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Vaccinating the elderly first for COVID-19 saves most livesMarch 17, 2021 at 11:44 PM A short paper authored by Goldstein, Cassidy, and Wachter, recently published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), demonstrates mathematically that vaccinating the oldest first, in fact, ultimately saves both the most lives and the most life-years.Tags: Health, Wachter, Goldstein Cassidy 33 people like this. Like Australia politics live: Morrison says issue of 'vile language' by staffer has been dealt withMarch 17, 2021 at 11:24 PM The long-awaited sport rorts report to be released and the government faces scrutiny over its botched vaccine booking website. Follow all the latest updates‘What the hell?’: Industry sources say government rushed launch of Covid vaccine booking systemCoalition grant to help people move for work used by just 3,000 people in seven yearsBiggest companies pocketed hundreds of millions in jobkeeper despite positive earningsFollow our global coronavirus live blog 3.24am GMT Catherine King: Given i...Tags: Health, Australia, Australia news, Coalition, Australian politics, Australian Security And Counter-terrorism, Vaccines and immunisation, Australian trade unions, Labor party, Liberal party, Industrial relations, Scott Morrison, Liberal, Australian intelligence agencies, Morrison, Murph 7 people like this. Like Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection as UK schools reopened in 2020 was very low, say researchersMarch 17, 2021 at 11:17 PM A study conducted by Public Health England has found that the risk of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – was very low among both students and staff as primary schools partially and fully reopened over the latter half of 2020.Tags: Health, UK, Public Health England 13 people like this. Like New SARS-CoV-2 variant in France appears undetectable by PCRMarch 17, 2021 at 11:04 PM French authorities have announced the emergence of a new variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the northwestern region of Brittany that has escaped detection by standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.Tags: Health, France, Brittany 19 people like this. Like Australia politics live: Morrison gives press conference; vaccine website errors put pressure on CoalitionMarch 17, 2021 at 10:23 PM The long-awaited sport rorts report to be released and the government faces scrutiny over its botched vaccine booking website. Follow all the latest updates‘What the hell?’: Industry sources say government rushed launch of Covid vaccine booking systemCoalition grant to help people move for work used by just 3,000 people in seven yearsBiggest companies pocketed hundreds of millions in jobkeeper despite positive earningsFollow our global coronavirus live blog 2.19am GMT We get another ‘move to...Tags: Health, Australia, Australia news, Coalition, Australian politics, Australian Security And Counter-terrorism, Vaccines and immunisation, Australian trade unions, Labor party, Liberal party, Industrial relations, Scott Morrison, Australian intelligence agencies, Morrison, Coronavirus, Ownership Matters 47 people like this. Like North Hollywood priest takes St. Patrick’s Day message on the road during pandemicMarch 17, 2021 at 9:05 PM  Tags: Health, Hollywood, News, Religion, Sport, Soccer, Community, Catholic Church, Patrick, Sánchez, St Patrick, Los Angeles Daily News, St Patrick Catholic Church, North Hollywood, NicolAs SAnchez, Zavala 120 people like this. Like Scientists identify address codes in odorant receptor proteinsMarch 17, 2021 at 9:43 PM A team of scientists led by Dietmar Krautwurst from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has now identified address codes in odorant receptor proteins for the first time.Tags: Health, Dietmar Krautwurst 44 people like this. Like Digital communication can bridge the racial disparity gap in cervical cancer careMarch 17, 2021 at 9:41 PM An estimated 14,480 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Cases that could be prevented or cured with better education from screening to treatment based on improved provider-patient communication, says a Michigan State University researcher.Tags: Health, United States, Michigan State University 27 people like this. Like Older and non-White people less likely to be captured by mobility data used in response to COVID-19March 17, 2021 at 9:37 PM Information on individuals' mobility--where they go as measured by their smartphones--has been used widely in devising and evaluating ways to respond to COVID-19, including how to target public health resources.Tags: Health 37 people like this. Like Lab-created heart valves implanted in young lambs can grow with the animalMarch 17, 2021 at 9:31 PM A groundbreaking new study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers from both the College of Science and Engineering and the Medical School shows for the first time that lab-created heart valves implanted in young lambs for a year were capable of growth within the recipient.Tags: Health, Medical School, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, College