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September 21, 2021 at 5:44 PM Nurse Janet Gilleran prepares to treat coronavirus patient Mike Mokler with Bamlanivimab, a monoclonal antibody, at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, December 31, 2020.
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Tennessee recommends prioritizing unvaccinated residents for monoclonal antibody treatments.
Vaccinated residents are behind them in line, since they're less vulnerable to severe COVID-19.
Monoclonal antibodies are in short supply as the Delta variant tears through unvaccinate... Tags: Science, News, Congress, Boston, US, Trends, Chicago, Tennessee, Delta, New Orleans, Pfizer, Vaccines, Msnbc, Boston Globe, Johnson Johnson, The Food and Drug Administration116 people like this. Like
September 21, 2021 at 2:53 PM A couple take a selfie as Madison Square Garden reopens for a full-capacity concert in New York City on June 20, 2021.
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Insider asked four public-health experts what it would take for them to fully return to their pre-pandemic lifestyles.
Some are holding out for specific COVID-19 case rates or vaccination thresholds.
Others are waiting to hear about fewer cases among their extended social networks.
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It's the quest... Tags: Science, News, New York City, US, Trends, Thailand, South Africa, Delta, New Orleans, University of Florida, Salt Lake City, Birmingham, Louisiana, Anthony Fauci, University Of Alabama, Madison Square Garden144 people like this. Like
September 18, 2021 at 6:58 PM Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump huddle after the State of the Union Address in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2020.
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Mitch McConnell was not shocked by Joe Biden's election victory over Donald Trump, per a new book.
"There were so many Maalox moments during the four years," McConnell reportedly told his staff.
McConnell treaded carefully in communicating with Biden while Trump disputed the election results.
See more stories on In... Tags: Politics, Texas, Supreme Court, Washington Post, Kentucky, Senate, US, Trends, Georgia, Joe Biden, Pennsylvania, Gop, Washington Dc, Mitch McConnell, Republican Party, Biden62 people like this. Like
September 17, 2021 at 8:00 AM Getty Images; Marianne Ayala/Insider
Ivermectin is a wondrous, Nobel Prize-winning drug that is cheap and available around the world.The oral version - originally derived from a clump of Japanese dirt in the 1970s - has nearly eradicated infections that could otherwise have caused widespread blindness and disfigured people's limbs and genitals. Formulated as a lotion, ivermectin is safe enough to be administered as an over-the-counter treatment for head lice in kids.But ivermectin is n... Tags: Odysee, Science, News, Washington Post, Mexico, Cbs News, Senate, India, New York City, US, San Francisco, Trends, Spain, Getty Images, Egypt, South Africa143 people like this. Like
September 14, 2021 at 10:39 AM Clinicians work on intubating a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 10, 2021.
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A Tennessee woman's life-saving surgery was pushed back because the hospital is so overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
"It's terrifying to experience a medical emergency during a pandemic," she wrote in a Washington Post guest essay.
Tennessee is facing a surge in new cases, and has one of the lowest vaccination rates... Tags: Science, News, Washington Post, Cdc, Washington, Trends, Tennessee, Healthcare, Nashville, Phillips, Lake Charles Louisiana, Mario Tama Getty, REBECCA COHEN, Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Betsy phillips, Coronavirus99 people like this. Like
September 12, 2021 at 5:14 AM The hospital plans to focus on recruiting nurses who are vaccinated.
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The mass resignation of maternity staff caused a New York hospital to stop delivering babies.
At least six maternity-unit staff chose to resign rather than get vaccinated, 7News reported.
The service will pause after September 27 so that the hospital can recruit vaccinated staff.
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Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville, New York, will temporarily ... Tags: New York, Trends, Andrew Cuomo, Lewis County, state Department of Health, Lowville New York, Mario Tama Getty, Cayer, Zahra Tayeb, Lewis County General Hospital, Gerald Cayer, Lewis County Health System102 people like this. Like
September 11, 2021 at 6:03 AM Anti-vaccination protesters pray and rally near Los Angeles City Hall in California on August 14, 2021.
