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Is Your Vaccine Card Selfie a Gift for Scammers? Maybe So you finally got a Covid-19 vaccine. Relieved, you take a photograph of your vaccination card, showing your name and birth date and which vaccine you had, and publish it on social media. But some experts are warning that the information on the ...
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day reminds us of the deep costs of inequality Dan Royles is an assistant professor of history at Florida International University and the author of "To Make the Wounded Whole: The African American Struggle against HIV/AIDS." Feb.
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Covid: Oxford jab offers less S Africa variant protection But Prof Sarah Gilbert, Oxford lead vaccine developer, said vaccines should still protect against severe disease. She said developers were likely to have a modified Oxford jab by the autumn to combat ...
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As Vaccines Raise Hope, Cold Reality Dawns: Covid-19 Is Likely Here to Stay The ease with which the coronavirus spreads, the emergence of new strains and poor access to vaccines in large parts of the world mean Covid-19 could shift from a pandemic disease to an endemic one, implying lasting modifications to personal and societal ...
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Coronavirus cases are falling in the US but experts say it's not from the COVID vaccine, yet The positive trend also is not assured to continue, as new and more transmissible variants threaten to reverse it, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. "Although we have ...
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COVID-19 vaccine quiz: Can you spot the misinformation? Claim: An Alabama nurse died after taking the coronavirus vaccine. False. True. SOURCES: PolitiFact; AFP Fact Check; FactCheck.org; Snopes.com... Powered by Ceros. BESbswyBESbswyBESbswy. Close modal ...
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VDH: 529125 total cases of COVID-19 in Virginia, 6778 deaths Blue Ridge Health Department: Albemarle County = 4,082, Charlottesville = 2,820, Fluvanna County = 1,186, Greene County = 901, Louisa County = 1,601, Nelson County = 700.
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LA County Confirms 9 New Cases of MIS-C In Children MIS-C is an inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 and symptoms include fever that does not go away and inflamed body parts, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs.
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Texas' COVID-19 Cases Are Down From Record Highs, Though Health Experts Warn The Pandemic Is Far From Over By Marissa Martinez, The Texas Tribune Feb. 5, 2021. The good news is that Texas is finally seeing COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases trend downward after a holiday season marked by a record-breaking surge that pushed hospital systems and health ...
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Coronavirus Cases Drop In US Assisted Living, Nursing Homes ACROSS AMERICA — Coronavirus cases have dropped at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care facilities over the past few weeks, offering a glimmer of hope that health officials attribute to the start of vaccinations, an easing of the post-holiday surge ...
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Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar SUNDAY, Feb. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors need to do a better job of discussing low blood sugar with patients who take high-risk diabetes medications such as insulin, researchers say. Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) is the most common serious ...
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Teacher vaccinations no longer a sticking point for getting Medina County kids back to school MEDINA, Ohio -- In an effort to fully open in-person classrooms, the governor's office, the superintendents of all Medina County schools, the Medina County Health Department and Discount Drug Mart collaborated to organize a one-day COVID-19 vaccination ...
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COVID-19 vaccine quiz: Can you spot the misinformation? Claim: An Alabama nurse died after taking the coronavirus vaccine. Claim: The Vatican said it's morally acceptable for Catholics to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Claim: If you're refused service at a store for not wearing a mask you can call the department of ...
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Half Of Santa Clara County Sheriff's Employees Have Declined COVID-19 Vaccines According to a report presented Thursday, nearly 800 employees have refused or delayed getting vaccinated — out of 1,800 total employees. That includes both sworn and civilian staff. The reasons for turning down the vaccine include ...
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Florida adds 7486 COVID cases and 142 deaths as the state's positivity rate increases Miami-Dade County reported 1,470 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 15 new deaths, according to Florida's Department of Health. The county now has 382,186 confirmed cases and 4,979 deaths. Percent positivity for new cases decreased from 7.3 ...
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Teens, social media use and mental health: What you really need to know "Hell is a teenage girl," begins the cult comedy-horror movie Jennifer's Body. Even when you look past the murder-heavy plot, it has a point. Female adolescence has always been a tough time. But this past year has brought unprecedented pressure with the ...
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Live updates: Minnesota surpasses 500000 with at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose Here are the latest developments with COVID-19 spread in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and the effort to vaccinate state residents.
