Month: August 2020

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Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported today, bringing to 364 the total number of county residents who have tested positive for the virus. Humboldt County Deputy Health Officer Dr. Josh Ennis noted that demographic data on the county’s known cases demonstrates that there are disproportionate impacts to the Latino and Hispanic community and, as we’ve seen more recently, to Native Americans. “It’s important to point out that this is not due to any increased risk-taking activity or lack of adherence to safety measures,” Dr. Ennis said. “People working on the front lines in service and agricultural sectors, for example, may have more workplace exposures to the general public or co-workers. Public Health and our re...

The Oregon Health Authority reported 212 new confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases and five deaths Thursday, bringing the state’s death toll to 438. The state also reported an outbreak of 21 new coronavirus cases linked to Independent Transport, an employment agency in Morrow County. State officials began investigating July 28, but the initial case count was too low to be disclosed to the public, officials said. State officials in press conference Thursday highlighted promising signs that transmission rates were continuing to decline, but not at the rate needed to reopen schools in the fall. State epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger also told reporters in the conference about multiple outbreaks that occurred at family parties and vacations. One outbreak, which began when nearly 20...

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tmp_xca2Wl_7ff8fb5e1d4ce21b_GettyImages-961107112.jpgAs you're scheduling your annual flu shot this year, you may find yourself wondering if the vaccine can kill two birds with one stone - by preventing the flu, while at the same time delivering some level of protection against COVID-19. Let's just say the answer is yes and no. "The flu vaccine does not prevent COVID-19," David Cutler, MD, a family medicine physician at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, CA, told POPSUGAR. However, there's reason to believe that people being vaccinated could make this flu season - which will likely be coupled with rising cases of COVID-19 - a lot less severe, easing the strain on the healthcare system. How the Flu Shot Can Help During the COVID-19 Pandemic As Natasha Bhuyan, MD, a bo...

California saw a five-fold increase in coronavirus death rates among Latinos of working age over the past three months when the state reported a surge in coronavirus cases after partially reopening its economy earlier this summer, according to a new study released Thursday by the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, which is part of UCLA Health. From May 11 to Aug. 11, researchers looked at the progression of coronavirus-related deaths across Latino communities in three different working age populations: Young adults (ages 18‒34); early middle age (35‒49); and late middle age (50‒69). While COVID-19 deaths are burning their way through all Latino working age populations, the death rate is highest for late middle-aged Latinos. At 54.73 deaths per 100,000 people, their death...