Month: January 2021

  Los Angeles County this weekend surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic and reported its first case of the more contagious variant that was initially discovered in the United Kingdom last year. On Saturday, the county recorded more than 14,000 cases and some 253 deaths and 7,597 hospitalizations, statistics from the country’s department of public health show.   The figures push Los Angeles to the top county in the nation in terms of COVID-19 cases, totaling more than the next two counties, Cook and Maricopa, combined. Though California has been among the strictest states in the nation in implementing restrictions, it has continued to see a surge in cases in the past two weeks, averaging more than 41,000 new coronavirus cases each day The LA C...

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COLLIER COUNTY FDOH-Collier has announced the upcoming week’s schedule for the COVID-19 vaccine. The state is distributing the Moderna vaccine to health care personnel with direct patient contact and people 65 and older. The next scheduled dates are Wednesday, Jan. 20, and Friday, Jan 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, at North Collier Regional Park Soccer Fields, 15000 Livingston Rd., Naples, FL 34109. Scheduling of appointments will start at 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 18, ONLINE ONLY at CollierCountyCOVIDVaccines.Eventbrite.com. This is a drive-thru service and they ask you to arrive 10 minutes prior to your appointment time. If you are unable to make an appointment, you can join a waitlist. (Instructions below.) ...

Massachusetts now has its first confirmed case of the COVID-19 variant, according to state health officials.The state's Department of Public Health announced Sunday that the first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 has been detected in the Bay State.This case involves the same variant that was initially discovered in the United Kingdom, state health officials say."Given the increased transmissibility of this variant and the number of states and other countries that have found infected cases, the department expected the variant to arrive in Massachusetts eventually," reads a statement from the Massachusetts DPH. "The public health risk reduction measures remain the same. Individuals must continue to wear masks or face coverings while out in public, maintain 6-foot social distancing,...

The coronavirus that conquered the world came from a thumb-sized bat tucked inside a remote Chinese cave. Of this much, scientists are convinced.   Exactly how and when it fled the bat to begin its devastating flight across the globe remain open questions.  In one year, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infected 94 million people and killed 2 million, 395,000 of them in the USA. Answers could stop such a calamity from happening again. Researchers in China, under government scrutiny, have been investigating since last January. This month, a World Health Organization delegation of scientists from 10 nations finally was allowed in the country to explore the origins of the virus.   "This is important not just for COVID-19 but for the future of global health security and to manage em...