Public Health

Health experts are bracing for a severe 2021-22 flu season, CNBC reported July 7.

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations is providing $3.1 million to co-fund a study that will investigate the immune response to COVID-19 vaccination among organ transplant recipients and other immunosuppressed groups. 

New daily COVID-19 hospitalization rates in the U.S. have increased 70 percent over the last two weeks, with 47 states and the District of Columbia seeing hospitalization rates trend upward, according to data tracked by The New York Times.

The delta coronavirus variant accounted for more than half of all new COVID-19 cases between June 20 and July 3, according to CDC data updated July 6. 

Some hospitals in Florida have closed outpatient sites and rescheduled surgeries in preparation for Tropical Storm Elsa.

The White House is renewing its push to increase the national COVID-19 vaccination rate with several new strategies, President Joe Biden said during a July 6 speech. 

Two leaders at separate Springfield, Mo.-based hospitals tweeted urging respiratory therapists to contact them.

More than 99 percent of the nearly 10,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths that occurred in June were among unvaccinated people, according to Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 

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Some experts are voicing concerns about potential upcoming holiday-related COVID-19 surges, citing the rapidly spreading delta variant and pockets of the U.S. reporting particularly low vaccination rates.