JANUARY 21, 2021
[President] Biden to sign virus measures, requires mask use to travel
Associated Press
Deep in the deadliest coronavirus wave and facing worrisome new mutations, President Joe Biden will kick off his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks – including a requirement that Americans mask up for travel. | READ MORE
AMA applauds Biden Administration on first-day executive actions
AMA Wire
The American Medical Association today applauded the Biden Administration’s first-day actions that tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, re-engage with the World Health Organization, and advance racial equity, among other policies. | READ MORE
Georgia’s slow COVID vaccine rollout exposes broad public health shortfall
Georgia Recorder
The Georgia Department of Public Health is working to get COVID-19 vaccines in the arms of eligible Georgians, but employees there do not get a break from the work they had before the pandemic. | READ MORE
AMA adds CPT codes for J&J COVID-19 vaccine
Becker's Hospital Review
The American Medical Association on January 19 published three Current Procedural Terminology codes for the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson. | READ MORE
How do the elderly who are homebound get COVID-19 shots?
Georgia Health News
An increasing number of people 65 and older living in the community and in long-term care facilities now are receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. But what about the elderly who are homebound? Right now, Georgia public health officials are wrestling with that issue. | READ MORE
People worry new policies over COVID-19 vaccine may prevent them from getting second dose
WSB-TV
The administration wants to open up the [COVID-19 vaccine] supply and get the first shot to more people as quickly as possible, but some wonder if that means they will be waiting longer than anticipated for the second shot that is supposed to be administered a few weeks later. | READ MORE
Which COVID-19 vaccine should I get? What to tell your patients
AMA Wire
While there are now two vaccines available that have received emergency use authorization in the United States – those made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna – it is less important which one a person gets. Instead, says a leading physician expert, it is imperative that everyone simply gets vaccinated. | READ MORE
More COVID-19 vaccines hoped for in Georgia as Biden takes office
Gwinnett Daily Post
COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Georgia are currently hovering around 80,000 per week, far short of the millions of doses needed for the state to achieve herd immunity, said Georgia Public Health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey. | READ MORE
Albany steps up measures to limit spread of coronavirus
The Albany Herald
City employees will return to more working at home as the staff, as has much of the community and nation, been affected by the spike in novel coronavirus cases. | READ MORE
Task gets tougher for contact tracers amid rapid COVID spread
Georgia Health News
With COVID-19 cases spiking, it’s basically impossible for the state’s contact tracers to reach the burgeoning number of people potentially exposed to the disease. | READ MORE
‘We know this is real’: New clinics aid virus ‘long-haulers’
Associated Press
[A clinic for post COVID-19 care] is one of dozens of such facilities that have cropped up around the U.S. to address a puzzling aspect of COVID-19 – the effects that can stubbornly afflict some people weeks or months after the infection itself has subsided. | READ MORE
5 reasons to wear a mask even after you’re vaccinated
Kaiser Health News
“Masks and social distancing will need to continue into the foreseeable future – until we have some level of herd immunity,” said Dr. Preeti Malani, chief health officer at the University of Michigan. “Masks and distancing are here to stay.” | READ MORE
AMA urges court to overturn medical cannabis ballot initiative
AMA Wire
Mississippi voters in November passed a ballot initiative that proposes amending the state constitution to legalize medical cannabis and for the state to govern its distribution. | READ MORE
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