Photo: Roberto Jimenez Mejias/Getty ImagesThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is reminding insurers that coverage is available without cost-sharing for the updated COVID-19 vaccines. Regardless of what coverage, or lack of coverage they have, COVID-19 vaccines are free to anyone who wants one, for both children and adults, CMS said.CMS sent out the reminder […]
Continue readingCategory Archives: Uncategorized
Strangers raise $133k for 82-year-old Walmart worker who had to move around with the help of a cane
An 82-year-old Walmart worker, who had just $50 in her bank account and moves around with a cane, was gifted more than $130,000 from kind-hearted strangers. Carman Kelly, 82, of Arizona, has worked at the Apache Junction Walmart for a little over two years to help fund her hefty medical bills. ‘Well, I was in […]
Continue readingUS to require travelers from China to show negative Covid-19 test result before flight – CNN
US to require travelers from China to show negative Covid-19 test result before flight CNNsource
Continue readingEpidemiological Alert: Increase of COVID-19 cases and … – ReliefWeb
World In recent weeks, there has been an increase in new outpatient COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in 12 countries/territories in the Region of the Americas, which, along with the increase in hospitalizations due to influenza, RSV, and other respiratory viruses, could impact the demand for health services. PAHO/WHO urges Member States to update the […]
Continue readingFirst words of hero child, 5, who kept siblings safe for 55 hours in Australian Outback
A heroic five-year-old girl assured her siblings they’d be safe with their grandmother as they waited two days alone in the Australian Outback to be rescued after their parents died in a horror Christmas Day car crash. Jake Day, 28, and Cindy Braddock, 25, died when their Land Rover Discover rolled over on an isolated […]
Continue readingWhy people over age 50 should get an updated COVID-19 booster before the holidays – Public Health Insider
Official insights from Public Health – Seattle & King County staffEspañol – SpanishAs we get ready for our third winter holiday season with COVID-19, we’re tired of hearing about the pandemic. We would much rather focus on the truly important things in our lives—gathering with loved ones, taking time to relax and recharge, and thinking […]
Continue readingAndrew Tate has private army of bodyguards to patrol his Romanian compound and sleeps with a MACHETE
‘Security conscious’ Andrew Tate had armed guards, hi-tech CCTV and a range of weapons at his secretive Romanian hideout, he said before his arrest yesterday. The social media star, 36, previously revealed he is so scared for his safety that he not only has his own private army but he also sleeps next to a […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 infection rate falls again in Clark County – The Columbian
The COVID-19 infection rate in Clark County fell for a second week in a row following the holiday weekend, according to the latest data from Clark County Public Health.Still, the county continues to be in the medium-risk category for disease transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. When the COVID-19 community level […]
Continue readingInterim Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the Use of Bivalent Booster … – CDC
Weekly / November 11, 2022 / 71(45);1436–1441 Hannah G. Rosenblum, MD1; Megan Wallace, DrPH1; Monica Godfrey, MPH1; Lauren E. Roper, MPH1; Elisha Hall, PhD1; Katherine E. Fleming-Dutra, MD1; Ruth Link-Gelles, PhD1; Tamara Pilishvili, PhD1; Jennifer Williams, PhD1; Danielle L. Moulia1; Oliver Brooks, MD2; H. Keipp Talbot, MD3; Grace M. Lee, MD4; Beth P. Bell, MD5; […]
Continue readingWaning immunity means majority of COVID deaths now among vaccinated, experts say – Springfield News Sun
The majority of COVID-related deaths in the U.S. from April to August — six out of every 10, according to data analyzed by the Kaiser Family Foundation — are among individuals who had some level of COVID vaccination.Public health experts say this phenomenon is due to waning immunity from individuals’ initial vaccination series coming up […]
Continue reading