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Southern states have a ‘real vulnerability’ to Delta Covid variant this summer, warns Dr. Peter Hotez

Dr. Peter Hotez warned that Southern U.S. states could feel the impact of the highly transmissible Delta Covid variant as early as this summer, due in part to low vaccination rates.  “I’m really holding my breath about the South and what happens over the summer,” said Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at… Read More »

‘I worry we’re getting numb’ to Covid numbers as states reopen, former CDC director says

Richard Besser, who served as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under former President Barack Obama, said he worries that people are discounting Covid numbers as governors decide to reopen their states.  “In Texas, where they removed the mask mandate, fewer than 10% of people have been vaccinated and the levels… Read More »

A majority of U.S. states are now on New York’s Covid travel restriction list, Cuomo says

Travelers from a majority of states and territories across the U.S. are now required to quarantine upon arriving in New York as coronavirus cases grow across the nation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday. In a “bizarre outcome,” people traveling to New York from 43 states and territories now meet the criteria to quarantine for two… Read More »

Recalled mushrooms linked to salmonella cases across 10 states

Health officials have linked a multi-state salmonella outbreak to a recalled variety of mushrooms that were previously available across 32 states and Canada. The mushrooms, distributed by California-based Wismettac Asian Foods Inc, are a black fungus variety also called wood ear mushrooms. The outbreak has sickened 41 people across 10 states, four of which required… Read More »

U.S. coronavirus cases continue record surge as some states consider rolling back re-opening plans

Healthcare workers wait for patients at the COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at the Duke Energy for the Arts Mahaffey Theater on July 8, 2020 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Octavio Jones The U.S. continues to report record breaking new coronavirus cases as outbreaks surge in states in the South and West. The country reported a record 66,627… Read More »