Months for flu season

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — February is usually the peak of flu season, with doctors’ offices and hospitals packed with suffering patients. But not this year. Flu has virtually disappeared from the U.S., with reports coming in at far lower levels than anything seen in decades. READ MORE: Baker Tells Oversight Panel Examining Bumpy Vaccine Rollout Supply Is Biggest Issue Experts say that measures put in place to fend off the coronavirus — mask wearing, social distancing and virtual schooling — were a big factor in preventing a “twindemic” of flu and COVID-19. A push to get more people vaccinated against flu probably helped, too, as did fewer people traveling, they say. Another possible explanation: The coronavirus has essentially muscled aside flu and other bugs that are more common in the fall and winter. Scientists don’t fully understand the mechanism behind that, but it would be consistent with patterns seen when certain flu strains predominate over others, said Dr. Arnold Monto, a … [Read more...] about Flu Has Virtually Disappeared In US During COVID Pandemic

The civic body urged people to get themselves tested instead of trying out home remedies Thane: The twin cities of Kalyan and Dombivli witnessed the highest single-day jump in daily coronavirus cases in more than four months as over 200 people tested positive for the virus in the civic body limits. According to the latest data provided by Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation ( KDMC ), the areas recorded 227 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the highest in 126 days. Previously, 293 cases were reported in a single day on October 18, 2020. For latest updates about Mumbai city, click here No medicines without prescription KDMC Epidemic Officer Pratibha Panpatil informed Mirror Online that in a bid to encourage people to get themselves tested to contain the spread of the virus, the civic body has ordered all chemists and pharmacists to not sell medicines without proper prescription until further notice. Untitled Carousel Lack of adequate … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Kalyan-Dombivli reports highest spike in over four months; KDMC bans sale of medicines without prescriptions

Seven months after screens went dark, cinemas reopened last Thursday in much of India with mostly old titles on the marquee – a sign of the country’s efforts to return to normal as the pace of coronavirus infections slows. The return to movie theatres comes as India is registering the highest number of daily cases globally and is expected to soon top the list worldwide in terms of total number of reported infections, passing the United States. But trends also suggest the spread is beginning to slow. Nearly 10,000 theatres closed in mid-March when the government imposed restrictions to fight the virus, which has torn through India and is blamed for more than 110,000 deaths. READ MORE: Bollywood's powerful file suit against Indian news channels Deepika Padukone among three Bollywood stars questioned in India drug investigation Bollywood star Rhea Chakraborty arrested in connection to actor boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput's death Top Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan … [Read more...] about India’s cinemas reopen to small audiences after months in dark

After a challenging 2020 campaign, where the Italian squad was hampered by a down-on-power engine and a car that was too draggy, it has finalised an overhaul of the way it operates. It will maintain a reporting structure underneath team principal Mattia Binotto with distinct heads of departments, but has decided to reorganise how its chassis department works. Following the departure of former chassis head Simone Resta to Haas at the end of last year, Enrico Cardile has been formally put in charge of that area. He will work as a department chief alongside power unit head Enrico Gualtieri, sporting director Laurent Mekies and supply chain head Gianmaria Fulgenzi. While the processes there will remain the same, Ferrari’s chassis department will be split up into four new areas – with the hope being that this will boost the ability of the team to make improvements. The four areas will be vehicle concept (headed by David Sanchez), chassis performance engineering (Enrico … [Read more...] about Ferrari overhauls chassis department ahead of 2021 F1 season

close Video What does US intelligence know about the origins of COVID-19? Former director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe weighs in on 'The Ingraham Angle' China did "little" to investigate the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan during the first eight months of the pandemic, according to an internal World Health Organization report from August that was reviewed by The Guardian . "Following extensive discussions with and presentation from Chinese counterparts, it appears that little had been done in terms of epidemiological investigations around Wuhan since January 2020," the report said, according to The Guardian. Some WHO researchers returned from a fact-finding trip in Wuhan this month partially disappointed that China refused to share raw data about the first patients to get COVID-19. Dominic Dwyer, an Australian infectious diseases expert who was on the trip, told Reuters that the WHO team requested raw patient data on 174 … [Read more...] about China did “little” to investigate COVID-19 origins in early months: report