COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expands to 16 and over in NY
April 6, 2021
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1of3A nurse fills a syringe with a dose of the Johnson & Johnson s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaxmobile, at the Uniondale Hempstead Senior Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Uniondale, N.Y. The Vaxmobile, is a COVID-19 mobile vaccination unit, sponsored by a partnership between Mount Sinai South Nassau and Town of Hempstead to bring the one-dose vaccine directly to hard-hit communities in the area.Mary Altaffer/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021 file photo, Pastor Darryl Frazier, left, and State Sen. Leroy Comrie get a COVID-19 vaccine before the opening of a mass vaccination site in the Queens borough of New York. New Yorkers over 16 years old can sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Tuesday, April 6 a major expansion of eligibility as the state seeks to immunize as many people as possible.Seth Wenig/APShow MoreShow Less
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Pro-choice activists supporting legal access to abortion protest during a demonstration outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, March 4, 2020.
With more than 500 pieces of anti-abortion legislation under consideration in state legislatures around the country, New Mexico’s passage of SB 10, which decriminalized abortion, bucked the nationwide trend.
Only one other state passed abortion rights legislation this year. Because the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to consider and rule on an unconstitutional abortion ban in the next few years, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains President and Chief Executive Officer Vicki Cowart called the passage and signing of New Mexico’s bill to repeal an abortion ban “critical,” and a “key to protecting reproductive rights.”
Officials: 6 sickened by Salmonella linked to songbirds
April 5, 2021
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) Six Washington residents have become ill in an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium, believed to be linked to wild songbirds, particularly Pine Siskins, state health officials said Monday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 19 cases of Salmonella in eight states, the Washington state Department of Health said.
Washington state on Monday reported one case each in Clark, King, Lewis, Kitsap, Spokane and Thurston counties. Three Washington cases have required hospitalization, officials said. No further information about how people were infected was released.
Salmonella germs can spread between species of birds, to pets and to people, officials said.
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New study says masks & ventilation are better measures to stop Covid spread than social distancing
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In the research, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, the researchers created a computer model of a classroom with students and a teacher.
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WASHINGTON: Masks and a good ventilation system are more important than social distancing for reducing the airborne spread of Covid-19 inside a room, a modelling study suggests.
In the research, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, the researchers created a computer model of a classroom with students and a teacher.
They then modelled airflow and disease transmission, and calculated airborne-driven transmission risk.