Palm Beach County Health Care District Spoils 1,160 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

[ad_1] WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – More than a thousand doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were spoiled last week in Palm Beach County after the Health Care District said a refrigerator was unintentionally turned off. SPECIAL COVER: Coronavirus Spokeswoman Robin Kish said on Friday that on January 22, staff members had identified 232 chilled vials … Read more

Researchers Develop Smartphone-Based COVID-19 Test That Provides Results in About 10 Minutes

[ad_1] Researchers at UArizona imagine a sample using a smartphone microscope. Credit: UArizona Biosensors Lab Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing a COVID-19 testing method that uses a smartphone microscope to analyze saliva samples and provide results in about 10 minutes. The UArizona research team, led by biomedical engineering professor Jeong-Yeol Yoon, aims … Read more

Biden administration prepares battle plan as Covid variants reach US

[ad_1] Biden’s quest to fend off the pandemic is at a critical time. The number of new cases has started to level off and even decline in some areas, and millions of additional doses of the vaccine are expected to be available within weeks. But news that the most transmissible variants have reached the United … Read more

Don’t take pain relievers until you get COVID-19 vaccine, experts say

[ad_1] Although there have been some issues in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, Pzifer and Moderna have become regularly available to citizens across the U.S. As a result, some vaccine recipients have tried to prepare for the side effects. in advance. Just like most vaccines, recipients of COVID-19 vaccines may experience side effects such as … Read more

Dozens of Santa Clara County employees unrelated to health care received excess COVID vaccine

[ad_1] Santa Clara County provided excess doses of the vaccine over the past month to a senior county official and dozens of other non-health workers, raising new questions about providers’ discretion to vaccinate people with lesser strain. priority in a chaotic statewide rollout. While Santa Clara County isn’t the only vendor experiencing the problem, its … Read more

Broken freezer sends hundreds to Seattle clinic in the middle of the night for vaccine doses to expire

[ad_1] Hundreds of people lined up outside a clinic at the UW Medical Center on Thursday evening. (Feliks Banel, KIRO Radio) One particular scene unfolded in Seattle late between Thursday night and Friday morning, after hundreds of people woke up from bed hoping to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine within hours of an expiration. … Read more

4,700 COVID-19 vaccine appointments made by mistake for the Fox Cities Exhibition Center clinic

[ad_1] APPLETON, Wisconsin (WBAY) – An online system for the Fox Cities COVID-19 vaccination clinic has filled the 1,000 seats available for next week’s clinic in 15 minutes. Unfortunately, an error allowed the system to make more appointments available – 4,700 more. The health department blames a “configuration error in the registration system”. Outagamie County … Read more

Coronavirus in Oregon: 976 new cases, 8 deaths as officials confirm new variant

[ad_1] The Oregon Health Authority reported 976 new confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases and eight more deaths on Friday. The tally came as officials announced researchers at two universities had confirmed the first known cases of the so-called California strain of COVID-19 in Oregon and further genomic sequencing showed more evidence of the strain. British … Read more

First cases of faster-spreading COVID-19 variant detected in Arizona

[ad_1] (Photo by Getty Images) PHOENIX – The faster-paced COVID-19 variant has been detected in Arizona, the Arizona Department of Health Services said in a press release Friday night. AZDHS, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Pinal County Public Health Services, and Arizona State University report that variant (B.1.1.7) has been confirmed in three … Read more