University of Virginia Health System discusses new COVID-19 strain and more
UVA HEALTH WVIR By Daniel Grimes | December 23, 2020 at 6:58 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 6:58 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -The University of Virginia Health System now has the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. An infectious disease expert made the announcement at a news conference Wednesday afternoon, confirming the current vaccine works for the new strain in the United Kingdom.
Nearly 1,600 healthcare professionals with UVA Health have received the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Costi Sifri says the current plan is to have the entire healthcare system vaccinated by the end of March.
No. 1 news release on EurekAlert! s 2020 Trending List smashes previous all-time record for visits
The most-visited news release on EurekAlert! in 2020 racked up just under 1 million hits - the most in the site s near 25-year history.
The University of California, Riverside release is one of three about brain health on the 2020 Trending list in a year when COVID-19 dominated headlines across the globe. It described a mouse study that showed soybean oil induced negative changes to genes affecting neurological conditions like autism and Alzheimer s disease. The news release registered an unprecedented 987,050 visits, surpassing the previous record set in 2017 for yearly total views of a single release by almost 10%.
Vatican: COVID-19 vaccines are morally acceptable
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Pope Francis approved Monday a note from the Vatican s doctrinal office that said use of vaccines linked to aborted fetuses was morally acceptable. File Photo by Stefano Spaziani/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 21 (UPI) The Vatican s doctrinal office said Monday it was morally OK for Catholics to receive COVID-19 vaccines tied to aborted fetuses for the sake of the common good.
The note from the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith said use of COVID-19 vaccines produced with cell lines derived from two aborted fetuses in the 1960s was morally acceptable, amid the pandemic.
How long have you lived in Fluvanna County? What brought you here?
“12 years. Prior to this my husband and I lived in Baltimore County north of Baltimore. We were tired of driving down 95 into work and seeing nothing but concrete everywhere. When we would visit our friends in Crozet we hated leaving and always said we couldn’t wait to come back down. Then one day we just said it was time and moved down here.”
Tell us about your family.
“My husband’s name is Steve; we have two boys Zachary (10) and Bennett (7). We also have two dogs Eutaw and Camden.”
Dec 16, 2020
(METRO) Life changed dramatically in 2020. When the World Health Organization declared a COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, hundreds of millions of people across the globe were forced to change how they go about their daily lives, including how they exercise.
Health-conscious adults accustomed to exercising at local gyms had to find new ways to exercise in the wake of the pandemic. Many gyms were forced to close in areas hit hard by COVID-19, and that left many people without access to fitness equipment like weights and cardiovascular machines. Resilient men and women soon found ways to exercise, and many of them embraced walking.