On Tuesday, October 5, Johnson & Johnson had submitted data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of a booster shot of its Covid-19 vaccine in people ages 18 years and older. According to CDC, an estimated 15 million Americans have received the single-dose!-->…
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According to the study conducted by Marm Kilpatrick, an infectious disease researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, people who become infected with the Delta variant are less likely to transmit the virus to their close contacts if they have had a COVID-19 vaccine. This latest study!-->…
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Los Angeles Country has eased its COVID-19 vaccination/testing requirement for large public venues such as Six Flags and Universal Studios. Initially, the Health Officer Order mandated all attendees and employees to show proof of Covid vaccination or a negative test within 72 hours, with the!-->…
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The booster shot side effects have been found to closely mirror those of the second dose. According to a recent CDC study, the majority of side effects were mild in nature with arm soreness, fatigue, and headache as the most commonly reported symptoms. Since mid-August, nearly 2.8 million!-->…
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According to the Kaiser Family Foundation survey, 71% of unvaccinated respondents claim that booster shots are signs that vaccines are ineffective. The divide in attitude continues as it becomes clearer just how differently vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals view the pandemic. The split in!-->…
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Los Angeles has recently extended its first deadline from Sept. 7 to Sept. 13, and still thousands of city workers have not provided vaccination proof or filed exemption requests on religious or medical grounds. Out of 57,476 city workers the data shows 5,183 have requested religious exemptions,!-->…
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Even though tens of millions of Americans continue to decline even the first COVID-19 vaccine every single day, a small but growing number have already sought out additional shots despite the Food and Drug Administration lack of approval. It still remains unclear who exactly needs one and what does!-->…
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Earlier last year when German biotech company, CureVac, went public, its shares soared in the hopes of developing an effective COVID-19 vaccine. CVnCoV vaccine, like the highly successful Pfizer and Moderna, uses messenger RNA. However, shares in CureVac dramatically plummeted when the interim!-->…
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According to the U.S. Department of Health, the Biden Administration is set to invest upwards of $3 billion to expedite the discovery, development, and manufacturing of antiviral medicine to treat not only COVID-19 but also a range of viruses. Even though the coronavirus case counts and death rates!-->…
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Last July when Breanna Aguilar’s immediate family tested positive for COVID-19, she did not fit into any groups considered high risk for severe disease. However, her case can potentially shed light on the progression of long-haul COVID-19. Aguilar’s positive test was accompanied by weight gain,!-->…
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More than a year after the pandemic, the looming question of the origins of COVID-19 is still on everyone’s mind. According to the previously undisclosed U.S intelligence report, three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of virology in November 2019 became sick enough to seek hospital care with!-->…
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Shortly after one of his students tested positive for COVID-19, Chris Hodges, the principal of Gaylord High School in Otsego County, found himself working closely with the local health department with contact tracing. The school-age population in Michigan has accounted for a growing share of recent!-->…
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The pandemic stress-tested the way scientific data was produced, revealing flaws in evidence-based medicine. As the cases of COVID-19 climbed and the disruptions in the healthcare system became inevitable, clinicians, in the absence of designated treatment plans, were often found to abandon!-->…
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Undoubtedly, the devastating nature of the pandemic has led to a surge in the number of Americans seeking mental health services. However, therapists and other behavioral health providers have been found to turn patients away. Accord to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), during the!-->…
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