Fall and football go hand in hand. But with COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths soaring from the Delta variant, is it safe to go to the stadium? Kaiser Health News asks the experts.
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Déjà vu? Consumers scramble for COVID tests in hard-hit areas
As the nation confronts the Delta variant, many consumers are again facing delays getting tested. The problem appears most acute in the South and Midwest, where new infections are growing the fastest.
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‘Wisdom and fear’: 90 percent of U.S. seniors have been vaccinated — ‘They’re wiser than the rest of us’
The success in getting shots to older adults is likely due to states prioritizing that effort when the vaccines became available and motivation among the elderly after the virus killed so many in their age group. “This really shows our elders are wiser than the rest of us,” said Dr. David Wohl of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
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4 things to know about the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine pause
More than 560,000 Americans have died of COVID in the past year — or 1 in 586 people. An individual’s risk of dying of or being hospitalized with COVID is far higher than the risk of getting a rare blood clot from the J&J vaccine. Meanwhile, the risk of getting a blood clot is also far higher if you have COVID.