Kaweah Health has opened a new Therapy Specialists location in Tulare, marking the health system's seventh Therapy Specialists clinic and its first in southern Tulare County.
A new study involving 75,000 non-hospitalized coronavirus patients shows between one to six months after infection, patients experienced respiratory issues, cardiovascular problems, gastrointestinal pain, and mental health issues, including memory loss.
"It's important to say public health needs to decide about booster shots, not the heads of these companies making the vaccines," says an infectious disease expert with UCSF.
One Bay Area doctor says "no way," while another argues it may be time to re-evaluate, citing low transmission rates for outside activities.
As the coronavirus mutates, a UCSF doctor is questioning why counties are holding vaccines for people to get their second dose. He says if we want to end the pandemic, this needs to change - More people need to get the first shot as soon as possible.
Amid a deepening pandemic, doctors are crediting masking, hand-washing and distancing with stopping the flu in its tracks.