Month: March 2021

Genevieve Villamora, 44, says she suffered hair loss after recovering from COVID-19: Her hands would be covered with hair after a shower. It was "traumatic because as a woman so much of my femininity and self-image is linked to my hair," says the Washington, D.C., restaurateur. Her hair loss began to lessen four months out from her recovery from COVID. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ben de la Cruz/NPR Genevieve Villamora, 44, says she...

New Hampshire's first mass vaccination event got underway Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where more than 11,000 Granite Staters this weekend will receive the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The event runs through Monday. Such an event has never been tried before in New Hampshire, but state officials said they're ready."We've done planning for years of mass vaccinations, mass distributing of food and water," said Perry Plummer, of the New Hampshire COVID Vaccine Response Team. "We take those plans, and then we developed a plan that fits our needs today."From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, 300 volunteers will be helping to get needles into arms. Plummer said there are 11,400 doses and 11,400 appointments."They're going to be able to pull up, stay right in their car," ...

In few instances, people with no history of mental health challenges have developed severe psychotic symptoms after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Jennifer Price, of suburban Morris, believes her husband, Ben, contracted what's been referred to as "post-COVID psychosis" before his death. Ben Price, a beloved father of two and farmer, died by suicide just days after being treated and released from the hospital for COVID. "This was another level of something that took over his brain," Jennifer Price explained. Jennifer Price said her husband hadn't experienced mental health issues in the past, and as the days went on, she noticed a drastic change in his behavior. "He was just really at a level of panic and paranoia and was scared," she said. "He just ke...

KCRG reports during a weekly webinar Friday, multiple county officials shared their frustration with the Iowa Department of Public Health at being given little-to-no warning about the changes announced on Thursday, which open up vaccine eligibility to people 64 and younger with a medical condition that the CDC identified as possibly causing severe illness from COVID-19.An email KCRG-TV9′s i9 Investigative Unit received shows the Iowa Department of Public Health only alerted county health departments it was expanding eligibility criteria for COVID-19 vaccinations 8-minutes before the announcement was made.During the webinar, the state health department said it expects the recently announced change will add about 1 million people who are eligible to receive a vaccine. The department wi...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new national study adds strong evidence that mask mandates can slow the spread of the coronavirus, and that allowing dining at restaurants can increase cases and deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the study Friday. "All of this is very consistent," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House briefing on Friday. "You have decreases in cases and deaths when you wear masks, and you have increases in cases and deaths when you have in-person restaurant dining." The study was released just as some states are rescinding mask mandates and restaurant limits. Earlier this week, Texas became the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a movement by many governors to loosen COVID-19 restrictions despite pleas from health officials. ...