When asked if this potential need for field hospitals meant that the province had failed to manage the pandemic in the province, Premier Kenney said no. There were 504 people in hospital and 97 in ICUs on Wednesday. On Tuesday afternoon, Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said while it is still unknown what restrictions will be in place over Christmas, Albertans should... [Full Article...]
Food and Drug Administration for emergency use on November 9, will go to patients at risk of severe infections but who are not hospitalized, with no out-of-pocket cost. Separately, the company completed a Phase I trial of bamlanivimab in hospitalised patients with Covid-19. "By bringing together UnitedHealth Group's expertise in science, clinical research, and technology, with Lilly's expertise ... [Full Article...]
OH residents should reconsider traveling to the state of Ohio. Ohio Senate President Larry Obhof says he has the votes to override a threatened veto of a bill restricting the health department's powers during a health emergency. Still, Ohio residents on Twitter joked about the seemingly impossible task of not traveling to Ohio while in Ohio. With the new totals, 456,963 Ohioans now have be... [Full Article...]
The lockdown will go into effect 24 hours after it is announced and last for three weeks, but could be extended if needed. Jackson County Public Health reported on Wednesday that two more people died over the weekend as a result of coronavirus, bringing the county death toll to 37. [Full Article...]
The Commodores' game at Missouri scheduled for October 1 was pushed back to November 28 after the SEC also postponed the Vanderbilt-Tennessee game originally set for that day. Offensive coordinator Todd Fitch is serving as the interim head coach. The Tigers, meanwhile, still need to play Mississippi State. Ole Miss - a team that wasn't set to play on Saturday - announced earlier Friday that it... [Full Article...]
Fauci said late Thursday that he meant to say USA authorities do things differently than their British counterparts, not better, but his comments weren't phrased properly. The EU's European Medicines Agency chose a more time-consuming authorization process that will allow the vaccine to be used in all 27 member nations. [Full Article...]
The percentage of people testing positive has decreased in all English regions except the North East where cases are levelling off. The incidence rate has been declining in recent weeks. The lowest rates can be seen in areas in the South East, South West and the East of England. There appears to be a fall in positivity rates among all age groups over the past week, with rates remaining the hig... [Full Article...]
Locally, Humboldt County is in the midst of a spike that has seen 265 new cases confirmed over the past 11 days, which have seen a series of record setting days and weeks. The Bay Area includes San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Marina, Solano, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. The order is the latest balancing act as the state tries to slow the exploding... [Full Article...]