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About one-quarter of Americans are unwilling to get vaccinated or uncertain if they will do so.
The US ranks second, behind Russia, on vaccine hesitancy out of 15 high-income countries.
A chart from Morning Consult shows how different countries compare in terms of vaccine hesitancy.
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Unvaccinated Americans a... Tags: Health, Science, News, California, France, China, Russia, New York City, US, Trends, New Orleans, Vaccines, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Michael, Malaysia Indonesia, Los Angeles City Hall108 people like this. Like
September 9, 2021 at 11:20 AM An empty vaccine waiting area at a Walgreens in Miami Beach, Florida.
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The US's average weekly vaccination rate has declined 38% since the FDA approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
Some experts predicted that the FDA approval would have a major, positive impact on vaccine uptake.
The regulatory green light could still pave the way for more vaccine mandates, though.
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In the two weeks sinc... Tags: Science, News, White House, US, Trends, Joe Biden, Walgreens, Delta, Food And Drug Administration, Miami, Pentagon, Fda, Npr, Pfizer, Louisiana, Anthony Fauci78 people like this. Like
September 9, 2021 at 8:00 AM People walk past the Google pavilion at CES 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 8, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Universum surveyed over 50,000 students in the US covering nearly 160 areas of study.
The company asked students to name the five employers they are most interested in working for.
Below are those with the highest share of business students calling them an ideal employer.
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30. Airbnb: 3.73% o... Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Florida, New York, Students, Microsoft, Washington, New York City, US, Careers, Trends, Markets, Nike, Tesla, Bank Of America79 people like this. Like
September 8, 2021 at 10:25 AM A clinician cares for COVID-19 patients in a Louisiana ICU.
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On the basis of anonymity, Insider spoke with a Louisiana nurse who worked through Hurricane Ida.
Hospitals often discharge or move patients before a hurricane, but Ida's size and COVID-19 meant they were full when the storm hit.
Hospital check-ins included storm victims, COVID-19 patients, and people just trying to charge phones - creating even further COVID-19 risk.
This is the nurse's story, as t... Tags: Nurses, Trends, Hospital, Hurricane, Healthcare, Delta, Louisiana, Hurricanes, Ida, Mario Tama Getty, Hurricane Ida, COVID-19, COVID, BI-freelancer, Contributor 2019, Elle Hardy104 people like this. Like
September 7, 2021 at 9:37 AM COVID-19 cases have been surging throughout the country, and in Louisiana, due to the highly transmissible Delta variant.
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The US has now recorded more than 40 million coronavirus cases and more than 649,000 virus-related deaths.
The staggering data comes as the US grapples with a surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Delta variant.
The country logged more than 4 million COVID-19 cases and more than 32,000 new virus deaths last month alone.
See more stories on Inside... Tags: News, Cdc, US, Trends, United States, Healthcare, Delta, Louisiana, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mario Tama Getty, Breaking, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Coronavirus Pandemic, Speed desk, Natalie Musumeci104 people like this. Like
September 5, 2021 at 7:50 AM A Dairy Queen branch.
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A man reportedly urinated over a Dairy Queen front counter during a dispute in Canada.
The customer was denied service by staff due to being maskless, CTV News reported.
Staff can be heard screeching in horror in a video that is being circulated on Facebook.
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A man in Canada was asked to wear a face mask by staff at a Dairy Queen when he got agitated and urinated on the restaurant's... Tags: Facebook, Trends, Indiana, Canada, Capitol Hill, Sephora, Seattle Times, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, CTV News, Krispy Kreme, Mario Tama Getty, Vancouver Island British Columbia, Kevin Shalvey, Zahra Tayeb, Desi Caswell, Chris Manseau99 people like this. Like
September 3, 2021 at 10:08 PM A man can't hold back his emotions during a Black Lives Matter Los Angeles rally to call for justice in the fatal shooting of KennethRoss Jr., who was shot by a Gardena police officer in 2018.
