Bay Area Health Officers Reaffirm Support for Full In-Person School As Bay Area Health Officials, we are excited that more than a million Kindergarten-12th grade students are returning to school for in-person learning this fall across the wider San Francisco Bay Area. In the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley, many children are back in the classroom for the first time since early 2020. This summer’s surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalization due to the spread of the Delta variant is causing ... September 2, 2021 COVID19, Public Health COVID-19, Health Officials, School 0 0 Comment Read More »
AMA, APHA, ASHP, Call for Immediate End to Prescribing, Dispensing, and Use of Ivermectin to Prevent or Treat COVID-19 Outside Clinical Trials Following the FDA/CDC warning against the use of Ivermectin to prevent and treat COVID-19, the American Medical Association and other health care organizations issued a joint statement calling for an immediate end to the ordering, prescribing or dispensing of ivermectin for prevention or treatment of COVID-19. WASHINGTON, DC - The American Medical Association (AMA), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) strongly oppose the ordering, prescribing, or dispensing of ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19 outside of a clinical trial. Ivermectin is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ... September 2, 2021 AMA, COVID19, Drug Prescribing/Dispensing, Patient Care, Public Health AMA, APHA, ASHP, COVID-19, Ivermectin, Prescription 0 0 Comment Read More »
COVID-19 Vaccinations: Third Doses Now Available for Immunocompromised in Santa Clara County Santa Clara County, CA – County officials announced on August 14, 2021 that a third dose of COVID-19 vaccination is now available for people who have a compromised immune system, effective immediately. Eligible individuals are encouraged to contact their primary healthcare provider for consideration of the additional dose. Appointments can also be scheduled now through the County’s website sccfreevax.org, which also includes information about numerous drop-in vaccination sites throughout the county, including local pharmacies. This expansion of eligibility follows the decision by the Food and Drug Administration to extend emergency use authorization ... August 23, 2021 COVID19, Public Health COVID-19, ThirdDose, Vaccination, Vaccine 0 0 Comment Read More »
Effect of Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarette Packs on US Smokers’ Cognitions and Smoking Behavior After 3 Months, A Randomized Clinical Trial Abstract Importance The US Food and Drug Administration’s implementation of graphic warning labels (GWLs) on cigarette packs is under challenge in US courts. Objective To determine whether GWLs can affect US smokers’ perceptions about their cigarettes or health consequences and changes in smoking behavior. Design, Setting, and Participants This study was a randomized clinical trial of the effect of a 3-month, real-world experience of cigarettes with GWL packaging. Community recruitment was done from September 2016 through December 2019 of daily smokers from San Diego, California, aged 21 to 65 years, who were not ready to ... August 10, 2021 General, Public Health Cigarette, FDA, Warning Labels 0 0 Comment Read More »
County of Santa Clara Releases Data Dashboard Showing COVID-19 Case Rates by Vaccination Status This dashboard shows the 7-day daily average COVID-19 case rate by day for Santa Clara County overall, for unvaccinated residents, and for fully vaccinated residents. The COVID-19 case rate for the county overall is calculated as the total number of cases on a given day per 100,000 County residents. The COVID-19 case rate for unvaccinated residents is calculated as the total number of cases on a given day per 100,000 unvaccinated residents on that day. The COVID-19 case rate for fully vaccinated residents is calculated as the total number ... August 5, 2021 COVID19, Public Health Case Rate, COVID-19 0 0 Comment Read More »