of Science and Engineering 28 people like this. Like UTSW researchers identify the structure of a key cell-surface proteinMarch 17, 2021 at 9:25 PM UT Southwestern researchers have identified the structure of a key member of a family of proteins called nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in three different shapes.Tags: Health 22 people like this. Like Australia politics live: unemployment drops to 5.8%; vaccine website errors put pressure on CoalitionMarch 17, 2021 at 9:18 PM The long-awaited sport rorts report to be released and the government faces scrutiny over its botched vaccine booking website. Follow all the latest updates‘What the hell?’: Industry sources say government rushed launch of Covid vaccine booking systemCoalition grant to help people move for work used by just 3,000 people in seven yearsBiggest companies pocketed hundreds of millions in jobkeeper despite positive earningsFollow our global coronavirus live blog 1.18am GMT The government leader i...Tags: Health, Australia, Senate, Australia news, Coalition, Australian politics, Australian Security And Counter-terrorism, Vaccines and immunisation, Australian trade unions, Labor party, Liberal party, Industrial relations, Scott Morrison, Australian intelligence agencies, Coronavirus, Senate Simon Birmingham 6 people like this. Like Adverse childhood experiences predict greater performance-enhancing substance use in young adultsMarch 17, 2021 at 9:09 PM A new study published in the journal Substance Use and Misuse has found that adverse childhood experiences, such as physical and sexual abuse and neglect, predict greater performance-enhancing substance use in young adults.Tags: Health 46 people like this. Like Long noncoding RNA plays a vital role in mobilizing immune response after organ transplantationMarch 17, 2021 at 9:02 PM A long noncoding RNA whose function was previously unknown turns out to play a vital role in mobilizing the immune response following a bone marrow transplant or solid organ transplantation.Tags: Health 14 people like this. Like A complete genetic and clinical analysis of individuals with SCN2A-related disordersMarch 17, 2021 at 8:54 PM Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia affiliated with the CHOP Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) have compiled a complete genetic and clinical analysis of more than 400 individuals with SCN2A-related disorder, which has been linked to a variety of neurodevelopmental disorders, including epilepsy and autism.Tags: Health, Philadelphia, Children s Hospital, Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative ENGIN 22 people like this. Like Electromagnetic fields may slow or stop the spread of breast cancer cellsMarch 17, 2021 at 8:49 PM Electricity may slow - and in some cases, stop - the speed at which breast cancer cells spread through the body, a new study indicates.Tags: Health 10 people like this. Like Resolution to close Playa del Rey gas facility advanced by LA City Council committeeMarch 17, 2021 at 8:39 PM The Los Angeles City Council’s Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee voted on Wednesday, March 17, to advance a resolution calling for the closure of the Playa del Rey natural gas storage facility.
The resolution was introduced by councilmembers Paul Koretz and Mike Bonin, whose district includes the Playa del Rey site.
Located at 8141 Gulana Ave., the facility is owned by Southern California Gas Co. and sits a few miles away from Los Angeles International Airport, Loyola Ma...Tags: Health, Business, News, California, Government, Environment, Sport, Soccer, Community, Los Angeles City Council, Aliso Canyon, Socalgas, Lee, John Lee, Southern California Gas Co, California Council on Science and Technology 40 people like this. Like $50 million gift assures Friese Family Patient Tower will rise at Providence Cedars-Sinai TarzanaMarch 17, 2021 at 8:07 PM  Tags: Health, Business, News, California, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Hospital, Hospitals, Soccer, Pennsylvania, Healthcare, Army, Community, Salvation Army, Southern California 126 people like this. Like New method for growing embryos outside the wombMarch 17, 2021 at 8:37 PM To observe how a tiny ball of identical cells on its way to becoming a mammalian embryo first attaches to an awaiting uterine wall and then develops into nervous system, heart, stomach and limbs: This has been a highly-sought grail in the field of embryonic development for nearly 100 years.Tags: Health 18 people like this. Like Pasadena Community Foundation chips in to help improve vaccine equityMarch 17, 2021 at 8:36 PM The Pasadena Community Foundation put up the funding to create a 16-week, community-focused coronavirus vaccination clinic in north Pasadena, partnering with the Pasadena Public Health Department and Planned Parenthood Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley.
It’s one of many efforts across the city to increase access to the coronavirus vaccine by bringing it into the communities whose members have had a harder time accessing the life-saving medicine.
