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	health Daily update ⋅ December 24, 2019
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	USA TODAY Measles scare at US airports: What to know about the highly infectious disease USA TODAY There have been 1,276 confirmed cases of measles in 31 states so far this year, the highest number in 25 years, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control. It is more confirmed cases of measles than in the past four years combined. Though the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Austin, Texas, says a person with measles may have exposed others to the disease CNN (CNN) A person diagnosed with measles traveled to several locations around Austin, Texas, and may have exposed others to the contagious disease, health officials said. The infected person, who is not identified, visited several restaurants, a Target store ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com Mother's emotional letter grieves loss of 3 children during holidays Today.com A 62-year-old Irish mom whose three children died from cystic fibrosis wrote a viral letter hoping to connect with others who have lost loved ones. Get the latest from TODAY. Sign up for our newsletter. SUBSCRIBE. Dec. 23, 2019, 1:18 PM PST / Source: ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Meet the woman who wants to make sobriety cool in an alcohol-obsessed culture Washington Post A decade ago, Holly Whitaker was in her 20s, living in San Francisco, working at a start-up, and in a sense, living the dream — or at least, the dream according to "Sex and the City." She was professionally successful and based in a large city, and she had a ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com First measles case in 2 decades reported in Austin, Texas NBCNews.com A case of measles has been reported in Austin, Texas, for the first time in 20 years, prompting health officials to alert members of the public who may have been exposed to the highly contagious virus. "It appears that this individual contracted this disease while ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Straits Times More HIV+ men know undetectable viral levels mean AIDS virus can't spread Reuters (Reuters Health) - A growing number of sexual minority men understand that HIV can't be transmitted by people with undetectable viral levels, but a new study suggests men living with HIV have a better grasp of the facts than men who don't have the virus. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News At least 5 US airports have exposed travelers to measles, health officials warn Fox News An unknown number of U.S. air travelers have been exposed to measles after at least five airports allowed people with the highly infectious disease to pass through this month, according to health officials in the affected cities. At Chicago's O'Hare International ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Sustained weight loss in middle-age may lower breast cancer risk Washington Post In women over age 50, losing just four pounds and keeping the weight off can lower breast cancer risk, a new study suggests. Researchers who reviewed data from 180,000 women found the more weight a woman lost — and kept off — the lower her risk of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Taking certain vitamins during breast cancer chemo tied to recurrence, death Reuters (Reuters Health) - Patients with breast cancer who use supplements during chemotherapy may be at an increased risk of recurrence and death, a new study suggests. FILE PHOTO: Shoppers browse for health products in an aisle stocked with vitamin ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Flu Season Worsens Early, More Deaths Reported Medscape Influenza has spread across the entire United States during the week ending December 14 (week 50), worsening several weeks earlier than last year, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This season, at least 3.7 ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR For Her Head Cold, Insurer Coughed Up $25865 NPR Alexa Kasdan had a cold and a sore throat. The 40-year-old public policy consultant from Brooklyn, N.Y., didn't want her upcoming vacation trip ruined by strep throat. So after it had lingered for more than a week, she decided to get it checked out. Kasdan ... Flag as irrelevant
	FRONTLINE "On Paper, Ebola Should Be Stamped Out": A Q&A With "Ebola in Congo" Filmmaker Ben C. Solomon FRONTLINE The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently experiencing the second deadliest Ebola outbreak on record. More than 3,350 people have been infected and 2,200 have died. When Ben C. Solomon, FRONTLINE's filmmaker-in-residence, went to North Kivu ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Vaccinations Rose After California Curbed Exemptions HealthDay By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Dec. 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- If new research is any indication, tougher vaccine exemption laws work. After California eliminated nonmedical exemptions from vaccinations in 2016, the number of children ... Flag as irrelevant
	Crypto Dictation Genetic Mutations In Father's Sperm Can Predict Children's Autism Risk TIME There's no question that autism can be traced to a combination of genetic and environmental factors. One genetic contributor in particular has in recent years intrigued scientists studying autism: DNA mutations originating in fathers' sperm. Studies have linked ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Health officials warn of measles exposure at 5 US airports ABC News Five U.S. airports had travelers pass through with confirmed cases of measles this month, exposing an unknown number of fellow passengers to the highly infectious disease, according to health officials in those cities. In Chicago, an individual with measles ... Flag as irrelevant
