Health

COVID-19: Here is a brand new breakdown of Dutchess cases by location

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[ad_1] There have been 131 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Dutchess County over the past two days as the number of people infected with the virus continues to rise. According to the county health department, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess rose to 604, from 576 on Wednesday, November 18, and as … Read more

COVID-19 task force takes action in countries at high risk of transmission such as Carson City, Lyon and more | Carson City Nevada News

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[ad_1] Nevada’s COVID-19 Mitigation and Management Working Group has met with nine counties reported to be at high risk for transmission of COVID-19. The plans for the counties of Carson City, Clark, Elko, Humboldt, Lincoln, Lyon, Nye and Washoe were previously approved by the task force. A summary of their assessments and updates to the … Read more

Wayne County advises its schools to switch to distance learning until January 15

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[ad_1] STRAIT – The Wayne County Public Health Division issued an advisory, strongly recommending that all public, non-public and boarding schools within county jurisdiction switch to distance learning until January 15, 2021. According to a press release, the county recorded 1,170 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. The county has reported 4,185 new cases of … Read more

China promotes study that found coronavirus in Italy before Wuhan

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[ad_1] Chinese officials have been promoting a new study that claims the coronavirus could have spread undetected in Italy months before it was first discovered in Wuhan, reports the New York Post. The National Cancer Institute (INT) in Milan found that a portion of the volunteers in a lung cancer screening trial that took place … Read more

Respirators are more effective than surgical masks at protecting against infection – here’s how they work and who should wear them

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[ad_1] © Samara Heisz / Getty Images Respirators, like N95 masks, are needed to protect healthcare workers from illness. Samara Heisz / Getty Images Respirators work to protect healthcare workers and emergency services from inhaling chemicals or infectious particles. Respirators, like N95 masks, are more effective than surgical masks at preventing the spread of disease … Read more

China suggests Italy could be the cradle of COVID-19 pandemic

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[ad_1] China is using a new study into the early and hidden spread of the coronavirus in Italy to cast doubt on the firmly held assumption that the Asian nation was the birthplace of the pandemic, according to reports. Beijing officials are launching a new study that suggests the contagion may have spread throughout the … Read more

Hospital CEO says he had Covid and didn’t need a mask. Its staff are appalled.

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[ad_1] Hospital staff are appalled. In an email sent Wednesday, which CNN obtained from a nurse at a Sanford Health hospital, CEO and Chairman Kelby Krabbenhoft addressed 50,000 healthcare system workers, explaining his decision. “I contracted the virus, I felt the uncertainty that accompanied the word ‘positive’,” he wrote. “I had late coughs and fatigue … Read more

Cedars-Sinai studies century-old vaccine that could prevent coronavirus – archyworldys

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[ad_1] LOS ANGELES – A widely used tuberculosis vaccine is associated with a reduced likelihood of contracting COVID-19, according to a new study from Cedars-Sinai. The findings raise the possibility that a vaccine already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could help prevent coronavirus infections or reduce the severity of the disease, Cedars-Sinai … Read more