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Soaring Covid-19 cases in Michigan — where one of the nation’s worst outbreaks is underway — are pushing hospitals to critical capacity levels, and residents need to help stop the virus’s spread, the state’s largest health care system said Thursday. Beaumont Health’s eight hospitals in two Detroit-area counties are 90%-95% full, and the number of

With millions more Americans getting vaccinated every day, some have complained about fever, fatigue and other ailments they weren’t expecting. Don’t panic, doctors say. Side effects from Covid-19 vaccines won’t last long. And they’re actually proof that your immune system is working the way it’s supposed to. (Though vaccines are still very effective even without

About 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN. Some became seriously ill and 74 people died, the CDC said. It said 396 — 7% — of those who got infected after they were vaccinated required hospitalization. This is the CDC’s

Soaring Covid-19 cases in Michigan — where one of the nation’s worst outbreaks is underway — are pushing hospitals to critical capacity levels, and residents need to help stop the virus’s spread, the state’s largest health care system said Thursday. Metro Detroit hospitals are at or nearing capacity, with most units 75%-100% full, Beaumont Health

On Tuesday the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the United States. In six cases, women between the ages of 18 and 48 experienced a “rare and severe” blood clot after receiving the vaccine. This is

About 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN. Some became seriously ill and 74 people died, the CDC said. It said 396 — 7% — of those who got infected after they were vaccinated required hospitalization. This is the CDC’s

The US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that they were recommending a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The agencies cited the cases of six women between the ages of 18 and 48 who had developed a rare and severe condition

The pause on the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine will allow researchers to investigate a potential link to severe blood clotting events, particularly whether certain types of people are more susceptible, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins said Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and FDA recommended a pause on use

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put off making any decision on Wednesday about the recommendations for Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine, saying they need more information about a rare type of blood clot. Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said they did not have enough information to

About 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN. Some became seriously ill and 74 people died, the CDC said. It said 396 — 7% — of those who got infected after they were vaccinated required hospitalization. It’s the first indication

There’s one way to end the Covid-19 pandemic that has gripped the country (and the world) for the last year-plus: Get vaccinated against it! Which is why the latest numbers from a Monmouth University national poll about the vaccination — and peoples’ plans (or not) to get it — is so, so baffling and troubling.

The Covid-19 pandemic is approaching a moment of truth as more and more vaccines are administered. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Covid-19 Data Tracker, in the US, more than a third of the country has received at least one dose of a vaccine and just over 23% are fully vaccinated. An

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who met Wednesday to review blood clot cases among people who received the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine said they need more information before changing recommendations on its use. The panel chose not to vote on the matter. The CDC and US Food and Drug Administration’s

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were meeting Wednesday to review blood clot cases among people who received the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The CDC and the US Food and Drug Administration a day earlier recommended the US pause the use of the single-shot J&J vaccine after “six reported US cases

When I heard the news that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are recommending that the United States pause the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine over six reported US cases of a “rare and severe” type of blood clot, I was infuriated.

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet Wednesday to review blood clot cases among people who received the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The CDC and the US Food and Drug Administration a day earlier recommended the US pause the use of the single-shot J&J vaccine after “six reported US cases

Leaving middle seats vacant on airplanes can significantly reduce a passenger’s risk of being exposed to the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, a new study suggests. The risk of being exposed to the virus may be reduced by 23% to 57% on single-aisle and twin-aisle aircraft when middle seats are vacant compared with a full occupancy