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The infant mortality rate in Los Angeles County is more than three times higher for Black babies than white babies.
Last Friday, the CDC reported 99,750 new cases, a record high from the day before.
As the percentage of patients residing in mask-requirement counties increases, the growth curve flattens.
The academic medical center's all-female research operations team got its studies activated in 10 days, a process that usually takes three months.
Rapid-result diagnostic tests are available at no cost to patients who meet CDC criteria.
Lessons learned from previous pandemics should have been implemented at the onset of the virus' spread, report says.
Turnaround times and testing capacity have greatly improved, and pharmacists will play a role in vaccine education.
Black women, regardless of education or socioeconomic status, are four times more likely to die from preventable pregnancy-related complications.
Failure to achieve herd immunity could place additional stress on a healthcare system that's already struggling due to the coronavirus.
Pfizer announced today it would apply for Emergency Authorization Use in the U.S. during the third week of November.