Latest Coronavirus News

• Malpractice Claims During COVID-19: More Questions Than Answers Although healthcare practitioners are protected from medical liability during the pandemic, malpractice claims may still be brought against them.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• Alert CDC Chief Overrules Panel, OKs Boosters for Healthcare Workers In an unusual move the CDC director overruled recommendations from the agency's advisory panel, adding healthcare workers to those on the booster list.
  News Alerts, September 23, 2021
• Predicted Pandemic Retirement of Many Physicians Hasn't Happened A new JAMA study suggests that a fairly low percentage of doctors have left practice because of COVID-19, contrary to numbers in some surveys.
  Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2021
• 'Vaccine Apartheid': Africans Tell UN They Need Vaccines "No one is safe unless we are all safe," was the common refrain.
  Associated Press, September 23, 2021
• First Florida School District Gets US Cash for Virus Mask Vote Alachua County received $148,000 to make up for pay cuts imposed over a board's vote for a student mask mandate. The school superintendent says Alachua is the first district in the US to receive such a grant
  Associated Press, September 23, 2021
• Pandemic Disrupted The Home Life of 67% of Female Physicians The pandemic was more disruptive to the home life of female primary care doctors who had children than that of those who did not have children, suggest results from a new survey.
  Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2021
• COVID-19 Vaccines in Pregnancy May Protect Baby, Too "The presence of these anti-spike antibodies in the cord blood should, at least in theory, offer these newborns some degree of protection," a researcher said.
  Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2021
• Japan to Double COVID-19 Vaccine Donations to Other Countries to 60 Mln Doses Japan plans to give other countries 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday, doubling the target from the previous pledge of 30 million doses.
  Reuters Health Information, September 22, 2021
• United Airlines Accused of Refusing Employee Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate United Airlines is facing claims that it unlawfully denied religious and medical exemptions from a requirement that employees receive COVID-19 vaccines after allegedly making it difficult for workers to apply for them.
  Reuters Health Information, September 22, 2021
• US VP Harris to Announce $10 Bln Global Fund to Prepare for Future Pandemics US Vice President Kamala Harris will call on countries and companies around the world to create a $10 billion global health fund to prepare for future pandemics, a White House official said.
  Reuters Health Information, September 22, 2021
• Clover's Vaccine 79% Against Delta Variant in Large Trial A potential COVID-19 vaccine from China's Clover Biopharmaceuticals was effective against the highly infectious Delta variant in a large trial, the company said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, September 22, 2021
• COVID-19 a Rare Trigger for Guillain-Barré Syndrome COVID-19 may precede Guillain-Barré syndrome in rare cases, but a strong link is not likely, according to new data from an international consortium.
  Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2021
• Brazil's Health Minister Tests Positive for COVID-19 in NYC Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for COVID-19 hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, the government said.
  Reuters Health Information, September 22, 2021
• Pace of COVID-19 Vaccinations Drops to Lowest in Months Public health officials are taking note as vaccination rates slow to the rate last seen in late July. With flu season near, strained hospitals could face depleted resources and an influx of patients.
  WebMD Health News, September 23, 2021
• US Parents Weigh Risks, Benefits as COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Nears Approval In an ideal world, Leah Smithers said she could afford to wait for longer-term testing of the COVID-19 vaccines before getting the jab for her 10-year-old son.
  Reuters Health Information, September 22, 2021
• Canadian Man Punched Nurse Who Vaccinated His Wife, Police Say The man confronted the nurse on Monday morning at a pharmacy where she had been assigned to give vaccines in Sherbrooke, which is about 95 miles southeast of Montreal.
  WebMD Health News, September 23, 2021
• England's Top Medic Says COVID-19 Transmission Highest in Children England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty says children are currently driving transmission of COVID-19, and that without vaccination, almost all 12- to 15-year-olds will get infected at some point.
  Reuters Health Information, September 22, 2021
• Older People May Be at Higher Risk for Hospitalization From Breakthrough COVID Older people vaccinated against COVID-19 may be more likely than younger individuals to develop severe breakthrough disease and need hospitalization.
  Reuters Health Information, September 22, 2021
• Healthcare Company Suspends Workers Over Vaccine Policy North Carolina-based Novant Health said the 375 out-of-compliance workers at 15 hospitals and 800 clinics and hundreds of outpatient facilities 'are not able to report to work.'
  WebMD Health News, September 23, 2021
• New COVID Strain Has Reached the US A strain of COVID-19 first reported in Japan surfaced at a Kentucky nursing home in the spring.
  WebMD Health News, September 23, 2021