Month: January 2021

National Guard members assist with processing covid-19 deaths, placing them into temporary storage at the medical examiner-coroner’s office in Los Angeles. Photo: Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner via AP (AP) Los Angeles County has temporarily suspended air quality rules in order to allow covid-19 victims to be cremated, according to an executive order passed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District over the weekend. The rules will be suspended for 10 days as the region works through a “backlog” of people who have died from the coronavirus pandemic, which is still uncontrolled in many parts of the country. Los Angeles County has 28 crematoriums, though those facilities are prohibited by law from running at full capacity in order to cut down on air p...

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Doug Euston has a simple question for Kansas state health officials. Why is he eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine before his wife?Euston, 65, describes himself in good health and someone who exercises and walks regularly.Meanwhile, his wife Janet, 61, is taking weekly maintenance chemotherapy treatments for Multiple Myeloma and has a weakened immune system. “If she was to get COVID, her immune system would not handle it very well,” Euston said. “Every healthy 65-year-old plus was put ahead of her, which I found really troubling.”Kansas state vaccine guidelines published earlier this month say Janet Euston may have to wait months to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, while Doug becomes eligible in a couple of weeks, simply because of a four-year-difference in their age.The state has put thos...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Officials with the California Department of Public Health say more than 330,000 doses of Moderna lot number 041L20A were sent to nearly 300 healthcare providers earlier this month. On Sunday night, state officials said those doses should be put in storage after a high number of possible severe allergic reactions were reported at one community vaccination event in San Diego. According to Kings County Public Health, ARIA Community Health Centers already administered 200 doses from that lot but did not notice any severe allergic reactions. RELATED: CA calls for pausing distribution on one lot of Moderna vaccine after allergic reactions reported "The state's decision to pause administration based on a single report is reflective of the scrutiny these vaccines are und...

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