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UC Berkeley Team Awarded $3 Million To Trace Impact Of Pandemic On Schoolchildren
A research team led by the Public Policy Institute of California, UC Berkeley School of Education, UC San Diego, and California Department of Education plans to conduct a three-year study to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on PK-12 schools across the state. Bolstered by a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute for Education Sciences, the researchers will work to identify how California’s $4.6 billion pandemic recovery grant program was used to promote educational recovery from COVID-19 and examine any potential learning gaps and inequities among students. SF Chronicle Read more
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21 San Francisco Museums Offer Free Admission Weekend To Bring People Back Together
The Asian Art Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have announced the creation of the San Francisco Free Museum Weekend, which will feature 21 organizations over the weekend of Dec. 3 and 4.
The two-day event is being underwritten by anonymous donors so that no participating institution will have to suffer a financial loss. “The San Francisco Free Museum Weekend couldn’t come at a better time,” said Jay Xu, the director and CEO of the Asian Art Museum. “As we re-emerge from the challenges of the past months, Bay Area museums are here to help our communities reconnect with each other and with the artists that inspire them.” Datebook Read more
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COVID Vaccine/Treatment News |
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Paxlovid May Reduce Risk Of Long COVID In Eligible Patients,
Study Finds
People who took the antiviral drug Paxlovid within a few days after being infected with the coronavirus were less likely to be experiencing long COVID several months later, a large new study found. The findings suggest that for people who are medically eligible for the antiviral — older adults or people with certain health problems — Paxlovid not only reduces the odds that they will be hospitalized or die from a coronavirus infection, but also lowers their risk of long-term symptoms. NY Times Read more
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Free Sunscreen, Ear Plugs — And COVID Shots? At The NASCAR Race, Vaccinations Are Still A Tough Sell
Under the bright lights of the Phoenix Raceway, as 100,000 people gathered to watch NASCAR drivers hurtle toward this year’s championship, a small battalion of nurses and trainees took on an even more daunting challenge: convincing attendees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. At three tents, dotted around the sprawling raceway complex and a nearby campground, about a dozen nurses, paramedics, and student nurses handed out free sunscreen, hand sanitizer, and ear plugs — all the NASCAR essentials — while exhorting visitors to tack on a COVID vaccination. Armed with smiles and fliers about the updated booster, they approached attendees gently, stressing the convenience: The tent is right there, no wait, it’ll be over in a minute. STAT Read more
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Man Who Had COVID For 411 Days Finally Cured with Regeneron Cocktail Given To Trump
A man in Britain who was infected with COVID-19 for 411 days was finally cured after receiving the same cocktail of drugs given to former President Donald Trump, doctors in London said. His is one of the longest-know cases of COVID in the world, after another patient who was infected for 505 days, according to the team at the London hospital that treated him. The 59-year-old, who had a weakened immune system due to an earlier kidney transplant, first tested positive for COVID in December 2020. Even though his symptoms resolved, he continued testing positive intermittently until January 2022.
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CDPH Urges Californians To Take Preventative Measures to Stay Healthy This Winter
As we enter winter and the holiday season, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) urges Californians to protect themselves and their families against many circulating viruses this holiday season, including the flu, COVID-19, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). “Our winter virus season is here early, especially for our kids. We are seeing stress on our clinics and hospitals that care for kids, especially infants and kids under 12,” said State Public Health Officer and CDPH Director Dr. Tomás Aragón. “It’s important to remember that kids get infected from other kids and adults, so everyone needs to do their part. As we head into the holiday season with more indoor gatherings and travel, there are five easy steps that can help keep you and your family healthy.” East County Today Read more
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Study Shows Moderate, Severe COVID Diminishes Quality Of LIfe 1 Year Later
In a new study in BMC Medicine, Dutch researchers report that, 12 months after illness onset, people with initially moderate to severe COVID-19 still had impaired health-related quality of life (HRQL), but the same was not true for mild COVID-19. The study is part of the RECoVERED trial, a prospective cohort study in Amsterdam that looks at adult health following a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis. HRQL was assessed with the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36-item health survey (SF-36), which was completed by 269 adults by December of 2021. CIDRAP Read more
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COVID Patients Coming Off Ventilators Can Take Weeks To Regain Consciousness
In March 2020, New York City’s hospitals filled up with patients desperately ill with COVID-19. In many cases, when their fluid-filled lungs could no longer give them oxygen, doctors sedated them and put them on ventilators. The patients who recovered were taken off the machines and anesthesia. Within a day or so, their doctors expected them to wake up. But that’s when the phone of Dr. Nicholas Schiff, a neurologist at Weill Cornell Medicine, started lighting up. "We’re starting to get all these weird consults,” Dr. Schiff recalled. “People have been liberated from anesthesia after surviving COVID, and they’re not waking up.” NY Times Read more
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People With Long COVID Face Barriers To Government Disability Benefits
