The coronavirus vaccine: A doctor answers 5 questions

The coronavirus vaccine: A doctor answers 5 questions

By Jason R. McKnight, The Conversation I hear that I might still have to wear a mask even after I get vaccinated. Why? It will likely be the continued recommendation that everyone wear a mask when in public even after receiving the vaccination for COVID-19. While these vaccines appear to be highly effective in preventing […]

Training May Speed Smell’s Return After COVID

Training May Speed Smell’s Return After COVID

By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter, WebMD Special training may help COVID-19 patients regain their sense of smell after suffering parosmia, a new British study suggests. Parosmia is a condition where people have strange and often unpleasant smell distortions. Instead of smelling a lemon, for example, you may smell rotting cabbage, or chocolate may smell like […]

U.S. Faces Dark Time with Holiday COVID Surges

U.S. Faces Dark Time with Holiday COVID Surges

By Carolyn Crist, WebMD The U.S. could see an overwhelming surge in coronavirus cases in December and January as people meet to celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and other winter holidays, Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in several interviews on Monday. “We have a baseline […]

NYC’s Situation Room is Supposed to Respond Quickly to School COVID-19 Cases. It’s Not Working, Council Members Say.

NYC’s Situation Room is Supposed to Respond Quickly to School COVID-19 Cases. It’s Not Working, Council Members Say.

Epidemic concept COVID-19. Coronavirus Test Station. Medical worker in full protective checks the temperature at a COVID-19 drive-thru test site. Checking children before school. (Shutterstock) By Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat, and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat, THE CITY Teachers at P.S. 63 anticipated their Bronx school would shut down last week when they learned from a company conducting […]

The Vaccine & Legal Issues During the Pandemic

The Vaccine & Legal Issues During the Pandemic

The arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines is upon us. With the long history of medical racism in the United States, the politicization of the response to the pandemic and the huge numbers of Blacks dead, Black communities’ distrust of health care systems and institutions feels insurmountable. Attorney Brian Figeroux discusses taking the vaccine and the […]

Former Alabama state senator dies of Covid at 78, warns in last words, “We messed up”

"We let our guards down. Please tell everybody to be careful. This is real, and if you get diagnosed, get help immediately," former Sen. Larry Dixon said.

Former Alabama state senator dies of Covid at 78, warns in last words, “We messed up”

By Wilson Wong A former Alabama state senator died of Covid-19 last week at age 78, officials said. The former senator, Larry Dixon, a Republican who was also a former executive director of the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, died Friday, the board said in a statement. Dr. David Thrasher, a pulmonologist in Montgomery who […]

President of Morehouse School of Medicine has life-and-death message for Black people about the coronavirus vaccine

President of Morehouse School of Medicine has life-and-death message for Black people about the coronavirus vaccine

By Loanne O’Neal, The Undefeated With the Food and Drug Administration likely to authorize two emergency use coronavirus vaccines within weeks, and more drugs in the pipeline, public health officials say 20 million Americans could be vaccinated by the end of 2020, and tens of millions more by spring. The two-dose vaccines represent a potential […]

Already had the coronavirus? You could get it again.

Already had the coronavirus? You could get it again.

By Sarah Elizabeth Richards and Nsikan Akpan, National Geographic PEOPLE CAN CATCH COVID-19 twice. That’s the emerging consensus among health experts who are learning more about the possibility that those who’ve recovered from the coronavirus can get it again. So far, the phenomenon doesn’t appear to be widespread—with a few hundred reinfection cases reported worldwide—yet […]

CDC recommends Americans don’t travel for Thanksgiving

CDC recommends Americans don’t travel for Thanksgiving

General view of departure hall of Terminal 4 since there are virtually no customers during COVID-19 pandemic at JFK airport. – New York, NY – May 15, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Rebecca Spalding and Manojna Maddipalta, AOL  (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it recommends Americans do not travel during the […]

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