Predictors of Death, Discharge ID’d for Diabetes Patients With COVID-19
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — About 20 percent of patients with diabetes...
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Symptoms ID’d That Should Trigger COVID-19 Testing
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A grouping of seven symptoms has the highest...
FDA Review Reveals J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Safe, Effective
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A single-shot COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson...
‘It Doesn’t Feel Worth It’: Covid Is Pushing New York’s EMTs to the Brink
Struggling with low pay and high stress, New York paramedics and EMTs are reaching a breaking point.
Lessons From California Prison Where Covid ‘Spread Like Wildfire’
One California county is home to the two worst clusters of covid in prisons in the country. Ninety-four percent of Avenal State Prison’s inmates contracted the virus. Physical distancing has proved impossible in a facility housing 50% more people than it should.
Non-White Race Tied to Higher Likelihood of COVID-19 Infection
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Race is the most important predictor of testing...
Children Given Flu Shot Less Likely to Have Symptomatic COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Children who have received an influenza vaccine...
Covid-19: Israeli Study Confirms Efficacy of BNT162b2 Vaccine
mRNA vax reduced symptomatic and severe cases, hospitalizations, and deaths An observational study...
Covid-19: SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Positivity Linked to Dramatic Reduction in Active Infection Risk
10-fold decline in risk at 3 months reported in latest study People with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies had...
Countless Homebound Patients Still Wait for Covid Vaccine Despite Seniors’ Priority
Health organizations have begun sending doctors and nurses to apartment buildings and private homes to vaccinate homebound seniors, but the efforts are slow and spotty.
Calling All Vaccinators: Closing the Next Gap in Covid Supply and Demand
In the herculean effort to vaccinate America, the emphasis so far has been on trying to increase the number of vaccine doses available. Soon there could be a shortfall in people to administer the shots.
Covid Strikes Clergy as They Comfort Pandemic’s Sick and Dying
Spiritual leaders risk their own lives and health to tend to covid’s victims and their loved ones.
