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Some neurocognitive deficits from COVID-19 may last for years, study suggests  PsyPost Source link

Two Dead After COVID-19 Outbreak Hits Grant Long-Term Care Facility in Grant County  Source ONE News COVID-19 cases increasing in Grant County  KREM COVID-19 kills 2 Grant County care center patients  NCWLIFE.com COVID-19 breaks out in Grant Co. care facility  Columbia Basin Herald Source link

‘Stratus’ COVID-19 strain surges in Bay Area as vaccine rollout sows confusion  SFGATE Why Covid Is Spreading Again This Summer  The New York Times Why COVID keeps roaring back every summer, even as pandemic fades from public view  Los Angeles Times COVID cases surge in California as Stratus variant spreads  San Francisco Chronicle Latest on COVID this week: Cases, deaths, variants, vaccines and more  USA …

Will you get a COVID-19 vaccine? That has become a complicated question for many people. The answer may depend on your age, insurance coverage, health and finding a health care professional who will give you the shot. A once-straightforward seasonal vaccine process has become muddled this year because of new federal guidance on who the shots are approved for. It …

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 shots Wednesday but limited their use for many Americans — and removed one of the two vaccines available for young children. The new shots from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are approved for all seniors. But the Food and Drug Administration narrowed their use for younger adults and children to those with at …

KING COUNTY, Wash. — King County is seeing a summertime spike in COVID-19 cases, and that includes hospitalizations, according to Seattle and King County Public Health. King County’s data dashboard shows that for the week of Aug. 10, there were 111 people hospitalized with COVID-19. The slightly raised red line means the percent of ER visits for COVID-19 is the …

The American College of Cardiology issued new guidance Tuesday that recommends adults with heart disease get vaccinated against respiratory illnesses, including RSV, COVID-19, pneumococcal infection, shingles and influenza. Just weeks out from cold and flu season, the recommendation marks a departure from official U.S. guidance as the Trump administration makes moves to limit vaccine access, particularly for COVID-19 shots. People …

Days after a similar move from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) late last week released updated clinical guidance documents regarding vaccination during pregnancy against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.  The documents are based on clinical data, ACOG said, and released prior to the upcoming respiratory cold and flu season in collaboration with the …

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on Friday reaffirmed support for Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy, becoming the second major professional medical association to break from current US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations this week. “While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently removed its recommendation that pregnant and lactating individuals receive updated COVID-19 vaccines, ACOG’s …

Berkeley High School students arrive on campus in a 2021 file photo. Credit: Kelly Sullivan Just a week after Berkeley Unified students and educators went back to school, officials said Thursday that COVID-19 cases have been documented at “a few” local schools, including at Berkeley High where cases have occurred through contact with sick students.  California is again experiencing an …