Pandemics
U.S. fines Frontier and overseas airlines $7.25 million for passenger refund delays
Vacationers seem at a show board showing cancelled and delayed flights at Orlando Worldwide Airport on New Year’s weekend, despite thousands of flight cancellations and delays across United States. Paul Hennessy | Lightrocket | Getty Photos The U.S. Division of Transportation on Monday explained it has fined Frontier Airways and five international carriers $7.25 million […]
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As flu hospitalizations surge in the U.S., the Southeast is the hardest hit
Flu hospitalizations have surged to a decade high in the U.S. with the Southeast the hardest region right now. Five out every 100,000 people in the U.S. were hospitalized with the flu during the week ending Nov. 5, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the highest hospitalization rate this […]
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Moderna says new Covid booster better against omicron BA.5, triggers immune response against BQ.1.1
Moderna’s new Covid booster triggered a stronger immune response against omicron BA.5 and also appears to work against the emerging BQ.1.1 subvariant, according to the company. Moderna, in clinical trial data published Monday, found that the new booster triggered five times more antibodies against omicron BA.5 than the old vaccines in people with prior Covid […]
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Retailers’ biggest holiday wish is to get rid of all that excess inventory
A clearance sale sign is seen at the Gap retail store on September 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Allison Dinner | Getty Images As some of the nation’s largest retailers report quarterly earnings and revenue this week, Wall Street will pay close attention to another number, too — inventory levels. Walmart, Target, Gap, Kohl’s […]
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U.S. will keep Covid public health emergency in place at least until mid January
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 30, 2021. Greg Nash | Pool | Reuters The U.S. Covid public health emergency will remain in place past […]
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U.S. is extending Covid public health emergency through spring 2023, administration official says
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 30, 2021. Greg Nash | Pool | Reuters The U.S. is extending the Covid public health emergency through the […]
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Omicron BQ variants resistant to antibody treatments are quickly becoming dominant in U.S.
Omicron subvariants resistant to key antibody treatments will soon make up a majority of new Covid infections in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 now make up 44% of new Covid cases compared to 32% last week, according to CDC data. These subvariants will likely […]
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Nearly 2% of healthy infants hospitalized with RSV before first birthday, study finds
Even healthy infants face a considerable risk of hospitalization from respiratory syncytial virus, according to a large European study published Thursday. Dutch and British scientists, in a study published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine, found that 1.8% of healthy infants are hospitalized with RSV before their first birthday. This means about 1 in 56 healthy infants […]
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Unvaccinated infants were hospitalized with Covid more this summer than most age groups, CDC says
Infants too young for vaccination were hospitalized with Covid-19 more often than any age group other than the elderly during the omicron BA.5 wave over the summer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC, in a report published Thursday, found that hospitalizations among infants younger than six months surged elevenfold from […]
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Kentucky rejects anti-abortion constitutional modification in shock victory for reproductive legal rights
Counter-protestors maintain indicators in front of a rally encouraging voters to vote indeed on Modification 2, which would insert a permanent abortion ban to Kentuckys point out constitution, on the methods of the Kentucky Point out Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on October 1, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images In a shock victory […]
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