When Josephine Cabrera Taveras was infected with COVID-19 in spring 2020, she didn’t anticipate that the virus would knock her out of work for two years and put her family at risk for eviction. Taveras, a mother of two in Brooklyn, New York, said her bout with long COVID has meant dealing with debilitating symptoms, ranging from breathing difficulties to arthritis, that have prevented her from returning to her job as a nanny. Unable to work — and without access to Social Security Disability Insurance or other government help — Taveras and her family face a looming pile of bills. Like many others with long COVID, Taveras has fallen through the cracks of a system that was time-consuming and difficult to navigate even before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Apple Warns COVID Restrictions In China Are Hurting iPhone Production
Apple said in a statement on Sunday that it has temporarily reduced iPhone 14 production because of Covid-19 restrictions at its primary iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max assembly plant in Zhengzhou, China. The factory, operated by Foxconn, is operating at “significantly reduced capacity,” Apple said. It warned that it would ship fewer units and that customers would experience longer wait times when ordering devices. Apple’s warning brings up the possibility that it may sell fewer iPhones in the December quarter because it is having trouble making enough to meet demand. It previously signaled slowing growth in the December quarter last month. CNBC
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Evictions Are Piling Up Across The U.S. As COVID-Era Protections End And Rents Climb
On a recent Friday morning, more than 100 renters facing eviction filed through Arizona Judge Anna Huberman’s court in what’s becoming a typical day for her, as a wave of evictions hits Phoenix and other cities large and small across the country. The vast majority of the renters that day had missed their October payments a few weeks earlier and were now at risk of being removed from their homes within days, according to the judge. One woman said her rent money that month went to pay for her mother’s funeral, a day care worker said she didn’t get paid for two weeks when her workplace temporarily shut down due to COVID, and another man said he started a new job and had yet to get his first check, Huberman said. NBC News Read more
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Hospitalizations For Eating Disorders Grew In The Pandemic
Alongside the many impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric care, researchers have seen a stark increase in young adults seeking treatment for disordered eating behaviors. Across the United States, inpatient admissions for young adults and adolescents with eating disorders rose by a rate of about 0.7% a month in the two years before the pandemic, according to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. But in 2020, the first year of the pandemic, that growth increased to 7.2% a month on average. From the spring of 2020, through spring 2021, the number of eating disorder inpatient admissions about doubled. CNN Read more
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Want Employees To Come To The Office? Pick Up Their Laundry And Welcome Their Dogs
In L’Oréal’s plush new West Coast headquarters in El Segundo, workers are pampered by a concierge who will fill their cars with gas, pick up their laundry, retrieve their dogs from day care or do any other task employees want. Personal and professional chores are fulfilled for $5 an hour, freeing employees to concentrate on their jobs in a former aircraft factory turned office building that now sports such comforts as a fitness center, restaurant, juice cafe and a cabana-like bar that serves coffee drinks and, depending on the occasion, alcohol. LA Times Read more
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) |
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Pediatric ER Doctor Gives Glimpse Into Front Lines Of RSV Surge:
"No Space Anywhere"
As respiratory viruses like RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) surge among young kids across the United States, many children's hospitals are overwhelmed by a deluge of patients filling up emergency rooms and hospital beds. “There’s no space anywhere,” Dr. Sage Myers, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told TODAY. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (also known as CHOP) is the oldest children's hospital in the country and one of the largest with 594 beds. The hospital has been at or above capacity for three weeks, and unprecedented patient volumes are causing wait times and capacity issues far beyond what staff could've imagined. Today Read more
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Amy Schumer’s Son Was Hospitalized With RSV, Comedian Reveals
Comedian and actress Amy Schumer has revealed that her young son, Gene, was admitted to the emergency room this week with RSV. “This was the hardest week of my life,” wrote Schumer in an Instagram post published on Sunday. “Shout out to all the parents going through this right now.” CNN Read more
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Total Confirmed Cases
Bay Area: 1,787,655
California: 11,392,688
U.S.: 97,847,675
Alameda County
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Total Reported Deaths
Bay Area: 9,315
California: 97,013
U.S.: 1,073,496
Contra Costa County
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AARP Coronavirus Tele-Town Halls Today
Thursday, November 10, 1 p.m. (ET)
Call toll-free 855-274-9507 to join the event and ask a question
Join AARP for a Coronavirus tele-town hall where we will address the topic of Boosters, Flu Season and the Impact on Nursing Homes. As we prepare to gather with friends and family this holiday season, it is critical to take the necessary precautions to protect ourselves and our loved ones against influenza viruses and COVID-19. Experts are particularly concerned that flu season could be worse than normal this year making it even more important to get vaccinated. We will also address ways to keep your loved ones in nursing homes safe and protected this winter. AARP 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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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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