Month: January 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is currently studying the effectiveness of double masks – specifically a cloth mask placed over a medical mask – in stopping coronavirus spread but does not yet have "hard data" to support whether it’d be better than using a single mask.   "We don’t recommend for or against double masking," Dr. John Brooks, the CDC’s chief medical officer of COVID-19 response, said. "We want to put out there all the options that are available to people. If we can get people to mask period, that is the first big step." Brooks, who was participating in the Infectious Diseases Society of America briefing on Friday, said the agency would "share the information" as soon as possible. He said that some evidence suggests that using a cloth and medical mask c...

>> AT ON WITH LIFE, WE’RE THE ONES WHO ARE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK TO NORMAL. BEAU ON WITH LIFE IN ANKENY IS A LONG-TERM CARE CENTER THAT FOCUSES ON REHABILITATING PEOPLE WITH BRAIN INJURIE THURSDAY THEY ANNOUNCED A NEW CLINIC REACHING IOWANS WHO ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM COVID-19 >> NOW MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS LATER THEY ARE STIL SEEING SOME EFFECTS. BEAU: MEDICAL EXPERTS AT ON WITH LIFE SAY EVEN AFTER A PATIENT IS NO LONGER COVID-POSITIVE, 75% OF THEM STILL EXPERIENCE AT LEAST ONE LINGERING SIDE EFFECT. LOSS OF BALANCE, HEADACHES, AND MOST COMMONLY FATIGUE, SIMILAR SYMPTOMS THEY ARE ALREAD TREATING AMONG THEIR BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS. WHICH MADE THE FACILITY PERFECT FIT FOR A CORONAVIRUS REHABILITATION CLINI >> THAT’S KIND OF WHAT WE’RE KNOWN FOR HER...

PEDIATRICIANS ARE SHARING WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MISS SEE DHEC TODAY ANNOUNCED ONE ADDITIONAL CASE IN A CHILD UNDER AGE 10 IN THE UPSTATE THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO THREE CASES IN THE UPSTATE AND FIVE TOTAL CASES IN SOUTH CAROLINA, MISSISSIPPI OR MULTI-SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN CAUSES DECREASED BLOOD FLOW TO VITAL ORGANS LIKE THE HEART KIDNEYS AND BRAIN DOCTORS AT PARKSIDE PEDIATRICS, WHICH HAS OFFICES AROUND THE UPSTATE SE. MISSY IS THOUGHT TO BE AN INFLAMMATORY REACTION. HAPPENS TWO TO FOUR WEEKS AFTER A COVID-19 INFECTION. MY MESSAGE TO PARENTS WHO MAY BE WORRIED ABOUT IN MY --. HE IS THAT IT’S EXTREMELY EXCEEDINGLY RARE, BUT IT CAN BE A SERIOUS CONDITION. AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO WATCH FOR. DR. RACHEL SIGN SAYS IF YOUR CHILD HAS A FEVER FOR MORE...

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Alabama currently has the highest coronavirus positivity rate in the nation. Data from the Alabama Department of Public Health shows the percent of reported COVID-19 diagnostic tests that come back positive currently sits at 35 percent. The next closest state, Iowa, sits at 31 percent. Alabama’s positivity rate has been high for much of the pandemic, reaching nearly 50 percent as recently as this month. But as cases here and throughout the country declined following the post-holiday surge, Alabama’s rate has stayed the highest. [Can’t see the map? Click here.] Alabama’s 7-day average for new virus cases has ticked up slightly over the past few days after falling dramatically in the middle of January, but a rise in cases doesn’t explain the state’s positivity rate. There are two com...

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