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	health Daily update ⋅ March 10, 2020
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	The New York Times Coronavirus Is Very Different From the Spanish Flu of 1918. Here's How. The New York Times It was a disease so awful that it terrified people for generations. The 1918 flu pandemic, thought to be the deadliest in human history, killed at least 50 million people worldwide (the equivalent of 200 million today), with half a million of those in the United States ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Can I Boost My Immune System? The New York Times As worries grow about the new coronavirus, online searches for ways to bolster the immune system have surged. Are there foods to boost your immune system? Will vitamins help? The immune system is a complex network of cells, organs and tissues that ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Your top 7 coronavirus questions from the past day, answered CNN (CNN) The number of coronavirus cases around the world has soared past 113,000, with more than 4,000 deaths. Even the man who oversees New York City's major airports and bus terminals has tested positive -- leaving many wondering how rampant the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Low Blood Pressure Increased Mortality Risk in Older Adults Medscape Older adults with low blood pressure, particularly those who are moderately or severely frail, may have increased all-cause mortality, UK researchers have found. The results of a large data analysis suggest that international blood pressure guidelines may ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Coronavirus symptoms usually take 5 days to appear, study says CNN (CNN) People infected by the novel coronavirus tend to develop symptoms about five days after exposure, and almost always within two weeks, according to a study released Monday. That incubation period is consistent with previous estimates from public ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Health care worker quarantines raise concerns amid coronavirus outbreak ABC News As the U.S. battles to limit the spread of the highly contagious new coronavirus, the number of health care workers ordered to self-quarantine because of potential exposure to an infected patient is rising at an exponential pace. In Vacaville, California, alone, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Atlantic The Dangerous Delays in US Coronavirus Testing Continue The Atlantic Nearly two weeks after the new coronavirus was first found to be spreading among Americans, the United States remains dangerously limited in its capacity to test people for the illness, an ongoing investigation from The Atlantic has found. After surveying of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times As coronavirus spreads rapidly, Silicon Valley bans mass gatherings of 1000 or more Los Angeles Times With Silicon Valley reporting a rapidly rising number of confirmed coronavirus cases, the health officer for Santa Clara County issued a rare legal order banning mass gatherings of 1,000 or more people. Santa Clara County, with 43 confirmed coronavirus ... Flag as irrelevant
	Hawaii News Now Elderly Oahu man 'very ill' after contracting COVID-19 during Washington state trip Hawaii News Now HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Department of Health on Sunday announced its second confirmed case of COVID-19 in Hawaii. The elderly man from Oahu ― who authorities say is now "very ill" — recently returned from Washington state. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post A common artificial sweetener might be making you fatter and sicker, a new study says Washington Post A study published in the journal Cell Metabolism by a group of Yale researchers found that the consumption of the common artificial sweetener sucralose (which is found in Splenda, Zerocal, Sukrana, SucraPlus and other brands) in combination with ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Why vitamin C won't 'boost' your immune system against the coronavirus Livescience.com Vitamin C is extremely unlikely to help people fight off the new coronavirus. When afflicted with the common cold, many people chug orange juice and swallow vitamin C supplements in an attempt to "boost" their immune systems. But vitamin C supplements ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR US Flu Season Beginning To Ease, Modelers Say NPR While health officials in the United States wait to see just how bad a public health challenge COVID-19 will pose, they still have to deal with an all-too-familiar challenge: flu. It's been a bad flu season. Not the worst ever, but bad. "It started very early this year," ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post As Labs Ramp Up, Who Can Get Tested in US for Coronavirus? The New York Times WASHINGTON — Can any American who's sick get tested for the worrisome new coronavirus? That's been a complicated question, one that's left doctors, patients and some health experts frustrated and concerned. U.S. health officials say more and more ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Haunted by a Gene The New York Times Year after year for two decades, Nancy Wexler led medical teams into remote villages in Venezuela, where huge extended families lived in stilt houses on Lake Maracaibo and for generations, had suffered from a terrible hereditary disease that causes brain ... Flag as irrelevant
	WIRED A Disease Tracker Backed by Gates and Zuckerberg Tackles Covid-19 WIRED Jessica Manning had no experience with coronaviruses. The infectious disease researcher had lived and worked in Cambodia off and on since 2013, studying the mosquitoes of the Mekong Delta, and how their saliva helps spread disease in humans. Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Risk Factors for Death From COVID-19 Identified in Wuhan Patients Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Patients who did not survive hospitalization for COVID-19 in Wuhan were more likely to be older, have comorbidities, and elevated D-dimer, according to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Wall Street Journal Coronavirus Epidemic Is Close to a Pandemic, WHO Says Wall Street Journal The new coronavirus is now close to becoming a pandemic, the World Health Organization said Monday, a day in which global financial markets plummeted and Italian officials extended a lockdown for the entire country. "We're reaching that point," Michael ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME Coronavirus Drug and Vaccine Studies Are Recruiting Their First Volunteers TIME As COVID-19 continues to spread both around the world and in the U.S., two separate efforts to find a medical solution to the virus are moving forward. At the University of Nebraska, the first patients have volunteered to test an experimental drug to treat ... Flag as irrelevant
