Study: 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year--And The Government Barely Kept Track

More Than 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year--And The Government Barely Kept Track by Christina Jewett and Robert Lewis and Melissa Bailey.  December 23, 2020.   

"A Logistical Nightmare"

 Analysis:  Some Said The Vaccine Rollout Would Be A 'Nightmare."  They Were Right by Elisabeth Rosenthal.  KHN.  December 24, 2020.  

Who Comes Next? Five Perspectives

 People Are Dying.  Whom Do We Save First With The Vaccine?  by Emily Bazelon.  The New York Times.  December 24, 2020.  

The World Emerging From Pandemic Will Be More Unequal Than Ever

 One Vaccine Side Effect:  Global Economic Inequality by Peter S. Goodman.  The New York Times.  December 25, 2020.  

Commutations Of Convicted Healthcare Fraud Convictions Included In White House Pardon Clemency

Behind Trump Clemency, A Case Study In Special Access by Kenneth P. Vogel, Eric Lipton and Jesse Drucker.  New York Times.  December 256, 2020.  

Do Proinflammatory Diets Harm Our Health? And Can Anti-Inflammatory Diets Help?

 Do Pro-Inflammatory Diets Harm Our Health? And Can Anti-Inflammatory Diets Help by Katherine D. McManus.  Harvard Health Publishing.  December 23, 2020.  

What COVID-19 Has Taught Medicine In 2020

What COVID-19 Has Taught Medicine In 2020 by Marie McCullough, Stacey Burling, Tom Avril, Bethany Ao, Jason Laughlin and Aubrey Whelan.  The Philadelphia Inquirer.  December 24, 2020.  

Who Should Go Next? The Debate--Those With Severe Outcome Risk vs. Those With Risk For Exposure

 Florida Will vaccinate Seniors Before Essential Workers.  Here Are The Pros And Cons by Ben Conarck and Lawrence Mower.  Miami Herald.  December 22, 2020.  

Routine And Non-Routine Vaccine Injuries Handled Differently And With A Different Record Of Results

 Government Program Tapped To Pay For COVID-Vaccine Juries Rarely Sides With Consumers by Ken Alltucker.  USA TODAY.  December 24, 2020.  

Uncertainty About Trump's Position On Covid Relief Bill Is Delaying $9 Billion In State Vaccine Funding

 Trump's Threat To Veto Covid Relief Bill Is Holding Up $9 Billion In State Vaccine Funding by Noah Higgins-Dunn.  CNBC.  December 24, 2020.  

Stress Hormone Cortisol And Why Bread-Specific Cookbook Sales Have Risen By 145%

 Your Brain On Cortisol:  Why Overstressed Gray Matter Is leading Us Astray In Lockdown by Elaina Patton.  NBC News.  December 25, 2020.  

Due To Pandemic. U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths On Track For All-Time High

Overdose Deaths Appear To Rise Amid Coronavirus Pandemic In U.S. by Associated Press/NBC News.  October 20, 2020.  

2020 Is The Deadliest Year In U.S. History, CDC Finds

 Covid Pandemic Turned 2020 Into Deadliest Year In U.S. History, CDC Finds by Associated Press/NBC. December 22, 2020.  

Georgia Department Of Health: COVID-19 Vaccine In GA Including Georgia Vaccine Plan

COVID-19 Vaccine In GA.   Georgia Department Of Public Health.  

FDA Fact Sheet For Recipients And Caregivers

 Fact Sheet For Recipients And Caregivers:  EUA Of The Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 Vaccine.  Food and Drug Administration

UGA School Of Veterinary Science Freezers To Be Used For Vaccines

A Closer Look At How COVID-19 Vaccines Will Be Distributed, Stored In Georgia by Matt Johnson, Jovita Moore.  WSB-TV.  December 9, 2020.   

Athens Firm To Help With Vaccine Distribution

Athens Firm To Help With Vaccine Distribution by WSB TV.  November 18, 2020.   

Prevent Falls By Weight-Bearing

Improving Your Balance To Precent Falls by Jane E. Brody.  The New York Times.  December 14, 2020.   

Test Approved To Locate Prostate Cancer Cells Wherever They Are

New Scan Finds Prostate Cancer Cells Hiding In The Body by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  December 16, 2020.   

CDC Working On Filtration Standards For Masks

How Effective Is The Mask You're Wearing?  You May Know Soon by Sheila Kaplan.  The New York Times.  December 16, 2020.   

Misinformation Messengers Pivot From Election Fraud To Peddling Vaccine Conspiracy Theories

Misinformation Messengers Pivot From Election Fraud To Peddling Vaccine Conspiracy Theories by Davey Alba and Sheera Frenkel.  The New York Times.  December 16, 2020.   

Tensions Rise Over Masks As Coronavirus Grips Smaller U.S. Cities

Tensions Rise Over Masks As Coronavirus Grips Smaller U.S. Cities by Associated Press.  December 9, 2020.,   

Personal Mental Health In The Holidays

Therapists Predict How The Holidays Will Affect Our Mental Health by Kyli Rodriguez-Cayro.  Huffpost.     December 9, 2020.   

How Coronavirus mRNA Vaccine Works: Video

 Cornell PhD Candidate Explains How Coronavirus mRNA Vaccines Work by Rob Swanda via Storyful/Miami Herald

Health Experts Recommend Getting The Coronavirus Vaccine Even If You've Already Been Sick And Recovered

 Do You Need A Vaccine If You're Already Had COVID?  Here's What To Know by Katie Camero.  Miami Herald.  December 9, 2020.  

"Natural Immunity" Versus Vaccine Immunity for Covid-19

Is 'Natural Immunity' From Covid Better Than A Vaccine by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  December 5, 2020   

Hotels, Cruise Ships Are Installing State-Of-The-Art Filtration Systems

 The Newest Hotel Amenity?  Virus-Scrubbed Air by Elaine Glusac.  The New York Times.  December 3, 2020.  

Stress Eating, Gaining Weight During Pandemic

Yes, Many of Us Are Stress-Eating And Gaining Weight In The Pandemic by Anahad O'Connor.  The New York Times.  December 4, 2020.   

Testing-Lab Workers Working Nonstop On Coronavirus Diagnoses

 'Nobody Sees Us':  Testing-Lab Workers Strain Under Demand by Katherine J. Wu.  The New York Times.  December 3, 2020.  

How 700 Epidemiologists Are Living Now, And What They Think Is Next

How 700 Epidemiologists Are Living Now, And What They Think Is Next by Margot Sanger-Katz, Claire Cain Miller and Quoctrung Bui.  The New York Times.  December 4, 2020.   

Palantir To Build Tiberius, Data Tool To Help US Authorities Allocate COVID-19 Vaccines

Controversial Tech Firm Palantir Is Reportedly Building A Data Tool To Help US Authorities Allocate COVID-19 Vaccines by Isobel Asher Hamilton.  Business Insider.  October 22, 2020.   

Palantir Technologies Plays Major Role In HHS COVID-19 Data

Everything You Need To Know About Palantir, The Secretive Company Coming For All Your Data by Sara Morrison.  Recode.  August 26, 2020.   

Military Technology, Expertise Help Determine Vaccine Distribution

Technology, Expertise Help Determine Vaccine Distribution by Lisa Simunaci, Office Of The Secretary of Defense Public Affairs.  Defense News  November 12, 2020.   

Creating One Of The Most Complex Supply Chains Ever Built

 'Mind-Bogglingly Complex':  Here's What We Know About How COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Distributed When It's Approved by Elizabeth Weise.  USA TODAY.  September 8, 2020.