insert_link Health & Wellness The CDC says the U.S. has the “Tools” to fight the Omicron Variant, but needs Americans to do their Part The big message from the White House COVID-19 response team on Tuesday was that if anyone has been on the fence about whether to get a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot, the new Omicron variant should give more than enough motivation to do it - right away. “We have far more tools to fight the variant today than we had at this time last year,’’ said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director […] todayDecember 1, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated Amid an uptick in coronavirus cases across the country, members of the White House COVID-19 response team on Friday warned that communities with low vaccination rates will continue to see a preventable rise in cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the disease. “This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a press briefing. “We are seeing outbreaks […] todayJuly 20, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Five low-vaccinated Hot Spot States are putting US at risk as Delta variant spreads Researchers have identified five undervaccinated areas in the United States where COVID-19 cases have been surging, as experts warn about the growing threat from the highly contagious Delta variant. An analysis by researchers from Georgetown University identified 30 clusters across the country that have low vaccination rates compared to their population sizes. Within those clusters, there were five hot spots across the South and lower Midwest that were experiencing a […] todayJuly 14, 2021
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