Monday, December 28, 2020

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The New York Times
Two and a half hours after being injected with a Covid-19 vaccine, Dr. Taneisha Wilson was hit with the worst headache of her life. In her home office in Cranston, R.I., Dr. Wilson, 38, an emergency physician with a constitution she calls "horse-like," laid her ...
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The New York Times
On Saturday, New York State's health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, announced an investigation into the clinics, which he said "may have fraudulently obtained Covid-19 vaccine, transferred it to facilities in other parts of the state in violation of state ...
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WebMD
Dec. 28, 2020 -- Health officials are painting a dire picture of an after-holiday surge of COVID-19 cases as the country struggles with a post-Thanksgiving spike in coronavirus cases. Los Angeles County is finding its health care system overwhelmed as the ...
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Washington Post
LONDON — British hospitals are canceling non-urgent procedures and scrambling to find space for COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases continue to surge despite tough new restrictions imposed to curb a fast-spreading new variant of the virus.
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nj.com
A 103-year-old woman on Monday became the first resident of a New Jersey nursing home to be given a vaccine for the coronavirus. Mildred Clements received the shot shortly after 9 a.m. as Gov. Phil Murphy and the state's top health official were there to ...
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ABC News
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 80.2 million people worldwide and killed over 1.7 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
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The Mercury News
With 13,580 new cases logged on Sunday, Dec. 27, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported more than 40,000 new positive COVID-19 cases since Christmas Day. State officials, meanwhile, are expected to extend the strictest stay-home ...
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ABC News
U.S. health officials believe the coronavirus mutation that set off alarms in parts of Britain is no more apt to cause serous illness or be resistant to vaccines than the strain afflicting people in the United States. ByThe Associated Press. December 27, 2020, 3:30 ...
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Charlotte Observer
Diamond Staton-Williams knew as a child she wanted to be a nurse. It's important, she said, for her as a Black woman to represent her community in a field where Black patients don't often see themselves in doctor's offices. Now a healthcare industry veteran ...
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The Hill
Former Food and Drug Administration head Scott Gottlieb said Sunday that nursing homes at which vaccinations for COVID-19 have begun will likely start seeing a reduction in rates of new cases within days. Speaking with CBS's "Face the Nation," Gottlieb ...
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WFAA.com
WASHINGTON — The new year is right around the corner, and 2020 has been an unusual year with a global pandemic upending almost every holiday plan. For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidance and steps for ...
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Medical Xpress
Polls have shown many Europeans are unwilling to take the vaccine, which could impede its effectiveness in beating the virus. EU countries on Sunday embarked on a vaccination campaign to defeat the "nightmare" of COVID-19, with the first to be immunised ...
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Popular Science
On December 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization. The vaccine is the second to win approval in the United States, and the first doses were administered on Monday. This milestone is ...
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Miami Herald
This article has Unlimited Access. For more coverage, sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter. To support our commitment to public service journalism: Subscribe Now. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday released guidance ...
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WFAA.com
This story will be updated as new information is released. Dallas County health officials reported 6,144 new cases Sunday afternoon, 5,480 are confirmed cases and 664 are probable. Health officials said this includes data from Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ...
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The State
This article has Unlimited Access. For more coverage, sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter. To support our commitment to public service journalism: Subscribe Now. For the first time, more than 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Sunday in ...
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Medical Xpress
South Africa's COVID-19 spike has taken the country to more than 1 million confirmed cases on Sunday and President Cyril Ramaphosa called an emergency meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Council. The country's new variant of the ...
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The Wall Street Journal
Get unlimited access to breaking news, ancestry archives, our daily E-newspaper, games and more. Try us for $2 » · Facebook · Twitter · WhatsApp · SMS · Email; Print. RALEIGH, N.C. — When Margaret Campbell drives around Chapel Hill and sees groups of ...
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The Australian
Platelets are blood cells that play a critical role in blood clotting. When tissue damage occurs, platelets rush to the area, initiating a cascade of events to stop bleeding and start the wound-healing process.
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WTOP
December has been the nation's deadliest month since the Covid-19 pandemic's start — with more than 63,000 Americans lost to the virus in the past 26 days. In comparison, the entire month of November saw about 36,964 deaths. The grim death toll comes ...
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KENS5.com
SAN ANTONIO — We're tracking the latest numbers from the coronavirus pandemic in San Antonio and across Texas. Here are the latest numbers reported by Bexar and surrounding counties: The daily San Antonio/Bexar County COVID-19 update will not be ...
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KTLA
Los Angeles County health officials are warning of a possible surge in COVID-19 cases following family gatherings and out-of-town trips during the holidays, despite pandemic guidelines that asked the public to stay home. Under one scenario, experts predict ...
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New York Daily News
The White House coronavirus testing czar said Sunday that the new coronavirus strain making the disease more transmissible is no match for the vaccines that are already being rolled out. "We have no evidence that suggests, nor do we believe, that ... the ...
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WABC-TV
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new guidelines for those with underlying medical conditions when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine. Officials say those with weakened immune systems and an increased risk of a ...
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WXII The Triad
December has been the nation's deadliest month since the COVID-19 pandemic's start, with more than 63,000 Americans lost to the virus in the past 26 days. In comparison, November saw 36,964 deaths. Advertisement. The grim death toll comes on the ...
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WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando
ORLANDO, Fla. – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Florida ticked upward by 7,000, health officials reported Sunday. The new cases reported Sunday brought the state's tally to more than 1.25 million since the outbreak began earlier this year.
