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Current COVID-19 Surge Likely to Get Worse Before It Gets Better, Experts Say

[NEW BLOG POST] COVID-19: Don’t Let Your Guard Down Yet

Does the flu vaccine affect my chances of getting COVID-19? The flu vaccine protects you from seasonal influenza, not the coronavirus but avoiding the flu is especially important this year.

For the next several months, new Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are expected to keep rising as the temperatures keep dropping. But that doesn't mean your fall and winter have to be miserable. Here are seven ways you can stay healthy, sane and actually enjoy these cold-weather months.

County public health officials have released guidance for celebrating Halloween this month, including recommendations for trick-or-treating and parties. The county is recommending that residents avoid traditional door-to-door trick-or-treating, "trunk-or-treating" where candy is offered from cars, or leaving bowls of candy for others at their door this Halloween due to the pandemic.

There is still time in 2020 to get healthy

Based upon the very real decreased numbers in the Southern Hemisphere, it clearly appears that masking and social distancing will have a major impact on diminishing influenza illness in the United States this year, noted Dr. Aaron Glatt, chief of infectious diseases and an epidemiologist at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, New York.

San Diegans were shocked late Thursday to learn President Trump and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the recovery process. We will get through this, Trump tweeted. https://timesofsandiego.com//stunned-diego-reactions-to-t/

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Friday that for the first time in California defines the term medical necessity in a move aimed at requiring private health insurance plans to pay for more mental health and drug addiction treatments.

San Diego County public health officials reported 171 new COVID-19 infections and six additional deaths related to the illness, raising the region’s totals to 45,596 cases and 773 deaths.

People who have had heart attacks can boost their chances of long-term survival by returning to normal levels of sexual activity, a new study shows.

[Blog Post] As humans age the risks of showing signs of Alzheimer’s Disease increase, which, in turn, causes many people to fear they have this unfortunate disease, even when they do not. A proper examination by your physician or a specialist generally a neurologist is the only way to be sure you or a loved one has Alzheimer’s disease, which is a chronic condition that most often strikes people over 65 years of age.