"We are excited to offer ASL interpretation to our deaf and hard of hearing patients making telehealth appointments," Dr. Loyola already provided interpreter services in 250 languages.
LOYOLA ADDS SIGN LANGUAGE INTO TELEHEALTH MIX: Loyola Medicine is adding American Sign Language to its interpreter services for telehealth appointments, the Maywood health system said in a statement. Our results reinforce the importance of COVID-19 vaccination, including receiving a booster dose for those ages 12 years and older, to protect against critical illness.” SEE THE STUDY HERE. “It is difficult to predict whether the vaccine will be as effective against the current subvariant of omicron, but most likely the level of protection would be similar. Lurie Children’s Hospital and assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in a statement. “Our study results are reassuring that COVID-19 vaccination in eligible children and adolescents continues to protect against the most severe outcomes associated with COVID-19, regardless of variant type,” said study co-author Dr. Bria Coates, a critical care physician at Ann & Robert H. But protection against needing life-supporting intervention remained higher for adolescence during delta at 96% and omicron at 79%. Meanwhile, vaccine effectiveness against any type of COVID-19-associated hospitalization in adolescents declined from 92% during the delta period to 40% during omicron.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that vaccinated reduced COVID-associated hospitalization by 68% in children. STUDY CO-AUTHORED BY NORTHWESTERN PHYSICIAN EVALUATES VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS IN CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS: A new study co-authored by a Lurie Children’s physician shows that when children ages 5-11 were vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, they had a reduced risk of COVID-associated hospitalizations during the omicron surge.Īmong adolescents ages 12-18 who were vaccinated, protection against hospitalization during the omicron surge was lower than during the delta period, which is similar to what’s been shown among adults. “We’re going to continue to escape a major surge,” she said. But Chicago saw an average of four hospitalizations each day and fewer than one death per day, the lowest death rate Chicago has seen since the pandemic began, said Dr. READ MORE.ĬHICAGO'S COVID RISK REMAINS LOW: COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Chicago, but the city’s top health official says the region remains at low risk, due to low hospitalization and death rates.Ĭhicago reported 456 new daily average cases on April 18, up 8% from the week before, according to the city’s COVID dashboard. of Aviation said today it also will no longer require masks at O’Hare and Midway, although airlines already had dropped their mask requirements. In light of state revising its policies, Metra and CTA said they are dropping their mask requirements. CTA cautioned that “while the city continues to see low levels of transmission of COVID-19, customers and employees who wish to continue wearing masks are encouraged to do so.” Masks are "no longer be required on public transit, in public transit hubs, or in airports" in Illinois, according to a news release. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION.PRITZKER DROPS TRANSPORTATION MASK MANDATE: A day after a federal judge's ruling led the Transportation Security Administration to drop enforcement of a federal mask mandate, the state of Illinois has followed suit. THIS DASHBOARD MAY INCORPORATE DATA OR OTHER CONTENT BELONGING TO OR ORIGINATING FROM THIRD PARTIES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL UVA HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THIS DASHBOARD OR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN. UVA PROVIDES NO WARRANTIES, CLAIMS OR REPRESENTATIONS–WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY–WITH RESPECT TO THIS DASHBOARD, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, NON–INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, VALIDITY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND DISAVOWS ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES CREATED BY COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, TRADE USAGE OR OTHERWISE. THE CONTENTS OF THIS DASHBOARD-INCLUDING DATA, MAPS, AND PLOTS-IS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC SOLELY FOR RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC PURPOSES.
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