Month: April 2021

As vaccinations continue to pick up the pace across the U.S., some parts of normal life are starting to return slowly. In some areas, this includes the return of dining out at restaurants, as many local ordinances against indoor dining and capacity rules are lifted. But with the threat of COVID still present, experts warn you still shouldn't linger at your table in a restaurant—even if you're vaccinated, CNN reports. Read on to see what they recommend, and for more on where you still shouldn't go after you get your shots, check out Dr. Fauci Just Said to Avoid This One Place, Even If You're Vaccinated. Shutterstock/Ercan MercankayaNo one can be faulted for wanting to savor every minute sitting down at ...

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A Miami Beach doctor who died 16 days after getting a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in January appears to have expired from natural causes, officials say. An autopsy on Dr. Gregory Michael, 56, has concluded he died from a complications of immune thrombocytopenia, a condition that prevents blood from clotting and which can cause internal bleeding. There is no medical certainty that the shot had anything to do with the condition, the Florida Department of Health has determined in a joint investigation with the CDC, which reviewed samples from the autopsy. Michael was an OB-GYN at Mount Sinai Medical Center when he suffered a hemorrhagic stroke and died on Jan. 4. He had received the Pfizer shot on Dec. 18 and his wife said at the time that he suffered a ...

Sunnier areas are associated with fewer deaths from Covid-19, an observational study suggests. Increased exposure to the sun’s rays — specifically UVA — could act as a simple public health intervention if further research establishes it causes a reduction in mortality rates, experts say. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh compared all recorded deaths from Covid-19 in the continental US from January to April 2020 with UV levels for 2,474 US counties for the same time period. The study found that people living in areas with the highest level of exposure to UVA rays — which makes up 95 percent of the sun’s UV light — had a lower risk of dying from Covid-19 compared with those with lower levels. The analysis was repeated in England and Italy with the same results. Th...