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A Year Into Pandemic, Federal Officials Move to Better Protect Frontline Workers
Changes would allow N95 sales for industries other than health care and signal an end to the hospital practice of reusing the masks considered essential for worker safety. …
Covid Spawns ‘Completely New Category’ of Organ Transplants
Nearly 60 organ transplants have been performed after the coronavirus “basically destroyed” patients’ hearts and lungs. …
Covid Cases Plummet 83% Among Nursing Home Staffers Despite Vaccine Hesitancy
New covid-19 infections among nursing home residents fell even more steeply, by 89%, in that period, compared with 58% in the general public, CMS and Johns Hopkins University data shows.
Feds Focus on Mask Upgrades, COVID-19 Vaccine Sites
Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP NewsFeb 10, 2021New CDC data show the fit of face masks may significantly reduce COVID-19 spread. Source: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy…
Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine Heads to FDA for Emergency Use Decision
Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine Heads to FDA for Emergency Use Decision | Late yesterday Johnson & Johnson submitted a request for an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19 candidate. If the EUA is granted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the vaccine will become the third COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in the United States, and the first that requires only one dose…In light of the request, FDA advisors will meet on Feb 26 to weigh emergency use…
COVID-19 with Frailty, Cardiac Arrest May Raise Risk of Death Sharply
COVID-19 with Frailty, Cardiac Arrest May Raise Risk of Death Sharply | Two studies today suggest that COVID-19 patients who are very frail or have a cardiac arrest are two three times more likely to die than those not infected with the virus. | For men with COVID-19, the risk of dying from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest rose 4.5-fold…
WHO Pushes for COVID Vaccine Production Scale-Up, More Sharing
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsFeb 05, 2021The global number of people vaccinated has now eclipsed the number infected. Source: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy…
South Carolina Detects South African COVID-19 Variant
South Carolina Detects South African COVID-19 Variant Also, an expert warns about hospital oxygen shortages and Novavax reports good phase 3 vaccine data.
Lingering lung, physical, mental symptoms 4 months after COVID-19
Lingering lung, physical, mental symptoms 4 months after COVID-19| The findings suggest many patients recover very slowly after hospital release | Four months after their release from the hospital, more than half of 238 adult COVID-19 patients in northern Italy still had impaired lung function or mobility issues..
Cases Drop in Main Global Pandemic Hot Spots, but Surges Elsewhere
Cases Drop in Main Global Pandemic Hot Spots, but Surges Elsewhere | In its weekly snapshot of COVID-19 activity, the World Health Organization (WHO) said cases fell for the second week in a row, mainly in the highest-burden countries, but it warned that the pattern masks sharp rises in other countries in some regions. In other developments, 70 countries have now detected the B117 variant, and more nations have also reported the 501Y.V2 and P.1 variants.
California’s Top Hospital Lobbyist Cements Influence in Covid Crisis
California’s Top Hospital Lobbyist Cements Influence in Covid Crisis | SACRAMENTO — As intensive care units filled and coronavirus cases surged over the holidays, Carmela Coyle invoked a World War II-era quote attributed to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to rally her own troops: “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
