The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention on Friday launched new data in regards to the omicron variant of COVID-19 primarily based on 43 cases in the USA. Whereas the pattern is small and it’s nonetheless too early to inform how the variant will behave—the extent to which it is going to evade vaccine safety, unfold extra quickly, or outcompete ...
Europe has as soon as once more grow to be the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Well being Group mentioned Thursday, with some international locations within the area reporting file numbers of cases and deaths, and public well being officers warning of a lethal winter wave. “If we keep on this trajectory, we may see one other half ...
The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) has a useful new tool that breaks down charges of cases and demise by COVID-19 primarily based on vaccination status. The interactive tool shows the general charges, in addition to charges by age group, and charges primarily based on the kind of COVID-19 vaccine acquired (Janssen/Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Moderna, or unvaccinated). ...
The Grinch might have stolen this holiday travel season, too. With COVID-19 nonetheless raging as a result of delta variant (cases are down from their peak, however transmission remains to be excessive in most counties) and thousands and thousands of individuals not vaccinated resulting from hesitancy or age, a sturdy, pre-pandemic return to Thanksgiving household gatherings and enjoyable Christmas-week holidays ...
What number of occasions have you ever been to a museum within the final 12 months? Most likely not many. The truth is, customer figures for the world’s high 100 artwork museums dropped by 77% in 2020 as international lockdowns ravaged the cultural sector. Whereas this has left many museums in dire straits, it has additionally triggered a radical reimagining ...
The delta variant remains to be surging throughout America, leading to some steep rises in COVID-19 infections for choose counties. Different areas, nevertheless, are fortunately seeing decreases in COVID-19 an infection. However what about the place you reside? Are COVID cases rising or falling? There’s a cool new map out from Esri, the geographic data system and mapping software program ...
“Breakthrough cases”—these during which a totally vaccinated particular person tests positive for COVID-19’s Delta variant—are very uncommon. However they do occur, as no vaccine is 100% efficient. Nonetheless, the an infection charges amongst unvaccinated persons are persevering with to rise, particularly in states the place a majority of residents haven’t gotten the shot but. Though there isn’t any single definitive ...
America has come a good distance in its battle in opposition to COVID-19 since January. A lot of the nation has come out of lockdown and financial exercise is wanting up. A lot of that progress is right down to the speedy vaccine rollout. Nevertheless, in latest weeks, it’s starting to grow to be clear the nation’s progress is beginning ...
Need to watch an organization’s market value plummet in 24 hours? Simply have a journalist break a narrative about brewing sexual harassment accusations. An eye-opening analysis printed this week within the Journal of Company Finance finds that, on common, information of a sexual harassment case at a significant firm will result in a market value decline of 1.5% by means of ...