First Responders Archives

Delta Remains Largest Concern as COVID-19 Cases Increased 316% in the Last Year

B.1.621 or “Mu” variant (Colombia), Blood Samples, COVID-19 Antibodies, COVID-19 Deaths, COVID-19 Infections, COVID-19 Studies, Delta Variant (B.1.617.2; India), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Dr. Anthony Fauci (Director), First Responders, Johns Hopkins Universit, Los Angeles, University of Pennsylvania (Penn)

Data from Johns Hopkins University demonstrate that daily Covid-19 infections increased 316 percent from Labor Day 2020, or about four times more.

September 7, 2021/by Andrew Humphreys

Pfizer, Moderna vaccines reduce Covid-19 infection risk by 90% after second dose: U.S. study

BNT162b2 (Pfizer and BioNTech), Clinical Trials, COVID-19 Studies, COVID-19 Vaccines, First Responders, Messenger RNA (mRNA) Vaccines, mRNA-1273/Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (Moderna), R&D, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc. with BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc. are highly effective and reduced the risk of infection by 90 percent by two weeks after the second shot among healthcare personnel and first responders, according to a U.S. study released on March 29.

March 29, 2021/by Andrew Humphreys

Ambulances put on alert as Los Angeles hospitals swamped by Covid-19 patients

Andrew Cuomo (NY), California, Coronavirus surge, COVID-19 Infections, First Responders, Health Officials, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Hospitals, Los Angeles, Moderna, Ron DeSantis (Florida), Thanksgiving, U.S. government, United States

Los Angeles health officials told first responders to stop bringing adult patients who cannot be resuscitated to hospitals, citing a shortage of beds and staff as the latest Covid-19 surge threatened to overwhelm healthcare systems in America’s second-largest city.

January 5, 2021/by Andrew Humphreys

Covid-19 Vaccine Frontrunners Still Largely Untested in Children

BioNTech, Business, Children, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Vaccines, Dr. Anthony Fauci (Director), Emergency Use Authorization, FDA, First Responders, Health Workers, Moderna, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Pediatrics, Pfizer, The Washington Post, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United Kingdom

Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), noted that it would take time – possibly months – before people 18 years of age and younger could get a Covid-19 vaccine because clinical trials were either underway or had not yet begun.

December 3, 2020/by BioSpace

NYC first responders have high Covid-19 rates; public surfaces may hold clues to virus spread

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A roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19 shows that New York City first responders have high Covid-19 rates.

November 4, 2020/by Andrew Humphreys