	Honolulu Star-Advertiser Second Hawaii resident tests positive for coronavirus Honolulu Star-Advertiser A male Oahu senior who returned to Hawaii last week from Washington state became the second resident to test positive for the new coronavirus, state officials said Sunday. The man fell ill March 2 while traveling in Washington, flew home to Honolulu on ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Synthetic Biologists Think They Can Develop a Better Coronavirus Vaccine Than Nature Could Scientific American Even as companies rush to develop and test vaccines against the new coronavirus, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Institutes of Health are betting that scientists can do even better than what's now in the pipeline. If, as seems quite ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post 5 cases of coronavirus confirmed in northern Virginia Washington Post RICHMOND, Va. — Two new cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed in Virginia, bringing the cases to five, state health officials said Monday. One case is a household contact of a case previously identified in Fairfax in the northern region of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Babies with severe sleep problems may have more childhood anxiety, research suggests CNN (CNN) Many babies struggle to fall asleep without a parent at their side, or wake frequently during the night -- a phase that's exhausting for new parents but usually passes quickly. However, infants with very disturbed sleep patterns could be at greater risk for ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Is a 'Universal' Flu Vaccine on the Horizon? HealthDay By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, March 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Work is proceeding apace on a "universal" flu vaccine capable of protecting humans from all forms of influenza, researchers report. A single dose of a synthetic ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com New Coronavirus Cases Reported In Florida Patch.com A total of 19 Florida residents and one person from California were among Florida's confirmed cases as of Tuesday morning. By Paul Scicchitano, Patch Staff. Mar 9, 2020 10:36 am ET | Updated Mar 10, 2020 4:37 am ET ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape ACC Cancels Scientific Sessions Over Novel Coronavirus Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual scientific sessions, set to take place March 27-30 in Chicago in conjunction with the World Congress ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Second patient cured of HIV, say doctors BBC News A man from London has become the second person in the world to be cured of HIV, doctors say. Adam Castillejo is still free of the virus more than 30 months after stopping anti-retroviral therapy. He was not cured by the HIV drugs, however, but by a stem-cell ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Gene Tests May Guard Older Breast Cancer Patients Against Other Tumors HealthDay By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, March 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A significant number of older women with breast cancer may have genetic mutations that put them at risk of additional cancers, particularly ovarian cancer, a new study ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Coronavirus is hard on older people — and scientists aren't sure why NBCNews.com Older adults appear to be more severely at risk from the new coronavirus, while young children seem to be largely spared — and understanding why could be crucial to treating people with the illness it causes, according to scientists. Much remains unknown ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Don't Use Pricey New HIV PrEP Drug When Generics Available: Study U.S. News & World Report By E.J. Mundell, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, March 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The advent of HIV-suppressing drugs has ushered in a new era of "pre-exposure prophylaxis" (PrEP) that drastically cuts a sexually active person's odds of ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS Denver Health Departments: You Can Be Fined, Serve Jail Time For Violating Coronavirus Quarantine Orders CBS Denver DENVER (CBS4) – With the number of COVID-19 cases in Colorado up to 11, and more quarantine orders being issued to prevent further spread of the virus, many are wondering, what are the legal implications of those orders? CBS4 sought to find an ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Providence Journal Lifespan began planning for virus months ago The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — Weeks before Rhode Island's first case of coronavirus was confirmed, the staff at Hasbro Children's Hospital and throughout the Lifespan system began planning for a potential spread, nurse Lindsay McKeever, Hasbro's director of pediatric ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Coronavirus: This is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands, wash our hands... Washington Post We have by now all heard the best way to prevent catching the coronavirus is by making sure to properly wash hands. Easy, right? Well, for small children, and their parents, handwashing is not exactly the easiest task. It has to be taught. It's especially ... Flag as irrelevant
	oregonlive.com Oregon's supply of coronavirus tests could run out Wednesday without infusion of kits from feds oregonlive.com The Oregon Health Authority will run out of coronavirus tests by Wednesday without an infusion of kits from the federal government, officials acknowledged in response to questions from The Oregonian/OregonLive. The state lab had just 130 tests remaining ... Flag as irrelevant
