Pandemic’s hidden toll: Almost one in 10 in U.K. await treatment, but not for Covid-19

Ms. Hetherington eventually got a biopsy and is currently being treated with a type of chemotherapy which she says has a good likelihood of working on her type of cancer” target=”_blank”>cancer< has slammed hospitals and stretched healthcare systems, in turn resulting in canceled doctors’ appointments and delayed procedures and tests for other illnesses. According to…

Read More

DC-area universities go remote amidst omicron case surge

As the omicron and delta variants of the infectious-disease continue to infect people across the U.S., two education in the nation’s capital announced Wednesday that some classes would be held virtually at the start of the 2022 spring semester. Leaders at American University and Georgetown University, both located in washington-dc” target=”_blank”>Washington, D.C.< American said it…

Read More

US breaks record for daily COVID-19 cases; CDC expects infections to rise as variants spread

The U.S. record for daily infectious-disease has been broken.  Data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center on Tuesday showed that the country had reported 512,553 new confirmed daily cases.  OMICRON SURGE MAY BE INEVITABLE, DESPITE CONTAINMENT EFFORTS IN ASIA The previous record was last winter, according to the university. In addition, the seven-day average…

Read More

Biden issues proclamation revoking travel ban on 8 southern African countries

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< order that barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in eight southern African countries from entering the U.S. WHITE HOUSE LIFTING OMICRON TRAVEL BAN ON SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES AMID SPREAD IN US The previous proclamation from Biden that imposed travel restrictions on south-africa” target=”_blank”>South Africa< and measures taken to make…

Read More

Record-setting COVID-19 cases in DC, Maryland, Virginia over holiday: report

As the infectious-disease rapidly spreads across the country, us-regions, us-regions and washington-dc” target=”_blank”>Washington D.C.< weekend.  According to a report from The Washington Post, on Monday the nation’s capital and its neighboring states reported the highest seven-day new case averages of any point during the pandemic.  FLU SEASON RESURGES IN US AS OMICRON CANCELS FLIGHTS, STOKES…

Read More

US churches canceling in-person Christmas services amid omicron surge

Many religion” target=”_blank”>churches< cases that have put a damper on people’s holidays for a second year.   Among those churches were Washington National Cathedral in the nation’s capital; St. John the Divine, the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of new-york-city” target=”_blank”>New York<. The Washington National Cathedral is seen at dawn on Nov. 5, 2021. (AP…

Read More