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WTVD-TV
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported 2,898 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, raising the total number of statewide cases to 516,828. The daily percent positive continues to trend in the wrong direction and has increased by ...
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The Wall Street Journal
RALEIGH, N.C. — When Margaret Campbell drives around Chapel Hill and sees groups of people huddled over restaurant tables or strolling to holiday parties, all she can think about is her day job. The nurse practitioner leads Orange County's contact-tracing ...
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Fox News
Don't expect any 2-for-1 deals on Jammie Dodgers or sausage rolls in 2022. The government of the U.K. is planning to ban supermarkets and retailers from offering "buy one get one" deals on unhealthy foods both in-store and online, the country's Department ...
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nj.com
New Jersey on Sunday reported 2,329 new cases of the coronavirus and another 20 deaths as the number of people hospitalized increased slightly after dropping for three consecutive days. It was the lowest number of new cases reported in more than a ...
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Prevention.com
The most difficult stage of deploying the initial COVID-19 vaccines—actually creating and testing them—is mostly over less than a year after the coronavirus pandemic began, the fastest such achievement in history. "Nobody in the vaccine field, if you had ...
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Palm Beach Post
Palm Beach County added 409 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, pushing the overall total beyond 80,000 infections since March when the state's coronavirus lockdown went into effect, the Florida Department of Health said. The good news? The county's ...
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WLS-TV
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Earlier Sunday, local lawmakers made a virtual effort to encourage members of the Black community to get the COVID-19 vaccine. "We know about the Tuskegee experiment and other draconian instances which have defiled and devalued ...
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WVXU
As the U.S. grapples with the effects of systemic racism, some in the medical community are questioning whether the tools they use to assess patient health may be contributing to racial health disparities. That debate is playing out most prominently in the ...
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U.S. News & World Report
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 298 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday up from 261 the day before, the health ministry said. The daily tally of new infections was 8,913 down from 10,407 the day before, taking the total number of cases since Italy's ...
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Hilton Head Island Packet
COLUMBIA, S.C. — For the first time, more than 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Sunday in South Carolina by the state Department of Health and Environmental Control. Additionally, health officials said the number of coronavirus patients ...
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KRGV
It was a quiet Sunday morning and Dr. Arturo Suplee, a Rio Grande Valley resident doctor, was in his kitchen, flipping eggs and wondering when the call would come. His girlfriend, Dr. Denisse Ramirez, had gotten her appointment the day before. Now Suplee ...
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The Register-Guard
The Oregon Health Authority reported five coronavirus-related fatalities on Sunday, bringing the state death toll to 1,427. OHA also reported 1,416 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, raising the state count to 109,725. Lane County Public ...
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NOLA.com
St. Tammany Health System received its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech on Dec. 16 and began administering it to front-line medical workers that day. Dr. Mike Hill, system infectious disease specialist, was the first staff member to ...
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Gazettextra
JANESVILLE. Tara Pierce was excited to be among the first at SSM St. Mary's Hospital-Janesville to receive a coronavirus vaccination Sunday. Pierce knows some people are afraid to get the vaccine, but she urged them to weigh their fear against what could ...
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Boston Herald
As the U.S. coronavirus vaccine rollout starts to move into nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the CDC has issued new COVID-19 vaccination guidance for adults with underlying medical conditions. The mRNA coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer and ...
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CIProud.com
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KTVI) — A family and a team of doctors at the University of Missouri Health Care are calling the recovery of a 3-year-old boy the best Christmas present ever after the boy had COVID-19, which caused a stroke. "We thought we were going to ...
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NBC Southern California
In addition, there are 6,815 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 20% of them are in the ICU. By City News Service • Published December 27, 2020 • Updated on December 27, 2020 at 7:33 pm. Pause. 1:58. LA County Tells Lab to Test for New ...
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660 News
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska inmate has died from coronavirus complications, becoming the fifth inmate in the state grappling with prison outbreaks to die of COVID-19, officials said. The state Department of Corrections said in a statement on ...
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Tampa Bay Times
MIAMI — Days before taking the COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Inaki Bent made a decision. He was tired of the nonstop misinformation passing between relatives. Tired of watching coronavirus decimate the Black community. Tired of the anti-maskers. Just tired.
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Long Beach Press Telegram
The American Heart Association estimates that more than 85 million American adults have one or more types of cardiovascular disease, with about two-thirds of cardiovascular disease deaths occurring in people older than 75.
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Raleigh News & Observer
When Margaret Campbell drives around Chapel Hill and sees groups of people huddled over restaurant tables or strolling to holiday parties, all she can think about is her day job. The nurse practitioner leads Orange County's contact-tracing efforts.
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INFORUM
Hospitalizations have plunged in the month of December. The state reported 319 hospitalized at the start of the month. Today, 106 people are hospitalized of COVID-19 in North Dakota. 14.06% staffed beds are available in the state. Written By: Prashansha ...
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UPROXX
This year has been a real one, and it ain't over yet. As of this writing, there's less than a week before 2020 gives way to a hopefully far, far superior 2021. But there's still plenty of time for some more random, unpleasant surprises. Indeed, on Sunday people ...
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KVUE.com
AUSTIN, Texas — Editor's note: Austin Public Health will give a coronavirus update at 10 a.m. Monday morning. You can watch the press conference live when it starts in the video above, or on KVUE's social channels. KVUE is keeping you updated with the ...
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