The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)Â has learned of three suspected cases of severe hepatitis in children under ten years of age, potentially linked to a strain of adenovirus.
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The Biden administration is planning to end Trump-era pandemic restrictions on the US-Mexico border that have largely blocked migrants from en…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) � With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S. health authorities said they’re confident there will be enough for every American who qualifies. A spike in demand is expected after the Centers and Disease Control and Prevention endorsed boosters of the Pfizer vaccine for all Americans 65 and older.
The decision does not apply to otherwise healthy individuals. Health authorities are closely monitoring if and when the general population will need a booster shot but say for now, the vaccines continue to be highly effective in most healthy people.
WASHINGTON (AP) � U.S. health regulators have authorized an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in people with weakened immune systems to better protect them from the virus. The announcement Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration applies to millions of Americans who take immune-suppressing medicines because of organ transplants, cancer or
WASHINGTON (AP) � U.S. health regulators have authorized an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in people with weakened immune systems to better protect them from the virus. The announcement Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration applies to millions of Americans who take immune-suppressing medicines because of organ transplants, cancer or
ATHENS, Greece (AP) � Greece’s coast guard says all 18 people on board a British-flagged yacht that sank off the Greek island of Milos have been rescued . The passengers and crew of the 30-meter yacht, all Greeks, were picked up from the sea by a passenger boat, a nearby cargo ship and a launch,
DENVER (AP) � Colorado is part of a growing U.S. state- and city-based movement that’s paying local social media influencers to try and reach the most vaccine-hesitant people at a neighborhood level. The state’s #PowertheComeback is especially tailored to Latino, Black, Native American, Asian and other local communities of people of color who’ve historically been
The Jefferson County Health Department reported 42 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. Nearly all of those cases were residents at an assisted living and memory care facility.
President Donald Trump says his administration will propose banning thousands of flavors used in e-cigarettes amid an outbreak of breathing problems tied to vaping.