New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced plans for a “scaled back” New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square with mask requirements and fewer revelers
Study: Covid-19 testing in colleges linked to lower case numbers, but relationship is "complex"Higher Covid-19 testing rates on residential university and college campuses may be linked to lower case numbers but the relationship is complicated, a new study published Thursday in the open-access medical journal JAMA Network Open found.
To do this research, study authors examined data from 18 colleges and universities in Connecticut that had students living on campus in the 2020-2021 school year. All schools had some form of Covid-19 testing requirement for residential students, ranging from testing between 5-10% of the population each week to requiring each student living on campus to get tested each week.
Schools with low testing numbers also saw low case rates, which the researchers said meant schools likely detected fewer asymptomatic infections which may have fueled asymptomatic spread but kept case numbers low. Schools with higher testing also saw low case rates. The study authors said those schools likely caught the most cases and students were quickly isolated, which lowered case rates.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
New York City weighs new restrictions for Times Square New Year's Eve celebrationNew York City's Mayor Bill de Blasio said he will announce any changes to the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square by Christmas.
Read more »
New York City Proceeding With New Year’s Eve Ball Drop, But With Fewer Revelers & Tighter RulesNew York City’s famed New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will proceed, Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed today, but with tighter restrictions due to the Omicron outbreak. Capacity …
Read more »
Hospitals in New York region say they've run out of antibody treatment for omicron variantMajor hospitals in the New York region say they have stopped using monoclonal antibody therapies because they have run out of the treatment, leaving doctors without a vital tool for treating severely ill Covid patients.
Read more »
Ryan Reynolds repeatedly mistaken for Ben Affleck at New York pizza place'There's a pizza place in the East Village in New York that I've been going to for years,' Ryan Reynolds said. 'They believe I'm Ben Affleck and I've never corrected them. I feel it would not go over well if I revealed.'
Read more »
New York State Population Fell By Over 300,000 This YearIn total, 16 other states experienced population losses last year, which the Census Bureau described as “a historically large number of states to lose population”
Read more »
Could This New York Festival Finally Convince Americans to Love Panettone?In the U.S., supermarket panettone can be up to a year old and is nowhere near capturing the flavor of the labor-intensive panettone made across Italy
Read more »