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More children are joining adults in Florida hospitals to be treated for COVID-19

More children are joining adults in Florida hospitals to be treated for COVID-19

"In many cases, kids are getting infected by their unvaccinated parents in the home," Holtz Childrens Hospitals CMO Barry Gelman told Newsweek.

As hospitalizations see a surge in COVID-19 care, children are among the incoming COVID-19 patients."Children are at risk," Dr. Michael Keating said. "In keeping with other childrens hospitals that are in hot spots like ours, the numbers are going up." Keating says as the numbers of children needing hospital care are climbing, theyve been able to have success getting them back home."Our health care providers in the hospital are quite capable of taking care of very sick patients and theyre ...

Delta variant The Delta variant is quickly sweeping across Florida, which experts say is a driving factor in the increase of COVID-19 cases statewide.  As of Thursday, the state reported a total of 871 Delta variant cases, more than three times the 280 reported last week at this time, according to FDOH data. This data is provided to the media, including The Daytona Beach News-Journal, through weekly public records requests made by attorneys representing Gannett. The state does not publicly r...

Dr. Vincent Hsu, an epidemiologist and executive director of infection prevention at AdventHealth, said the increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations is a result of the highly contagious Delta variant. The Delta strain, which mutated from the original COVID-19 virus and is now the dominant variant both in Florida and nationwide, is also infecting fully vaccinated people, according to Hsu, though typically the symptoms arent enough to be admitted to the hospital. As of July 8, 42% of Florida’s po...

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations on the rise across Central Florida © WESH WESH The number of COVID-19 cases in Florida is heading way up, and more and more people are winding up in the hospital. Its a trend local health providers are watching with concern.Sign up for our Newsletters WESH 2 News got a look at the latest information. Every Thursday, AdventHealth holds a briefing on social media, and the briefing on July 15 included a continuing increase in not just cases, but in hospitaliz...

By Alan Spector Jul 15, 2021 COVID-19 cases are up in Florida by more than 200% in the past two weeks, just as a new school year is about to begin. Whats the advice for parents? "I know that the different counties have come out with different recommendations about masking in the schools," AdventHealth for Children Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael Keating says. "I would still strongly suggest that your children mask while in school because most children are symptom free but could be carriers....

Jul 15, 2021 | 4:35 PM Daytona Beach, FL - 430 people have been hospitalized across Central Florida, which is an increase of over 100 since last week, as the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus continues to spread. “The good news is that we are not seeing infection in patients who are fully vaccinated in the hospital,” said Dr. Vincent Hsu, an epidemiologist and executive director of infection prevention, during a live media event on Thursday (July 15). The Delta strain, a...

Bonjour-Hi! These two greetings, French and English, are often rolled into one in downtown Montreal’s shops and cafes. For some in Quebec’s most cosmopolitan city, this hybrid welcome is just a very nice – arguably a very Canadian – way of making customers feel welcome, whatever language they speak. For others, it is a grating, insensitive and shallowly corporate reminder of the global supremacy of English in a predominantly Francophone city. So much so they want it banned. Lang...