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Health care workers made up 6% of all US hospitalized coronavirus patients through May – and 4% of them died, CDC report finds A new CDC report found that health care workers made up nearly 6% of more than 6,000 coronavirus patients hospitalized between March and May More than 25% needed to be admitted to … Read more
Coronavirus cases are on the rise in nearly 80 percent of US states and territories, a top US official warned on Friday. ‘New #COVID19 cases are increasing,’ said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Dr Robert Redfield said via Twitter on Friday. Specifically, ‘79% of U.S. jurisdictions reported increasing cases as of October … Read more
Coronavirus has spread far more rapidly in poorer areas of the US, which had 25 percent more cases relative to their populations by the time they were identified as ‘hotspots,’ a new report reveals. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that counties in low income brackets where many people lived … Read more
Daily coronavirus fatality rates in the US remain a fraction of what they were in the deadly spring peak, even as cases climb to levels not seen since August, and well above infection rates from March to May. In fact, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest that excess fatalities … Read more
Surge of coronavirus cases in 75% of US is a ‘distressing trend’ – but ‘hope is on the way’ with vaccines predicted to be available for vulnerable Americans by year-end, health officials say CDC and HHS officials held a now-rare COVID-19 press briefing on Wednesday Officials acknowledged a ‘distressing trend’ in rising coronavirus cases in … Read more
Questions have risen over a new study that claims neck gaiters do help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Researchers from the University of Georgia (UGA) found that the popular face coverings provided up to a 96 percent reduction in respiratory droplets compared to no mask at all. Previous studies have disputed the effectiveness … Read more
American minorities have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19 – and the share of Hispanic people dying of the disease in the US is only growing, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report suggests. In May, Hispanic Americans accounted for 16.3 percent of coronavirus deaths in the US. By August, that number … Read more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is asking President Trump to meet with US governors and provide guidance on how coronavirus vaccines should be distributed once they are approved. States are due to submit their plans for distributing coronavirus vaccines tomorrow, Friday October 16, according to the deadline set out by the Centers for Disease Control … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said coronavirus vaccines may not initially be recommended for children when they become available. Children, who rarely develop severe COVID-19 symptoms or require hospitalization for the disease, have not yet been tested for any experimental jab. In the statement, posted on Wednesday, the CDC said that, up … Read more
Drug overdose deaths have soared by nearly 10 percent over the last year, early data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals. Provisional data shows deaths reached a record-high of more than 73,000 in March 2020 compared to March 2019 and are predicted to surpass 75,000 when counting is completed. A total … Read more