Age, race, income linked to rates of telehealth visits in COVID pandemicOlder people, Asians, and those with Medicaid coverage and preference for a non-English language at one US hospital system had fewer completed telemedicine visits than their peers during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study of patients scheduled for primary care or specialty telehealth visits at the University of Pennsylvania.The retrospective cohort electronic medical records study, published today in JAMA Network Open, also found that older people, women, blacks, Latinos, and those with lower household incomes were less likely than other patients to use video for telehealth visits.

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Regina Exhibition Association expects to see loss of $2.5M in 2020, $2M in 2021

Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) is glad 2020 is over, but expects another tough year in 2021 due to lingering effects from the coronavirus pandemic.REAL, who operates Evraz Place, expects to see about $2 to 2.5 million in losses when it officially closes its financial book on 2020.Its initial projection saw a loss of $7 million.

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One person shot in US Capitol after pro-Trump protesters charge building, official says

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - One person has been shot in the U.S. Capitol, a D.C.

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COVID-19 Scan for Jan 06, 2021

In a US study published today in Science, researchers detected immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 across all immune cell types studied for as long as 8 months after patients became ill with COVID-19.In the study, a team led by researchers from the La Jolla Insti

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Over 170 coronavirus-related deaths recorded in Saskatchewan

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Nova Scotia reports 12 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“I want to welcome returning students and thank them for following public health protocols. I also remind asymptomatic students to get a COVID-19 test during their self-isolation,” said Premier Stephen McNeil in a press release.“Staying vigilant and following all the protective measures will help keep our case numbers low as our vaccine program is rolled out across the province.”Since Oct.

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Alberta misses goal of having 1,600 COVID-19 contact tracers in place by end of 2020

COVID-19 contact tracers in place by the end of 2020.With surging case numbers over the last several weeks of 2020, Alberta Health Services had announced plans to have 1,600 tracers in place by the end of December, a goal that was higher than originally planned. Alberta aims to have 1,600 contact tracers by end of 2020 as COVID-19 cases surge However, on Wednesday, AHS said it currently has approximately 1,250 contact tracers working across the province.

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87 new COVID-19 cases reported in Simcoe Muskoka as more vaccine doses administered

coronavirus cases in the region on Wednesday, bringing the regional total up to 3,973, including 70 deaths.The health unit also says it administered 599 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech novel coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, bringing the total number of inoculations up to 3,722.

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PHOTOS: Pro-Trump protesters storm Capitol in DC

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The U.S. Capitol is locked down after pro-Trump protesters charged the steps on Wednesday as Congress began counting the Electoral College votes. THE LATEST: US Capitol locked down after pro-Trump protesters charge; Electoral College debate haltedA supporter of US President Donald Trump sits inside the office of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he protest inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 6, 2021.

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‘Payment status not available:’ You might not be getting your stimulus check after all

Get My Payment tool for qualifying Americans to see when their money is coming. For many, that tool shows that the payment has been deposited or on its way but for others, it reads, “Payment #2 Status - Not Available.”[TRENDING: How to get vaccine in Fla. | Publix to offer vaccine | Man sends dead rat to ex-wife | Dr. Dre suffers brain aneurysm]The resulting message claims, “We are unable to provide the status of your payment right now because:The IRS issued a statement on Tuesday letting residents know that if they see that message, they should not to expect a stimulus payment.“If (Get My Payment tool) shows ‘Payment Status #2 – Not Available,’ then you will not receive a second Economic Impact Payment and instead you need to claim the

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US Capitol locked down after pro-Trump protesters charge; Electoral College debate halted

WASHINGTON - WATCH LIVE ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICEThe U.S. Capitol is locked down after pro-Trump protesters charged the building on Wednesday as Congress began counting the Electoral College votes. A protester holds a Trump flag inside the US Capitol Building near the Senate Chamber on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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DOJ says 3% of its email accounts compromised in Russian hack

Department of Justice seal WASHINGTON - The Justice Department said Wednesday that about 3% of its email accounts could be compromised as part of a massive breach of federal government agencies that U.S. officials have linked to Russia.No classified systems are believed to have been affected, according to a statement from Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi.

