Health experts are anxious to prevent a ‘catastrophic’ winter flu season

Medics in a pneumonia ward in the Philippines. Ezra Acayan | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — Mass vaccination campaigns are being rolled out across the developed world, but many countries are still contending with surges in coronavirus infections and new strains, such as the highly infectious delta variant. And now health experts… Read More »

Crowded parties and coronavirus concerns keep high schoolers from returning to the classroom

Their study, published last Thursday in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, found a statistically significant increase in clinic and hospital visits by patients who reported respiratory illnesses as early as the week of December 22. The first known case of Covid-19 in the US was thought to be a patient in Washington who had… Read More »

Pfizer vaccine efficacy drops in Israel as delta variant spreads

Pfizer vaccine efficacy drops in Israel amid rapid spread of Indian variant… but No10 insists two doses are still highly effective Health Ministry figures showed the jab blocked infections in 64 per cent of cases But before the Indian variant emerged it stopped disease in 94 per cent of cases Israeli officials said symptoms were… Read More »