A researcher has implored Australians to do "whatever they can" to avoid contracting COVID-19 while foreshadowing worrying findings of his study into the long-term impacts of the virus on the human body. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Journalists Dig in on Delta Variant Risks and Opioid Overdose Deaths
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed outbreaks caused by the covid-19 delta variant in Missouri and elsewhere on Newsy on Thursday. Click here to watch Weber on NewsyRead Weber’s “The Delta Variant Thrives in a State of ... [Continue Reading]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Delta Changes the Covid Conversation
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. The resurgence of covid cases in the U.S. ... [Continue Reading]
Vaksinasi Tak Cukup: Pakar Kesehatan Mendorong Perlunya Pengembangan Obat COVID
Australia dikhawatirkan akan ketinggalan bila tidak segera mengamankan pasokan obat COVID di saat negara lain mulai mengalihkan fokusnya dari vaksinasi ke obat-obatan. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Analysis: Necessary or Not, Covid Booster Shots Are Probably on the Horizon
The drugmaker Pfizer recently announced that vaccinated people are likely to need a booster shot to be effectively protected against new variants of covid-19 and that the company would apply for Food and Drug Administration emergency use ... [Continue Reading]
Novavax’s Effort to Vaccinate the World, From Zero to Not Quite Warp Speed
On a sweltering June morning, Novavax CEO and covid vaccine maker Stanley Erck stood on a stage unmasked and did something that would have been unthinkable six months ago: He shook hands with Maryland’s governor. Erck was ... [Continue Reading]
Fútbol, banderas y diversión: estrategias creativas para vacunar a los latinos en Colorado
Los tambores se escuchaban sin parar mientras los fanáticos de la selección mexicana de fútbol se reunían en Empower Field, en Mile High, para un partido de fútbol internacional. Pero dentro de una ... [Continue Reading]
Fútbol, Flags and Fun: Getting Creative to Reach Unvaccinated Latinos in Colorado
Horns blared and drums pounded a constant beat as fans of the Mexican national soccer team gathered recently at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver for a high-profile international tournament. But the sounds were muted inside a ... [Continue Reading]
Human trials underway for COVID-19 nasal spray
A respiratory expert working on a preventative nasal spray aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, is excited that human trials are now underway. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Here Comes Reconciliation
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. The expansion of health benefits is a major piece of the tentative ... [Continue Reading]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Becerra Urges Congress to Expand Medicare, Address Rx Prices
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. The Biden administration stands ready to work with Congress to address ... [Continue Reading]
Ten Children on Ventilators in Mississippi as Delta Covid Variant Surges
Ten children are on ventilators in Mississippi as the Delta covid-19 is surging in the United States. The Delta strain can be harder on younger people than the initial strain. Read more on sciencespacerobots.com SOURCE: Health News from ... [Continue Reading]
Government Oversight of Covid Air Cleaners Leaves Gaping Holes
Stephen Matthew Shumaker counted on in-home, in-person demonstrations to drive his water filtration business, which serves the Atlanta area. So when covid-19 hit and no one was inviting people indoors, he turned to the air-cleaning part of his ... [Continue Reading]
The race to find the next vaccines
As countries race to secure enough vaccine doses, scientists are already working on the next vaccines. And as Sophie Scott reports, a lot of that research is happening right here in Australia. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Delta Variant Surges in Colorado as the Bands Play On
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Dr. Rachel LaCount grasped a metal hoop at a playground and spun in circles with her 7-year-old son, turning the distant mesas of the Colorado National Monument into a red-tinged blur. LaCount has lived in ... [Continue Reading]
California’s Highest Covid Infection Rates Shift to Rural Counties
Most of us are familiar with the good news: In recent weeks, rates of covid-19 infection and death have plummeted in California, falling to levels not seen since the early days of the pandemic. The average number of new covid infections reported each ... [Continue Reading]
New Research Finds J&J Vaccine Has Muscle Against Covid’s Delta Variant
In the past two weeks, many medical experts started to question whether the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is administered in a single dose, would be as effective as the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine in protecting against the new, ... [Continue Reading]
Analysis: Why We’ll Likely Never Know Whether a Covid Lab Leak Happened in China
Early in this century, post-SARS, and in a period when China started allowing more students and scientists to study abroad, collaboration and exchange between American and Chinese scientists blossomed. Many of China’s top ... [Continue Reading]