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Manitoba coronavirus death toll passes 700, 176 new cases reported Wednesday

Manitoba reports 7 more coronavirus deaths, 130 new cases Tuesday Since March a total of 705 Manitobans with COVID-19 have died.Health officials also announced 176 new cases of the virus Wednesday, however nine previously announced infections were removed due to data corrections, bringing Manitoba’s total number of lab-confirmed cases identified since March to 25,541.The latest cases include 109 in the Winnipeg Health region, 13 in the Southern Health region, 12 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health region, 31 in the Northern Health region, and 11 cases in the Interlake-Eastern Health region.Health officials said 4,460 cases remain active in Manitoba as of Wednesday.

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Free COVID-19 testing program launches at Toronto Pearson Airport for international travellers

COVID-19 at Toronto Pearson International Airport as a way to identify and stop the spread of the virus.“Beginning today, the province, in partnership with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, will offer free and voluntary COVID-19 testing for international travellers arriving and staying in the province for at least 14 days,” the government said on Wednesday. Testing will be conducted in both Terminal 1 and Terminal 3.The announcement comes as the federal government’s regulations requiring incoming travellers to provide a negative PCR COVID-19 test within 72 hours comes into effect at 12:01 a.m.

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In letter to Congress, Pence says he can't claim 'unilateral authority' to reject electoral votes

LOS ANGELES - In a letter to Congress, Vice President Mike Pence said he does not believe he has the "unilateral authority" to decide which electoral votes should be counted as Congress meets in a joint session Wednesday to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.Congress moved to debate Arizona's results on Wednesday.Pence, in a statement issued minutes before he was to begin presiding over a joint session of Congress to count electoral votes, said, "It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not."Trump has pressured his vice president to toss electors from battleground

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Allergic Reactions Including Anaphylaxis After Receipt of the First Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 14–23, 2020

View author affiliations)Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction that occurs rarely after vaccination.During December 14–23, 2020, monitoring by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System detected 21 cases of anaphylaxis after administration of a reported 1,893,360 first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (11.1 cases per million doses); 71% of these occurred within 15 minutes of vaccination.Locations administering COVID-19 vaccines should adhere to CDC guidance for use of COVID-19 vaccines, including screening recipients for contraindications and precautions, having the necessary supplies available to manage anaphylaxis, implementing the recommended postvaccination observation periods, and immediately treating

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Kim Kardashian planning to file for divorce from Kanye West: report

Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherKardashian's failure to file has less to do with her happiness in her marriage to West and much more about the four children they share, a source now claims to E! News."It's gotten to the point where they haven't spent time together as a married couple in months," an insider told the outlet."Kim knows the marriage is over.

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1st COVID-19 vaccines administered in Guelph, mass rollout begins this week

COVID-19 vaccine rollout with the first shots administered on Wednesday morning.Programs manager of Shelburne Long-Term Care Sarah Ricci was the first in line to get vaccinated with the Pfizer shot at public health’s head office in Guelph on Chancellors Way.

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8 Pa. House GOP members to oppose Biden's electoral votes

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Eight Republican members of Congress from Pennsylvania, falling in line with President Donald Trump, said that they will oppose the state's electoral votes being cast Wednesday for President-elect Joe Biden.Those eight will join dozens of other Republicans around the country whom Trump has enlisted to challenge the Electoral College vote when Congress convenes in a joint session to confirm Biden’s 306-232 win.As one of six states that flipped from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020, Pennsylvania could have a spotlight on it during debate over the Electoral College vote.The eight representatives have already gone to court multiple times unsuccessfully — as has Trump's campaign — seeking to block Biden's victory in

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Nurse from Mississauga nursing home dies after contracting COVID-19

COVID-19, the union that represents more than 60,000 Ontario healthcare workers said.SEIU Healthcare said Ambersley worked at an Extendicare nursing home in Mississauga. The union said she was a nurse for 16 years.Ambersley passed away on Tuesday and was 57 years old.

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Jan. 6

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Wednesday.Maureen Ambersley, a registered practical nurse, has died after contracting COVID-19, the union that represents more than 60,000 Ontario healthcare workers said.SEIU Healthcare said Ambersley worked at an Extendicare nursing home in Mississauga. The union said she was a nurse for 16 years.Ambersley passed away on Tuesday and was 57 years old.

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1 Georgian Bay hospital unit still under COVID-19 outbreak as staff begin to receive vaccine

coronavirus vaccine.The outbreak, which began in December 2020, has seen 65 COVID-19 cases — 32 among patients, 32 among staff and one involving a visitor.

