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statnews.com – Top CDC official Nancy Messonnier acknowledged that the administration’s vaccine rollout has been rocky so far in a conversation with STAT. Tweeted by ...
Read More »Messonnier predicts the slow vaccine rollout will soon speed up
UK starts giving people the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine
livescience.com – The U.K. has begun distributing a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Tweeted by @DarkCloset911 https://twitter.com/DarkCloset911/status/1346659080501342209
Read More »WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 5 January 2021
who.int – In our first briefing of 2021, I want to take a quick step back and tell you what’s going to be coming up ...
Read More »After Covid, sense of smell and taste return. But for some, they’re not the same.
nbcnews.com – When will I get my sense of smell back after Covid-19? Is loss of smell permanent? Loss of smell and taste related to ...
Read More »Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafe
apnews.com – MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin pharmacist convinced the world was “crashing down” told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of ...
Read More »‘Deaths of despair’ during COVID-19 rose by up to 60% in 2020, new research says
marketwatch.com – They were disproportionately experienced by working aged men, driven in part by synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. Tweeted by @MarketWatch https://twitter.com/MarketWatch/status/1346320723447590913
Read More »University Receives $250,000 Grant to Fund Great Minds Dare to Care Campaign – Seton Hall University
shu.edu – Seton Hall was granted $250,000 by the State of New Jersey to fund its Great Minds Dare to Care campaign– the next step ...
Read More »Covid ‘Decimated Our Staff’ as the Pandemic Ravages Health Workers of Color in US
khn.org – Covid-19 has taken an outsize toll on Black and Hispanic Americans — and those disparities extend to medical workers. Tweeted by @blkresist https://twitter.com/blkresist/status/1346400180912984065
Read More »Black California surgeon ‘walks the walk’ on virus vaccine
apnews.com – SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Dr. David Tom Cooke says his choice to participate in a clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine is like ...
Read More »Primary care doctors are being left behind in the vaccine rollout
statnews.com – Many primary care doctors are not affiliated with hospitals, which means they have no direct link to vaccine distribution at this stage.
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