Approval Signifies Key Achievement for Public Health Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be … [Read more...] about FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine
More than 4,500 students tested positive for the virus last week. By Marlene Lenthang More than 20,000 students across Mississippi are in quarantine after the first week of in-person classes. Mississippi, which has the lowest vaccination rate among all states -- about 34%, according to state data -- is reeling from rising COVID-19 cases and the highly transmissible … [Read more...] about Over 20,000 Mississippi students under quarantine after 1st week of school
By Lenny Bernstein and Brittany Shammas The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Wednesday that pregnant people be vaccinated against the coronavirus, updating its advice after it found no increased risk of miscarriage among those who have been immunized. With vaccination rates low among pregnant women, the new guidance … [Read more...] about CDC guidance now official: Pregnant people should get coronavirus vaccine
By Anabelle Doliner A Cardiff, Wales resident, whose mother, father, and brother died of COVID-19 within one week of each other, is now urging the public to get vaccinated against the virus. The instance, tragically, is far from isolated, as COVID-19 patients and their families are increasingly expressing their regret over not getting vaccinated—meanwhile, experts warn … [Read more...] about Man’s Entire Family Dies of COVID in the Same Week After Refusing to Get Vaccinated
Louisiana now leads the nation in new Covid casesIntensive care units near capacity in multiple locations Covid-19 hospitalizations continued to surge among America’s deep south states on Monday as health officials urge unvaccinated residents to receive the shot and intensive care units near capacity in multiple locations, prompting fears of a surge close to the numbers of … [Read more...] about Covid hospitalizations surge in US south as unvaccinated urged to get shots