	WIRED Got the Flu? These Doctors Really Want to See You—Virtually WIRED Flu season is good for no one. The infection kills thousands of people every year, while many more spend days suffering in bed. Kids get infected. Then the virus flattens the parents who stay home with them. Even dogs are laid low. Except there is one entity ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Can Apps Make Your Kids Smarter? WebMD By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Dec. 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Smartphones, tablets and laptops are everywhere, and young children are fascinated by them. Now, new research suggests that parents might be able to harness that ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post To battle opioid crisis, some track overdoses in real time Washington Post ALBANY, N.Y. — Drug overdose patients rushed to some emergency rooms in New York's Hudson Valley are asked a series of questions: Do you have stable housing? Do you have food? Times and location of overdoses are noted, too. The information is ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Christmas: Beware 'lethal' button batteries in toys BBC News Sophie Skill, from Sheffield, spent days on life support after she swallowed a coin-sized button battery. Battery acid burned through her gullet (oesophagus) and into her lung, causing agonising pain and putting her life in danger. Doctors say her case is not ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Can Apps Make Your Kids Smarter? HealthDay En Español. By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Dec. 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Smartphones, tablets and laptops are everywhere, and young children are fascinated by them. Now, new research suggests that parents might be able to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Quartz A weakness for booze and sweets, not meat, increases household carbon footprints Quartz Meat eaters rejoice! A new scientific study suggests that the eating of flesh alone cannot explain differences in the carbon footprints (CF) of various households. Instead, the true culprits of elevated carbon footprints, based on a new study in the journal One ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Christmas weight gain could be prevented by drinking coffee, study reveals Fox News Coffee addicts just got another reason to love their morning cup of Joe. Many people struggle with their weight during the holidays, but a new study may have found a solution (that doesn't involve depriving yourself of Christmas treats). It turns out, drinking ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald Two more cases of dengue fever have hit Miami-Dade, bringing total to 14 for the year Miami Herald Health officials with Miami-Dade County announced two more locally-transmitted cases of dengue fever on Monday, bringing the total number of local cases to 14 so far this year. The announcement came about a month after the last warning from the county ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Could Your Indigestion Be GERD? HealthDay TUESDAY, Dec. 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Heartburn. Millions of people suffer from it. But what exactly is it and, most important, could it actually be something serious? Heartburn got its name from the burning sensation you get when acid that rises up ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Dallas Morning News Fourth flu-related death of the season reported in Dallas County The Dallas Morning News A 34-year-old Dallas resident died of influenza, marking the fourth flu-related death in Dallas County for the 2019-2020 season. Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed the death Monday. The first person in Dallas County who died of the flu this ... Flag as irrelevant
	Minneapolis Star Tribune An offshoot of Meals on Wheels, Ani-Meals on Wheels helps feed the pets of disadvantaged older adults Minneapolis Star Tribune Itty Bitty the Kitty is more entertaining than TV. "That's my sugar. Ooh, he's a show!" said his owner, Diane, as the energetic tabby pounced on a new toy. That toy, a colorful length of braided fleece, was delivered by Jay Wilcox, a volunteer for Ani-Meals on ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chattanooga Times Free Press To battle opioid crisis, some track overdoses in real time Chattanooga Times Free Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Drug overdose patients rushed to some emergency rooms in New York's Hudson Valley are asked a series of questions: Do you have stable housing? Do you have food? Times and location of overdoses are noted, too. The information ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Man's Headaches and Eye Pain Turns out to Be Syphilis That Had Spread to His Head Newsweek A man in Australia suffering from headaches and pain in his eyes was diagnosed with the sexually transmitted infection (STI) syphilis, which had affected his nervous system. The unnamed 39-year-old man complained to doctors in an emergency room of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News HIV-positive Maryland man who knowingly transmitted disease to 3 women is sentenced Fox News A 37-year-old Maryland man who knowingly infected three women with HIV was sentenced to time in prison, officials said. In a Friday news release, the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office said Rudolph Jericho Smith, 37, of Federick, was sentenced to ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Denver Post Flu Blamed for Death of Another Child in Washington State U.S. News & World Report TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Pierce County child under the age of five died from flu-related complications according to the Tacoma Pierce Health Department, and doctors say it's the same strain of virus that led to the death of a child in King County last week. Flag as irrelevant
	PsychCentral.com Night Eating in Pregnancy Tied to Greater Weight Retention 18 Months After Delivery PsychCentral.com A new Singapore study suggests that pregnant women who consume more of their daily food intake after 7 pm, and who consume lower quality diets during pregnancy, are three times more likely to experience a postpartum weight retention of 11 pounds (5 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sacramento Bee California's 2016 vaccine law helped 'high-risk' counties the most, new study shows Sacramento Bee In the wake of a devastating measles outbreak, California passed a law to crack down on exemptions and improve vaccination rates. Building on the work of previous research, a study released this week shows that the 2016 legislation had the greatest effect ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Sun-Times Health Officials: New HIV Diagnoses on Decline in Chicago U.S. News & World Report CHICAGO (AP) — New HIV diagnoses in Chicago continue to go down and have declined for four consecutive years, according to figures released by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago's health department. The 734 new diagnoses reported in 2018 among ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Times Tennessee County Clinics Offering Free Flu Vaccinations U.S. News & World Report NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's county health department clinics are offering flu vaccines at no charge. "It's extremely important for young children, the elderly and pregnant women to receive a flu vaccine because they are at the most serious risk for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sacramento Bee State DNR slaps temporary ban on movement of farm-raised deer, following chronic wasting death Minneapolis Star Tribune State wildlife officials issued an emergency 30-day rule Monday that forbids the transport of farm-raised white-tailed deer anywhere in the state, following the report of another case of always-fatal chronic wasting disease (CWD). The temporary measure will ... Flag as irrelevant
