Universal Masking Lifted
The Center for Disease Control has recently changed their universal COVID-19 masking protocol in hospitals and other facilities. Now, unless healthcare providers work in areas with high COVID-19 levels or have other specific circumstances, they do not need to wear masks at work. This change is a result of increased vaccination rates and decreased infection […]
New CDC Guidelines on COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a statement saying that people no longer need to quarantine if they are exposed to someone with COVID-19. This recommendation also holds for people not fully vaccinated. The CDC guidelines state that exposed people now only need to wear masks while indoors for up to 10 days. […]
CDC Recommends Tuberculosis Testing for Healthcare Personnel
The CDC recommends testing and screening healthcare personnel for tuberculosis (TB) upon hiring. Doing so aligns with TB Infection Control Plans or state regulations. Personnel included should be anyone working or volunteering in the healthcare setting. Annual tuberculosis education should also be provided for healthcare workers. This education explains the risk factors, possible signs and symptoms […]
AMC Offering Continuing Education (CME) Courses
AMC offers 22 courses approved for Continuing Medical Education (CME): This Enduring Material activity, Meaningful Use, has been reviewed and is acceptable for credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Term of approval begins 06/13/2018. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the […]
Vaccine rollout speed should pick up in the coming days, says CDC head
By Akiva O’Connor There’s no doubt that we are all anxious to see the end of COVID-19. And for the most part we are hanging our hopes on the rollout of the approved vaccines. People’s patience, however, wore thin over the past ten months. We were sent into lockdowns. Many of us lost our jobs. […]
COVID-19: Mask Enforcement, a Losing Battle for Industries
Current Headlines Considering the resurgence of COVID-19 in the United States, entire industries are scrambling to maintain consistency in mitigation measures. In addition to the numerous patchwork guidance introduced by government and health entities, implementing respective policies among businesses and healthcare facilities grows to a challenge. Particularly, certain customers and patrons, even employees, express opposition […]
The Trump Administration on COVID-19
Case Counts Around the United States Around the country, the number of coronavirus cases is increasing daily. Even though case counts are rising, The Trump Administration thinks the virus is under control. On Sunday, Florida reported a 12,000 case increase. This is the fifth consecutive day that Florida’s daily case count has surpassed 10,000. However, […]
Cosmetology Redo Reopen
In close contact The cosmetology industry and its sub-sectors, like hairstyling, are in peril after establishments reopen across the country. As mentioned in a previous post, two Missouri stylists exposed over 140 clients and 7 coworkers with COVID-19 over the span of eight days. The Great Clips stylists wore PPE and maintained proper sanitary practices […]
Coronavirus Cases Continue to Rise
An Increase in Coronavirus Cases As of today, the number of coronavirus cases around the world is still increasing. According to the World Health Organization’s director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO — the most in a single day since the outbreak began.” Of […]
Understaffed, Underpaid, Unappreciated
Throughout the Corona virus pandemic, essential workers across the U.S. held strikes protesting unsafe working conditions and subpar compensation. Such concerns are emerging from nearly every essential industry such as food services, manufacturing, transportation, retail, and healthcare. As the country comes closer to a reopen, labor unions and protesters hope discussions with employers can produce […]
COVID-19 and Chloroquine
As researchers are coming closer to a solution for COVID-19, the anti-malarial drug, Chloroquine, surfaced as a possible treatment for mild to severe cases of the virus. Accordingly, such proclamations by many, including President Trump and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, immediately caused a national shortage. The appeal of Chloroquine and its derivative, Hydroxychloroquine, comes […]
New Trials for COVID-19 Vaccine
New Trials for a COVID-19 Vaccine are starting. In Seattle, Washington; the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute or ((KPWHRI) just entered phase one in its progress to devise a vaccine. This study evaluates 45 healthy adults who are are asymptomatic and not ill of the flu, cold, and COVID-19. The experimental study is projected […]