OSHA’s New Emergency Temporary Standard
As the coronavirus pandemic worsens, a new emergency temporary standard has been released by The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The standard provides new guidelines to protect healthcare workers from contracting COVID-19. Those who are likely to come in contact with the virus are the focal point of the new standard. […]
Lack of Hospital Beds Due to COVID-19
Hospitals Are Experiencing Bed Shortages The highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant has increased hospital visits greatly. The number of hospitalized patients due to the variant has reached over 100,000. This approaches record numbers of hospital beds filled. The increase in patients leaves hospitals understaffed and with limited resources. Because of this, other patients in need […]
The Push To Ban Cloth Masks
The use of cloth masks rose to popularity in the earliest stages of the pandemic; however, research shows cloth masks are less effective than medical masks. Due to the more transmissible COVID-19 variants emerging, such as delta, many countries are making the decision to ban cloth masks. It is unknown if America will follow […]
New COVID-19 Variants Are Emerging
New COVID-19 variants have been emerging over the course of the pandemic; these include: alpha, beta, gamma and delta. Delta is the newest, more transmissible variant and poses a great threat, especially to those unvaccinated. Scientists are closely monitoring existing, as well as new variants, in order to take necessary action. How These Variants Occur […]
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 […]
Teen COVID-19 Hospital Cases Rise
COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations in U.S. Teens In the months of March and April, the United States has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases among its teenage population. Many of these cases resulted in hospitalizations. Of the hospitalized teens, one- third required intensive care and five percent needed mechanical ventilation. Causes Behind the Hospitalizations Over […]
COVID- 19 Vaccine Availability Expanded to Adolescents
The COVID- 19 pandemic has taken the world by surprise. As a result, it has created a great public health burden. In an effort to fight the disease, Pfizer-BioNTech is one of several pharmaceutical companies to create a COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 has affected all age groups and within the span of one year, approximately 1.5 […]
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 […]
J&J requests FDA emergency authorization for C19 vaccine
By Zion Samuel On February 4, 2021, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced its request for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The FDA is generally expected to approve J&J’s application. As a result, the U.S. would have three Covid vaccines in use. How the J&J Vaccine Compares to Others Currently, Pfizer and […]
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. […]
A slow start to COVID-19 vaccine effort
As the U.S. continues to roll out the COVID-19 vaccines, cases are continuing to increase significantly. Hospitalizations across the country are reaching new record highs since the beginning of the pandemic. On Tuesday, there were reports of 130,834 COVID-19 hospitalizations and 3,684 fatalities. This is the second-highest death toll in a day, according to Reuters. […]
U.S. begins COVID-19 Vaccination
The United States swiftly prepares for COVID-19 vaccination as the death toll approaches 300,000. On Friday, health officials finalized plans to begin the distribution of the vaccine across the U.S. The U.S. saw a new record high of over 3000 COVID-19 deaths in a day on Wednesday, December 10, according to the Washington Post. This […]