CHICAGO, Dec. 23, 2020 — “A comprehensive report released today in the 2020 Journal of The Professional Lawyer surveying more than 1,000 judges across the United States suggests job stress has become a serious health concern in the state judicial ranks, with about one-third or more reporting fatigue and low energy, sleep disturbance or disturbed… Continue Reading
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How a torrent of COVID science changed research publishing
Nature – “A flood of coronavirus research swept websites and journals this year. It changed how and what scientists study, a Nature analysis shows The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted science in 2020 — and transformed research publishing, show data collated and analysed by Nature Around 4% of the world’s research output was devoted to the coronavirus… Continue Reading
What are your chances of dying from COVID? This calculator gives you a hint
Maimi Herald via Yahoo News – “What are your chances of dying from COVID? This calculator gives you a hint..Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health developed an online calculator that can answer these questions. The tool, which is updated on a weekly basis, incorporates information on mortality risks and statistics from… Continue Reading
How scarce will coronavirus vaccines be in the US? It depends on where you live.
Vox: “With a record number of Americans dying of Covid-19 every day, immunizing the public against the virus is more urgent than ever. But hundreds of millions of people in the US are simply going to have to wait — probably several months — to get a vaccine. Instead of the 300 million doses the… Continue Reading
COVID-19 Reported Patient Impact and Hospital Capacity by Facility
The Accountability Project: “This dataset provides facility-level data for hospital utilization overall, and for COVID patients, on a weekly basis (Friday to Thursday) since July 31. The data come directly from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We have not reviewed the data for accuracy. The data is released each Monday with data… Continue Reading
How can I find out which company makes my generic drug?
Katherine Eban – investigative journalist, Vanity Fair contributor and Andrew Carnegie fellow (also see her TEDMED Talk here). “A: Typically, the manufacturer name will be listed on the pill bottle’s dispensing label. However, this isn’t always the case. If you can’t find the name of the manufacturer on the packaging, call your pharmacist and ask… Continue Reading
How Will You Know If Your Neighbors Have Gotten the Vaccine?
Lifehacker: “…Experts agree the government is highly unlikely to mandate civilians get a COVID vaccination. So how do we get enough people to take it to functionally end the pandemic? A least 70 percent of the population will likely need get the vaccine before we reach herd immunity, the point at which person-to-person spread becomes… Continue Reading
Estimates of the Initial Priority Population for COVID-19 Vaccination by State
KFF: “On December 1, 2020, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC), issued an initial recommendation, adopted by the CDC director, that health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities should be the first to be offered a COVID-19 vaccine once it is authorized or… Continue Reading
The “two dose” problem for Covid-19 vaccines, briefly explained
Vox – The Covid-19 vaccine requires two doses. Studies show as many as 50 percent of people could miss the second one. “When we talk about the Covid-19 vaccines, we aren’t necessarily talking about people getting one shot, then being done and good to go. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines — which are the… Continue Reading
Infected after 5 minutes from 20 feet away: South Korea study shows coronavirus’ spread indoors
LA Times [paywall / Free via Yahoo News]: ” Dr. Lee Ju-hyung has largely avoided restaurants in recent months, but on the few occasions he’s dined out, he’s developed a strange, if sensible, habit: whipping out a small anemometer to check the airflow. It’s a precaution he has been taking since a June experiment in… Continue Reading
Here’s Why Vaccinated People Still Need to Wear a Mask
The New York Times – “The new Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna seem to be remarkably good at preventing serious illness. But it’s unclear how well they will curb the spread of the coronavirus. That’s because the Pfizer and Moderna trials tracked only how many vaccinated people became sick with Covid-19. That leaves open… Continue Reading
FDA Briefing Document Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting – December 10, 2020 – FDA Briefing Document Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: “On November 20, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech (the Sponsor) submitted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request to FDA for an investigational COVID-19 vaccine (BNT162b2) intended to prevent COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2… Continue Reading