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California is one of four states without a police decertification process for officers charged with misconduct.
A bill that passed in the CA legislature would set up a decertification process.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has 12 days to sign or veto this bi... Tags: Post, Politics, California, La, Police, Senate, Massachusetts, Office, Los Angeles, Trends, Bradford, Bill, Times, Orange County, Police Shooting, Black Lives Matter123 people like this. Like
September 2, 2021 at 9:01 AM Hello,Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer, and today in healthcare news:Meet the 9 Bay Area biotechs VCs say are poised to take off';Inside the psychedelics company that biotech investors are betting big on;What to know about past COVID-19 infections and your immunity. If you're new to this newsletter, sign up here. Comments, tips? Email me at [email protected] or tweet @lydiaramsey125. Let's get to it...
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9 top Bay Area biotechs that... Tags: UK, US, San Francisco, Trends, Healthcare, Biotech, Bay Area, Psychedelics, Los Angeles International Airport, Newsletters, Mario Tama Getty, Tom Bradley International Terminal, COVID, Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer, Dispensed, Insider Healthcare127 people like this. Like
September 1, 2021 at 6:36 PM Doctors Without Borders nurse Bhelekazi Mdlalose performs a COVID-19 test on a health worker in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 13, 2020.
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A coronavirus variant detected in South Africa in May, called C.1.2, has a concerning set of mutations.
Scientists say the mutations could help the virus spread or evade the immune system's defenses.
But the fact that C.1.2 isn't rapidly circulating worldwide means Delta still has the upper hand.
See more storie... Tags: Science, News, US, Trends, Spain, South Africa, Delta, Louisiana, Iceland, Vaccines, Oceania, Variant, JOHANNESBURG South Africa, Mario Tama Getty, Scripps Research, Lake Charles Memorial Hospital110 people like this. Like
September 1, 2021 at 12:32 PM Mario Tama/Getty Images
Tennessee has just 99 ICU beds left across all hospitals in the state.
It's currently facing a surge in COVID-19 cases not seen since January.
Hospitalizations are almost at record levels, according to data from The New York Times.
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Tennessee has just 99 ICU beds left across all hospitals in the state as it battles a record-breaking surge in COVID-19 cases, according to data from the state's Department of Hea... Tags: News, Trends, Long, Tennessee, New York Times, Healthcare, Department Of Health, National Guard, WBIR, Tennessee Hospital Association, Tennessean, Bill Lee, Jake Epstein, Mario Tama Getty, Breaking, Wendy Long147 people like this. Like
September 1, 2021 at 12:53 PM A man receives a COVID-19 test at Los Angeles International Airport.
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A coronavirus infection doesn't guarantee long-term immunity.
Experts advise people who've had COVID-19 to get vaccinated.
Still, natural immunity seems to provide stronger, more lasting protection than vaccines alone.
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It's a staggering number: Nearly 39 million Americans have had confirmed coronavirus infections - almost 12% of the popul... Tags: UK, Science, News, US, Trends, Delta, New Orleans, Pfizer, Vaccine, Louisiana, Infection, Northwestern University, Immunity, Mario Tama Getty, Moderna, McDade89 people like this. Like
August 31, 2021 at 10:50 AM 44% of children under 18 experienced poverty for at least two consecutive months between 2013 and 2016, according to the US Census Bureau.
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The US Census found 44% of children experienced poverty for at least 2 months in a row between 2013-2016.
Children also had the highest chronic poverty rate in that time frame, at 4.6%.
Democrats are pushing to expand the Child Tax Credit beyond December to help fight child poverty.
See more stories on Insider's business pag... Tags: Congress, US, Trends, Joe Biden, Ohio, Columbia University, House Appropriations Committee, Sherrod Brown, Child Tax Credit, US Census Bureau, Census Bureau, Rosa DeLauro, Colorado Sen Michael Bennet, Mario Tama Getty, Economic Security Project, Joseph Zeballos Roig137 people like this. Like
August 30, 2021 at 10:33 AM Clinicians work on intubating a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 10, 2021.
