Lyft Pass for Healthcare allows health care organizations and social services agencies create prepaid passes for patients to get to and from their medical appointments. This is one of the many new efforts to alleviate transportation barriers to healthcare. Uber similarly has a healthcare!-->…
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Researchers from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health found that Los Angeles neighborhoods with poor air quality had the highest rates of COVID-19 mortality, specifically a 60% increase in deaths. These neighborhoods house communities of people of color and low-income individuals. The research!-->…
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has established that there is a link between the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and blood clots. The agency maintains its guidelines, allowing the vaccine to be distributed as the benefits outweigh the risks. However, some European countries are restricting the!-->…
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Residents in Manatee County, Florida have been evacuated over Easter weekend due to the potential leakage of contaminated wastewater at a former phosphate plant. Decades prior, phosphate was mined there for fertilizer use. Since the plant's closure in 2001, there remains three phosphogypsum stacks!-->…
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In studies covering 17 countries, it fond that the number of maternal deaths and stillbirths increased by almost one-third, and the number of ectopic pregnancies increased sixfold from January 2020 to January 2021. These negative outcomes had greater significance in low and middle income countries.!-->…
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Vicky Makker, an oncologist in New York City, is leading research on the use of diet to increase the effectiveness of a cancer drug. The drug, a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (Pl3K) inhibitor, blocks a growth-promoting pathway. Researchers are putting patients on a ketogenic diet in hopes that it!-->…
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California governor Gavin Newsom and legislators plan to announce their plans for reopening schools this week. School districts across the state will be given $2 billion to open up school for children in transitional kindergarten through second grade. The plan also provides financial incentives to!-->…
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In the Coachella Valley, located in California’s Riverside County, the county health department has opened up pop-up vaccination sites to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to farmworkers, regardless of their age or health conditions. This program which began in January this year is helping contain the!-->…
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Pulse oximeters are portable devices used to measure blood oxygen levels. Recently, people have been using them to monitor COVID-19 which is often characterized by low blood oxygen levels. However, a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that Black patients had almost three!-->…
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It has been ten months since Jodee Pineau-Chaisson, a 55-year old woman without pre-existing conditions, contracted COVID-19. Now, she is unable to work due to a myriad of symptoms. She experiences body pain, heart murmurs, memory problems, depression, and chronic fatigue. Many long-haulers also!-->…
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More research shows that wearing two face masks increases filtration efficiency of the masks. This is not necessary for everyone but can be useful to increase the efficiency of thinner face masks such as cloth or homemade masks. While the best face masks are N95s, layering two less effective face!-->…
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A coalition of health and tech companies have formed VCI, which stands for Vaccination Credential Initiative, in order to develop encrypted digital copies of immunization records that can be stored in digital wallets such as Apple Pay or Google Pay. For those who do not own smartphones, VCI plans!-->…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warn that the variant coronavirus strain first found in Britain could become the dominant strain in the United States by March. The United States is now in a race to vaccinate as many Americans as possible; however, efforts have been inefficient!-->…
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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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