Covid: Hundreds of thousands of under-18s to get vaccine
[unable to retrieve full-text content]The vaccines minister says children at high risk from Covid will be offered the jab. BBC News – Health
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Here’s a map showing where low vaccination rates meet high case counts as U.S. Covid infections surge
More and more U.S. counties with low vaccination rates are starting see Covid cases climb, putting residents at risk for “unnecessary” infections, hospitalizations and potentially deaths as the delta variant tears through the country, according to U.S. health officials. “After several weeks of declining numbers of cases, followed by a long plateau, we are seeing… Read More »
Country’s ‘magnificent’ covid vax video
As far as health warnings go, the federal government’s video of a young woman gasping for air in hospital is on the confronting side. The new ad campaign, aimed at Sydneysiders amid the city’s growing Delta outbreak, has proved divisive so far, with some claiming the “graphic” ad was insensitive given many young people cannot… Read More »
Gene related to where a person lives ‘could prevent severe reaction to Covid’
Have you ever wondered why some people who catch Covid only have a mild illness, while others become seriously ill? Well, a scientific and medical team at Newcastle University have shown that a particular gene, called HLA-DRB1*04:01, is found three times more often in people who are asymptomatic, suggesting this gene confers some level of… Read More »
Covid: Self-isolation to be scrapped for double-jabbed and children
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Under-18s in England also won’t have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive from 16 August. BBC News – Health
Journalists Discuss Long Covid, Delta Variant, Clinic for Migrants
California Healthline producer Lydia Zuraw told of her experience with long covid and how singing helped her shortness of breath on Newsy’s “Morning Rush” on Thursday. California Healthline reporter and producer Heidi de Marco discussed a clinic treating migrants at the Mexican border on KCET’s “SoCal Update” on Wednesday. KHN Colorado correspondent Rae Ellen Bichell… Read More »