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CDC recommends that people ages 5 years and older receive one updated (bivalent) booster if it has been at least 2 months since their last COVID-19 vaccine dose, whether that was:People who have gotten more than one original (monovalent) booster are also recommended to get an updated (bivalent) booster.COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States are […]

N.J. reports 2,096 COVID cases, 17 deaths. Hospitalizations hit 10-month high.  NJ.comsource

Reported COVID-19 cases in Arizona rose again last week and the percentage of tests returning positive for the virus held at 14%, according to the state’s latest weekly update.Health officials on Wednesday added 5,129 new COVID-19 cases and 25 new known deaths over the weeklong period ending Oct. 29, slightly higher than the case additions from recent weeks.Case counts […]

A group of Chinese hackers stole at least $20 million in COVID-19 relief funds from the US government, the Secret Service said on Monday.A Secret Service spokesman told NBC News that APT41, a Chinese state-sponsored cyber criminal group, was responsible for stealing millions of dollars from the government coffers. These funds included small business loans and unemployment relief […]

A desperate bid is underway to save an eight-year-old boy who has been trapped inside a well for more than 16 hours.   Tanmay Sahu plunged down the disused 400ft well while he was playing in the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday night. The state’s disaster response force has descended on the scene and is […]

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Health Care The head of the federal public health agency is isolating at home with mild symptoms. CDC director Rochelle Walensky is isolating at home, per her agency’s guidance, which recommends quarantining for at least five days after testing positive. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images By Krista Mahr 10/22/2022 02:43 PM EDT Link CopiedCDC director Rochelle […]

Frightening scenes as a rogue wave strikes popular Sydney beach leaving swimmers injured before they are rushed to hospital Two left injured after needing to be rescued from freak wave at Sydney beach Ambulance has taken a man and a woman to hospital from Clovelly beach Pair needed rescuing from the rocks after wave hit […]

Individuals who develop myocarditis after receiving the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech fare much better than those who develop the condition for other reasons, affirm data from Hong Kong.After statistical adjustment, vaccine-associated myocarditis was associated with a 92% lower relative risk of death within 6 months compared with what was seen with myocarditis cases in […]

Two years ago, on Nov. 17, 2020, Iowa reported 1,527 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state’s hospitals. That was the most reported at any point in the pandemic.Two years later, on Nov. 16, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported 137 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Iowa — the fewest in […]