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With holiday gatherings, there have already been more than 27,000 new Covid-19 deaths in the first 10 days of the new year. Health officials are expecting new records in number of deaths this month. The newly identified more highly contagious variant of the Covid-19 that has been found in at least!-->…
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Guidance from the FDA warned that the Curative testing operations have particularly false negative test results. Therefore, the county's health officials have stopped utilization of oral swab tests. The Dodgers Stadium, a testing site using Curative, is confirmed to end testing operations and begin!-->…
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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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The common symptom of losing the sense of smell and taste among COVID-19 positive people is not as simple as it seems. According to investigators at the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases at the University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio, SARS-CoV-2!-->…
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A new coronavirus variant, first discovered in the UK, is slowly, but steadily making its way around the globe. A new study, conducted by the Imperial College London, suggests that the higher transmissibility of the variant is likely to also put those under 20 years of age at risk. Early analysis!-->…
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Across the U.S., ICU bed availability continues to decrease. A new issue arises, though, with the presence of a worrisome U.K. COVID strain. The mutated strain is more contagious, although the newly-approved vaccines remain effective against it. Health officials discovered multiple cases of the!-->…
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As the COVID-19 virus continues to mutate, questions arise about the effect of these mutations. Certain mutations may make the virus more contagious or reduce the effectiveness of the recently developed vaccines. In particular, scientists are concerned about the South African variant of SARS-CoV-2!-->…
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The L.A. County Housing for Health program, which helps provide housing for medically vulnerable homeless individuals to control COVID-19 throughout the shelter system, has been overwhelmed in the December case surge. Infections of homeless people have doubled in the week following Thanksgiving and!-->…
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The two vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna recently approved in the U.S. by the FDA have raised concerns due to cases of allergic reactions. In the UK, the medical regulatory agency advises that people with a history of anaphylaxis to food or medicine avoid getting vaccinated. The FDA, on the!-->…
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Applicants to medical school have increased 18% compared to last year, and there are likely multiple reasons for this. The AAMC is attributing this to admiration for Dr. Fauci, while others cite increased free time to devote to the application process. Still more believe this reflects a sense of!-->…
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Extensive political polarization has gotten health officials struggling to invoke trust among people as the United States prepares for the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine. It has been estimated that 60 to 70 percent of the US population will need to get vaccinated to substantially decrease!-->…
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As the world holds its breath and waits for the start of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, there is a looming question about the apparent exclusion of pregnant women in vaccine trials. Pregnant women have been found to be at an increased risk of contracting severe forms of COVID-19. According!-->…
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With the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, many public health departments are overwhelmed. In order to combat this, health officials are desperately trying to conduct more contact tracing, and even asking people to do contact tracing themselves. The hope was that contact tracing apps would be the!-->…
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The arrival of the highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna raises questions about how well their effectiveness compares to natural immunity. Natural immunity is greatly dependent on the amount of virus to which the person was exposed, which, in turn, determines the “quality” of!-->…
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