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WHO Issues Warning over Rapid Spread of Omicron Variant
First detected in South Africa, Omicron has circulated to more than 89 countries, with cases doubling nearly every day, health officials noted. […]
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Coronavirus Report: December 20, 2021
*New coronavirus cases are rising sharply across the US. The daily average number of new cases is now 130,000. […]
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Omicron: What We Know About the Newest COVID Variant
Omicron is the newest COVID-19 variant dominating the headlines. While this new strain of the virus is raising questions, we continue to learn more information about Omicron every day. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public healthcare partners continue to monitor Omicron, here’s what we know about the variant so far: […]
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Think of Pharmacists as a Resource On Drug Interactions with Cannabis
In Florida, your typical pharmacy cannot dispense medical cannabis and CBD products, that’s the job of medical marijuana treatment centers, which under Florida law must be owned and operated by the same company that grows and cultivates medical marijuana. […]
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Holy Cross Health Adds Internal Medicine Physician
Nicole Nicome, M.D., has joined the Holy Cross Medical Group, a multi-specialty physician employed group of more than 160 physicians providing services throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties, as an internal medicine specialist. […]
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Coronavirus Report: December 13, 2021
The daily average number of new cases in the US has risen to 120,000. Cases are rising steeply in mid-western and northeastern states where colder weather has driven people to spend more time indoors. […]
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Omicron Can Evade Vaccines, But Boosters Can Help: Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci says the omicron variant of the coronavirus can potentially evade the first rounds of vaccines, but boosters increase efficacy and help safeguard against it. […]
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U.S. COVID Deaths Reach 800K
The U.S. now has 800,000 coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic. […]
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Great Britain Reports First Omicron-related Death
Health officials in the United Kingdom reported that infection rates due to the Omicron variant had doubled every two to three days. Reportedly, the variant accounts for 40 percent of all COVID cases in London. […]
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Paxlovid, Pfizer’s pill to treat covid-19, is manufactured in Freiburg, Germany, in November. (Pfizer/Reuters)
In an early analysis, a second ongoing study that was designed to test whether the pill, called Paxlovid, relieved covid-19 symptoms faster in people who are not considered high risk found no benefit for symptom relief. But the pill regimen did cause the amount of virus in patients’ bodies to plummet and reduced the already low risk of hospitalization and death, though the result was at the edge of statistical significance, a sign that it could be due to chance. […]