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The US is averaging over 100,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations a day for the first time since February.
In the past two months, hospitalizations increased by nearly 500%, according to The New York Times.
Deaths have climbed to 1,000 a day for the first time since March.
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The US is ave... Tags: Florida, Science, News, US, Trends, New York Times, Delta, The Times, Associated Press, Times, Knoxville, University of Washington, Byrd, US Department of Health and Human Services, Lake Charles Louisiana, Jake Epstein116 people like this. Like
August 29, 2021 at 10:06 AM Mario Tama/Getty Images
Purple Heart vet Daniel Wilkinson waited seven hours for an ICU bed in Texas before he died.
He needed to get a gallstone removed but doctors couldn't find him an available ICU bed.
"He served two deployments over in Afghanistan, came home with a Purple Heart, and it was a gallstone that took him out," his mom said.
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A veteran who served two deployments in Afghanistan died Sunday of a treatable disease because doc... Tags: Texas, News, Nbc, Mississippi, Colorado, Trends, Afghanistan, Healthcare, Veteran, Cbs, Wilkinson, KPRC, Daniel Wilkinson, Purple Heart, ICU, Mario Tama Getty136 people like this. Like
August 28, 2021 at 8:25 PM A medical assistant administers a COVID-19 vaccine dose to a woman at a clinic in Los Angeles on March 25, 2021.
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A pastor and spokesman for National Religious Broadcasters voiced support for COVID-19 vaccines on MSNBC.
Daniel Darling said on "Morning Joe" he believed in the vaccine and didn't want to see more people die.
NRB fired him for refusing to admit his comment violated a policy to remain neutral on vaccines.
See more stories on Insider's business pa... Tags: Science, Nbc News, Los Angeles, Trends, Jesus, Usa Today, Msnbc, Joe Scarborough, Dan, NRB, Daniel Darling, Darling, Mario Tama Getty, National Religious Broadcasters, Troy Miller, Coronavirus84 people like this. Like
August 28, 2021 at 1:04 PM Mario Tama/Getty Images
Power companies are monitoring the progression of Ida, which is forecasted to bring severe thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind, high tides, and flooding.
Preparation for Hurricane Ida has already knocked out more oil production than Hurricane Katrina 16 years ago.
Energy crews and contractors will be responding to sweeping power outages throughout the storm.
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Hurricane Ida could leave a wide swath of southern Louisian... Tags: Texas, Mississippi, White House, US, Alabama, Trends, Joe Biden, Royal Dutch Shell, New Orleans, Louisiana, Gulf Coast, Chevron, Reuters, Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA, US Coast Guard, Baton Rouge109 people like this. Like
August 28, 2021 at 1:04 PM Mario Tama/Getty Images
Power companies are monitoring the progression of Ida, which is forecasted to bring severe thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind, high tides, and flooding.
Preparation for Hurricane Ida has already knocked out more oil production than Hurricane Katrina 16 years ago.
Energy crews and contractors will be responding to sweeping power outages throughout the storm.
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Hurricane Ida could leave a wide swath of southern Louisian... Tags: Texas, Mississippi, White House, US, Alabama, Trends, Joe Biden, Royal Dutch Shell, New Orleans, Louisiana, Gulf Coast, Chevron, Reuters, Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA, US Coast Guard, Baton Rouge143 people like this. Like
August 28, 2021 at 1:04 PM Mario Tama/Getty Images
Power companies are monitoring the progression of Ida, which is forecasted to bring severe thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind, high tides, and flooding.
Preparation for Hurricane Ida has already knocked out more oil production than Hurricane Katrina 16 years ago.
Energy crews and contractors will be responding to sweeping power outages throughout the storm.
See more stories on Insider's business page.
