covid-19
In a Handful of States, Early Data Hint at a Rise in Breakthrough Infections
Since Americans first began rolling up their sleeves for coronavirus vaccines, health officials have said that those who are immunized are very unlikely to become infected, or to suffer serious illness or death. But preliminary data from seven states hint that the arrival of the Delta variant in July may have altered the calculus. Breakthrough infections are also likely to be most severe among older adults or those who have conditions like obesity or diabetes.
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Covid-Linked Syndrome in Children Is Growing and Cases Are More Severe
Doctors across the country have been seeing a striking increase in the number of young people with the condition Braden had, which is called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C. Even more worrisome, they say, is that more patients are now very sick than during the first wave of cases, which alarmed doctors and parents around the world last spring.