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Erie's Jefferson Educational Society will host Global Summit XII, a free digital speaker series, May 10 through May 27. Speakers will include White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi, an Edinboro native; pandemic experts Leana Wen and Michael Saag; astronomer Avi Loeb; and authors and media experts David Ignatius, Susan Page, Karen Tumulty, April Ryan, James Fallows and Deborah Fallows. Also featured will be conservative scholar Nile Gardiner; urban experts Camille Busette, Rashawn Ray and Jeffrey Brown; former U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill; and Gerald Seib, the W...

Epidemiologists and other public health experts are debating whether to use rapid COVID-19 tests as admission tickets to schools, businesses and entertainment and sports venues.

More younger people are being hospitalized with COVID-19 Younger people are now ending up in hospitals around the state and country. It’s a big shift from before. (Source: WBRC) By Josh Gauntt | April 7, 2021 at 5:10 AM CDT - Updated April 7 at 8:37 AM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Younger people are now ending up in hospitals around the state and country. It’s a big shift from before. People between the ages of 20 and 50 are now being hospitalized with COVID-19 at UAB, according to infectious disease expert Dr. Michael Saag. He tells me some of them are having the same issues as...

Table of Contents Health Officials Split on Rapid COVID Tests as Admission Tickets Spectators wait in a security line outside Yankee Stadium before an opening day baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 1. Schools, businesses and sports and entertainment venues are considering rapid COVID-19 tests as a requirement for entry. John Minchillo The Associated Press Epidemiologists and other public health experts are debating whether to use rapid COVID-19 tests as admission tickets to schools, businesses and entertainment and sports venues. Even with the quicken...

UAB infectious diseases specialist reflects on the past year in a pandemic Dr. Saag reflects on COVID-19 fight By Chasity Maxie | March 13, 2021 at 7:34 PM CST - Updated March 13 at 7:34 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - It was 365 days ago that a UAB infectious diseases specialist was diagnosed with COVID-19. We have often looked to Dr. Michael Saag for guidance during this coronavirus pandemic, and on Friday the 13th in March of last year, he himself was diagnosed with the virus. And he said the irony of that date is not lost on him. Dr. Saag found out he was infected with COVID-19 about 24...