Residents of an assisted living facility in The Villages and a Wildwood nursing home and six tri-county residents are the latest local victims of the COVID-19 virus. One of the long-term care residents lived at Serenades in The Villages, located at 2450 Parr Drive, while the other was a resident of Cypress Care Center, located…
Health officials issue warning after Florida resident is infected with a rare and usually deadly brain-eating amoebaAccording to the statement from the Department of Health in Florida, the patient contracted Naegleria fowleri in Hillsborough CountyThe amoeba can cause a rare infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) that destroys brain tissue and is…
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 10:02 am PDT, Monday, April 27, 2020 Emiliano Garcia, 4 watches third year UCSF medical student Natalie Kucirek prick his mother's finger during an antibody test for COVID-19 during UCSF's mass testing study at Garfield Square. A comprehensive study of the virus's spread held by UC San Francisco researchers in partnership…
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The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended granting marketing authorization for Moderna’s new RNA-based vaccine, mNexspike, for preventing COVID-19 in people aged 12 years or older. The vaccine was approved in May 2025 by the US FDA for individuals aged 65 years or older or aged 12-64 years