Archive for December, 2020
Name: BNT162b2 Manufacturer: Pfizer, Inc., and BioNTech Type of vaccine: mRNA Number of shots: 2 shots, 21 days apart How given: Shot in the muscle of the upper arm Source: Information about the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
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Lower the likelihood of being exposed to COVID-19 by meeting people who don’t live with you outdoors. Read options for indoor and outdoor activities. Source: Participate in Outdoor and Indoor Activities
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CDC has learned of reports that some people have experienced severe allergic reactions-also known as anaphylaxis-after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. As an example, an allergic reaction is considered severe when a person needs to be treated with epinephrine or EpiPen© or if they must go to the hospital. If you get a COVID-19 vaccine and […]
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Learn more about how at-home testing and collection allow you to collect a specimen at home and either send it to a testing facility or perform the test at home. Source: At-Home Testing
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Provides messages and graphics to help ensure current, correct messaging from a trusted source, create collateral materials, and share resources regarding COVID-19. Source: Social Media Toolkit: COVID-19 & Mental Health
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mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccine to protect against infectious diseases. To trigger an immune response, many vaccines put a weakened or inactivated germ into our bodies. Not mRNA vaccines. Instead, they teach our cells how to make a protein-or even just a piece of a protein-that triggers an immune response inside our […]
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Winter holiday gatherings with family and friends are fun but can increase the chances of getting or spreading COVID-19 or the flu. Follow these tips to make your winter holidays safer. Source: Winter Holidays
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Healthcare personnel who are pregnant or breastfeeding may get vaccinated for COVID-19, but there are many considerations that go into that decision. Source: Vaccination Considerations for People who are Pregnant or Breastfeeding
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Apathy — a lack of interest or motivation — could predict the onset of some forms of dementia many years before symptoms start, offering a ‘window of opportunity’ to treat the disease at an early stage, according to new research. Source: Apathy could predict onset of dementia years before other symptoms
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Meier-Gorlin syndrome, or MGS, is a rare genetic developmental disorder that causes dwarfism, small ears, a small brain, missing patella and other skeletal abnormalities. One mutation causing MGS, first reported in 2017, is a Lysine 23 to Glutamic acid (K23E) substitution in the gene for Orc6. Researchers have now put that mutant human gene into […]
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