Many visitors go without masks on the River Walk
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Some visitors to downtown San Antonio and the River Walk are seen not wearing masks on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Some visitors to downtown San Antonio and the River Walk are seen not wearing masks on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Some visitors to downtown San Antonio and the River Walk are seen not wearing masks on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.Photos by Kin Man Hui / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Some visitors to downtown San Antonio and the River Walk are seen not wearing masks on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
The COVID-19 vaccines are here, and they’re being distributed by the millions. Chances are, you know at least one person who has received one. But as welcome as these long-awaited shots are, they’re also stirring up some controversy especially among those in the chronic community, who (understandably) have some questions. Like are these vaccines safe for everyone? And will they interact with my medications? Also, what are the side-effect risks?
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We hear you. And we’re taking your questions straight from our Facebook pages to the desks of top chronic disease experts as part of our original series #ChronicVaxFacts. Today’s expert is Lisa Zaba, M.D., Ph.D., a dermatologist with Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, CA. We asked Dr. Zaba to answer questions from psoriasis patients about the COVID vaccine.
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Psoriatic arthritis is best known for the damage it can do to your joints, but changes to your nails both fingernails and toenails can also signal that something is amiss inside your body.
Nail problems are a predictor of psoriatic arthritis as well as a common symptom, according to Francis C. Luk, MD, a rheumatologist at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He describes a condition called pitting: “It can look as though someone took a sharp pin and just punctured the nails multiple times. That’s a sign that psoriatic arthritis is going to develop, if it hasn’t already,” he says.
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For safety’s sake, wear a mask if you’re inside with people you don’t live with.
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As Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s approach, many of us are looking forward to celebrating the season. But with cases of the novel coronavirus skyrocketing across the country, infectious disease experts are worried about the ramifications of holiday gatherings and travel.
“Our numbers of deaths and COVID-19 cases have never been so high and our hospitals have never been so stressed,” says Paul Pottinger, MD, an infectious disease doctor at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. “A lot of that is a direct consequence of people making poor decisions at Thanksgiving.”
Only seven residents were scheduled to receive a COVID-19 vaccine
On Friday, residents and fellows protested the vaccination plan
The health care system has vowed to improve its algorithm to allow for more residents and fellows on the front lines to be vaccinated against COVID-19
Stanford is under fire and pledging to make changes after its plan to vaccinate doctors largely left out workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle.
With vaccinations underway across the country, health care workers directly battling the coronavirus have been prioritized for inoculation across the nation.
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At Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, California, however, front-line workers were passed over in favor of specialists who aren t expected to regularly see COVID-19 patients.