By Amanda Sealy, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 at least five months after completion of the primary vaccine series. Pfizer requested this EUA at the end of April, citing company data that showed that
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HeyTutor looked at COVID-19 vaccination rates among children in every state in the U.S. and Washington D.C.
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly, Annie Cohen and Christina Maxouris, CNN The state of Massachusetts reached a $56 million settlement with the plaintiffs of a class-action lawsuit regarding a deadly Covid-19 outbreak at a veteran’s home roughly two years ago, officials announced. At least 84 veterans at the facility died of Covid-19 related issues and many others
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — With summer just around the corner, you may be wanting to shed some extra pounds, but according to a recent NMSU study the pandemic may have made that harder for some. The study, led by an NMSU professor Jagdish Khubchandani shows that he pandemic also fueled unhealthy eating habits. Out of about
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Timetastic used U.S. Census Bureau data to compare which industries health care workers switched to after exiting the health care field between the third quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.
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By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are strictly limiting who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine
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EL PASO, Texas– While he was still a nursing student, Esai Barrios worked the August 3 Walmart shooting in 2019. He went on to experience the beginning of the pandemic as a rookie nurse on the front lines. Barrios studied at the Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center- El Paso. He
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon is ending its Covid-19 paid sick leave policy starting on Monday, the company said in a memo to employees this weekend that was shared with CNN Business. The return to pre-pandemic sick leave policies means that all US employees will now get up to five days of excused, unpaid
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Restaurants of all sizes have had a difficult few years — but chains are coming out on top. Several new challenges have made running restaurants and (working in them) even harder than usual, including pandemic restrictions, staffing challenges, supply chain disruptions and increasing costs. About 90,000 US restaurants have temporarily
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HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Democratic candidate for governor, Beto O’rourke, has tested positive for Covid-19. “In addition to being fully vaccinated and boosted, I regularly test for COVID-19 while traveling the state for town hall meetings. I tested negative yesterday morning before testing positive today. I have mild symptoms and will be following public health
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(CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that it has asked the Department of Justice to appeal Monday’s ruling by a federal judge that struck down the mask mandate for mass transportation. The Justice Department filed the appeal early Wednesday evening.”It is CDC’s continuing assessment that at this time an
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By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against 21 people for allegedly seeking to defraud government health care programs of $149 million in a variety of pandemic-related scams, including selling fake Covid-19 vaccination cards and submitting claims for unnecessary medical tests. The charges brought in nine separate federal court cases
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Across the US, local transit authorities are deciding whether they will continue requiring passengers to mask up after a federal judge struck down the public transportation mask mandate aimed at mitigating Covid-19 risk. Their decisions are mixed, as some transit officials say they will let riders choose whether to mask, while
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for Covid-19, a spokesman for the California Democrat said Thursday. “After testing negative this week, Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic,” Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill tweeted. “The Speaker is fully vaccinated
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN For the second week in a row, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not add a single new destination to its highest-risk Level 4 category for travel. More than a dozen destinations, including Canada and several Caribbean nations, moved down from Level 4 to Level 3 on Monday.
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EL PASO, Texas – For those aged 50 or older, or are considered immunocompromised, Immunize El Paso will give you your second booster shot for free. Per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, those are the only groups recommended to get the second booster shot at this time. On April 5th, all federal funding
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EL PASO, Texas – The City of El Paso is now offering the second Covid-19 booster to eligible individuals. The group includes certain immunocompromised individuals and those 50 years and older. The second dose will be administered four months after the first dose for those who received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The second dose
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN Cruise travel no longer carries a CDC Covid-19 risk warning. While the move doesn’t mean there is no risk of Covid-19 transmission on cruises, “travelers will make their own risk assessment when choosing to travel on a cruise ship, much like they do in all other travel settings,” the US Centers
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a second COVID-19 booster for people 50 and older and those who are immunocompromised. According to the FDA, the second dose will be made available to populations at a higher risk of severe disease, hospitalization and death. According to the El Paso
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Americans age 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster if it’s been at least four months since their last vaccination. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for that age group and for certain younger
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EL PASO, Texas — As the number of Covid-19 patients continue to decrease, hospitals across the Borderland are looking to address staffing shortages spurred by the pandemic. A spokesperson for University Medical Center said care is not being hindered but there have been several reasons as to why staff have left, adding that the pool
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EL PASO, Texas – Citing declining demand in testing and the monoclonal infusions, Covid-19 testing and vaccines, the City is closing the Regional Infusion Center on Friday, and the Covid-19 Mega Testing and Convention Center sites on Thursday, March 31st. The announcement comes on the same day as El Paso Matters reported the BA.2 subvariant
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EL PASO, Texas — The BA.2 subvariant of COVID-19, which has caused surging cases in Europe and parts of Asia in recent weeks, has been detected in El Paso, health officials said. BA.2 made up a third of new cases in the United States as of Tuesday, and will soon overtake the original omicron subvariant as
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN Several European nations are facing a new spike in Covid-19 cases because they scrapped pandemic restrictions too soon, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has warned. The coronavirus is back on the rise in 18 European countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany, Hans
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By John Bonifield, CNN Moderna announced interim results of its Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 6 on Wednesday. The company said two 25-microgram doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months through 5 years old provided a similar immune response to two 100-microgram doses for adults ages 18 to 25, indicating that
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By Shawna Mizelle Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that she has tested positive for Covid-19. “Well, I’ve tested positive for COVID. I’ve got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine. I’m more grateful than ever for the protection vaccines can provide against serious illness. Please get vaccinated and boosted if you haven’t already!” she said
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EL PASO, Texas – There were 18 Covid-19 related deaths in El Paso for CDC week 11. That brings the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 3,374. The deaths occurred over a four-month period. (December = 3; January = 3; February = 6; March = 6) All 18 patients had
Continue Reading By Paula Newton, CNN Canada announced it will lift its Covid-19 pre-entry test requirement for fully vaccinated travelers beginning April 1, saying Thursday that the pandemic was entering a “transition phase.” The requirement will be dropped for air, land and water ports of entry. However, the announcement came with a warning that travel restrictions may
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EL PASO, Texas– The “Clean Air in Buildings Challenge” was launched today, calling building owners and operators of all types to improve their indoor air and keep occupants safe. This challenge is a key component in the National Covid-19 Preparedness Plan, a guideline for keeping the country safe while fighting Covid-19, released by the Biden-Harris
Continue Reading By Gabe Cohen and Dakin Andone, CNN A convoy of vehicles lapped the Washington, DC, beltway Sunday morning to demand an end to Covid-19 mandates and restrictions. The protests come at a time when many pandemic-related mandates and restrictions — imposed by state and local governments rather than lawmakers in Washington — have already begun
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