Game five of the NBA Playoffs as the Phoenix Suns take on the Los Angeles Lakers is shaping up to be the largest gathering in the Valley in over a year.
Many experiencing long-term brain fog after COVID-19 diagnosis
Some people are experiencing long-term brain fog after a coronavirus diagnosis.
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That fuzzy, confusing, light-headed feeling that some people who have had COVID just can t seem to shake also known as brain fog. Brain fog is not a medical term, but we ve all felt it, right? says ABC15 Health Insider Dr. Janice Johnston with Redirect Health. We ve taken an antihistamine or maybe something that s a sedating kind of drug. Or maybe feeling a little under the weather or jet-lagged, or that kind of thing?
Dr. Johnston explains that feeling typically goes away once you start feeling better, but for some, the brain fog has a hard time clearing up. Dr. Johnston tells us there are a number of factors.
How concerned should we be about global COVID-19 outbreaks?
An ABC15 Health Insider explains how worldwide infections can impact Americans.
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In the global society we live in, how devastating and dangerous could COVID-19 outbreaks abroad be to us right here in Arizona? The big thing we are worried about right now is the variants, explains ABC15 Health Insider Dr. Janice Johnston of Redirect Health. And this is what viruses will do. They will start to mutate and vary. And what we think right now is that the vaccines are being quite effective with these variants, but time will tell.
The CDC recently updated guidelines about wearing a mask outdoors, but as far as indoors, the advice is to leave that mask on. But if you're fully vaccinated, why can't you take it off?
What s concerning about rare cases of Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine blood clots
Right now, researchers are still trying to get to the bottom of the blood clot mystery with possible connections to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
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Right now, researchers are still trying to get to the bottom of the blood clot mystery with possible connections to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
But ABC15 Health Insider Dr. Janice Johnston of Redirect Health says even if there is a connection, it s still very uncommon. The biggest thing to keep in mind is that this is very rare, she explains. There have been six cases in about seven million doses. To try to put that into perspective. This is a very rare type of thing. but it is significant and potentially very serious.