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FILE - This May 4, 2020, file photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shows the first patient enrolled in Pfizer s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. The German pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer say they have submitted an application for conditional approval of their coronavirus vaccine with the European Medicines Agency. (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File) (University of Maryland School of Medicine)
Los Angeles has become the new U.S. epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to a combination of COVID-19 fatigue, large numbers of essential workers exposed on the job, high population density, inconsistent political messaging, to name just some of the contributing factors.
The news outlet interviewed 31 epidemiologists, public health experts, and public officials to piece together reasons for the area s surge, where the idea of rationing care has been floated across its hospitals.
Cases started to tick up in early November, and by Thanksgiving week, 4,000 people were testing positive each day in L.A. County. Now, the average is 14,000 new cases per day. It s estimated that 1 in 95 people in the county are currently infected with coronavirus, and there were 9,400 deaths when the article published late last week.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. â Saratoga Hospital has been designated a Center of Excellence for Antimicrobial Stewardship in recognition of its best practices in prescribing antimicrobials and fighting drug resistance.
Saratoga Hospital is the first in the region, and one of 109 organizations nationwide, to earn this designation from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Others on the list include Mayo Clinic Hospital-Rochester in Minnesota, Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and New York Presbyterian Hospital â The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell in New York City.
Antimicrobials are drugs - including antibiotics, antifungals and antivirals - that are used to prevent and treat infections. Because they can speed healing and save lives, these drugs have transformed the practice of medicine. However, they can have unwanted side effects and, if overprescribed, can help create drug-resistant infections.
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LOS ANGELES California surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic and officials disclosed Thursday that three more cases involving a mutant variant of the virus have been confirmed in San Diego County.
A pedestrian passes a sign at a Forward health care location in San Francisco on Wednesday.
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The grim developments came as an ongoing surge swamps hospitals and pushes nurses and doctors to the breaking point as they brace for another likely increase after the holidays.
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