COVID-19
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Self-Exams Should Be Performed Once A Month
Did you know that 1 in 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime? According to the American Cancer Society, when breast cancer is detected early, and is in the localized stage, the 5-year relative survival rate is 99%. Early detection includes doing monthly breast self-exams, and scheduling regular clinical breast exams and mammograms. The National Breast Cancer Foundation provides help and inspires hope to those affected by breast cancer through early detection,
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LaFamilia Administering Monkeypox Vaccinations
LaFamilia is administering free MPX vaccinations every Thursday, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., at Skywest Golf Course, located at 1401 Golf Course Rd. in Hayward. Vaccinations are by appointment only. Get more information
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Contra Costa County Lifts Orders Expanding Access To COVID-19 Testing; Sites To Close
Contra Costa County health officials lifted a trio of health orders last week that expanded the availability of COVID-19 testing in the early months of the pandemic. The orders authorized COVID testing at locations operated by OptumServe, directed laboratories to report COVID test results to local and state public health agencies and required health care facilities to provide COVID testing. County Health Officer Dr. Ori Tzvieli rescinded the three orders last Tuesday, arguing that "organizational and regulatory changes at the state and federal level" have made them unnecessary in the current state of the pandemic. CBS News Read more
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S.F. Father And Son Who Claimed To Create Apparel That Could Detect COVID Charged With Fraud
Federal prosecutors accused a San Francisco father and son on Tuesday of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars with fabricated business promotions — including a claim that their company had designed apparel equipped with a device that could detect whether the wearer was infected with COVID-19. SF Chronicle Read more
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Definition Of "Up To Date" On Vaccinations Changed By CDC
With the recommendation for the updated bivalent COVID-19 boosters last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday updated its vaccine recommendations to say individuals are considered to be “up to date” once they complete a COVID-19 vaccine primary series and receive the most recent booster dose recommended. “The more people who stay up to date on their vaccinations, the better chance we have of avoiding a possible surge in COVID-19 illness later this fall and winter,” the agency said, recommending people use its online tool to determine when to get booster doses. SF Chronicle Read more
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FDA Adds Advisory To U.S.' Only Preventive COVID-19 Treatment
The nation's only pre-exposure treatment for COVID-19 is getting an advisory today about its limited effectiveness. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is sharing information about risk of COVID-19 due to certain variants not neutralized by Evusheld. Evusheld is the only current option for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) of COVID-19 in the U.S. It has federal Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for usage by immunocompromised people who might not generate an adequate response to COVID-19 vaccination and by people for whom COVID-19 vaccination is not recommended due to a history of a severe adverse reaction. KDVR Read more
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Rising Cases Of Variants BQ.1 And XBB Could Make COVID Drugs All But Useless, Study Finds
As colder weather sets in, public health experts are keeping a close eye on COVID-19 variants that could spell doom and gloom this winter, just like Omicron did last year. Yet these nascent variants that are rapidly spreading abroad have an evil twist that omicron lacked: an ability to evade the drugs that humans have developed to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The two subvariants of particular concern are known as BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, both off-shoots of the Omicron variant BA.5 (but with several key changes.) Indeed, they seem able to evade many of the tools we have to defend against it, which could trigger a wave of hospitalizations, disabling victims with long COVID or death. Salon Read more
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Biden Administration’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Health Workers Survives Supreme Court Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a renewed challenge by 10 states to the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for workers in facilities that receive federal health-care funds. The rebuff of the Missouri-led group follows the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in January to let the requirement take effect. The rule, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, requires shots for workers in nursing homes, hospitals and other facilities that receive federal dollars. The requirement took effect April 15, covering about 10 million people. Mercury News Read more
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New Declarations That "The Pandemic Is Over" Once Again Miss The Larger Point, Experts Say
“The pandemic is over.” It’s a pronouncement we’ve heard several times in the more than 2½ years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. As California enters fall with the coronavirus very much on the decline, some are once again declaring victory. But health experts say that despite the significant progress, it’s less about turning the page than about understanding that COVID-19 remains quite unpredictable. The heat was recently turned up on the long-simmering question when President Biden declared “the pandemic is over” during an interview with “60 Minutes.” Days later, Biden acknowledged the criticism he received over his statement but added that the pandemic “basically is not where it was.” LA Times Read more
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Warning Signs About The First Post-Pandemic Winter
This fall, unlike the one before it, and the one before that, America looks almost like its old self. Schools and universities are in session; malls, airports, and gyms are bustling with the pre-holiday rush; handwashing is passé, handshakes are back, and strangers are packed together on public transport, nary a mask to be seen. On its surface, the country seems ready to enjoy what some might say is our first post-pandemic winter. But given the policy failures and institutional dysfunctions that have accumulated over the past three years, it won’t be anything like a pre-pandemic winter, either. The more we resist that reality, the worse it will become. If we treat this winter as normal, it will be anything but. The Atlantic Read more