	SFGate Live coronavirus updates: More Bay Area cases reported over weekend SFGate For more coverage, visit our complete coronavirus section here. Latest, March 9: The number of patients infected with COVID-19 in the San Francisco Bay Area increased this weekend as counties reported more cases. Contra Costa Health Services confirmed ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News What happens after you get over the coronavirus? Fox News The World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week the global death rate from the coronavirus is at 3.4 percent, which means it's much deadlier than the flu, but most infected people still get better over time. COVID-19 has infected more than 113,000 ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill WHO: Threat of a coronavirus pandemic 'very real' The Hill The threat of a coronavirus pandemic is "very real," World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday. But he projected some optimism, arguing it would be the "first pandemic in history that could be controlled." There are ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Scientists may be 'on the cusp' of a universal flu vaccine Livescience.com We may be one step closer to a universal flu vaccine, according to a new study. In the study, published Monday (March 9) in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers found that a single dose of the vaccine, called Flu-v, elicited greater immune ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Plainview School Staffer Infected With Coronavirus: District Patch.com PLAINVIEW, NY — A Plainview schools staff member has a confirmed case of the new coronavirus, the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District announced Monday. All schools will close Tuesday "as a precautionary measure," Lorna Lewis, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Why a coronavirus vaccine is more than a year away, despite medical researchers' progress USA TODAY As the coronavirus spreads, deaths mount and fears grow across the globe, biotech companies, universities and government agencies scramble – some together, others alone – for a vaccine to contain it. A number of companies have announced progress. Flag as irrelevant
	WJXT News4JAX Coronavirus self-quarantine: The steps you should take WJXT News4JAX JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In response to the new coronavirus, the Florida Department of Health on Monday asked any travelers returning from the high-risk counties -- China, Iran, Italy and South Korea -- to follow the guidelines from the Centers for Disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Denver Post Colorado's coronavirus tally: 184 people tested, 12 cases of COVID-19 identified The Denver Post As the number of coronavirus cases in Colorado rose to 12 on Monday, state health officials said they've now tested 184 people for the highly infectious COVID-19 respiratory disease that's sweeping the globe. In the process of evaluating those patients, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post 'Do I like this guy enough to risk catching coronavirus?' The epidemic has made dating even more complicated. Washington Post Sajmun Sachdev, a 36-year-old single woman in Montreal, was messaging with a promising match from the dating app Hinge. The guy had two desirable traits: a six pack and a job. And he'd asked her out — the only guy to do so in months. But one thing was ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today No DNA Damage Seen With Single Low-Dose CT Scan MedPage Today A single low-dose chest CT (LDCT) scan did not cause statistically significant human chromosomal DNA damage, but notable increases in two markers of DNA damage were observed immediately following a single standard-dose chest CT scan (SDCT), ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News In coronavirus fight, California restaurant is taking customers' temperatures Fox News Can we please take your temperature? A Chinese restaurant with three locations in California is taking no chances amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, and has started taking every customer's temperature in hopes of screening for the virus. Sichuan ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Seattle-area nursing home unable to test 65 workers with COVID-19 symptoms Reuters SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Seattle-area nursing home at the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak said on Monday it had no kits to test 65 employees showing symptoms of the virus that has killed at least 13 patients at the long-term care center. Flowers ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Chinese restaurant chain booting diners with fever amid coronavirus outbreak NBCNews.com A Chinese restaurant chain in Southern California is responding to the coronavirus outbreak by checking customers' temperatures before letting them inside and refusing service to anyone with a fever. The eatery, Sichuan Impression, which has restaurants in ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Verge Fearful reactions to the new coronavirus can put lives at risk The Verge People in the US are worried about the new coronavirus outbreak. That concern is warranted: the virus is a scary new threat, it can cause serious harm, and there aren't any medications that can stop it. That's not to mention the cancellations of schools, ... Flag as irrelevant
	KOMO News UW rolls out drive-through coronavirus testing site KOMO News As the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise in Washington state, so too will the need for testing. The University of Washington has opened drive-through testing site for UW medicine employees at its northwest campus, and the center could expand to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com SC Coronavirus Patient Traveled Through Charlotte Airport: Report Patch.com From travel restrictions to convention cancellations, the Charlotte metro begins to feel impact of the new coronavirus. By Kimberly Johnson, Patch Staff. Mar 9, 2020 2:30 pm ET. Reply. 0. From travel restrictions to convention cancellations, the Charlotte metro ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Italy expands COVID-19 lockdown to whole country CIDRAP Italy today expanded its COVID-19 lockdown to include the whole country, affecting about 60 million people, as the World Health Organization (WHO) today said the threat of a pandemic from the COVID-19 virus is very real, signaling a tone of increased ... Flag as irrelevant

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