Over the next few months, Planned Parenthood will hold...Tags: Health, News, Education, Government, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Community, Pasadena, Nonprofits, LA County, Moderna, Top Stories WDN, Top Stories SGVT, Top Stories PSN, Colorado Street Bridge 24 people like this. Like Coronaviruses may be vulnerable to ultrasound vibrations, study suggestsMarch 17, 2021 at 8:27 PM The coronavirus' structure is an all-too-familiar image, with its densely packed surface receptors resembling a thorny crown.Tags: Health 6 people like this. Like Study finds elevated heart disease risk in cancer survivorsMarch 17, 2021 at 8:23 PM A new study has found that about 35% of Americans with a cancer history had an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in the next decade, compared with about 23% of those who didn't have cancer.Tags: Health 42 people like this. Like Statistical suicide risk prediction models could be cost-effective and save many livesMarch 17, 2021 at 8:19 PM There are several effective interventions to reduce the risk of suicide, the tenth-leading cause of death in the United States, but difficulties in identifying people at risk for suicide and concerns about the potentially high costs of suicide-prevention strategies have hampered their wider use.Tags: Health, United States 5 people like this. Like Mobile stroke units deliver faster care to improve outcomes, lessen chance for disabilityMarch 17, 2021 at 8:12 PM A new study involving UCLA researchers finds that mobile stroke units (MSUs) - state-of-the-art ambulances built to provide stroke patients with emergency neurological diagnosis and treatment prior to hospital arrival -- improve patient outcomes and lessen the chance for disability by delivering care faster than standard stroke care.Tags: Health, Ucla 39 people like this. Like Researchers find a better way to identify cells and understand the mechanisms of diseasesMarch 17, 2021 at 8:09 PM In researching the causes and potential treatments for degenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease, neuroscientists frequently struggle to accurately identify cells needed to understand brain activity that gives rise to behavior changes such as declining memory or impaired balance and tremors.Tags: Health 5 people like this. Like LA County reports sharp fall in coronavirus among healthcare workersMarch 17, 2021 at 8:00 PM In another cautiously encouraging sign of the effectiveness of vaccinations and reduced spread of COVID-19, cases among Los Angeles County healthcare workers are at their lowest level of the pandemic, the county’s public health chief reported Wednesday, March 17.
“Since late December, when healthcare workers began to be vaccinated, we have seen their cases plummet,” said Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer during a briefing Wednesday. “These are the small numbers of weekly cases that we’ve see...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Senate, Atlanta, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Long Beach, Community, Catholic Church, Ncaa, Lausd 14 people like this. Like Older people more likely to catch Covid a second timeMarch 17, 2021 at 7:30 PM Study finds under-65s have about 80% protection from virus for at least six months but over-65s only 47% Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOlder people who have recovered from Covid cannot assume they are immune from a second attack, according to a new study that shows the under-65s are much less susceptible to reinfection.The study carried out in Denmark found that the under-65s had about 80% protection for at least six months from catching Covid a second time. But the...Tags: Health, Science, Society, World news, Denmark, Vaccines and immunisation, Coronavirus, COVID 41 people like this. Like Doctors Urge People To Keep Up With Their Routine Screenings Put Off By The PandemicMarch 17, 2021 at 7:28 PM cbsoptanon.onScriptsReady(function(cmp){cmp.ot.targetingAllowed(function(a){if(a) AnvatoPlayer("p1").init({"mcp":"cbs","width":"100%","height":"100%","video":"5404048","autoplay":false,"accessKey":"5VD6Eyd6djewbCmNwBFnsJj17YAvGRwl","accessControl":{"preview":false},"pInstance":"p1","plugins":{"heartbeat":{"account":"cbslocal-global-unified","publisherId":"cbslocal","jobId":"sc_va","marketingCloudId":"[email protected]","trackingServer":"cbsdigitalmedia.hb.omtrdc.net","customTrack...Tags: Health, News, Local, Seen On, Modesto, Fallon, Ramos, Eric Ramos, Modesto News, Coronavirus, Betty Fallon Fallon 42 people like this. Like 'Do not resuscitate' orders reviewed by regulatorMarch 17, 2021 at 7:27 PM Sally-Rose's sister died of a heart attack last year and says the family weren't informed of a do not resuscitate order.Tags: Health, Sally Rose From the Groundlings up: Pandemic-era family improv teaches active listening, learning from mistakesMarch 17, 2021 at 7:33 PM  Tags: Health, Business, Hollywood, News, Education, California, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Sport, Soccer, Ncaa, Theater, Lausd, Palermo, Burns, Alexander 106 people like this. Like |
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