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NJ reports 78 COVID deaths, 3783 positive tests. Hospitalizations, transmission rate continue to drop. New Jersey's 71 hospitals reported 2,895 patients hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases, down 21 patients than the previous day. The number of patients in intensive care ballooned to 737, an increase of 222 from the previous day.
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Orange County reports 33 more deaths from COVID-19 Orange County reported 739 new coronavirus infections and 33 deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, on Saturday in data released by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The pandemic has seen the loss of 3,312 lives countywide, ...
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Fear, frustration common for older residents wanting the vaccine One man dropped off his wife at the Tucson Convention Center after she'd tried unsuccessfully to register on their computer. She waited in line five hours Friday to get an appointment, and now ...
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McLeod Health Seacoast hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinic in North Myrtle Beach McLeod Health Seacoast will hold the clinic at the North Myrtle Beach High School beginning at 8:30 a.m., where they plan to administer 1,800 first doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Officials ...
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Confusion in Framingham over vaccine appointments Dozens of seniors who arrived in Framingham Saturday to receive their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine were met with an unexpected problem. The vaccination clinic hosted at Joseph P. Keefe Techincal High School is only open to city residents, but the ...
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In Texas, COVID vaccines on the go A massive vaccination campaign is underway in the United States, the country hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Houston in particular has been battered. As of Friday, Harris County—which includes the greater ...
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Highly contagious UK coronavirus strain detected in Lake County Someone who traveled internationally during December tested positive for the first known Lake County COVID-19 case with the highly contagious variant first detected in the United Kingdom, according to a weekend news release from the Lake County Health ...
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HAWAII VIRUS TRACKER — Feb. 5: 101 New COVID-19 Infections Statewide, 1.8% of people tested during the past week have been confirmed to have COVID-19. In Maui County and on Oahu, that figure was 2.4%. Oahu has been in Tier 2 of its reopening plan since October.
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Months after contracting COVID-19, some will try anything to regain their sense of smell And yet, nearly a year after recovering from the coronavirus, her senses of smell and taste are still scrambled. Onions and garlic evoke a nausea that has nothing to do with their actual scent. Coffee smells like a burned tire, but worse.
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LA County officials warn public to wait their turn for coronavirus vaccine Health officials Friday reported another 226 deaths, marking the fourth straight day reporting more than 200 deaths although the overall average deaths per day has dropped in recent weeks from about 214 to 150 this week.
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VERIFY: So, you've been vaccinated. Is it now safe to visit family? A PGCPS teacher gets her first COVID vaccine shot. Author: Gabe Cohen. Published: 5:38 PM EST February 5, 2021.
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A no-bid contract to track vaccinations leads to frustration and a cease-and-desist letter. Last spring, when coronavirus vaccines were just a glimmer of hope, the Trump administration awarded the first of two no-bid contracts worth up to $44 million to a national consulting firm to help patients register to be immunized and states collect detailed ...
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UK says COVID-19 booster and annual vaccinations very probable LONDON (Reuters) - A COVID-19 booster in the autumn and then annual vaccinations are very probable, Britain's vaccine deployment minister said on Sunday as countries race to administer injections in the face of new variants. Britain has already provided ...
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VERIFY: So, you've been vaccinated. Is it now safe to visit family? SOURCES: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of NIAID and the nation's leading expert in infectious diseases; Dr. William Schaffner, professor of infectious disease and member of CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization ...
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Michigan coronavirus cases up to 567648; Death toll now at 14894 The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 567,648 as of Saturday, including 14,894 deaths, state officials report. Saturday's update includes 1,018 new cases and 97 ...
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After January all-time high, US COVID-19 testing is down and experts aren't sure why The number of coronavirus tests administered daily in the United States has been trending downward for more than two weeks. And though experts say the trend is too fresh to set off major alarm bells, the decline raises the possibility that testing has reached ...
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Mayo cardiologists discuss prevalence of heart disease among women, particularly African Americans The Mayo Clinic Health System La Crosse's cardiology team honors National Wear Red Day. Contributed photo. And as the coronavirus pandemic continues to leave some wary ...
