[ad_1] Standing outside the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds on a gloomy morning, Dr Sara Cody delivered a glowing message: The county has administered its first COVID-19 vaccines. “Finally, we have a silver lining as we begin to vaccinate,” Cody, the county’s public health official, said as cars sped around the busy street nearby. “The vaccine … Read more
[ad_1] CLEVELAND, Ohio – MetroHealth and the Cleveland Clinic have more doses of the coronavirus vaccine than expected, which will allow both health systems to immunize more frontline caregivers with the first shipment. Each vial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German biotech company BioNTech was supposed to contain five doses, but the … Read more
[ad_1] Eight elderly nuns from a Wisconsin convent died of complications from COVID-19 last week – four of whom died the same day. The women were all in the late ’80s and’ 90s and resided at Our Lady of Elm Grove, a nursing home for sisters in suburban Milwaukee, authorities said. “Even though they are … Read more
[ad_1] Updated at 7:58 p.m .: Revised to include statewide data. Dallas County on Thursday reported 1,382 more cases of the coronavirus, all considered new. Ten new deaths from COVID-19 have also been reported. As the North Texas vacation approaches, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins urged residents to take the necessary precautions to protect themselves, … Read more
[ad_1] (WKOW) – The results of a new survey suggest a majority of nursing homes will not survive another year due to the rising costs of COVID-19. The survey conducted by the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA / NCAL) found that two-thirds of nursing homes are at risk … Read more
[ad_1] TribLIVE’s daily and weekly newsletters deliver the news you want and the information you need, straight to your inbox. About 1,200 Pennsylvania health workers have received covid-19 vaccinations in the past three days as more deliveries continue to arrive in dozens of hospitals statewide, the Secretary of Health, Dr Rachel Levine. Of the 1,205 … Read more
[ad_1] Photo by Andi Dukleth Above: Two dogs enjoying being off leash on Fiesta Island, May 21, 2019. An outbreak of leptospirosis, a contagious bacterial disease, has been reported in dogs in the area, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency said Thursday. Since October, 34 confirmed and probable cases of leptospirosis have … Read more
[ad_1] LONDON: 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, said the university Thursday, citing data from the first tests. The developers of the vaccine candidate, which was licensed to pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, have … Read more
[ad_1] Dr Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health. Source: CNN As the United States allows Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use, the task at hand is to encourage people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 “is something you want to do for yourself, to your family, for the future of our nation, ”Dr. Francis … Read more
[ad_1] Dr Maria Raven’s morning started a little differently on Thursday. Instead of immediately jumping into a regular day at University of California-San Francisco Moffitt Long emergency room, she stood in a socially distant line to get her first dose of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine. As Raven eagerly waited for her name to be … Read more