With the recent increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, health leaders in Minneapolis are recommending that everyone, including vaccinated people, wear masks indoors. The Minneapolis Health Department updated its mask guidelines Thursday, saying masks should be worn in stores, theaters, schools, restaurants, and offices. They are also encouraging people to wear a fitted N95 mask […]
Los Angeles County is in the process of issuing a new order from health officials to continue requiring masks at airports, all public transportation, and other indoor transportation hubs. The new order comes after a federal judge on Monday struck down a federal mandate requiring masks on trains, planes, buses, and travel hubs. Then on […]
The biggest concern of COVID-19 is the constant evolution of the virus. On 11 April, the World Health Organization announced that two new subvariants of the Omicron strain, BA. 4 and BA. 5, had been placed on the surveillance list because both subvariants had “additional mutations” that required further evaluation of whether they were more […]
People infected with COVID-19 face a higher risk of myocarditis and other inflammatory heart diseases than those vaccinated against the disease, according to a large study published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC found that among men and women 5 years and older, the risk of myocarditis, pericarditis, and multisystem inflammatory […]
While the coronavirus causes relatively mild symptoms in most children, there are signs that the virus can have long-term effects on once-healthy teenagers. Danilo Buonsenso treats children at Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, Italy. Before the illness, they were active and most of them participated in various sports and activities after school. Then they caught […]