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Minnesota reports 1030 new COVID-19 cases, 17 more deaths The statewide tally for people who've received at least one vaccine dose increased by 27,393 in the latest data release, for a total of 525,236 people so far. That's about 9.2% of the state's population — up from 6.7% last Saturday, according to Star Tribune ...
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How Croydon became a hotbed for vaccine misinformation Misinformation on social media is turning BAME groups against the vaccine. Community leaders say they expect the problem to get worse. By Morgan Meaker 6 February 2021 • 1:49pm. Vaccine. When a TikTok user filmed himself shouting "liar" at England's ...
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The latest on who in the Bay Area can get COVID-19 vaccines, and where Over the past two weeks, there has been a daily deluge of news — and frustration — about COVID-19 vaccinations, headlined this week by the establishment of mass-vaccination sites in the South Bay, East Bay and San Francisco. Providers have also been ...
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Oregon reports 17 new coronavirus deaths, 624 new cases PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority reported 17 new coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, bringing the state's death toll to 2,019. Health officials also reported 624 new cases, both confirmed and presumptive. There have been a total of ...
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University of Minnesota studies antibodies for short-term immunity vs. COVID-19 The concept is called "passive immunization," said Dr. William Petri, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Doctors have used antibodies in this way for years, Petri said, so patients might benefit from temporary immunity ...
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One year after first known US COVID-19 death, over 450000 families will never see a loved one again When Patricia Dowd passed away last February, no one knew it was from COVID-19. Advertisement. She was 57 and very active, her brother said. Dowd had come down with flu-like symptoms but didn't qualify for a COVID-19 test because they were scarce ...
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Getting the Vaccine Along With a Glimmer of Hope One morning this week, as I was driving 90 minutes down a highway, past frost-covered fields and bright white church steeples, I finally cried. I was on my way to get the vaccine, and after nearly a year of bottling up emotions, they were suddenly pouring out.
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Montana reports 261 COVID-19 cases, five deaths Three of the five additional deaths in Saturday's update were residents of Gallatin County, which now has a total of 50 deaths. Both Missoula and Yellowstone counties reported one death. Missoula County currently reports 82 deaths, ...
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South Carolina adds nearly 2000 more COVID-19 cases as efforts for more vaccinations grow DHEC is making decisions regarding COVID-19 vaccine priorities based on high risk factors instead of which groups are most essential. The agency said it will continue to ensure high-risk populations get immunized first because of the limited supply of vaccines ...
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10 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Winona County on Saturday Statewide, 6,751,744 COVID-19 tests have been completed, with 3,305,989 residents having been tested. Seventeen new deaths were reported in the state, bringing the total to 6,289. Of ...
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Feb. 6: Anne Arundel coronavirus case rate lowest since November; adds 116 new infections, 1 death The county case rate, which has been dropping steadily for more than three weeks, hit 23.1 Saturday, the lowest mark since November. The case rate is a metric of infections per 100,000 people, averaged over seven days, to judge how quickly and widely the ...
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COVID-19: San Diego County reports 1265 new cases, 35 deaths Saturday's report pushed the aggregate coronavirus numbers in the county to 245,334 cases and 2,812 deaths from the disease since the pandemic started. Of the 24,279 tests reported Saturday, 5% returned positive, nudging the 14 ...
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County launches new vaccine data dashboard to help track equitable access The Santa Clara County Public Health Department has launched a new COVID-19 vaccine data dashboard, public health officials said Thursday. The dashboard includes information on total number of residents vaccinated to date, in addition to information by ...
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Residency restrictions lead to confusion at Framingham vaccine site Elizabeth Papendorp was thrilled to snag a slot in Framingham for her 85-year-old mother to get her first coronavirus vaccine shot. Her excitement faded when the Somerville resident drove her mother, who lives in Dracut, to the Keefe Regional Technical ...
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What you need to know about the new coronavirus variants Experts say new virus variants do not necessarily lead to deadlier forms of COVID-19 but they are more infectious. A woman receives a vaccine against coronavirus in Chesterfield, UK on February 3 [Carl Recine/Reuters]. 7 Feb 2021. At about the same time ...
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This bogus info about the COVID-19 vaccine is decidedly not true But scientists told The Associated Press that such effects simply haven't shown up in the data. Research has shown that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been proven to be 95% effective in preventing COVID-19 illness.
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