The locations of the mass vaccination sites have not been determined yet, but officials said several criteria are being considered including proximity to public transportation, equitable access and geographic diversity.
Palatka mayor recovering from COVID-19, encourages residents to stay vigilant – FirstCoastNews.com WTLV
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Palatka Mayor Terrill Hill, 48, is relatively healthy, or at least he thought he was until he was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
What are side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine?
“Well you’ve already received some of the first vaccine, of course, which causes your body to be ready if it’s exposed again. So in that state of readiness, when that second exposure comes and your body begins to produce those proteins associated with the virus […]
Fewer than half of COVID-19 vaccines promised to Baja California will be delivered
TIJUANA (Baja California) — Only 39 percent of the COVID-19 vaccines that had been promised to Baja California will be delivered by Mexico’s federal government — not enough to cover all the health workers in the state. Baja health officials say they’ve been told 1,950 […]
New study shows long-lasting immunity after COVID-19 infection
ORLANDO, Fla. – A new study is helping to bolster the idea that people who recover from COVID-19 have long-lasting immunity. [TRENDING: Fla. leads nation in cases with new COVID variant | 12-year-old Orlando girl still missing | Biden inauguration will be different] Researchers say […]
New ventilation device ‘could treat Covid-19 patients outside of intensive care’
UK experts have designed a new type of ventilator that may allow more patients with severe Covid-19 to be treated outside of intensive care. The researchers said that their device, known as exovent, is more comfortable for the patient, cheaper than those currently being used […]
Cheap antiparasitic could cut chance of Covid-19 deaths by up to 75%
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Kate Garraway hopes Covid-19 book will help ‘others who are suffering’
Kate Garraway is to “share the raw and emotional story” of her husband’s “long fight” against Covid-19. Derek Draper, 53, remains in hospital after being admitted in March last year with coronavirus. TV presenter Garraway’s “intimate book” will be called The Power Of Hope. The Good […]
Biden’s incoming CDC director says Trump administration has ‘muzzled’ scientists: ‘I have to fix that’
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were sidelined by the Trump administration during the Covid-19 pandemic will “get heard again,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, President-elect Joe Biden‘s pick to lead the agency, said Tuesday. Last year, the CDC went months without addressing the U.S. […]
Biden’s incoming CDC director says she’s ‘optimistic’ Covid vaccines will work against new variants
The coronavirus vaccines currently on the market should still work against new, more infectious variants discovered in recent months, although they may not be as effective, the incoming director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. A handful of new strains of […]