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Rare 'breakthrough' COVID cases are causing alarm, confusion Lauran Neergaard Updated:  July 21, 2021 5:21 pm Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. FILE - In this April 21, 2021 file photo, a registered dons protective gear before entering a room at a hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. In 2021, U.S. hospitalizations and deaths are nearly all among the unvaccinated, and real-world data from Britain and Israel support that protection against the worst cases remains strong. What scientists call breakthrough infections in people who are fully vaccinated make up a small fraction of ...

Share on Twitter A Chilean taekwondo player and a Dutch skateboarder have become the first athletes to be ruled out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after testing positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. Fernanda Aguirre, who was due to compete on Sunday in the 57-kilogram category posted two positive tests after arriving in Tokyo from Uzbekistan. Meanwhile 31-year-old Candy Jacobs, who was due to compete in the women's street event on Monday, is also out of her sport's Olympic debut after testing positive. Jacobs is the fourth athlete to test positive in the Olympic Village, after South ...

  Reports of athletes, lawmakers and others getting the coronavirus despite vaccination may sound alarming but top health experts point to overwhelming evidence that the shots are doing exactly what they are supposed to: dramatically reducing severe illness and death. The best indicator: U.S. hospitalizations and deaths are nearly all among the unvaccinated, and real-world data from Britain and Israel support that protection against the worst cases remains strong. What scientists call "breakthrough" infections in people who are fully vaccinated make up a small fraction of cases. "When you...

Coronavirus cases prompt athletes to withdraw shortly before Tokyo Olympics Follow Us Question of the Day By Noah Fleischman - The Washington Times - Wednesday, July 21, 2021 With less than 48 hours until the opening ceremonies at the Tokyo Olympics, multiple athletes have withdrawn from their events due to COVID-19. Taylor Crabb, a U.S. men’s beach volleyball player, tested positive for the virus shortly after arriving in Japan over the weekend and will not compete in Tokyo, according to NBC Sports. Crabb i...

Jill Biden stops off in Alaska on her way to Tokyo Olympics Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com In Anchorage, Alaska © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo First lady Jill Biden made a stop in Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday en route to the Tokyo summer Olympics.  Biden took a tour of the Alaska Native Medical Center, where she marveled at some of the ways Alaska medical providers distributed COVID-19 vaccines, especially to tribal communities.      Dr. Cate Buley, the Medical Director of Primary Care Clinics at Southeast Alaska Regional Heal...