Doctors Advise Women About Mammogram Guidelines After COVID Shot
We re learning more and more about any side effects associated with the COVID-19 vaccine and now doctors are advising women about the vaccine and your mammogram.
New data has just been released that is asking women who already got the COVID-19 vaccine to reschedule their yearly mammogram. The reason is that doctors are now seeing that there is a inflammatory response to the vaccine that could lead to a misdiagnosis.
Dr. Brett Parkinson, medical director of Intermountain Healthcare s Breast Care Center had this to say to fox13now.com:
When one receives a vaccination there is an inflammatory response in the arm. In the past four weeks we have seen swollen lymph nodes on screening mammograms of women who have recently been vaccinated. Whenever we see these on a normal screening mammogram we call those patients back because it can either mean metastatic breast cancer which travels to the lymph nodes or lymphoma or le
You probably looked at your last electric bill and starting shaking your head, well the utility company wants to charge you even more, and has petitioned for another rate increase.
We've come a long way in just about a year when it pertains to the coronavirus. Those days of not knowing where to go to get a test are over, now you can do your own COVID-19 test in the comfort of your own home.
There s always a lot of things happening in the City of Danbury and every week the Mayor fills us in on what s going on.
This week, Mayor Joe Cavo talks about the latest on the COVID-19 vaccine, in person learning returning to Danbury Schools, Catalytic Converter thefts, and we continue to petition for a statue in his honor.
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We got another phase of the COVID-19 vaccine starting up this week so there looks like a light at the end of the tunnel. That s right, the state opened up the vaccines to those 55 and older, school teachers, and day care workers and I m excited about that. You know we tried to get teachers and day care workers moved to the front of the list back in December when I first took over as Mayor with no success, but now here we are in the beginning of March and finally teachers and day care workers will be able to be inoculated.
First Lady Jill Biden Makes First Visit to Connecticut This Week
She knew the minute all the votes were counted that her life was going to get a lot busier, and this week she s making her first trip as First Lady to Connecticut.
So just why is the First Lady coming to the Nutmeg state? According to multiple sources including wfsb.com, it may have something to do with former Meriden teacher and principal Miguel Cardona who is expected to be confirmed as the new U.S. Secretary of Education. The Senate votes on his confirmation today.
A news release sent out by the White House late last week just said that the First Lady would be traveling to Meriden on Wednesday March 3.