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Adam and his friends met for oysters and wine at Angelo s Taverna in Denver s Capitol Hill neighborhood to celebrate his birthday, just a few days after dining in was allowed again. Jan. 5, 2020.
In the space of a few weeks starting around Halloween, the number of COVID-19 patients in Dr. Sandeep Vijan’s Pueblo hospital grew from 10 to almost 140.
“We were at that point all hands on deck for COVID care,” said Vijan, chief medical officer at Parkview Medical Center. Staff were pushed to the limit as they shut down all non-emergency surgeries and triaged resources. At one point they were so full they had to transfer COVID patients to other hospitals. The county brought a freezer truck to the coroner’s office to handle the bodies.
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Noncognitive skills and cognitive abilities are both important contributors to educational attainment the number of years of formal schooling that a person completes and lead to success across the life course, according to a new study from an international team led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the University of Texas at Austin, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The research provides evidence for the idea that inheriting genes that affect things other than cognitive ability are important for understanding differences in people s life outcomes. Until now there had been questions about what these noncognitive skills are and how much they really matter for life outcomes. The new findings are published in the journal
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A study led by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health researchers examines attitudes toward long-acting injectable (LAI) HIV therapies, among women with a history of injection including medical purposes and substance use. The findings appear in the journal
AIDS Patient Care and STDs.
Currently, most HIV therapies for treatment and prevention (pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP) necessitate daily pills, which pose barriers to adherence. Recently, however, LAI for HIV has emerged as an alternative with the potential to boost adherence, although little research has been done on how people with a history of injection feel about these new forms of injectable HIV therapy. There 258,000 women in the United States living with HIV.
GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Pandemic leading to more ‘couch potato kids’ Schools, parents combat the Quarantine 15 The VanSkike family, from left: Amanda, Gavin, Gentry and Todd, is out for a nice bike ride at Veterans Memorial Park in Great Bend in this undated file photo. Families and schools continue to find ways for children to stay active during the pandemic.
Remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for educators, including the challenge to make sure kids stay physically active. Many parents and pediatricians are also concerned that the trend of not being active has led to weight gain in children.
Virus Numbers Are Surging. Why Is New Yorkâs Vaccine Rollout Sluggish?
With a new variant of the virus emerging elsewhere in the country, itâs crucial to vaccinate New Yorkers quickly. But so far, only about 88,000 have received the shots.
Virus numbers were soaring in New York City as 2020 came to a close.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
Jan. 1, 2021
As the final hours ticked away in a harrowing year, New York City on Thursday once again found itself in a worrying position in the pandemic: Hospitalizations were climbing for the fourth consecutive month, the positive test rate in some areas had doubled and vaccinations that were supposed to bring normalcy had gotten off to a slow start.