Tag: Dr. Joshua Sharfstein
Sharfstein: Maryland unlikely to see a ‘huge’ winter surge in critical COVID-19 infections
would say that it is too early for a requirement for young children because really the vaccine just became available for that age group. And it is available under an emergency authorization. I think that we will get a lot of information from having millions of children vaccinated.
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Sharfstein urges vigilance, says fall Delta surge is still possible
Former Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Secretary Dr. Joshua Sharfstein warned Marylanders not to let their guards down this fall as it is still possible that the Delta variant could hit the state hard.
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Van Hollen: Failure to raise the debt ceiling would be the ‘economic equivalent’ of detonating a ‘nuclear weapon’
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Tuesday that he hopes Republicans will ease their opposition to raising the debt ceiling if Democrats agree to decouple that proposal from a bill to fund the government and thus prevent an unprecedented pandemic-era shutdown.
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MDH: 96% of the state’s COVID-19 deaths since late-Jan. were among the unvaccinated
Nearly all of the people in the state who have died from COVID-19 since the end of January were unvaccinated, according to data the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) recently provided to MarylandReporter.com.
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Sharfstein: ‘If people decide not get to vaccinated, they are essentially deciding to get COVID’
With the Delta variant rapidly spreading both throughout the nation and in certain parts of Maryland, former Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Secretary Dr. Joshua Sharfstein Wednesday emphasized the importance of getting vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.
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Sharfstein: ‘It’s a dangerous time’ for Maryland due to rising COVID cases
Former Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Secretary Dr. Joshua Sharfstein said Maryland is at a critical crossroads in its fight against the coronavirus.
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Maryland is the sixth most vaccinated state: survey
Former Department of Health and Mental Hygiene secretary Joshua Sharfstein said he is not surprised that a recent survey ranked Maryland near the top among states with the most vaccinated residents.
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Too early to link COVID-19 to spike in opioid-related deaths, health officials say
@BryanRenbaum It is unlikely that the coronavirus pandemic is responsible for the increase in...
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