[ad_1] Adults between the ages of 20 and 49 are the biggest spreaders of COVID-19 in the United States, according to British researchers who say targeting this age group for vaccination could speed up the reopening of schools. A team from Imperial College London used cell phone data from more than 10 million people to … Read more
[ad_1] © Credit: CBSNews vaccine-woman-covid.png new York – As widespread disinformation on COVID-19 vaccines and infertility have taken hold on social media, rumors have spread as quickly as the virus itself and have scared some women from getting vaccinated. Jay Huber, a fertility doctor in New Orleans, is asked daily by his patients if the … Read more
[ad_1] A woman was found dead Wednesday near the Santa Barbara waterfront, but no foul play is suspected, according to the Santa Barbara Police Department. Officers and other emergency personnel were dispatched around 11:40 a.m. after a passer-by found the body adjacent to the railroad tracks near Milpas Street, Lt. Aaron Baker told Noozhawk. “It … Read more
[ad_1] Vaccinating teachers is not a prerequisite for the safe reopening of U.S. schools, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Wednesday. “A growing body of data suggests that schools can reopen safely,” she said, adding that “reopening safely does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated to … Read more
[ad_1] Residents of Clark County most often visited restaurants, hotels and medical facilities before being diagnosed with COVID-19, according to new data released Wednesday. For the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, the Southern Nevada Health District voluntarily posted a list of the county’s most common “possible exposure sites” on its website. The data does … Read more
[ad_1] AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine shows it could reduce virus transmission and offers strong protection for three months with a single dose, researchers said on Wednesday in an encouraging turn in the epidemic’s suppression campaign. Preliminary results from the University of Oxford, co-developer of the vaccine, could justify the British government’s controversial strategy of delaying the … Read more
[ad_1] AUGUSTA, Maine – The inclusion of donors and retirees in a first round of coronavirus vaccine appointments for people 70 and older at a hospital in Augusta risked a “perception of inequity,” a the head of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. Nirav Shah’s comments came after MaineGeneral Health vaccinated … Read more
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday launched a trial to assess the immune responses generated if doses of Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccines are combined in a two-dose schedule. British researchers behind the trial said data on immunizing people with the two different types of coronavirus vaccines could help understand whether vaccines … Read more
[ad_1] Published on: 02/03/2021 – 10:56 A French laboratory will start producing Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in March, while another will begin manufacturing Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine in April, Industry Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said on Wednesday. President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday promised that four sites on French soil would soon begin manufacturing vaccines against coronaviruses, as … Read more
[ad_1] Black public figures have worked to encourage the black community to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Ethical violations of previous US clinical trials, including the infamous “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in Black Men”, evidence of systematic racism in the health care system, tidal waves of disinformation broadcast on Twitter and Clubhouse, and the speed … Read more