Governor Gavin Newsom lifted California’s stay-at-home order last week on Friday which included lifting the ban on outdoor dining. The order was enacted at the beginning of December and was followed by a drop in the Covid-19 transmission rate. Officials estimate that it kept as many as 25,000!-->…
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The Los Angeles vaccination site at Dodger Stadium closed on Saturday from 2 pm to 3 pm after anti-vaccination protesters gathered at the entrance. There were about 50 anti-vaccination and right-wing supporters of the former President Donald Trump who delayed the distribution of the Covid-19!-->…
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Vaccines are in short supply and hospitals across the country are having to cancel vaccination appointments. The problem is particularly bad in Texas where cases are increasing by about 20,000 each day. There is much confusion on vaccine distribution because as of Friday, 39.9 million doses were!-->…
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The KF94 mask has been called out by some media outlets as being a “highly protective” mask option considering the new Covid-19 variants appearing across the globe. KF94 is a South Korean mask that is comparable to the N95. KF stands for “Korean filtration” and 94 represents the efficiency of the!-->…
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The deaths in the United States from Covid-19 caused the overall life expectancy to drop by 1.13 years. The life expectancy is now 77.48 years which is the lowest it’s been since 2003. It is also the largest single-year reduction in the past 40 years. This decline is more severe for racial and!-->!-->…
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On Saturday Los Angeles County discovered the first case of the new B117 Covid-19 variant. This new strain was first identified in the United Kingdom. The spike protein on the variant has three mutations that have the potential to make vaccines less effective, however, that is not confirmed. The!-->…
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An Alzheimer’s drug manufactured by Eli Lilly has shown to slow down the rate that patients lose their ability to think and care for themselves. This was a small clinical trial with 272 patients and has not yet been published or widely reviewed. However, if the findings are true, then this would be!-->…
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Elite medical centers affiliated with Columbia University, NYU, Harvard, and Vanderbilt are vaccinating staff members who do not have any interactions with Covid-19 patients before vaccinating patients and high risk individuals. The CDC recommended vaccinations are administered to health care!-->…
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Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic before masks were mandated, researchers in Denmark conducted a study to determine mask effectiveness. They gathered 6,000 participants and recommended some to wear masks and the others to be the control with no masks. The study did not find a strong indication that!-->…
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John Yang volunteered to participate in the phase 3 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial. The Moderna vaccine has been 94.5% effective and is waiting FDA approval. Yang chose to take part in the trial because he is considered high risk and would rather have the vaccine sooner rather than later. He!-->…
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Minks found in Denmark have contracted the coronavirus and transferred a mutated variant back to humans. The Danish government has decided to kill millions of minks as a precaution. The mink is currently the only known animal case to cause this mutation and retransmission. The mutation did not!-->…
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Scientists are becoming more aware of the deadly effects of the coronavirus on the vascular system. For serious COVID-19 infections, the virus can alter the endothelial cells which are inside blood vessels. People who died from COVID-19 have more blood clots and damage to the endothelial cells than!-->…
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Researchers discovered that many COVID-19 patients develop “autoantibodies” which target human cells instead of virus cells. This could explain why some survivors have lasting problems even after recovering from the virus. It is possible that even a mild response to the virus could induce the!-->…
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The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met to discuss how to best distribute a COVID-19 vaccine once one is approved. They identified four groups that would have priority vaccination. The first group to be vaccinated would be health care personnel due to their close proximity and!-->…
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