The smoke from wildfires in California is spreading across the country and causing haze in certain parts of the country like East Texas which is causing problems for individuals with respiratory illnesses.
Dr. Renee Hebbeler-Clark has been busy treating not only a growing number of COVID-19 patients, but also those who have recovered from the virus and are still experiencing lingering health effects. She’s one of a team of doctors who have seen patients since the hospital’s COVID-19 recovery clinic opened in May.
By TERRY SPENCER, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and KELLI KENNEDY
With the much more contagious delta variant now spreading exponentially, Florida hit 11,515 hospitalized patients Tuesday, breaking last year’s record for the third straight day.
While vaccination mandates have gained traction among employers, many of the companies adopting requirements have mostly office workers who are already largely vaccinated and are reluctant to work alongside those who aren’t.
Lawmakers raised the THC cap from .5% to 1% and now cancer patients and PTSD patients can utilize medical marijuana. However, Casey Lusk, a current patient with the program, said he thinks lawmakers didn’t expand the program enough.
Among employers getting tougher are the federal government, the state governments of California and New York, tech giants Google and Facebook, the Walt Disney Co. and the NFL.
The controversy is unfolding at a time when many Americans are at their wits’ end with pandemic restrictions and others fear their children will be put at risk by those who don’t take the virus seriously enough.
Any plan to make the vaccine mandatory for the military will require a waiver signed by President Biden, because the Food and Drug Administration has not yet given the vaccine final, formal approval.
Angelina County is reporting a significant increase in COVID-19 cases specifically in children. The rise in cases comes at an inconvenient time, as school starts in just a few weeks.
The U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in San Francisco, consolidates allegations made in six whistleblower complaints.
The statement said employees who aren’t already vaccinated will have 60 days to do so and that those still working from home will need to show proof of vaccination before returning.
Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, is reversing its mask policy and will require all its workers including vaccinated one in areas with high infection rates to wear masks.
Previously, vaccinated people who got infected were thought to have low levels of virus and to be unlikely to pass it to others. But the new data shows that is not the case with the delta variant.
Just two weeks ago, his fiancee said life was great. She was on vacation in San Diego with Michael Freedy, known as "Big Mike" at the resort where he worked.
The COVID-19 vaccines are still very good at protecting people from getting seriously ill, but the CDC says new data shows vaccinated people infected with the delta variant could spread it to others.
The report, to be released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, comes from a recent investigation of a coronavirus outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
After a long battle with Covid-19, and a long recovery period, an East Texas deputy is back on the job. Gregg county sheriff's office corporal 'James Hagler' was once hospitalized in a comatose state with Covid 19. Today he made a much anticipated return to work.
Hospital officials worry that "staggering and frightening" hospitalization rates will push facilities to capacity at a time when staffing is short and workers are exhausted.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is allowing the problem-plagued factory of contract manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions to resume production of COVID-19 vaccine, the company said Thursday.
With the delta variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are rare instances where vaccinated people could still be contagious and may spread the virus to others.
Speaking Tuesday after delivering remarks at the office of the Director of National Intelligence, President Joe Biden affirmed that his administration was considering the possibility in response to a reporter’s question.
Governments and businesses are scrambling to change course following new federal guidance calling for the return of mask wearing in virus hot spots amid a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations nationwide.
For international travel, you’ll almost certainly need it, as most countries require vaccination proof or a negative test result to avoid quarantine restrictions. For domestic travel, you probably won't need it.
Baylor Scott & White’s decision does not directly apply to the Texas Spine and Joint ventures that make up most of the Baylor Scott & White facilities in East Texas.
