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Depending on what type of mask or face covering you wear for COVID-19 you still may have to social distance. A new study from Florida Atlantic University shows non-surgical face coverings effectiveness through visualization. The researchers simulated a person coughing or sneezing to capture the release of droplets with a face-covering visually. To do so […]
Pfizer and BioNTech have been hard at work researching and testing a possible vaccine against the coronavirus. On Wednesday, the pharmaceutical companies announced that initial trials looked promising and seemed optimistic about the future of the vaccine. In the most recent trial, 45 people were tested. 36 of them received the vaccine and 9 got […]
Recently, AMC Theaters announced that it planned on re opening its theaters in mid July with new social distancing seating arrangements, as well as more policies that would reflect current CDC guidelines. On Monday that they would be pushing their re opening date so that it corresponds with Warner Bros. decision to postpone the release […]
Ever since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, protests and demonstrations have swept the nation and world, despite the fact that there is a global pandemic going on at the same time. A new study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research is showing that there is no evidence that COVID-19 […]
So far there hasn’t been a concrete decision made on whether schools will be open in the fall. Rising COVID-19 rates across the U.S. are making the decision to switch back to in person learning very difficult, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo. While New York has significantly lower coronavirus numbers than the rest of the […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci has finally resurfaced after well… we don’t really know we can only assume but he has been pretty low key for a while. Dr. Fauci is the leading infectious disease expert so hearing from after these last few weeks is oddly comforting. He was recently a part of the Aspen Ideas Festival […]
Two of Monte Alban’s three locations have closed temporarily after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday night. While there is no information being provided as to when the Ridge road and Empire Boulevard locations will be opening, the restaurant shared a post on their Facebook page that said: “Because we reopened with masks […]
On Thursday, Texas reported its highest spike in coronavirus cases since it began re opening. The governor has since paused the scheduled phase in response to the more than 6000 new cases that were reported in one day. The combined numbers in the 30 states that have begun reopening procedures have set a record for […]
As the country begins to re open, many top health officials are beginning to consider what would happen if there was a second wave of shutdowns due to another wave of COVID-19 hospitalizations. According to Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a professor at George Washington School of Medicine, the country may have to face the fact that […]
The Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers to stop using all hand sanitizers made by Eskbiochem SA de CV. The company is out of Mexico. The FDA found methanol alcohol at 81% in samples they tested from the Lavar 70 Gel brand instead of ethyl alcohol. In its CleanCare NoGerm brand sanitizer there was […]
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