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Younger adolescents get ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine
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Olivia Edwards, left, 13, of Flourtown, Pa., gets a bandage from registered nurse Philene Moore after getting a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination at a Montgomery County, Pa. Office of Public Health vaccination clinic at the King of Prussia Mall, Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in King of Prussia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
MISSION, Kan. – Parents, schools and vaccine clinics rushed to begin inoculating younger adolescents Tuesday after U.S. regulators endorsed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 12, a decision seen as a breakthrough in allowing classroom instruction to resume safely around the country.
Life after stroke: Questions and answers about stroke rehabilitation
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May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and physiatrist Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio answers some questions about stroke rehabilitation. A life after stroke is possible. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio SAN ANTONIO (PRWEB) April 30, 2021 May is National Stroke Awareness Month the perfect time to remind us of the F-A-S-T way to detect a stroke:
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TIME to call 911
Time lost is brain lost, so if you or a loved one think a stroke has occurred, seek help FAST.
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Still, they have long COVID symptoms.
Kristin Novotny once led an active life, with regular CrossFit workouts and football in the front yard with her children plus a job managing the kitchen at a middle school. Now, the 33-year-old mother of two from De Pere, Wisconsin, has to rest after any activity, even showering. Conversations leave her short of breath.
More Exercise Lowers Risk of Severe COVID-19: Study
April 19, 2021 Add another potential benefit to getting the recommended amount of physical activity each week: people who exercised regularly and then tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were less likely to experience more severe COVID-19 outcomes, a new study shows.
Importantly, even people who could not realistically exercise 150 minutes or more per week still experienced significant benefits compared with people who said they exercised 10 minutes or less.
Compared with the most active people in the study those who exercised 150 minutes or more every week patients with COVID-19 who were consistently inactive were 226% more likely to be hospitalized, 173% more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), and 149% more likely to die.