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What Is Acute Heart Failure? Here’s What You Need to Know Lisa Marie Conklin
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What is heart failure?
If ever there were a prize awarded for most misleading name given to a medical condition, heart failure would win hands down. Heart failure (also called congestive heart failure) is a terrible name which suggests the heart has stopped working completely, says Anthony Steimle, MD, a cardiologist and assistant physician in chief of cardiovascular services at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, California. In fact, the heart has
not stopped working. The heart muscle, however, is damaged.
Specifically, the heart can become weak and unable to pump blood (systolic heart failure), or the heart can become stiff and unable to fill with blood adequately (diastolic heart failure).
Santa Clara County plans to expand COVID-19 vaccination centers despite uncertainty over supply
Demand for the COVID-19 vaccine is far exceeding the amount that s available.
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For now, the county can only accommodate health care workers and those 75 and up.
Demand for the COVID-19 vaccine is far exceeding the amount that s available.
And in the Bay Area s biggest county, officials say they continue to be hamstrung by the federal government. We learned a few days ago for example that the federal government was going to release stockpiles of vaccines that were being held were for second doses. We learned this (Friday) morning no stockpile exists, said James Williams, Santa Clara County Counsel.
It s unlikely that Palo Alto Unified middle and high schools will reopen for hybrid instruction this academic year, Superintendent Don Austin said, meaning hundreds of students might go without in-classroom instruction for over a year.
Busy phone lines and crashed websites: Bay Area seniors hit hurdles in race to get vaccinated
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1of8Marian Sullivan (left) of San Francisco receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination from medical assistant Lori Viramontes (right) at the new COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Sutter Health in San Francisco on Thursday, January 14, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif. Sutter Health is only vaccinating seniors aged 75 and older and not yet vaccinating those seniors 65-74 years old.Lea Suzuki/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of8Nurse Stephanie Contreras (hands at right) shows Yvonne Gavre (left) of San Francisco the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination she is about to receive at the new COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Sutter Health in San Francisco on Thursday, January 14, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif. Sutter Health is only vaccinating seniors aged 75 and older and not yet vaccinating those seniors 65-74 years old.Lea Suzuki/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less