CDC urges Americans in areas with high COVID levels to wear masks
During the White House COVID-19 briefing Wednesday, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky urged Americans who live in areas with high community levels of COVID to wear masks. She said Americans in areas with medium COVID community levels should consider wearing masks based on their risk factors.
news.yahoo.comLate-in-the-season surge in flu cases reported in Central Florida
Flu season Doctors say flu cases are going up as mask requirements are relaxed or removed. (WFTV.com News Staff)ORLANDO, Fla. — Flu season in Central Florida is in full swing, and doctors said it’s happening later than usual. He said flu cases are going up as mask requirements are relaxed or removed. Now we’re all getting the flu, we didn’t have much of a flu season,” Hendrix said. “We’re having a very late flu season right now.”The CDC says that typically, the flu season starts in October and ends in May, but warned ahead of time that this year may look different.
wftv.comTwitter freezing hiring and cutting costs as execs depart
A person in a mask approaches the New York Twitter offices after they announced they will close their re-opened offices effective immediately in response to updated CDC guidelines during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. Twitter is pausing most hiring this week as two executives are leaving the company, a spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. The news comes as billionaire Elon Musk seeks to complete his $44 billion deal to buy the company and take it private. Head of consumer Kayvon Beykpour and revenue product lead Bruce Falck are leaving the company, the spokesperson confirmed. Reuters earlier reported that CEO Parag Agrawal told employees the news in an email.
cnbc.comFauci: US is out of the ‘full-blown explosive pandemic phase’
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images /Getty Images)The United States is “out of the full-blown explosive pandemic phase,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, said Wednesday, clarifying remarks he made Tuesday that suggested the COVID-19 pandemic was over. >> Read more trending news“We’re really in a transitional phase, from a deceleration of the numbers into hopefully a more controlled phase and endemicity,” Fauci told The Washington Post. We are still experiencing a pandemic,” Fauci told the Post. “There’s the full-blown pandemic dynamic, the way we were months ago, where we were having 900,000 cases a day, tens of thousands of hospitalizations, 3,000 deaths a day,” he said. … We’re not in the full-blown explosive pandemic phase.
wftv.comTaking public transit? Here’s where masks are still required in Chicago, and where they’re not
Some airlines have dropped mask enforcement on planes after a federal judge voided the national requirement for public transportation, but some Chicago-area transit agencies say they're still requiring riders to mask up. Here's what to know.
chicagotribune.com3 pharmacies now offering 4th booster shot to certain groups
Additional booster shot FILE PHOTO: The FDA has authorized an additional COVID-19 booster shot. (Teka77/Getty Images/iStockphoto)ORLANDO, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers announced that it is now administering additional Pfizer or Moderna booster shots to anyone over 12 who is immunocompromised and anyone age 50 and older. These groups can get their second booster shot four months after their first booster shot to further increase protection. READ: CDC recommends additional COVID-19 booster shot for certain peopleThose who received a Johnson & Johnson vaccine and booster at least four months ago may also receive a second booster dose of Pfizer or Moderna’s shot. The shots will be available at Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie pharmacies.
wftv.comSeth Meyers Drags Ignorant ‘Dick’ Ron DeSantis for Scolding Masked Kids
NBCOn Thursday night, one day after fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel dragged Republican troll-representatives Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene for heckling Joe Biden while he was speaking about his dead Iraq War vet son during the State of the Union address, Seth Meyers aimed his ire at another shameless, Trump-appeasing politician: Ron DeSantis.“[Trump] just goes from town to town holding his one-man WrestleManias where he just loudly whines and rants, and his crowd yells, ‘Lock the
news.yahoo.comCruise lines can decide whether to join CDC COVID-19 case reporting program
Cruise lines operating in U.S. waters will choose to opt in or out of a new, voluntary COVID-19 case reporting program from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, designed to replace its Conditional Sailing Order that expired Jan. 15.
Thousands reject CDC advice, board cruise ships for vacations amid rise in COVID cases
Cruising into the new year, thousands of passengers are rejecting the CDC's advice not to sail as COVID-19 cases reach record numbers. The CDC issued this guidance despite every passenger 12 and older being required to be vaccinated.
CDC is investigating more than 80 cruise ships for COVID-19 cases. Here’s what that means
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has color-coded dozens of cruise ships according to how many COVID-19 cases are reported on board, placing at least 89 under investigation or observation ahead of the new year.
CDC calls for more COVID-19 vaccinations among pregnant people in new advisory
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is continuing to urge vaccinations as it reports the highest number of deaths during pregnancy seen in a single month during the pandemic, according to a health advisory released Wednesday.
Here’s how to tell the difference between COVID-19, allergy symptoms
With more variants of COVID-19 cropping up around the world, and students back IN the classroom, it’s important to know the difference between symptoms of the coronavirus and those of seasonal allergies and more common sinus infections.
CDC panel grapples with who needs a COVID-19 booster shot
An influential panel of advisers to the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention is grappling with the question of which Americans should get COVID-19 booster shots, with some members wondering if the decision should be put off for a month in hopes of more evidence.
New federal report breaks down COVID-19 deaths by county during summer surge
A new report released by the CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services breaks down COVID-19 deaths by county in the State of Florida, the first time this data has been released to the public since the Florida Department of Health took down the daily COVID-19 dashboard in early June.