How negative Yankee Candle reviews can predict the next Covid surge

How negative Yankee Candle reviews can predict the next Covid surge

Smells like trouble. One academic sleuth has sniffed out a bizarre connection between bad reviews for Yankee Candles on Amazon and the next COVID surge, saying that a sudden onslaught of one-star savagings ought to be taken as a warning. Nicholas Beauchamp, an associate professor of political science at Northeastern University in Boston, found an … Read more

Broward Health forced to open overflow ICU units because of child respiratory illness surge

Broward Health forced to open overflow ICU units because of child respiratory illness surge

Usually, there’s a virus that appears as a common cold, but across the country, there is a spike of cases of a more serious virus and doctors say they want parents to be aware what to look for. Doctors issued a warning Tuesday as the virus that affects children is spreading rapidly across the country. … Read more

Surge of respiratory illnesses in children straining some hospitals’ capacity

Surge of respiratory illnesses in children straining some hospitals’ capacity

The surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus, is pushing pediatric emergency departments and health systems toward capacity in some parts of the country. Infectious disease experts say they are seeing a higher-than-expected rate of certain pediatric infections other than COVID-19. There is no one reason for this uptick, but factors include time … Read more

Hospital admissions surge as multiple respiratory viruses circulate among kids: ‘We’ve got a full house’

Hospital admissions surge as multiple respiratory viruses circulate among kids: ‘We’ve got a full house’

Children’s hospitals in Louisiana are coping with a surge in admissions and ER visits due to a handful of respiratory viruses. While it’s not unusual to see viruses surge as the weather gets colder, it is rare to be dealing with so many at once, leading to hospitals that are brimming with sick kids. “We’ve … Read more

Masks may return to Los Angeles as nationwide COVID surge

Masks may return to Los Angeles as nationwide COVID surge

Carla K. By Johnson and Christopher Weber, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Barragan has a habit of wearing a mask because his job in the Los Angeles film industry has long required it, so if the nation’s most populous county needs face coverings. Restores the rules needed because…

Monkeypox cases surge in Gulf region as vaccine supplies run dry

Monkeypox cases surge in Gulf region as vaccine supplies run dry

Monkeypox infections continue to rise across much of the Bay Area, with nearly 100 cases diagnosed in six counties in the region as of Wednesday, marking a national trend as vaccine supplies loom large to cope with the growing global outbreak. substantially less. Regarding the dwindling supply of vaccines from the federal government, UC Berkeley … Read more