These 14 States Need to Be Careful With COVID, Virus Expert Warns
By Danielle Cinone of Best Life |
These 14 States Need to Be Careful With COVID, Virus Expert Warns
There s a lot to celebrate right now in terms of the COVID pandemic. As of Apr. 30, 101.4 million people in the U.S. are fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That s nearing almost half of the U.S. s adult population. And though some states are the exception, COVID cases haven t been this low nationwide since Oct. 2020, as NPR reports. But a concerning trend has emerged in recent weeks: The rate at which people are getting vaccinated is slowing down. According to a
In Minnesota, fighting climate change means changing how to heat buildings Heat pumps help large commercial, residential sites cut costs, emissions. May 1, 2021 4:46pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Brian DeGidio admits he hasn t thought much about the environmental benefits of the air-source heat pumps he s working on atop a large apartment complex under construction in St. Paul.
It s a drizzly Friday and DeGidio is hooking refrigerant lines to condensing units that look like window air conditioners lined up across the roof. Greenhouse gas emissions aren t top of mind.
But the HVAC system he s working on swaps fossil fuels for cleaner electricity, and DeGidio is part of a quiet revolution underway in Minnesota as the state chases ways to cut global-warming gases. Buildings and the fossil fuels to heat and cool them are a big overlooked source of the heat-trapping gases.
Warm temperatures and tropical climates may really help reduce the spread of COVID-9, a new study suggests.
The study found that places with warm temperatures and long hours of sunlight such as countries close to the equator and those experiencing summer had a lower rate of COVID-19 cases, compared with countries farther away from the equator and those experiencing colder weather.
The findings held even after the researchers took into account other factors that could affect both the spread of COVID-19 and the number of reported cases, such as a country s level of urbanization and the intensity of COVID-19 testing.
The August event brought together about 462,000 people from 61% of all U.S. counties. Author: Emily Haavik Updated: 10:39 AM CDT April 30, 2021
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Editor s note: The above video is from Aug. 3, 2020.
A recently released study by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers found that the August 2020 Sturgis rally resulted in widespread transmission of COVID-19.
The study, published on Thursday in Clinical Infectious Diseases, examined data and phone interviews from 39 state, county and city health departments. All those agencies had COVID-19 patients who had traveled to Meade County, South Dakota in August 2020 or directly attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.