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Moderna has fully enrolled its Phase 3 clinical trial with 30k participants - 20% are Hispanic and 10% are Black People over the age of sixty-five make up 25% of the participants https://www.washingtonpost.com///22/vaccine-trial-moderna/

The NIH has sponsored a Phase 3 clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of a combination treatment regimen for COVID-19: https://www.nih.gov//nih-clinical-trial-testing-hyperimmun

WEAR A MASK Check out this article to learn more about the myths surrounding masks and how they've persisted throughout the pandemic: https://www.theatlantic.com//can-masks-make-you-si/616641/

The average cost of a family health insurance plan is now greater than $20,000, with premiums having doubled since 2010: https://www.nytimes.com//health-insurance-premiums-deducti

The FDA has granted Abbott Laboratories emergency use approval for its IgM antibody test that can detect recent or prior coronavirus infection: http://ow.ly/ZRuB50BRG2y

New research has found that over 80% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients suffer from neurological symptoms including migraines, myalgias, and dizziness: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acn3.51210

Developing and distributing a vaccine is a complex process, and an ongoing pandemic adds further complications https://anesthesiaservicesatlanta.com//pandemic-vaccine-d/

The 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine has been jointly awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Charles M. Rice, and Michael Houghton, for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus: http://ow.ly/xEIw50BOOg1

Without cheap and efficient ways to synthesize squalene artificially, it is projected that approximately 500,000 sharks will be killed as part of COVID-19 vaccine production efforts: https://www.miamiherald.com//coronav/article246069130.html

"Anyone else who recklessly squandered lives and money in this way would be suffering legal consequences. Our leaders have largely claimed immunity for their actions. But this election gives us the power to render judgement" https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2029812

The Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to two scientists who created CRISPR-cas9 technology, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna. Congratulations! https://apnews.com//nobel-prizes-chemistry-archive-stockho

Less than 1 in 10 Americans have antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a recent large study. Is herd immunity really a viable pandemic control strategy? Learn more here: https://khn.org/news/corralling-the-facts-on-herd-immunity/

Under the single provider model, oral surgeons or dentists perform both the surgery and the anesthesia. They are aided only by 1-2 dentist assistants, whose anesthesiology certification (DAANCE) requires neither a college degree nor any medical training: http://ow.ly/Ckb750BKm19