by owner | Dec 18, 2024 | California, News
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an emergency proclamation on Wednesday in response to growing concerns over bird flu cases in the state and across the country. The State of Emergency proclamation comes after more bird flu cases were detected in Southern California...
by owner | Nov 14, 2024 | Canada, Medicine, News
OTTAWA, Ontario — Health officials on Wednesday confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen and said the virus was related to a poultry outbreak in the province. Initial testing had indicated the teenager’s infection was from bird flu and was confirmed...
by owner | Apr 21, 2023 | California, Medical, News
Los Angeles County has identified the first local cases of a newly emerging strain of COVID-19, the public health director said, although the numbers remain generally low and current vaccines are believed to be effective in preventing severe illness from it. Commonly...
by owner | Oct 20, 2022 | Medicine, New York
NEW YORK — Pfizer expects to roughly quadruple the price of its COVID-19 vaccine to about $110 to $130 per dose after the United States government’s current purchase program expires, Pfizer executive Angela Lukin said on Thursday. Lukin said she expects the vaccine –...
by owner | Jul 26, 2022 | Medical, U.S.
America will have the biggest monkeypox outbreak in the world within days, statistics suggest amid ramped up testing that is picking up the disease in areas where it had previously spread ‘uninterrupted’. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
by owner | Jul 6, 2022 | CDC, Florida, Tampa
Experts say cases are plateauing about 10,000 per day but may be higher due to unreported at-home positive tests. TAMPA, Fla. — The majority of Florida is still at high risk for COVID-19 transmission, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and...