Month: January 2021

Refinery29 If I Had COVID-19, Should I Still Get Vaccinated? DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY – JANUARY 14: A health worker receives CoronaVac vaccine against coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic after the vaccine was issued “Emergency Use Authorization” in Diyarbakir, Turkey on January 14, 2021. (Photo by Bestami Bodruk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are slowly continuing to become more widely available nationwide, and it looks like the Johnson & Johnson vaccine may be on the way as well. Most people are eager to get vaccinated, but many are asking: If I had and recovered from COVID-19, should I still get the vaccine? The answer is yes, but there are a few caveats, according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S....

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 30 new coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday and 438 new cases.There are now 33,219 total cases since the beginning of the outbreak.The 30 new COVID-19-related deaths bring the total since the beginning of the pandemic to 507.Penobscot County reported eight new deaths, Cumberland and York counties each reported 5 new deaths, Aroostook and Oxford counties both reported 4 new deaths, Hancock county reported 2 new deaths, and Androscoggin and Kennebec counties each reported 1 new death. 23 of the additional deaths reported Saturday were confirmed through review of vital records. The Maine CDC says these deaths occurred sometime between December 24th and the present.Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah said Friday that 20% of all...

Medical experts have warned for months that the U.S. is falling far behind other countries in research on the evolution of the coronavirus, in both speed and comprehensiveness of approach. In early December, the discovery of a faster-spreading variant of COVID-19 in the U.K. lent urgency to the need for genetic sequencing that will help determine whether treatment regimens and vaccines remain effective against new mutations of the virus. In the U.S., the first case of the U.K. variant B.1.17 was discovered in Colorado in December, and since then, at least 15 states have identified cases of the strain. Public health experts say it was already likely spreading here unseen, a casualty of the country's delayed COVID-19 sequencing campaign, and warned that other new homegrown variants c...

Millions of people in the US started buying face masks in 2020, and companies, unsurprisingly, rushed to take advantage of the surge of demand for a new product. At CES 2021, the gadget-ification of the mask was on full display. Leading the pack was Razer’s transparent voice-amplifying, light-up concept mask. AirPop promoted its Active+ Smart Mask, which monitors users’ breathing rates and alerts them via a smartphone app when the mask’s filter needs changing. Binatone’s MaskFone has built-in earbuds and a mic for phone calls. Turning masks into a status symbol is nothing new, nor is capitalizing on a disaster to make a buck. Before the pandemic, people wore masks to protect from air pollution, and they’re fashion items in China and India. Also before the pandemic, companies making...

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