Healthcare

As the novel coronavirus swept through Boston last March, Toni Choueiri was worried. He was concerned not only about the rapid rise in COVID infections but about the swift shutdown in cancer screenings.

Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers’ star quarterback and reigning AP NFL Most Valuable Player, tested positive for covid-19. He also admitted that he was not vaccinated.

Anyone who has flown over the past year knows that face coverings are required in airports and on commercial flights. This has become the standard for air travel. Yet a mandate is only as good as its compliance and enforcement.

It began with Southwest Airlines canceling over 2,000 flights in early October.  Then American Airlines had a similar number of flight cancellations this past weekend.  In both cases, the airline attributed the swath of cancellations to extreme weather centered around Dallas.

The Biden administration announced new protocols for international travel, which went into effect on Nov. 8.  They relax previous travel restrictions, opening up international travel opportunities for a wider footprint of people, something that the airline and travel industry desperately need to remain financially viable.  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has signed off on COVID-19 vaccines for younger kids, but it could be months before most children in this age group are vaccinated because of hesitancy, a lack of access and relaxed mitigation efforts in schools once the vaccine becomes widely available.

"Like others, I received death threats." -- Andrew Hill, PhD, of the University of Liverpool, discussing what happened after he announced that his meta-analysis of ivermectin in COVID-19 needed to be re-analyzed after it was revealed that a potentially fraudulent study had been included.

America’s schoolchildren are weathering a third year of pandemic education, and most are in class together again instead of isolated at home.

MOLINE, Ill. — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A Quad Cities native delayed getting her mammogram, in part due to the pandemic, only to find out she had fast moving version of breast cancer. Now she's sharing her story in hopes other women will get their mammogram scheduled right away.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The storming of the field at Carter-Finley Stadium last month after North Carolina State’s victory over Clemson did not lead to a spike in COVID-19 cases, medical experts and a CBS17.com data analysis found.