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I found love in the most amazing place. Where there was no peace but thunderstorm. Making me linger my past and wanting my present more and more. No there was nothing to cherish about it. A bird was asked to leave her nest, celebrating all those years of togetherness. Stunned as there was happiness in […]

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N.S. RCMP officer diagnosed with COVID-19 after asymptomatic testing

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Nova Scotia RCMP confirmed its first case of an RCMP member, who has had contact with the public, testing positive for COVID-19. According to police, the Halifax District-based officer tested positive after undergoing asymptomatic testing. [readmore label=”Read more: ” link=”https://globalnews.ca/news/7826418/dalhousie-scientists-covid-19-pcr-testing-backlog/” text=”Dalhousie scientists ‘ready and willing’ to help with COVID PCR testing backlog” /] The officer is at home self-isolating, and the case is not believed to be related to frontline interaction. The Nova Scotia RCMP is following all directives and advice given by the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA),” RCMP said in a statement. “This includes disinfecting areas the officer may have been in, working with the NSHA to ensure the officer’s co-workers are notified and follow directions given by the NSHA, and working with NSHA investigators so they can complete contact tracing and notify members of the public who may have been in contact with this member, as required.” RCMP add that all frontline officers have personal protective equipment “and are using it when responding to calls that may involve possible exposure to COVID-19.” [tp_video id=7811212]

N.S. RCMP officer diagnosed with COVID-19 after asymptomatic testing

Will I have worse COVID-19 vaccine symptoms if I’ve already had the virus?

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(KTVX) — You may have heard that those who have already been sick with COVID-19 experience worse symptoms after receiving the vaccine. But is this accepted by the medical community, or is it just a myth? According to Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, an infectious diseases physician at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, there is some observational data that those who’ve had COVID-19 get pretty symptomatic after their first dose of the COVID-19 shot. On the other hand, “most people that haven’t had COVID-19, take the first shot, no problem,” he said. “Don’t react, maybe have a sore arm. And then their second shot, they can be symptomatic with fevers, chills, kind of feeling rundown.” He said this happens because, for those who have had COVID-19, that first shot is really their booster shot, so that’s the shot that they tend to become symptomatic from. And that’s completely normal, Stenehjem said. “There is some data and a lot of people talking about this – if you’ve had COVID-19 – that you may only need one shot of Pfizer and Moderna because that’s truly your booster shot. We don’t have any good clinical data on that. That’s work that’s in progress, but that is something that may come to fruition… that people who’ve had COVID only necessary only need one shot that acts as your booster,” he explained. Dr. Emily Spivak, from the Division of Infectious Diseases at University of Utah Health, said much the same. She said published data shows that people who have had COVID-19 prior to receiving the vaccine experience an increased rate of local or systemic side effects such as fevers, chill, muscle aches, fatigue, and headaches after the first vaccine dose versus those who haven’t. “It’s not 100%, but the overall rate is higher,” Spivak explained. And, she said, this makes sense because “what is happening since that first dose is recalling the immune system and reminding the body’s immune system that it has seen COVID-19 before, and part of that immune response is, again, these side effects. It’s kind of like having a flu-like illness.” If the vaccine is acting as a booster for the previously infected, is there a chance that these people will only need one shot of Pfizer or Moderna? “That’s one thing that has been proposed,” Spivak said. Those who have had COVID-19 often have a high antibody response after just the first dose, she explained. “There was some suggestion that maybe one dose was enough and that could be a way to stretch the vaccine supply. That practice was never implemented in the U.S.,” she said. But it is unknown for how long that antibody response would last compared to a two-dose series. “I suspect a fair number of them would be protected with just one dose,” Spivak said. Though it is still unknown whether or not one dose could be enough for those who have had COVID-19, Spivak said that having two doses of the vaccine is not dangerous by any means. For more information on this topic, see information from the New England Journal of Medicine included below.

Will I have worse COVID-19 vaccine symptoms if I’ve already had the virus?

Breakthrough study finds clues to eliminate HIV infections in infants

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Washington [US], May 2 (ANI): Why the transmission of HIV infection from mother to baby in womb occurs in some cases but not others has long been a mystery, but now a team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Duke University has found an important clue about the same which also gives treatment hints […]

Breakthrough study finds clues to eliminate HIV infections in infants

Coronavirus in W.Va.: seven deaths and 420 new cases

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of May 2, 2021, there have been 2,735,731 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 153,918 total cases and 2,686 deaths. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 73-year old female from Pocahontas County, a 93-year old male from Jackson County, a 70-year old male from Lincoln County, a 76-year old female from Nicholas County, a 77-year old male from Logan County, a 63-year old female from Marion County and a 67-year old female from Brooke County. “The length of this pandemic may cause some of us to grow weary of continued prevention practices. But for all families who have lost a loved one, each day it continues bears a painful reminder of someone loved who was lost,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “We must stop COVID-19 by working toward increased vaccination for community immunity in West Virginia.” CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (1,411), Berkeley (12,122), Boone (1,965), Braxton (898), Brooke (2,169), Cabell (8,595), Calhoun (284), Clay (473), Doddridge (573), Fayette (3,375), Gilmer (791), Grant (1,266), Greenbrier (2,748), Hampshire (1,765), Hancock (2,761), Hardy (1,501), Harrison (5,591), Jackson (2,021), Jefferson (4,526), Kanawha (14,657), Lewis (1,157), Lincoln (1,443), Logan (3,034), Marion (4,322), Marshall (3,374), Mason (1,983), McDowell (1,545), Mercer (4,722), Mineral (2,817), Mingo (2,510), Monongalia (9,115), Monroe (1,112), Morgan (1,137), Nicholas (1,592), Ohio (4,141), Pendleton (698), Pleasants (857), Pocahontas (661), Preston (2,846), Putnam (5,025), Raleigh (6,626), Randolph (2,531), Ritchie (691), Roane (602), Summers (801), Taylor (1,212), Tucker (523), Tyler (687), Upshur (1,843), Wayne (3,009), Webster (471), Wetzel (1,284), Wirt (406), Wood (7,687), Wyoming (1,962). Delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from the local health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the local health department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual in question may have crossed the state border to be tested. West Virginians may pre-register for their COVID-19 vaccination at vaccinate.wv.gov. The COVID-19 dashboard located at http://www.coronavirus.wv.gov shows the total number of vaccines administered. Please see the vaccine summary tab for more detailed information.

Coronavirus in W.Va.: seven deaths and 420 new cases