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C.D.C. Ends Country-By-Country COVID Travel Advisories
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer maintain a list of COVID-19 travel advisories for foreign countries, the agency said on Monday, another sign of the gradual shift toward prepandemic normalcy even as about 1,400 people around the world are dying each day from the virus. The agency said it would instead issue travel health notices only for “a concerning COVID-19 variant” or other situation that would change travel recommendations for a particular country, as it does with other diseases like monkeypox, polio and yellow fever. NY Times Read more
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Norwegian Cruise Line Drops COVID Rules For Unvaccinated Passengers
Norwegian Cruise Line announced Monday it is removing the last of its coronavirus rules, allowing unvaccinated passengers to board without testing for the virus or wearing a mask unless otherwise specified by a local government. While cruise lines all over the world have been gradually easing pandemic-era restrictions, Norwegian gave one day’s notice for the latest shift, which goes into effect Tuesday across the company’s 18-ship fleet. Competitors including Royal Caribbean International and Carnival Cruise Line still have testing rules in place for unvaccinated passengers. Washington Post Read more
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Long COVID Runs In The Family, Study Finds
If one member of a family suffers from the ongoing symptoms of long COVID other family members will likely experience them too, according to a new study published in the journal The Lancet. A team of scientists from the University of Freiburg studied 1,267 children and adults in Germany from 341 households with at least one individual who had a mild or asymptomatic coronavirus infection approximately one year earlier. SF Chronicle Read more
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Study: COVID Has Left A Third Of Young People Feeling Life Is Out Of Control
More than a third of young people feel their life is spiralling out of control, according to findings released to the Guardian ahead of a nationwide campaign that highlights COVID’s impact on the younger generation. The Prince’s Trust Class of COVID research also found that more than 60% of 16-25-year-olds said they were scared about their generation’s future, having lived through a pandemic only to face a cost-of-living crisis. |
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U.S. Monkeypox Deaths Are Rare; Here’s Why They Can Be Difficult To Confirm
There have been more than 25,000 monkeypox cases in the United States during the current outbreak, and deaths among monkeypox patients are rare. Among the few reported, it has sometimes been difficult to determine the role monkeypox played in the deaths. “It’s sort of the old situation we had with COVID: Did you die of COVID, or did you die with COVID? And so this is the same scenario: Did you die with monkeypox, or did you die of monkeypox?” said Lori Tremmel Freeman, chief executive officer of the National Association of County and City Health Officials. CNN Read more
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Monkeypox Cases Have Dropped Dramatically In San Francisco
When the state and local health departments started referring to the monkeypox virus as MPX, it wasn’t long before more than the stigmatizing name started to disappear. So did the virus’ exploding case rates. In San Francisco, one of the hardest hit spots in the country, the number of new daily cases has dropped 90% from the peak, to levels the city last saw in early June, when cases first started skyrocketing. What happened? The community’s response and increasing supplies of an effective vaccine are “the two main explanations for the drop in cases” according to Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases and vaccinology at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. Mercury News Read more
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Total Confirmed Cases
Bay Area: 1,762,784
California: 11,270,213
U.S.: 96,512,610
Alameda County
Primary Vaccine Series and Boosted: 73.6%
Total Cases: 369,045
Total Deaths: 2,211
Test Positivity (7-day rate): 5.0%
Hospitalized Patients (as of 10/6): 73
ICU Beds Available (as of 10/6): 89
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Total Reported Deaths
Bay Area: 9,172
California: 96,071
U.S.: 1,060,920
Contra Costa County
Primary Vaccine Series and Boosted: 70.4%
Total Cases: 272,505
Total Deaths: 1,434
Test Positivity (7-day rate): 5.6%
Hospitalized Patients (as of 10/6):42
ICU Beds Available (as of 10/6): 49
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DeLeslyn Sullivan slogged along the spinning belt of her NordicTrack treadmill, slowly pulling one foot in front of the other. She could do this. She was a triathlete. An Ironman finisher. A 46-year-old, tough Georgia woman who had spent more than a decade running, swimming and cycling just because she loved it. She wasn’t fast, but she was strong. Well, she had been strong. Seven days earlier she’d been curled up on her couch, fighting off COVID-19. Now she wanted to show her coach, Lesley Paterson, that she was ready to hit the workouts. Certainly she could walk on the treadmill in her home office. USA Today Read more
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- COVID-19 testing is a good idea, but keep in mind, people who test negative can still harbor the virus if they are early in their infection.
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A viral test tells you if you have a current infection.
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An antibody test might tell you if you had a past infection.
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Top 10 Locations of Cases in
Alameda County, cumulative
as of 10/6/2022
Oakland: 105,344
Hayward: 48,391
Fremont: 40,013
San Leandro: 24,964
Berkeley: 21,779
Livermore: 17,699
Union City: 16,561
Eden MAC: 15,313
Alameda: 13,435
Pleasanton: 13,269
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Top 10 Locations of Cases in
Contra Costa County, cumulative
as of 10/6/2022
Richmond: 37,660
Antioch: 34,559
Concord: 28,440
Pittsburg: 21,538
Brentwood: 17,843
San Pablo: 15,785
Walnut Creek: 14,661
San Ramon: 14,164
Oakley: 13,154
Martinez: 9,853
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About Eden Health District |
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The Eden Health District Board of Directors are Chair Mariellen Faria, Vice Chair Pam Russo, Secretary/Treasurer Roxann Lewis, Gordon Galvan and Ed Hernandez. The Chief Executive Officer is Mark Friedman.
The Eden Health District is committed to ensuring that policy makers and community members receive accurate and timely information to help make the best policy and personal choices to meet and overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
We welcome your feedback on our bulletin. Please contact editor Lisa Mahoney.
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