[ad_1] The Associated Press December 17, 2020 | 6:19 p.m. BOSTON (AP) – Healthcare workers at Massachusetts’ largest hospital system have been temporarily banned from signing up for the new COVID-19 vaccine after the online appointment system crashed amid a demand increased Wednesday night, system officials said. Mass General Brigham’s system had to shut down … Read more
[ad_1] A head nurse at a hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, caused brief fear Thursday when she passed out shortly after receiving Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports. Tiffany Dover, the nurse manager of CHI Memorial, received the vaccine and, shortly after, spoke to the media. A video posted online showed her answering reporters’ questions, then … Read more
[ad_1] CHICAGO (AP) – From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information has clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020. Public health officials, fact-checkers, and doctors have tried to crush hundreds of rumors in multiple ways. But the misinformation around the … Read more
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has a better immune response when a full two-dose regimen is used rather than a full dose followed by a half-dose booster, a the university said Thursday, citing data from early trials. The developers of the vaccine candidate, which was licensed to pharmaceutical company … Read more
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A test tube labeled with the vaccine is seen in front of the AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / File Photo / File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – The University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has a better immune response when a full two-dose regimen … Read more
[ad_1] A mysterious new cluster of Covid-19 cases in New South Wales, Australia continues to grow after 10 new cases were added overnight, according to the NSW Department of Health. The total number of cases linked to the North Sydney Beaches cluster is now 28. Health officials believe the source may be overseas. “NSW Health … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The Covid-19 pandemic has fueled an increase in fatal drug overdoses in the United States, officials said on Thursday, stressing that essential medical services must remain accessible despite coronavirus-related disruptions. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 81,000 drug overdose deaths were recorded in the United States from … Read more
[ad_1] SINGAPORE, Dec. 18 (Reuters) – All five babies born to women infected with COVID-19 in a study in Singapore had antibodies to the virus, although researchers said the level of protection it could offer n is not yet clear. The results of a study of 16 women published Friday also found that most were … Read more
[ad_1] Vaccine shipments are reaching Utah faster than expected. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Braden Durney receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Brandon Widdison, as Lehi’s Mountain Point Medical Center dispenses its first COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, December 17, 2020. | December 17, 2020 at 6:46 p.m. | Update: December 18, 2020 at 5:38 … Read more
[ad_1] Even though all-cause mortality from COVID-19 may not be known for some time, two new studies highlight that 173,300 (79.5%) of excess deaths from March to August were linked to COVID, with 4,535 deaths occurring from March to July in the youngest. adults aged 25 to 44, accounting for 38% of all excess deaths … Read more