A new study, controlled for age, has found that dementia patients are at an increased risk of contracting COVID-19 and, when they do, are at higher risk of hospitalization and death than non-dementia COVID-19 patients. The study, published Tuesday in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, reviewed health records of 61.9 million…
Patients With Alzheimer’s and Other Forms of Dementia More Likely to Die from COVID-19: Study
Fully Vaccinated People Do Not Have to Quarantine After Being Exposed to COVID-19: CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday in updated guidance on its website that “fully vaccinated persons who meet criteria” don’t have to quarantine after they are exposed to someone with COVID-19. “Fully vaccinated persons who meet criteria will no longer be required to quarantine following an exposure to someone with COVID-19,” the federal agency…
Minnesota Adopts Bill Letting Dentists Give COVID-19 Jabs to Speed Rollout
The Minnesota State Senate passed legislation Monday that would allow dentists to administer CCP virus vaccines in a bid to accelerate its rollout. The bill, called SF 475, amends a section of Minnesota Statutes 2020 to allow dentists who have undergone relevant training to administer both influenza and CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccines. While…
Minnesota Adopts Bill Letting Dentists Give COVID-19 Shots to Speed Rollout
The Minnesota state Senate passed legislation on Feb. 8 that would allow dentists to administer CCP virus vaccines in a bid to accelerate their rollout. The bill, called SF 475, amends a section of Minnesota Statutes 2020 to allow dentists who have undergone relevant training to administer both influenza and CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus…
Patients With Gum Disease 9 Times More Likely to Die from COVID-19: Study
A new study has found that people with gum disease who contracted COVID-19 were at least three times more likely to have severe complications from the disease, including a higher risk of hospitalization and death. A team of international researchers published their peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology earlier this month. They evaluated…
FDA Grants Eli Lilly’s Experimental COVID-19 Antibody-Drug Emergency Use Authorization
Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody-drug has been granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), widening access to a therapy that has shown improvement in treating patients with mild to moderate cases of the CCP virus. Data from a late-stage trial last month showed that Eli Lilly’s combination therapy of two antibodies, bamlanivimab and…
Biden Admin May Require COVID-19 Testing for Domestic Air Travel
U.S. health officials are mulling a requirement that airline passengers test negative for COVID-19 before traveling domestically, according to a Biden administration official. The administration is engaged in an “active conversation” with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said during a recent interview on “Axios on HBO.” “What I can…
New Variants Raise Questions About COVID-19 Virus Reinfections
Having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time, new research suggests. How long immunity lasts from natural infection is one of the big questions in the pandemic….
Biden: ‘Very Difficult’ to Reach COVID-19 Herd Immunity Before End of Summer
It will be hard to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 before the end of the summer, President Joe Biden said in an interview that aired on Sunday. “The idea that this can be done and we can get to herd immunity much before the end of next—this summer, is very difficult,” Biden told CBS. Herd…
Study Raises Concerns Over CCP Virus Mutations During Chronic Infection
A new UK study has raised concerns that the CCP virus has more chance to mutate during chronic infections, and it could “mutate to outwit our vaccines,” a leader of the study said. In an unedited manuscript pre-published by Nature on Friday, a team led by researchers at Cambridge University said they saw repeated mutations…
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