More Than 80% Of Eligible Howard County Residents Now Fully Vaccinated For COVID-19
More than 80% of eligible Howard County residents are fully vaccinated for COVID-19, County Executive Calvin Ball announced Wednesday, citing state metrics.
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More than 80% of eligible Howard County residents are fully vaccinated for COVID-19, County Executive Calvin Ball announced Wednesday, citing state metrics.
The day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for a return to face coverings in schools, Frederick County Public Schools administrators announced Wednesday that all students and staff will have to wear masks inside school buildings for the start of the year.
The change in CDC guidance recommending all Americans wear a mask indoors in areas with high Covid-19 transmission is a sign of the change the Delta variant has carved into the pandemic landscape, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN.
A third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can "strongly" boost protection against the Delta variant -- beyond the protection afforded by the standard two doses, suggests new data released by Pfizer on Wednesday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to announce a reversal on the mask mandate Tuesday, CBS News confirmed.
Two more Marylanders have died as a result of the coronavirus as 309 new COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday, according to the Maryland Health Department.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to recommend everyone in K-12 schools wear a mask, regardless of their vaccination status, as it updates its masking guidelines on Tuesday, according to an administration health official.
The US could see nearly four times the current rate of Covid-19 cases in the next four to six weeks as the Delta variant spreads and the population hits a wall on vaccinations, a former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told CNN.
The Baltimore NAACP announced that they will host a virtual town hall meeting on Tuesday to address the increasing dangers of the Covid-19 Delta variant.
Dr. Letitia Dzirasa is particularly concerned about low vaccination rates in zip codes 21223, 21216, 21207 and 21213 as the more contagious Delta variant spreads.
Jason Gallagher, an infectious disease pharmacist in Philadelphia had gotten the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine through a clinical trial in November, but this summer he didn't like the direction Covid-19 cases were taking due to variants.
The proportion of schizophrenia cases linked with problematic use of marijuana has increased over the past 25 years, according to a new study from Denmark.
The Maryland Department of Health released rankings of staff vaccination rates at nursing homes around the state.
As coronavirus cases continue to increase in Maryland, officials are monitoring the numbers.
One more Maryland has died as a result of the coronavirus as 256 new COVID-19 cases were reported Monday, according to the Maryland Health Department.
