Category: COVID-19 Updates - Page 3 - Specialty Medical Staffing

Stay informed with the latest COVID-19 updates, vaccine progress, and how healthcare staffing agencies support ongoing medical efforts nationwide.

July 29, 2021

COVID Tracker – Update

COVID is on the rise again due to the powerful delta variant that is responsible for about 83% of cases as of recently, and that number is only increasing. From early June until June 29, we were on a plateau with new cases, but since June 29,

July 28, 2021

Will The CDC Announce Another Mask Mandate?

The CDC will have a briefing today at 3pm eastern time to, once again, discuss masks and if we should be wearing them. It’s expected that they will be advising all people, vaccinated or not, to wear their mask in public whether indoors or outdoors.

July 27, 2021

What Will The School Year Look Like With The Delta Variant?

Across the country schools are requiring students to be fully vaccinated before being allowed to return to, ideally, a normal classroom schedule and setting this coming fall.

July 23, 2021

COVID Is Slowly Tearing Apart The Olympics

As reported last week, there were some questions if the Olympics would resume this year as normal after last years delay due to COVID-19. The CEO of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan has not counted out a last minute cancellation of the Olympics due to the surge in cases in Japan

July 22, 2021

Will There Be Another Federal Mask Mandate?

The Delta variant has brought us another wave of COVID to the world. The scary part about the Delta variant is that it’s much more contagious, and symptoms are more severe. Fully vaccinated individuals are still able to contract the Delta variant,

July 21, 2021

Are the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Worth It To The Greater Good?

The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo has certainly seen some backlash, and understandably so. There are already over 70 confirmed cases within the athletes, and Japan has seen the most COVID cases per day in the last couple weeks than they have since January of 2021.