The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is polling its members on whether they would back a city-wide strike or a shift to remote learning, citing the surge of the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, as students are set to return to the classroom on Jan. 3. All CTU members were asked to…
Chicago Teachers Union Polling Members Over Strike or ‘Shift to Remote Learning’
December 30, 2021
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MN Board of Medical Practice Requesting Files of Patients Prescribed Ivermectin: Doctor
December 30, 2021
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A Minnesota family physician who is being investigated for the fifth time in the past 17 months by the state medical board for statements related to COVID-19, says the board is now requesting to see medical records of his patients who were prescribed ivermectin. Dr. Scott Jensen received a notification from the Minnesota Board of…
US COVID-19 Cases Hit Record High, Hospitalizations and Deaths Remain ‘Comparatively Low’: CDC
New COVID-19 cases in the United States have soared to their highest level on record, as the Omicron coronavirus variant is estimated to have taken over the virus’s Delta variant as the most prevalent strain contributing to new COVID-19 infections. The United States is seeing over 265,000 new COVID-19 infections per day on average, according…
WHO: Global COVID Cases up 11 Percent Last Week, Omicron Risk High
BERLIN—The World Health Organization says the number of COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide increased by 11 percent last week compared with the previous week, with the biggest increase in the Americas. The gain followed a gradual increase since October. The U.N. health agency said in its weekly epidemiological report released late Tuesday that there were nearly…
NFL Cuts Isolation Time for Players Who Test Positive
The NFL is reducing isolation time for players who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic, including unvaccinated players, to five days from 10. The league and the NFL Players Association revised the protocols on Tuesday after the CDC changed its guidelines for those who are asymptomatic, recommending a five-day isolation period and masking over…
COVID-19 Wave Sweeps New York
After northern and western parts of the New York State suffered a surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the wave appears to have moved downstate, hitting the Hudson Valley and increasingly also New York City and Long Island. Most of the infections stem from the Omicron variant of the virus, according to estimates by the Centers for…
FDA: Rapid COVID-19 Tests May Be Less Accurate for Omicron Variant
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said rapid COVID-19 tests could be less accurate when trying to detect the new Omicron variant. Rapid tests, including the very commonly used antigen tests, can detect the Omicron variant “but may have reduced sensitivity,” the FDA said in a statement on Dec. 28. The FDA’s findings regarding…
Ohio Deploys Additional 1,250 National Guardsmen to Hospitals
Ohio is not shutting down, there is not a mask mandate in place, but the state is buckling down against the surge it is seeing in the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, Gov. Mike DeWine announced that 1,250 more members of the Ohio National Guard are being deployed to hospitals throughout the state. That is in…
Walensky: PCR Tests Can Remain Positive up to 12 Weeks
December 29, 2021
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One reason for not recommending officials require COVID-19 testing at the end of the revised shortened isolation period is because polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests can stay positive for up to three months after one contracts the illness, according to the top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official. The CDC cut its recommendations this…
Walensky: PCR Tests Can Remain Positive for up to 12 Weeks
December 29, 2021
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One reason for not recommending officials require COVID-19 testing at the end of the revised shortened isolation period is because polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests can stay positive for up to three months after one contracts the illness, according to the top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official. The CDC cut its recommendations this…
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