Apr 08 2024
It’s spring, the season for sweet strawberries, colorful tulips, crisp vegetables, and a COVID-19 booster shot. Health experts with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently recommended an extra dose of the 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine for all people in the U.S. ages 65 and older. Why? Simple. Hospitalizations and COVID-19 death rates …
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Oct 24 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved two new booster shots by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna that take aim at the latest strains and variants of COVID-19. The bivalent formulations of the vaccines were approved for use as a single booster dose at least two months following primary or booster vaccination. The vaccines are …
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Oct 04 2021
It’s not easy growing old. However, if you want to live to a ripe old age you have to work at it; you have to make a promise to yourself to take care of your mental health as well as your physical health. “The ability to grow as old as you can begins when you …
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Jun 14 2021
It’s time to book the doctor’s appointments and health screenings you skipped during the pandemic. It’s official: Half of Americans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Now a new health care hurdle: Reassuring people that it’s safe to return for recommended screenings, checkups and exams. Concerned …
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Jan 12 2021
With the United States approving several COVID-19 vaccines, government officials expect scams to emerge as distribution begins. Watch out for everything from phony treatments to phishing messages. What to Expect from Scammers: Government officials have al-ready been cracking down on phony COVID testing kits and treatments. Now, they are ramping up efforts to prevent the …
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Dec 27 2020
The news about the coronavirus vaccine has been positive lately. Many health care workers around the country received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after it acquired emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Dec. 11. And the distribution of a second vaccine, from biotech firm Moderna, is …
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Nov 10 2020
A team of researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder is trying to answer some instrumental questions: Do wind instruments create aerosols — the tiny droplets of liquid that can carry the novel coronavirus? Where do the aerosols come out of a given instrument? And what can be done to make practice and performance spaces …
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Oct 05 2020
Per Colorado Senator Cory Gardner, “I commend the Trump Administration for committing to distribute rapid COVID-19 tests that can be used in schools. This announcement comes after my request to deliver rapid COVID-19 tests to schools across the country to encourage in-person learning. Robust and accurate COVID-19 testing helps ensure that schools can identify cases …
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Sep 01 2020
Fall is flu season. The flu affects adults age 65 and over as well as residents in nursing homes and long-term care facilities and people of all ages with chronic diseases and medical diseases more frequently. Older adults are also especially at high risk of complications from the flu. Flu and COVID-19 are both contagious …
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Sep 01 2020
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) highly recommends wearing face masks in public settings. It’s amazing how many people, mostly millennials, still don’t wear masks in public places, and knowing they may cause the spread of COVID-19. Six million American seniors and compromised people of all ages have contracted the disease and nearly …
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Apr 13 2020
As of Monday (4/13) at 12 pm, the worldwide cases exceed 1,776,867 with 111,828 deaths. In the U.S., 524,514 cases have been reported with 20,444 deaths, the most of any country to date! Colorado is reporting 7,303 cases with 290 deaths. China is now reporting more cases after lifting their lockdown in Wuhan. Forty two …
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Apr 07 2020
All local Social Security offices closed for in-person service on March 17, 2020. This decision protects the population we serve— older Americans and people with underlying medical conditions— and our employees during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However, we are still able to provide critical services. Our secure and convenient online services remain available at www.socialsecurity.gov. …
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