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CDC relaxes its advice about wearing masks outdoors Bicyclists and a runner wear masks at Santa Monica Beach. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) By Mike Stobbe Print U.S. health officials say fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks outdoors anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers, and those who are unvaccinated can go without a face covering outside in some cases, too. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the updated guidance Tuesday in yet a...

Doctors scramble to understand long Covid, but causes and prognosis are elusive One night in March 2020, Joy Wu felt like her heart was going to explode. She tried to get up and fell down. She didnt recognize friends names in her list of phone contacts. Remembering how to dial 9-1-1 took "quite a bit of time," she recalled recently. Wu, 38, didnt have a fever, cough or sore throat — the symptoms most associated with Covid-19 at the time — so doctors at the hospital told her she was having a...

The Jefferson Educational Society will hold two Global Summit speaker series this year after COVID-19 forced organizers to postpone last years event. While registration continues for Global Summit XII — a free digital speaker series over a three-week period from May 10 to May 27 — a second, in-person summit speaker series has been finalized for late October and early November, according to a Jefferson Educational Society news release.  The second summit, Global Summit XIII, will be a seri...

2021 to Feature Global Summit Double Dip Jefferson Educational Societys signature speaker series gets two installments by Matt Swanseger Ali Zaidi, April Ryan, David Ignatius, Leana Wen, and Rasahwn Ray will take part in the latest Jefferson Educational Society Global Summit This year, the Jefferson Educational Society is challenging hungry minds to a dual. Not only will its signature Global Summit speaker series be back, it will be back ...

Local UAB doctor speak about Johnson and Johnson Vaccine

Eries Jefferson Educational Society will host Global Summit XII, a free digital speaker series, May 10 through May 27. Speakers will include White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi, an Edinboro native; pandemic experts Leana Wen and Michael Saag; astronomer Avi Loeb; and authors and media experts David Ignatius, Susan Page, Karen Tumulty, April Ryan, James Fallows and Deborah Fallows. Also featured will be conservative scholar Nile Gardiner; urban experts Camille Busette...

Epidemiologists and other public health experts are debating whether to use rapid COVID-19 tests as admission tickets to schools, businesses and entertainment and sports venues.

More younger people are being hospitalized with COVID-19 Younger people are now ending up in hospitals around the state and country. It’s a big shift from before. (Source: WBRC) By Josh Gauntt | April 7, 2021 at 5:10 AM CDT - Updated April 7 at 8:37 AM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Younger people are now ending up in hospitals around the state and country. It’s a big shift from before. People between the ages of 20 and 50 are now being hospitalized with COVID-19 at UAB, according t...

Table of Contents Health Officials Split on Rapid COVID Tests as Admission Tickets Spectators wait in a security line outside Yankee Stadium before an opening day baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 1. Schools, businesses and sports and entertainment venues are considering rapid COVID-19 tests as a requirement for entry. John Minchillo The Associated Press Epidemiologists and other public health experts are debating whether to use rapid COVID-19 tests as...

UAB infectious diseases specialist reflects on the past year in a pandemic Dr. Saag reflects on COVID-19 fight By Chasity Maxie | March 13, 2021 at 7:34 PM CST - Updated March 13 at 7:34 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - It was 365 days ago that a UAB infectious diseases specialist was diagnosed with COVID-19. We have often looked to Dr. Michael Saag for guidance during this coronavirus pandemic, and on Friday the 13th in March of last year, he himself was diagnosed with the virus. And he said ...