CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky details the status of coronavirus vaccine production and distribution on Fox News Sunday
A Queens nursing home in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak withheld potentially lifesaving vaccines from rehab patients, leaving a New York City councilman’s 96-year-old mother and others to catch the contagion.
Dry Harbor Nursing Home in Middle Village where 44 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Dec. 22 vaccinated its long-term residents shortly before Christmas, but not patients admitted for short-term care after being discharged from hospitals, Councilman Robert Holden told The Post.
Holden’s mom, Anne, and others finally did get shots in a second vaccination round on Jan. 13, but it was too little, too late, the furious Queens Democrat said.
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The study showed centenarians without cognitive decline despite risk factors.
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COVID-19’s impact on dementia patients
Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are battling COVID-19 threats and the dangers of isolation.STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images
Dementia and Alzheimer s disease may not be an inevitable part of aging, according to a recent Dutch study, which identified 100-year-olds with high cognitive performance despite risk factors for decline.
This six-year study of centenarians people who are over 100 years old found that despite high levels of a brain marker associated with cognitive decline, called amyloid beta, these centenarians were still sharp and performed well on cognitive tests. The researchers concluded these elderly subjects may have resilience mechanisms protecting them from memory loss.
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At least 29 people were arrested and multiple protesters were hospitalized on Monday night after the NYPD broke up a Black Lives Matter march held in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Demonstrators who had gathered at Barclays Center earlier in the night said they were immediately corralled by officers after emerging from the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge at around 8:30 p.m. Videos show NYPD officers pushing the group into City Hall Park and surrounding them, then charging into the crowd with batons to make arrests.
In one instance, an officer with the NYPD s Strategic Response Group was seen rushing a protester who had stepped through a porous series of barricades, pulling him from a curb and detaining him with several other officers. Friends of the person said he was singled out for arrest after briefly stepping onto the roadway. As of Tuesday morning, the NYPD had not provided a list of charges for the protesters.