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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky testified before the Senate Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday, days after announcing new guidance on mask-wearing for fully vaccinated people.
Walensky was asked repeatedly about the new recommendations and the impact they could have on getting Americans vaccinated. She emphasized that the country is not “homogenous,” and given the disproportionate rates of vaccination particularly for people of color who are more at risk said decisions about whether to remove mask mandates must be made at the local level.
“That scientific data was enough for us to move forward,” Walensky said of the decision on the mask guidance. “People said we moved too slow, we moved too fast. We moved at the speed that science gave us.”
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Researchers discovered a case of a Covid-19 patient with blood clots in his arm
The study found that people with existing conditions have a higher chance of developing blood clots when infected with Covid-19
The authors recommend that healthcare practitioners test for blood clots in Covid-19 patients
Scientists from the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in the United States found the first case of a Covid-19 patient with blood clots in his upper arm.
The research published in the journal
Viruses assessed how inflammation caused by Covid-19 can lead to upper extremity blood clots and how best to treat them.
First Case of COVID-19 Triggering Recurrent Clots in Arm
By Robert Preidt
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, May 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) Researchers have reported the first case of COVID-19 causing dangerous, recurring blood clots in a patient s arm.
The report offers new insight into how the damage of inflammation caused by COVID-19 can linger and how best to treat recurring clots, the Rutgers University researchers said.
There have been reports of lower extremity blood clots in patients after COVID-19, but this is the first known case in which COVID-19 triggered a blood clot recurrence in the upper arm.
The patient was an active 85-year-old man who had a prior diagnosis of upper extremity blood clots, according to the study published online recently in the journal