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First Case of United Kingdom Coronavirus Variant Detected in California

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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has been notified by San Diego County Public Health Services of a patient with the variant COVID-19 virus strain originally detected in the United Kingdom. This...

LexaGene Begins FDA EUA Study for Point-of-Care COVID-19 Testing

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Molecular diagnostics company, LexaGene, announce that it has started a series of studies required by the FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) testing for its COVID-19 assay in a point-of-care (POC)...

Colorado reports 1st case of COVID Variant

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced today the state’s first case of the of COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the UK. The Colorado State Laboratory...

Los Angeles reports nearly 30,000 COVID-19 cases past two days

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The total number of COVID-19 cases reported in Los Angeles County for the two day span of Dec. 25 and 26 totaled nearly 30,000, according to the LA County Health Department. Officials...

CDC travel notice for Mauritania due to Rift Valley Fever outbreak

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a travel notice for the northwestern African country of Mauritania. There is an outbreak of Rift Valley...

Black-legged tick

Predicting the future geographic spread of Lyme disease in the Midwest

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 By drawing from decades of studies, scientists created a timeline marking the arrival of black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, in hundreds of counties across 10 Midwestern...

Rabid raccoon enters South Carolina hospital, One person exposed

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 South Carolina health officials report that a rabid raccoon entered the Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina. It is reported that at least one person was...

AMA statement on the Moderna vaccine, Reaching out to social media giants

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The President of the American Medical Association (AMA) said Sunday in a statement concerning the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine: “The recommendation approved today by the CDC Director for the use of the...

APhA on Moderna vaccine use: “Pharmacists are again prepared to step forward”

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By Teddy Cambosa The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has shown readiness on the recent announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in authorizing the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine...

Los Angeles reports 100,000 COVID-19 cases in a week

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Los Angeles County health authorities announced this weekend that since Dec.11, more than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases have been reported To date, Public Health identified 610,372...