “worth keeping a...
by owner | Jul 6, 2022 | FDA, News
Pharmacists can prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new U.S. policy announced Wednesday that’s intended to expand use of Pfizer’s drug Paxlovid. The Food and Drug Administration said pharmacists can begin screening patients to...
by owner | Jul 4, 2022 | News, World
How COVID-19 is affecting the globeConfirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 549.1 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths has now passed 6.33 million. More than 12.09 billion vaccination doses have been administered...
by owner | Jul 4, 2022 | California, Testing
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Breakthrough infections are becoming more commonplace in the community, mostly due to COVID’s ability to mutate and change. As a result, experts across the country are setting a lower expectation of vaccine efficacy. As the...
by owner | Jun 30, 2022 | California, Testing
Another 6,529 COVID-19 infections were reported in Los Angeles County in the lastest data, along with nine more deaths. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals increased by 32 people to 779, according to the latest state...
by owner | Jun 28, 2022 | Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear masks indoors and in public spaces if the COVID-19 community levels are high as two new omicron variants gain momentum and are on the path to becoming the dominant strains. Driving the news:...
