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Race Emerges as Vaccine Problem; U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/31/2021 (Bloomberg) -- Initial data from New York City show “profound” racial disparities in who is receiving the vaccine, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. New York state reported the fewest new cases in more than a month. Across the U.S., infections continue to slow. A top health adviser to President Joe Biden warned that a new variant of the coronavirus circulating in the U.K. will likely become the dominant strain in the U.S. Ten Republican senators have proposed an alternative plan for Covid-19 economic stimulus c...

Race Emerges as Vaccine Problem; U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/31/2021 (Bloomberg) -- Initial data from New York City show “profound” racial disparities in who is receiving the vaccine, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. New York state reported the fewest new cases in more than a month. Across the U.S., infections continue to slow. A top health adviser to President Joe Biden warned that a new variant of the coronavirus circulating in the U.K. will likely become the dominant strain in the U.S. Ten Republican senators have proposed an alternative plan for Covid-19 economic stimulus c...

Race Emerges as Vaccine Problem; U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update This content was published on January 31, 2021 - 22:26 January 31, 2021 - 22:26 (Bloomberg) -- Initial data from New York City show “profound” racial disparities in who is receiving the vaccine, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. New York state reported the fewest new cases in more than a month. Across the U.S., infections continue to slow. A top health adviser to President Joe Biden warned that a new variant of the coronavirus circulating in the U.K. will likely become the dominant strain in the U.S. Ten Republican senators have pro...

Covid: the hidden burden of overloaded Swiss hospitals Significant hidden health costs lie behind the overloading of intensive care units (ICU), according to a recent Swiss study. © Wirestock | Dreamstime.com The study, done by Switzerland’s National COVID-19 Science Task Force, calculated that the number of non-Covid patients in ICU has more than halved since the beginning of the second wave of infections in Switzerland. “Decline in attendance of ICUs by ‘usual’ patients, and inability to admit all Covid-19 patients due to local saturation may have long-lasting consequences on the ...

Covid: schools to close in some Swiss cantons After consulting with the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force, Switzerland’s scientific Covid advisory team, Switzerland’s federal government has decided to leave schools open. However, cantons can still decide to close them if they decide to and some have done so. © Jan Gajdosik | Dreamstime.com For the Task Force classroom teaching should only be prevented if the epidemiological situation becomes dangerous or very dangerous. The decision to close schools rests with the cantons, said Guy Parmelin, Switzerland’s president. However, ...