Last week, the FDA granted approval for use of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in children as young as 6 months old through the Emergency Use Authorization process. Previously, the vaccines were approved for…
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Reports are flying around about the two newest subvariants of Omicron, namely BA.4 and BA.5. To begin with, we should be reminded that most viruses mutate over time and the changes being seen in the…
The Blue Zones Project is based on the idea that by studying communities in the world that have a disproportionately high percentage of people living over the age of 100, common themes might be identified…
Last week, we discussed the term life expectancy and how it is useful in understanding how long a person may live based on various circumstances. Now, in this second of our three-part series, we will…
As COVID begins to take more of a backseat to other health concerns, I have received several questions about the future of this weekly column. The feedback that I have received over the past two…
The lockdown of Shanghai’s 25 million residents enters its 7th week of what was initially promised to be less than 7 days. This is part of China’s “Zero-COVID” policy in which any community, regardless…
On Tuesday, May 10th, at approximately 10:40 in the morning, a private construction crew inadvertently drilled into a major communication cable in Fort Bragg. As a result, communication services were lost throughout all of Fort…
Moderna announced last week that it is applying to the FDA to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID vaccine in children ages 6 months through 5 years. In the US, this age group…
Last week, we discussed some of the problems that developed at Adventist Health (AH) Mendocino Coast Medical Offices as a result of the implementation of a new electronic medical record (EMR) system, Cerner. This implementation…