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Warning over text message scam using coronavirus vaccine to prey on Stirling residents

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Quebec set to unveil stricter lockdown rules as province adds 2,641 new COVID-19 cases, 47 deaths

coronavirus as the province’s premier is expected to announce tightened lockdown measures Wednesday.Health authorities say 13 of those deaths occurred in the past 24 hours, while the others were added retroactively.The caseload stands at 217,999 — which accounts for more than one-third of Canada’s COVID-19 infections — while recoveries have topped 183,000. Since last March, the health crisis has claimed the lives of 8,488 Quebecers.Hospitalizations related to the virus spiked once again as the province experiences an uptick similar to last spring’s.

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Jason Kelce clears the air surrounding Eagles' Sunday night quarterback change

Jason Kelce #62 of the Philadelphia Eagles reacts during the second half against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on November 15, 2020 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Giants won 27-17.

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COVID impact: Housing sales down 37%, office leasing dips 35% in 2020 across 8 cities

Housing sales fell 37 per cent year-on-year during the 2020 calendar year while gross office space leasing declined 35 per cent on low demand because of the coronavirus pandemic, but demand improved significantly in the last quarter to cross pre-Covid level, property consultant Knight Frank India said on Wednesday.In its 'India Real Estate - Residential and Office Update H2 2020' report released on Wednesday, the consultant reported that sales of residential properties fell 37 per cent to 1,54,534 units in 2020 across eight cities as compared with 2,45,861 units in the previous year.

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Ontario’s total coronavirus caseload surpasses 200,000 after 3,266 new cases reported

coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the provincial total to 200,626.The province first reached 100,000 total cumulative cases on Nov. 20 after seven months since the pandemic was declared in mid-March.

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Warning in NI about vaccine phishing text scam

The PSNI is warning people of a phishing scam related to the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Northern Ireland.

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Covid-19 impact: Housing sales down 37%, office leasing dips 35% in 2020 across 8 cities

NEW DELHI : Housing sales fell 37% year-on-year during the 2020 calendar year while gross office space leasing declined 35% on low demand because of the coronavirus pandemic, but demand improved significantly in the last quarter to cross pre-COVID level, property consultant Knight Frank India said on Wednesday.In its 'India Real Estate - Residential and Office Update H2 2020' report released on Wednesday, the consultant reported that sales of residential properties fell 37% to 1,54,534 units in 2020 across eight cities as compared with 2,45,861 units in the previous year.

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Kylian Mbappe's transfer value drops by £100m as staggering impact of Covid-19 emerges

Kylian Mbappe's transfer value has dropped by a staggering £110million in just seven months, according to the CIES Football Observatory algorithm.

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Coronavirus pandemic may cause decline in democracy, rise in extremist groups: report

COVID-19 pandemic rages, the stronger right-wing extremism and other threats in Canada and around the world are likely to become.The report prepared by the Defence Department’s research arm lays out a range of political, economic and security challenges that could emerge — or become more prominent — depending on how long the pandemic remains.To that end, it looks at what may happen in a best-case scenario that would see COVID-19 brought under control by the end of this year, as well as the potential ramifications should the pandemic last past 2023 and — as a worst-case — 2025.The best-case scenario would see effective vaccines rolled out quickly, which would not only kickstart a strong economic recovery but also boost trust in the

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Police warn over coronavirus vaccine scam as fraudsters target Scots desperate for jab

coronavirus vaccine scam described by police as 'very believable'. South Lanarkshire Council alerted residents to the con as Scots desperately try to secure their jab to protect themselves against the virus.

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Homeless man builds impressive wooden cabins from materials found during pandemic

coronavirus pandemic.Chris Inker, 45, started collecting unwanted pellets from the local neighbourhood in June 2020 and began building a shed on a small patch of land alongside the A4042 in Newport, Wales.Within five months, he has made two cabins with a sitting area, a fire pit and a shed to store wood.Footage shows his impressive development, which takes up a sizable space at the side of the A4042.One of the cabins is so large he has even managed to fit in a wardrobe, while much of the other space is filled with bags.He told Wales Online: "I have got a bedroom in my one which can fit two people in."I've got a unit to put my stuff in and my food to store it in, so it's alright."Chris said he became homeless after leaving prison early in

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Familiar place, unfamiliar faces at Kapalua to start year

KAPALUA, Hawaii – Xander Schauffele already is a footnote in PGA Tour history as the first player to post the lowest score in a stroke-play tournament without getting credit for the win.He wouldn't mind being another asterisk at Kapalua.No one has ever gone more than a year without winning and ended the drought at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Winning is the only way to get to Maui at the start of the year, so Schauffele and 15 other players ordinarily wouldn't be here.

