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Six residents die as large COVID-19 outbreak ‘devastates’ nursing home
For the staff who work tirelessly and develop close relationships with residents who they have grown to love. So, literally 19 days before we were due to be vaccinated, Covid hit. There's no room for complacency at all", Mr Daly told Morning Ireland. "Chief Peltier and the staff of the Wikwemikong Nursing Home are champions and Public Health Sudbury & Districts are proud to support them in this hi... [Full Article...]
COVID-19 survivors suffer long-term effects after recovery: Lancet
The results show 63 percent of the patients are troubled by fatigue or muscle weakness, and 26 percent are encountered with sleep difficulties. They said anxiety or depression was reported among 23% of patients. Your intestinal bacteria might be altered by COVID-19, which could affect how sick you become with the disease and potentially how long it lasts, according to a new study. [Full Article...]
House votes to impeach Trump for 2nd time
Days after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol, 40 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents said they would vote for President Donald Trump if he ran in the 2024 Republican primary, a drop in support over the last two months, according to a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll released on Wednesday. [Full Article...]
Vaccinated Montreal care-home residents test positive for COVID-19
However it notes there can be exceptions, particularly when vaccine supplies are so hard to come by and the spread of the virus in a given jurisdiction is rapid. The province should receive 28,275 Pfizer and 20,700 Moderna doses this week, according to information from the federal government. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is administered to a personal support worker at the Ottawa Hospital... [Full Article...]
Columbus political expert weighs in on impeachment proceedings
Biden on January 21, his first day in office, for "abuse of power". A group of 10 House Republicans joined Democrats to impeach Trump for inciting a deadly riot at the US Capitol last week. The shortest impeachment trial in United States history took three weeks. "The president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters", said House Republican Leader Kevin McCar... [Full Article...]
Moderna becomes third Covid vaccine approved in the UK
Moderna vaccine is the second to be approved by the European Medicines Agency. "The advantage of this good news is: We have already a contract - so no lengthy negotiations anymore", European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement . [Full Article...]
Vaccine panel says Canada can delay second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Ontario is expected to receive more than 1 million doses while Manitoba will get more than 101,000 doses. "We are aiming for 1 billion doses in 2021. The province should receive 28,275 Pfizer and 20,700 Moderna doses this week, according to information from the federal government. That should come in the last week of January or the first week of February, Stoffels said. [Full Article...]
Another common cold virus? Modeling SARS-CoV-2's progress through the ages
For the study, published on Wednesday in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), the team analysed the ability of SARS-CoV-2 to invade human brain organoids (miniature 3D organs grown in the lab from human stem cells). However, researchers are still figuring out how those components translate to protection against disease or transmission. The other two viruses studied, SARS and MERS ,... [Full Article...]