New Zealand is moving closer to recording 1000 Covid deaths, with a further eight deaths reported by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday. The country was expected to surpass the milestone number on Tuesday based on the rolling seven-day average. However, the number of reported […]
Inspections by the FDA found the presence of Cronobacter sakazakii, a bacteria that can cause blood infection, at the factory. Abbott internal records also showed that the company destroyed some of its product due to the presence of the bacteria at the plant, according to […]
In the wake of the tragic milestone of 1 million official COVID-19 deaths in the United States, a new analysis found that without vaccines, the virus would have likely claimed more than 100,000 additional lives in 2021. The analysis, sponsored by Pfizer, estimated that the […]
Evanston released new guidelines Friday for combating the spread of COVID-19 — including the recommended use of face masks indoors. The updated recommendations come as Evanston reported a seven-day average of 56.71 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on May 13. With this caseload, Evanston reached a […]
For the first time in three years, thousands of runners and walkers returned to the streets for San Francisco’s iconic Bay to Breakers Sunday. Organizers said the turnout was about what they expected. 18,000 people registered, and about 14,000 showed up to participate. The colorful […]
Russell Cothren Andy Brownback The British Academy recently published 10 in-depth transatlantic reports under the collective title COVID-19 Recovery: Building Future Pandemic Preparedness and Understanding Citizen Engagement in the USA and UK. One of these 10 reports, “Securing the Goalposts on Vaccine Hesitancy,” was co-authored […]
“This is my seat, I have sat in this seat every year since this track has been open, you can ask anybody here, anybody, this is my seat,” said Ritmanich.
More than three lakh beneficiaries were vaccinated against Covid-19 on Sunday, May 15, according to official data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. According to the data, as of May 16, 7 am, 3,10,218 total doses of the vaccine were administered in the […]
Two people with COVID-19 have died in South Australia as the state government launches an initiative to increase the vaccination rate among children. SA Health has reported 3,392 new COVID-19 cases today, the lowest figure since last Monday, following a spike in numbers over the […]
Southland Hospital has abruptly closed one of its wards to all visitors because of what it is describing as multiple Covid-19 exposures. Southland Hospital’s medical, surgical and rehabilitation ward is closed to visitors. Photo: Google Maps The hospital said visitors would not be allowed into […]