	TribLIVE To battle opioid crisis, some track overdoses in real time TribLIVE Drug overdose patients rushed to some emergency rooms in New York's Hudson Valley are asked a series of questions: Do you have stable housing? Do you have food? Times and location of overdoses are noted, too. The information is entered into a new ... Flag as irrelevant
	masslive.com Hospital visits associated with vaping-related lung illness dramatically declining, study shows masslive.com The number of cases of vaping-related lung illness reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has decreased by 88% percent since peaking in Sept., according to a study from the New England Journal of Medicine. But researchers note ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Philadelphia Tribune Flu season: The worse is still yet to come The Philadelphia Tribune According to the statistics, somewhere between 5-20% of those reading this column will get the flu this season. The actual average of those who get it is 8%. The numbers get higher because some of us get the flu, but never realize that the reason we feel ... Flag as irrelevant
	West Central Tribune DNR issues 30-day ban on moving farmed white-tailed deer in Minnesota West Central Tribune A temporary ban on moving farm deer comes in response to the discovery earlier this month of a chronic wasting disease-positive deer on a Douglas County hobby farm. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants time to investigate the Douglas ... Flag as irrelevant
	Outbreak News Today Florida: Two additional local dengue transmission in Miami-Dade County Outbreak News Today By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews. Health officials with the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County (DOH-Miami-Dade) issued a mosquito-borne illness alert today after reporting two additional locally-transmitted dengue fever cases in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Enumclaw Courier-Herald Idaho Health Department Says 2 Women Died of Influenza U.S. News & World Report NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — The recent deaths of two women in Idaho are the first flu-related deaths of the season, state officials said. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare did not release the dates of their deaths, but said both women were older than 70, ... Flag as irrelevant
	PhillyVoice.com Maternal obesity during pregnancy may harm son's motor skills, IQ PhillyVoice.com Boys who are born to mothers who were obese during pregnancy may suffer from underdeveloped motor skills and a lower IQ, according to a nutrition researchers who tracked hundreds of families. A study published in BMC Pediatrics followed the lives of 368 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution CDC: Rates of high flu levels nearly double across US Atlanta Journal Constitution As the holidays draw closer, many Americans may be spending it resting in bed rather than gathering with family members. The CDC reported in their weekly report surveying flu prevalence that the virus has infected people in 30 states, including those along ... Flag as irrelevant
	Economic Times Mental disorder cases doubled in less than 3 decades, anxiety and depression most common condition Economic Times NEW DELHI: An estimated one in seven Indians suffered from mental disorders of varying severity in 2017 with depression and anxiety being the commonest, according to a study. The study, published in the Lancet Psychiatry, showed that there was a ... Flag as irrelevant
	KETV Omaha Douglas County health officials confirm the first flu death of the season KETV Omaha Officials have confirmed there has been one flu death in Douglas County. A woman, described as being over the age of 65, recently died from the flu. It is believed to be the first flu death of the season in the county. Advertisement ... Flag as irrelevant
	Enumclaw Courier-Herald Pediatric flu death reported in King County | Public Health Insider Enumclaw Courier-Herald The following is a Public Health Insider press release: Public Health has learned that an elementary-school-aged child in King County has died from complications of influenza. The child was previously healthy and died on December 15th in a Pierce County ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Chicago New HIV Diagnoses on Decline in Chicago NBC Chicago New HIV diagnoses in Chicago continue to go down and have declined for four consecutive years, according to figures released by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago's health department. The 734 new diagnoses reported in 2018 among Chicago residents ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pamplin Media Group Flu explodes in past week at local schools Pamplin Media Group Central Oregon is seeing an increase in flu cases, and Crook County schools have also seen an uptick in flu-related illnesses. Terry Rich, Crook County School District Nurse, reported that they have seen an increase in flu cases at Crook County Middle ... Flag as irrelevant
	POPSUGAR An Anti-Diet Dietitian Shares the 5 Steps You Can Take to Become an Intuitive Eater POPSUGAR This time of year can be a trigger for many women to want to lose weight (hello, New Year's resolutions). It's exhausting, isn't it? If the idea of restrictive diets and unsustainable workout schedules makes you cringe, there is a solution: intuitive eating. It's a way ... Flag as irrelevant
	KGW.com Child dies of flu-related illness in Oregon, state health officials say KGW.com PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority released its weekly statistics on the flu season and reports a child died from a flu-like illness in early December. It's the first death of a child related to the flu in 2019, according to the OHA's weekly reports. Flag as irrelevant

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