Month: March 2021

by: Ben Bradley, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Mar 4, 2021 / 10:06 PM EST / Updated: Mar 4, 2021 / 10:06 PM EST MORRIS, Ill. (WGN) – A family is grieving a loss as painful as it is surprising. They believe 48-year-old father Ben Price took his own life after developing a rare and little understood phenomenon called “COVID psychosis.” The married father of two was a farmer and business owner in Morris, Illinois, southwest of the Chicago metro area. In February, he contracted COVID-19 after riding in a car with others to Bible study. Obesity ‘second greatest predictor’ of hospitalization for COVID-19, report says “He would have never left us,” widow Jennifer Price said. “Our Ben would never have left us. And that’s what we w...

Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: A total of 3,246 Humboldt County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 after 16 new cases were reported today.   The State of California has allocated Humboldt County a total of 5,010 doses of COVID-19 vaccine for next week. Of those doses, 3,510 are Pfizer, 1,300 are Moderna and 200 are Johnson & Johnson, the first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use. Humboldt County Public Health is planning to use 1,430 doses for its large-scale vaccination clinics. The remainder will be distributed to approved local vaccinators.  Vaccination priority now includes those who work in higher education either as educators or support staff. Appointments for vaccination are invitation only, and those ...

Ivermectin, a controversial anti-parasitic drug that has been touted as a potential Covid-19 treatment, does not speed recovery in people with mild cases of the disease, according to a randomized controlled trial published on Thursday in the journal JAMA. Ivermectin is typically used to treat parasitic worms in both people and animals, but scientific evidence for its efficacy against the coronavirus is thin. Some studies have indicated that the drug can prevent several different viruses from replicating in cells. And last year, researchers in Australia found that high doses of ivermectin suppressed SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in cell cultures. Such findings had spurred use of the drug against Covid-19, especially in Latin America. “Ivermectin is currently being used ...

By now, a year into the pandemic, most of us know that certain conditions or personal habits can affect our chances of catching coronavirus or developing severe COVID. But there is also mounting research that certain genetic traits that aren't always visible to the naked eye could also put you at higher risk of the disease. Now, a new study from scientists at Harvard Medical School and Emory University School of Medicine has found more evidence that blood type can play a factor in how likely you are to catch COVID overall. Read on to see how what's in your veins could increase your risk, and for more on what else could be increasing your chances of getting sick, see If You've Done This Recently, You’re 70 Percent More Likely to Get COVID. The coronavirus is more likely to attach to a spec...