What CDC guidelines will likely say (and not say) to do if you’re vaccinated
As more patients and friends get fully vaccinated, Dr. William Schaffner’s phone has been ringing constantly, his email box flooded. The fully…
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A third stimulus check is in the COVID relief bill
In addition to the amounts for adults, parents would get $1,400 more for every child on their tax…
Continue Reading Covid-19 testing numbers dropped in the US — here’s why testing still matters
Covid-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And that’s bad news. Without testing, there’s no way to keep track of where the pandemic…
Continue Reading Leaders and businesses say masks are essential protection as Texas and Mississippi lift Covid-19 restrictions
Leaders and businesses across the US are pushing back against states lifting mask mandates by doubling down on their commitment to enforcing Covid-19…
Continue Reading Covid-19 death rates 10 times higher in countries where most adults are overweight, report finds
The risk of death from Covid-19 is about 10 times higher in countries where most of the population is overweight, according to a report released…
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COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Heads to South County
SAN LUIS, Ariz. (KYMA/KECY) – The very first vaccine clinic will open up at the Cesar Chavez Cultural Center this week, bringing vaccine efforts to…
Continue Reading Why testing for Covid-19 is still important
Covid-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And that’s bad news. Without testing, there’s no way to keep track of where the pandemic…
Continue Reading One Arizona county has so many vaccine doses, it’s now able to offer them to anyone over 18
Concerned that there weren’t enough people signing up to get vaccinated against Covid-19, officials in one small Arizona county changed the…
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Imperial County to receive the most vaccines ever
Imperial County is expecting to receive the highest number of COVID-vaccines…
Continue Reading California to reserve 40% of vaccine doses for underserved communities
California will set aside 40% of its vaccines for underserved communities in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus and hasten the reopening of…
Continue Reading Fauci: US shouldn’t loosen coronavirus restrictions until daily new cases fall below 10,000
The US shouldn’t ease restrictions in place to prevent Covid-19 before the number of new coronavirus cases falls below 10,000 daily, “and…
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Texas governor’s appalling decision on masks
I was getting my first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the Bayou City Event Center in Houston when the news broke that Governor Greg Abbott is…
Continue Reading Fauci calls loosening Covid-19 restrictions inexplicable as variants threaten another surge
While tens of thousands of Americans are infected with the coronavirus each day and more research suggests variants threaten another surge, some…
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California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas
Officials are making it easier to move through reopening tiers, arguing the likelihood of widespread transmission that can overwhelm hospitals will…
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Arizona House OK’s bill on businesses ignoring mask mandates
The proposal passed on a 31-28 vote and now goes to the Senate for…
Continue Reading Many teens live online, alone. Here’s how to stay connected in the pandemic
For many teens, the pandemic has created an environment in which most of their lives take place in the shadows. Our kids have become increasingly…
Continue Reading CDC director urges people to keep masking and distancing ‘regardless of what states decide’
The director of the US Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said she hopes people will decide to individually “do the right thing”…
Continue Reading Two doses of Pfizer and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine are necessary, officials say, but questions still linger
The United States is holding firm to the strategy to administer two doses of the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines a few weeks apart.…
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Imperial County possibly moving down to red tier
Imperial County Public Health Department sent out a press release stating that moving down to the Red Tier from the Purple Tier may be in the near…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Local hospitals take proactive approach to COVID oxygen shortage
Oxygen is needed by almost every living organism, but some COVID-infected patients cannot breath it on their own which is why the demand has gone up…
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