Covid 19

DAVIS (CBS13) — For about a week, Yolo County’s community transmission of COVID-19 has remained high. “COVID-19 has not gone away as much as we all want it to,” said Dr. Aimee Sisson, the public health officer for the county. READ MORE: Sacramento Has First 100-Degree Heat Day Of The Year The positivity rate jumped from 2.1% to 3% this week in Yolo County, which is not even the whole picture because of at-home tests. “We know that the numbers we’re reporting are an underestimate,” said Dr. Sisson. “We just don’t have a great sense of how much of an underestimate they are.” But Yolo officials are not ready to reinstate a mask mandate, partly because the variants are causing less severe disease which means hospitalizations are low. Also, higher immunity following the omicron surge last winter and more people getting shots in the arms may be playing a role. Still, the increase is enough to make people get tested, including kids. READ MORE: 'Young People Should Be … [Read more...] about Yolo County Sees COVID-19 Spike, But Not Considering Mask Mandate

(CBS DETROIT) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced 29,267 coronavirus cases in the state and an additional 78 deaths this week. This brings the state total of COVID-19 cases to 2,501,863 and 36,218 deaths as of May 18. READ MORE: More Than $3 Billion In Auto Insurance Refunds Issued To Michigan Drivers -- What To Do If You Didn't Get Yours Here is how data is being updated: Case and death data will be updated once per week on Wednesdays. Case and death data will be inclusive of both confirmed and probable cases and deaths. The cumulative county COVID-19 case rate map has been replaced with a map of the CDC COVID-19 community levels and will be refreshed on Fridays. READ MORE: Prosecutor Talking To Experts In Killing Of Patrick Lyoya For the latest numbers, visit here . © 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. MORE NEWS: … [Read more...] about Michigan Reports 29,267 New COVID-19 Cases, 78 Deaths Over The Last Week

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Kids & Family Pinellas ELC continues supporting families as community responds to coronavirus Jesse Landis , Community Contributor Posted | Updated Reply PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. -- Effective March 23rd, Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas (ELC) staff will be operating virtually , supporting families and providers via telephone , email , and online . At this time, regular operations are planned to resume on April 15. The ELC is committed to serving as a valuable resource to families at this time and through the evolving health crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. While offices are closed to the public, Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas County staff continue to serve families virtually. ELC staff will continue supporting families by: · Helping with virtual applications for School Readiness and Voluntary … [Read more...] about Guiding Families Through COVID-19 Crisis

President Joe Biden’s top health official tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the latest member of his Cabinet to be infected with the virus. U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive while visiting Berlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services said. Becerra, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, was experiencing mild symptoms. HHS spokeswoman Sarah Lovenheim said he will continue to work in isolation in Berlin. Becerra was last at the White House last Thursday. He is not considered a close contact of Biden. Becerra was in Berlin for a meeting of health ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Thursday and Friday. The meeting’s focus is on drawing lessons from the coronavirus pandemic, protecting the vulnerable and unvaccinated from COVID-19, and how to ease the strain on health systems. On Tuesday, Becerra met with Germany’s health minister, Karl Lauterbach. He separately met the head of Germany’s disease control agency, … [Read more...] about US health secretary tests positive for COVID on Germany trip

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration has agreed to remove the COVID-19 vaccine from the list of vaccines students are required to get to enroll in school in the state, officials said Wednesday. The state health department said in a news release that it will continue to strongly recommend the vaccine, in accordance with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics, but acknowledged that the vaccine had not yet received full U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for those under age 16. “While we strongly recommend all eligible children be vaccinated against COVID-19 now, if they have not already been so, we are making this decision to give families and schools the time they need to prepare accordingly,” the news release said. Because the vaccine is not fully approved for those age 15 and under, requiring it would have made little difference to most students in kindergarten through high … [Read more...] about COVID-19 vaccine no longer required, for Louisiana students