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Warnock makes history with Senate win as Dems near majority

ATLANTA – Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party's reach.A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler.

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Week 17 scoring bonanza caps record-setting season

The Week 17 scoring bonanza provided the perfect finish to a record-setting season on offense.Teams combined for 100 touchdowns in the final week of the season for the second-most in NFL history in a single week behind only the 104 scored in Week 14 of the 2013 season.That helped finish off the highest-scoring season in NFL history with the 24.8 point per game average topping the previous mark of 23.4 in 2013 and the AFL record of 24.5 in 1961.There were several players who had memorable seasons of their own to contribute to the high-scoring campaign led by Green Bay’s dynamic duo of Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams.Rodgers threw 48 TD passes, tied with Dan Marino for fifth most in a season, and posted a 121.5 passer rating, which was second

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GEORGIA TAKEAWAYS: Black turnout fuels Warnock victory

ATLANTA – The Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, defeated Sen.

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Democrat Raphael Warnock wins Senate race; 2nd too early to call

ATLANTA (AP) - Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the Democrats’ reach.A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler.

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Georgia runoff election results: Razor-thin margins as remaining votes are tallied

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia officials counted the final votes of the nation's turbulent 2020 election season early Wednesday as polls closed in two critical races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate and, in turn, the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s legislative agenda.The two Senate runoff elections are leftovers from the November general election, when none of the candidates hit the 50% threshold.

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Georgia tallies votes in Senate runoff elections that will decide balance of power

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Health Matters: The positive health stories of 2020

Health Matters January 5: For many of us, 2020 wasn’t the greatest year. But while COVID-19 dominated the headlines, there was some positive news in the health and medical fields. Su-Ling Goh reports.

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HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank reflect uneven recovery post covid

Also Read | The race to take fashion retail onlineIn contrast, IndusInd Bank Ltd reported a stagnant loan book with no growth year-on-year. Analysts expect loan growth to remain muted in FY21 given the adverse economic conditions and caution from the management.

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Federal inmates to start receiving coronavirus vaccinations this week, union says

coronavirus on Friday, the according to the national prison officers’ union.The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO) says the pilot project will see prisons receiving 1,200 doses of the vaccine — enough to vaccinate 600 inmates with the required two doses.The union did not say exactly which prisons will be receiving the initial round of vaccine doses.

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Sofia Richie says she is 'still stuck in the house' amid raging COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles

Her ex boyfriend Scott Disick, 37, recently returned to Los Angeles, following a New Year's getaway to Mexico with his new flameAmelia Hamlin, 19.Meanwhile,Sofia Richie has been seemingly doing her part to deter the spread of COVID-19 as she took to Instagram on Tuesday to announce that she is 'still stuck in the house.'The model, 22, shared a super closeup selfie with her 6.5million followers, which she appeared to take from the comfort of her spacious bedroom.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 5, 2021

Governor’s Office:COVID-19 Vaccination Timeline UpdateAt a news briefing this afternoon, Gov. David Ige gave an update on the State of Hawai‘i’s vaccination efforts.

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Parents could get up to $1,100 in stimulus money per child born in 2020

(Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Parents who had one or more children born in 2020 could receive up to $1,100 in extra stimulus money per child, according to IRS guidelines.IRS spokesman Raphael Tulino pointed out to FOX Television Stations that eligible parents were allowed to receive $500 per child from April’s first stimulus rollout and another $600 per child from the second, most recent stimulus law. Many parents may have missed out on the extra cash because Congress used 2019, or 2018, tax returns to determine eligibility, leaving the IRS in the dark about dependent children that were born in 2020.Tulino said parents who missed out on the additional stimulus payments can point that out

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Fraser Valley reports record breaking 2020 home sales

The Fraser Valley’s red hot real estate market is showing no signs of slowing down after what experts say was a record breaking December for home sales.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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