Category: Breaking

Over 3,000 Canceled Flights: Airline Cuts Continue As Covid Cases Rise, Staff Shortages Persist

Fauci suggests vaccine mandates may be needed for domestic air travel.

Here’s How Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Has (And Hasn’t) Changed Over 2021

The percentage of people telling pollsters they won’t get vaccinated has stayed relatively the same, but the share of those on the fence about the shot has dwindled.

Covid Case Counts Should No Longer Be ‘Major’ Pandemic Metric Amid ‘Mild’ Omicron Infections, Experts Argue

“That’s the vaccine working,” U.S. public health expert Ashish Jha said Sunday of the growing number of mild, cold-like Covid infections among vaccinated Americans, arguing that policymakers should pay more attention to hospitalization numbers than the…

Covid Can Linger In Body For Months, Study Finds, As Fauci Sounds Alarm On ‘Extraordinarily Contagious’ Omicron Variant

The new findings shed light on so-called long Covid infections as experts warn the omicron variant could lead to a surge in U.S. hospitalizations.

These 13 States Are Facing The Worst Hospital Worker Shortages As Omicron Fuels A New Covid Surge

Nearly half of U.S. states are expected to be facing widespread critical staffing shortages in hospitals by next week.

CDC Recommends Cutting Covid Isolation Time To 5 Days For Some Healthcare Workers

To combat hospital understaffing, the CDC halved its recommended isolation time for workers who contract the virus.

6% Of U.S. Adults Know Someone With A Fake Vaccine Card

Democrats and Republicans are equally likely to know someone with a fraudulent card, but polling suggests they’re more common among those with higher incomes.

Army’s Vaccine Could Protect Against All Coronavirus Variants

Scientists at Walter Reed are expected to announce positive results from the first human trials of its vaccine within weeks, Defense One reports.

Israel Approves Fourth Covid-19 Vaccine Dose

Israel has been a trendsetter for much of the pandemic, as it was among the most vaccinated countries after Covid-19 vaccines first became available late last year.

Vaccinated People With Covid May Soon Not Have To Isolate For 10 Days — If They’re Asymptomatic — Fauci Suggests

Fauci said it’s a “consideration” that healthcare workers in particular could go back to work sooner with proper PPE if they don’t have symptoms.