With school just around the corner, the focus for many school systems and parents is how to ensure the safety of the students this fall. According to Alex Johnson of NBC News, COVID cases in the U.S. this week have increased by 64% compared to the week before. Cases have surged in most states, including Florida where […]

Yahoo News recently wrote an article regarding the White House COVID Response Team announcement which revealed that 1 in 3 nationwide cases were in the states of Florida and Texas this past week. Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator stated that “We remain concerned about the continued rise in cases driven by the Delta variant.[…]

According to recent studies first published by The Washington Post the new delta variant of the COVID-19 virus may be just as contagious as chickenpox. The CDC may start recommending vaccinated people and unvaccinated people to both wear masks indoors and where the virus may be transmitted easily. The recent data is showing that someone infected with[…]

The recent COVID-19 outbreak on Cape Cod prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to urge Americans to start wearing masks again. The CDC announced that 127 vaccinated people were infected with the Delta variant during the outbreak. The infected cases seemed to carry as much viral load as 84 unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people who[…]

After several months of declining case numbers, COVID-19 infection cases are rising again across the country. Many of the states that are increasing are states that are lagging in vaccinations. In an NBC article, Nigel Chiwaya reports that “Nationwide, the four-week COVID case count has more than doubled as of Monday from the previous four weeks”. The[…]

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Tuesday that they are changing their masking recommendation due to the rise of the Delta variant in the United States. The CDC announced that they will recommend everyone in K-12 learning environments to wear a mask. In the CNN article, the CDC states that “all people[…]

As people’s urge to travel peaks during these beautiful summer months, the CDC has advised travelers to avoid certain countries in which cases have been surging. With the delta variant spreading across the globe, summer plans are being placed on hold. The CDC and State Department have suggested American tourists to avoid countries such as Spain, Portugal,[…]

Adriana Belmonte of Yahoo Finance writes an AOL article talking about vaccine hesitancy in the United States. She describes this as a “stubborn issue that is holding back America’s ability to defend itself against the particularly infectious Delta variant in certain parts of the country.” The two groups mentioned are children under 12 and individuals who are[…]

Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas is now treating its first patient infected with the lambda variant of COVID-19. While the hospital has mainly been dealing with patients infected with the delta variant, a more contagious strain of SARS-CoV-2, there is still a high level of concern regarding the lambda variant. A substantial amount of the COVID-19[…]

As the highly contagious Delta variant spreads across the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have continued to urge Americans to avoid non essential international travel. However, one doctor believes this is not enough, Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton states “If we’re going to talk about traveling to the U.K., then we should also[…]