Latest Coronavirus News

• Untreatable, Drug-Resistant Fungus Found in Texas and DC Two clusters of pan-resistant Candida auris have been found in long-term-care facilities.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2021
• Vaccination Alone Won't Counter Rise of Resistant Variants: Study Modeling showed that nonpharmaceutical interventions against pandemic viral infection maintained during vaccination campaigns can counter the emergence of vaccine-resistant mutations.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2021
• Indoor Masking Needed in Almost 70% of US Counties: CDC Data A county has 'high transmission' if it reports 100 or more weekly cases per 100,000 residents or a 10% or higher test positivity rate in the last 7 days, the CDC says.
  WebMD Health News, July 30, 2021
• Florida Virus Cases Soar, Hospitals Near Last Summer's Peak Hospital admissions of coronavirus patients continue to soar in Florida, prompting calls by local officials for the governor to declare an emergency.
  Associated Press, July 30, 2021
• Report: 94% of COVID-19 Deaths Among Not Fully Vaccinated More than 94% of Washington's recent COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations have been among not fully vaccinated people, according to a new report from the state Department of Health.
  Associated Press, July 30, 2021
• Pentagon, Federal Government Push for Employee Vaccinations The federal workforce must show proof of vaccination. If unvaccinated, the employee will have to wear a mask in almost all circumstances, physically distance, and have regular testing.
  WebMD Health News, July 30, 2021
• AAIC 2021 COVID-19 Tied to Acceleration of Alzheimer's Pathology Researchers found higher levels of neurofilament light and other markers of brain injury in COVID patients with neurologic symptoms compared to COVID patients without neurologic symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2021
• AstraZeneca Exploring Options for COVID-19 Vaccine Business: Executive AstraZeneca is exploring options for the future of its COVID-19 vaccine and expects greater clarity on the matter by the end of 2021, a senior executive said on Thursday, following a series of setbacks in its race to produce a shot for the world.
  Reuters Health Information, July 29, 2021
• Liver Transplant a Safe Option After Recovery From COVID-19 Once patients recover from COVID-19, liver transplantation is a safe option with no evidence of SARS-CoV-2 recurrence, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, July 29, 2021
• US School Masks Debate Erupts Anew Weeks Before Classes Resume In pandemic-pummeled Florida, angry parents clashed with Broward County school board members this week over whether their children will be forced to wear masks in class.
  Reuters Health Information, July 29, 2021
• Biden's COVID-19 Strategy Thwarted by Antivaxxers, Delta Variant With the Delta variant of the coronavirus now raging and a large chunk of Americans rejecting vaccines, Biden's COVID-19 strategy is under scrutiny.
  Reuters Health Information, July 29, 2021
• Majority of Greeks Trust COVID Vaccines Despite Protests: Poll Most also favour mandatory vaccination for certain groups such as healthcare workers, nursing home staff, and teachers, a survey showed on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 29, 2021
• AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Shipped to Canada, Mexico Before Adequate Plant Inspections Canada and Mexico imported millions of doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and offered them to the public without health officials properly inspecting the operations of the US manufacturer, according to inspection records and the regulators involved.
  Reuters Health Information, July 29, 2021
• Israel to Offer Pfizer Booster Shot Against COVID-19 to the Over-60s Israel will begin offering a third shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to people aged over 60, a world first in efforts to slow the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
  Reuters Health Information, July 29, 2021
• 'War Has Changed': CDC Says Delta as Contagious as Chicken Pox Internal CDC documents provide new language on how serious the delta variant transmission rate appears to be.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2021
• Louisiana Judge: Vaccination Can Count as Community Service Judge Fred Crifasi in Baton Rouge says vaccination is not mandated but is offered as an option.
  Associated Press, July 30, 2021
• Ravages of COVID Surge Evident Inside Missouri Hospital It's a scenario playing out time and again at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, where 22 people died from the virus in the first 23 days of July.
  Associated Press, July 30, 2021
• Report: Vaccinated People Infected With Delta Remain Contagious The New York Times reports the CDC will unveil new data that prompted a recent change in mask guidance.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• 'A Few Mutations Away': The Threat of a Vaccine-Proof Variant How close is the world to seeing a SARS-CoV-2 variant that gets around protection from current COVID-19 vaccines?
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• US FDA Allows Lilly's COVID-19 Drug to Be Taken Without Remdesivir The US health regulator expanded the emergency use authorization for Eli Lilly's COVID-19 drug baricitinib, saying it could now be used without taking Gilead's drug remdesivir along with it, Lilly said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 29, 2021