Month: December 2020

In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, disinfecting everything from doorknobs to groceries was seen as an essential step in combatting the spread of COVID. However, more recently, as experts have gained more insight into how the virus spreads, some are claiming that all that extra cleaning may not be worth it after all. Read on to find out which steps in your cleaning routine you may be able to skip, and if you're feeling under the weather, check out The Earliest Signs You Have COVID, According to Johns Hopkins. In a new interview with NPR, Emanuel Goldman, PhD, a microbiologist at Rutgers University, reveals that frequently disinfecting surfaces to stop the spread of COVID may not be as beneficial as ...

Fifty vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine had to be thrown out in Wisconsin this past weekend due to “human error.” TMJ4 Milwaukee, a local NBC-affiliate station, reported that the incident occurred at an Advocate Aurora Health medical center in Grafton, Wis., when an employee took the vials out of a storage freezer to remove another item. The employee then mistakenly failed to return the vials to the freezer. "We learned that about 50 vials of Moderna vaccine were inadvertently removed from a pharmacy refrigerator overnight," an Advocate Aurora spokesperson told TMJ4. "While some of the vaccine was administered to team members on Dec. 26 within the approved 12-hour post-refrigeration window, unfortunately, most of it had to be discarded due to the temperature storage requireme...

Divisions over pandemic politics are creating a wedge and splitting off health care workers from small-town communities that desperately need them. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Divisions over pandemic politics are creating a wedge and splitting off health care workers from small-town communities that desperately need them. Charlie Riedel/AP ...

4,060 new COVID-19 cases, 48 additional deaths reported in Massachusetts Number of active cases surpasses 80,000 Updated: 5:05 PM EST Dec 28, 2020 Massachusetts health officials reported an additional 4,060 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the statewide total to 342,764 since the start of the pandemic. State health officials also reported an additional 48 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state's total, which is now 11,900.An estimated 80,620 cases are active across Massachusetts, according to Monday's report.Click here to see a graphical look at COVID-19 dataLatest town-by-town breakdown released by state The report said 2,230 pa...