[ad_1] A health worker injects a person during Pfizer clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine in Hollywood, Fla. On September 9. Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg / Getty Images Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccine candidate to the United States Food and Drug Administration. “This is a historic day, … Read more
[ad_1] Santa Clara County on Friday recorded its highest daily case total since the start of the pandemic. And if the explosive increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the county continues on its current trajectory, Santa Clara County will surpass hospital capacity in just three weeks, health chief Dr Sara Cody said on Friday. The latest … Read more
[ad_1] By the time Feldhaus returns home she has been gone for 4 p.m. and is mentally and physically exhausted, but the sights and sounds of her shift as an emergency nurse at Mitchell’s Avera Queen of Peace Hospital maintain the adrenaline. As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across South Dakota and hospitals scramble to find … Read more
[ad_1] Robert Neubecker By Lindzi WesselNov 20, 2020, 4:25 PM A massive study on mentoring, gender and career outcomes published by Nature communications sparked a storm of criticism for its findings, which have been labeled sexist by many scientists on social media. The study is a “black eye” for the famous open access titleA bioengineer … Read more
[ad_1] (WOWT) – Here is a summary of the new cases and other statistics of COVID-19 reported today by health officials in Nebraska and Iowa. The Douglas County Health Department reported 680 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Friday. The new community total is 34,648 positive cases. Fourteen new deaths were also reported on Friday: … Read more
[ad_1] People infected with the coronavirus are unlikely to catch it again for at least another six months, according to a University of Oxford study released on Friday. “We can be sure that, at least in the short term, most people who contract COVID-19 will no longer have it,” said Professor David Eyre, one of … Read more
[ad_1] © Getty Images / Grace Cary Have you ever wondered why crying sometimes makes you feel better? Experts explain science © Getty Images Have you ever wondered why crying sometimes makes you feel better? Experts explain science It is not a hard and fast rule, but sometimes, crying can do you good – or … Read more
[ad_1] PITTSFIELD – As COVID infections increase in Pittsfield, cases have also increased among residents and staff at nursing homes in Pittsfield and Lenox. In the past few days, 21 tests at the 265-bed Hillcrest Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Pittsfield have yielded positive results. Of those on Friday afternoon, 13 infections involved residents … Read more
[ad_1] By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a round-up of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Childhood vaccine can help prevent severe COVID-19 People whose immune systems have responded strongly to a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) … Read more
[ad_1] Humboldt County Joint Information Center press release: Nine months after the diagnosis of the first case of COVID-19 in Humboldt County, the total number of county residents who tested positive for the virus stands at 730, after 19 new cases were reported today . Dr Teresa Frankovich, Humboldt County health official, said there was … Read more