Hurricane Ida could leave a wide swath of southern Louisian... Tags: Texas, Mississippi, White House, US, Alabama, Trends, Joe Biden, Royal Dutch Shell, New Orleans, Louisiana, Gulf Coast, Chevron, Reuters, Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA, US Coast Guard, Baton Rouge144 people like this. Like
August 27, 2021 at 6:30 PM Clinicians work on intubating a COVID-19 patient.
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The Delta variant doubled the risk of hospitalization compared to the formerly-dominant Alpha variant.
About 74% of people in the UK-based study were unvaccinated, and few were fully vaccinated.
The study authors said it was "crucial" to get people fully vaccinated to protect against Delta.
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People who get sick with the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus have more t... Tags: UK, Scotland, Trends, Delta, Alpha, University of Exeter, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Mario Tama Getty, Science Media Centre, COVID, Catherine Schuster Bruce, David Strain, Anne Presanis, Cambridge University and Public Health England115 people like this. Like
August 27, 2021 at 12:21 PM A COVID-19 vaccination dose is prepared in Bordelon's Pharmacy as part of a vaccination campaign organized by nurse Carla Brown on August 17, 2021 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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The rise of the more contagious Delta variant means that even more of us need to get vaccinated.
An expert formula suggests 90% of the population needs to be vaccinated to stop the spread of COVID-19.
"We will get to a point where we're comfortable," one expert said, but only if 25-30% ... Tags: Science, News, US, Trends, Public Health, Delta, Philadelphia, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Baton Rouge Louisiana, Bhubaneswar, Paul Offit, Mario Tama Getty, Bordelon, Plotkin, Offit, Hilary Brueck70 people like this. Like
August 24, 2021 at 4:09 PM Mario Tama/Getty Images
The Student Borrower Protection Center found for-profit schools are targeting minority communities.
In majority-Black zip codes, for example, for-profits are 75% more likely.
Those communities also bear a disproportionate student debt burden, partly due to predatory for-profits.
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Over the past decade, a number of for-profit schools have shut down over accusations of misleading students and leading them to take on mo... Tags: Trends, Indianapolis, Hud, Naacp, Black, Midwest, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Education Department, Mario Tama Getty, Marcia Fudge, Ayelet Sheffey, Student Borrower Protection Center, Majority Black107 people like this. Like
August 22, 2021 at 7:32 AM A COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 10, 2021.
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Phil Valentine, conservative radio host and vaccine skeptic, has died after weeks of battling COVID-19.
Valentine previously said his personal chance of dying from the virus was "way less than one percent."
His family said he came to regret his views and told people to "PLEASE GO GET VACCINATED!"
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A well-known... Tags: Facebook, Death, News, Media, Trends, UK News, Hospital, Nashville, Vaccine, Valentine, Phil, Nashville Tennessee, Phil Valentine, Lake Charles Louisiana, Mario Tama Getty, Lake Charles Memorial Hospital71 people like this. Like
August 21, 2021 at 9:49 AM Clinicians work on intubating a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on August 10, 2021.
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The leader of a South Carolina GOP group died from COVID-19 after making fun of masks.
Pressley Stutts also cheered on unvaccinated doctors and criticized vaccine mandates.
Then after landing in the ICU for treatment, Stutts called the coronavirus "hell on earth."
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The GOP leader... Tags: Facebook, Politics, News, Masks, US, Trends, Gop, South Carolina, Wuhan, Pressley, Lake Charles Louisiana, Mario Tama Getty, South Carolina GOP, Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Stutts, Coronavirus116 people like this. Like
August 20, 2021 at 11:44 AM A sign reading "Get Dat Vax!" in front of a pop-up vaccination clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Five states have seen the biggest increase in first-dose uptake since July 6.
They are Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
Delta fear was a big motivator, but other factors were also at play, experts told Insider.
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Vaccinations in the US slowed to their lowest levels in the first week of July. Cases we... Tags: Science, Mississippi, Massachusetts, US, Alabama, America, Trends, Arkansas, News UK, Food And Drug Administration, Columbia University, Pfizer, States, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Vermont94 people like this. Like
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