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	health Daily update ⋅ March 5, 2020
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	The New York Times After Family Gets Coronavirus, New York Suburb Is Gripped by Anxiety The New York Times NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — The restaurants on North Avenue were nearly empty. The stores were out of spray disinfectant, rubbing alcohol and bleach. At a convenience store, the shopkeeper finished a transaction with a squirt of hand sanitizer, first for himself ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Told to Stay Home, Suspected Coronavirus Patient Attended Event With Dartmouth Students The New York Times BOSTON — When an employee of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire showed signs of possible coronavirus last week, a medical worker who had examined him told him to avoid contact with others, pending further tests. Instead, he ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Nursing Homes Are Starkly Vulnerable to Coronavirus The New York Times Over the weekend, a nightmarish scenario unfolded in a Seattle suburb, with the announcement that the coronavirus had struck a nursing home. The outbreak, leaving seven dead and eight others ill through Wednesday morning, exposed the great ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times California Reports First Coronavirus Death; 6 New Cases in Los Angeles County The New York Times California confronted a deepening sense of crisis over the spread of the coronavirus on Wednesday, after an older patient in the Sacramento area died from the virus and Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency amid an uptick in new cases. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post The US health system is showing why it's not ready for a coronavirus pandemic Washington Post The growing coronavirus outbreak in the United States is revealing serious gaps in the health system's ability to respond to a major epidemic, forcing hospitals and doctors to update and improvise emergency plans on a daily basis even as they remain ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Expanded coronavirus testing may overwhelm lab capacity, say some experts Washington Post A day after Vice President Pence touted a new policy allowing "any American" to be tested for the novel coronavirus with a doctor's order, some health officials and physicians expressed concern that people with mild symptoms might overwhelm the nation's ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Scientists were close to a coronavirus vaccine years ago. Then the money dried up. NBCNews.com HOUSTON — Dr. Peter Hotez says he made the pitch to anyone who would listen. After years of research, his team of scientists in Texas had helped develop a vaccine to protect against a deadly strain of coronavirus. Now they needed money to begin testing ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Flood of COVID-19 Patients Could Swamp Hospitals Medscape To understand the surge of patients that would hit US hospitals if COVID-19 begins to spread more widely here, consider these numbers: 38 million people could need medical care; 1 million to 10 million people might need to be hospitalized; and between ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com The government has the power to shut down entire cities. But would that stop coronavirus? Livescience.com A once-bustling city at the heart of China is now a ghost town, with few people on the streets and drones flying above. Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak, has been under an unprecedented lockdown for the past month. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Why Washington State? How Did It Start? Questions Answered on the US Coronavirus Outbreak The New York Times SEATTLE — Officials are recommending that residents of Seattle and surrounding communities who are 60 or older or have underlying health conditions remain in their homes and that community groups cancel events that would bring together more than 10 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com These 5 mistakes could worsen the coronavirus outbreak Livescience.com Every person can do their part to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, known as SARS-CoV-2. But, in times of uncertainty, it's easy to make mistakes. The biggest problem is if you spread the virus to other people, especially those with compromised ... Flag as irrelevant
	KOMO News 10th death reported in Puget Sound region due to COVID-19 KOMO News SEATTLE -- A 10th person has died due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, Washington State Health officials said late Wednesday morning, while now 29 other patients in the state have confirmed cases. The new death occurred in King County, bringing the total ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post A dog has a 'low-level' coronavirus infection Washington Post A pet dog in Hong Kong has a "low-level" infection of the coronavirus that causes covid-19 in people, city authorities said this week. The infection may be the first known human-to-animal transmission of the novel coronavirus that has sickened more than ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Health care workers worry about coronavirus protection Washington Post When Jenny Managhebi comes home to her husband and two children these days, she wonders about the people she treated at UC Davis Medical Center — the ones who coughed and the ones who sneezed. Ever since a patient with covid-19 was brought ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Coronavirus in NJ: Fort Lee Man Is State's First Positive Test The New York Times Officials in New Jersey announced late Wednesday that a 32-year-old man from Fort Lee tested positive for the new coronavirus, which would make him the state's first officially confirmed case. The announcement came as more than 150 cases of the virus ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News US virus death toll rises to 11 with California victim ABC News The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 11 with a victim succumbing in California _ the first reported fatality outside Washington state. By. GENE JOHNSON, RACHEL LA CORTE and MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press. March 4, 2020, 1:21 PM. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Coronavirus: Los Angeles Declares Emergency, And US Reports 80 Cases In 13 States NPR Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti declared a health emergency over the coronavirus Wednesday, citing the need to address the possibility of community transmission of the disease that has caused more than 3,200 deaths globally. "I have signed a declaration ... Flag as irrelevant
	WIRED Everything You Need to Know About Coronavirus Vaccines WIRED It's been fewer than three months since a novel coronavirus emerged in China, causing fever, coughing, and, in severe cases, pneumonia. Since then, the disease known as Covid-19 has swept into 72 countries, infecting nearly 93,000 people and killing ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR As Coronavirus Looms, Many Nursing Homes Fall Short On Infection Prevention NPR Long before the novel coronavirus made its surprise appearance, the nation's nursing homes were struggling to obey basic infection prevention protocols designed to halt the spread of viruses and bacteria they battle daily. Since the beginning of 2017, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape COVID-19: UK Moving From 'Contain' to 'Delay' Medscape The Government's chief medical adviser confirmed that the UK was ramping up its response to COVID-19. Giving evidence in Parliament this morning, Prof Chris Whitty said that the country had moved from the "mainly contain" to the "mainly delay" phase in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Smartphone Use Connected to More Severe Headaches Medscape Smartphone use in patients with primary headache is connected to more medication use and less pain relief, new research shows. Investigators found 96% of patients with headache who used smartphones took pain relievers compared to 81% of their ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN How and when you should be tested for the coronavirus CNN (CNN) Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday said that any American, with a doctor's order, can now be tested for coronavirus. The move appears to expand criteria that had previously limited testing to patients who had been hospitalized, absent certain ... Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times UW Medicine gets green light to test for coronavirus Seattle Times To combat the national shortage of diagnostic tests for the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) gave authorization to UW Medicine to test patient specimens provided by physicians and health care providers, according to two ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Trump Administration Announces New Scrutiny Of Nursing Homes NPR The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is ordering health inspectors to focus on infection-control practices at nursing homes and hospitals, particularly those where coronavirus infections have been identified among patients or in the community, CMS ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME The Time for Containment Is Over. Welcome to the Next Phase of Coronavirus TIME There comes a point in the unfolding of every epidemic when public-health officials acknowledge that despite their best efforts, an invisible microbial foe has managed to outwit them. That time has come. As cases of COVID-19 began to wane in early March in ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Are coronavirus diseases equally deadly? NBCNews.com A coronavirus outbreak that emerged in China in December, and is now spreading into other countries, has sickened more than 90,000 people (mostly in China) and killed more than 3,000. Public health officials are racing to contain the pathogen, but this is ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN An egg a day may be fine for you after all, a new study says CNN (CNN) It's health's longest ping pong game: Eggs are bad -- then good -- then bad for your heart. According to a new study, the latest answer might have come from your mother or grandmother: all things in moderation. Health effects of eggs: Where do we ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Coronavirus and Your Dog: No Need to Panic Yet The New York Times Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday updated their reports on the lone dog that appears to have a low-grade infection from coronavirus, saying it's likely a case of a human transmitting it to the dog. A spokesman for the government's Agriculture, Fisheries and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Coding Guidelines for Coronavirus Medscape Given the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus disease called COVID-19, there have been a lot of questions about how to address this from a coding perspective should you have a patient who presents with the virus. On February 20, the Centers for ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hindu BusinessLine New TB Drug Regimen Controls Resistant Disease in 9 of 10 Cases: Study The New York Times (Reuters Health) - The new anti-tuberculosis drug combination of bedaquiline, pretomanid and linezolid cures 90% of people with deadly drug-resistant TB if given for six months, researchers report in The New England Journal of Medicine. "This is extremely ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay New Weapon in Fight Against Multidrug-Resistant TB HealthDay By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- While the world's focus is trained on the new coronavirus, a groundbreaking clinical trial finds researchers battling a tough-to-treat form of an "old" infectious disease, ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News NHS 'failing' patients living with HIV BBC News The failure to address the mental-health needs of people with HIV could lead to an increase in infections, a cross-party group of MPs suggests. People with HIV are twice as likely to experience mental-health difficulties. And in those with depression, support ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Verge YouTube is demonetizing videos about coronavirus, and creators are mad The Verge Everyone wants to talk about the novel coronavirus outbreak right now, but you might hear YouTubers avoiding the subject — if they talk about it, they risk getting their ads shut off. "For today's video, I won't be directly commenting on the recent health related ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters India US coronavirus death toll rises; New York, Los Angeles region confirm new cases Reuters India NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One more person has died of the new coronavirus in the Seattle area, bringing the fatalities there to 10, health officials said on Wednesday, and new confirmed cases were reported around the two most populous cities ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Virus Death Rate Still Uncertain as Mild Cases Are Missed The New York Times WASHINGTON — How deadly is the coronavirus that exploded from China? The answer reflects a hard reality about fast-moving outbreaks: As cases pop up in new places, the first to get counted are the sickest. A straight count of deaths reported worldwide ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Dual Method May Boost Accuracy of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Adding MRI to a standard tissue biopsy appears to enhance the accuracy of a prostate cancer diagnosis, new research finds. The study, led by ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Coronavirus death toll hits 11 in US as feds announce investigation of Seattle-area nursing home Chicago Tribune Federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home at the center of an outbreak of the new coronavirus as the U.S. death toll climbed to 11, including the first fatality outside Washington state. Officials in California's Placer County, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Tewksbury High Students And Staff Quarantined After Italy Trip Patch.com TEWKSBURY, MA — Tewksbury Memorial High School students and staff who went on a trip to Italy over the February vacation have been asked to self-quarantine over concerns regarding the new coronavirus until March 7, Superintendent Chris Malone ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Washington county recommends all 2.2M residents to work from home, tells over 60's to stay indoors Fox News A Washington state county, where 31 coronavirus cases and 9 deaths have been reported, has recommended to its 2.2 million residents that they should work from home to help slow the spread of the infectious disease, and further urged everyone over 60 to ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times China's Battle Against Coronavirus: 7 Takeaways The New York Times In an extensive interview with The New York Times, Dr. Bruce Aylward, of the World Health Organization, described what he learned from close observation of China's efforts to contain the coronavirus. Here are seven important lessons. Inside China's All-Out ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Atlantic Why It's So Hard to Stop Touching Your Face The Atlantic Recently, in this time of coronavirus, I got home and dutifully washed my hands to two cycles of "Happy Birthday." Then I did what I automatically do when my mind is idle and my hands are free, which is to take my phone out of my pocket—the same phone, ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Coronavirus fears have emptied supermarket shelves. Are you panic-buying? NBCNews.com If the mobs crowding local grocery stores this weekend for everything from cleaning wipes and hand sanitizer to pasta, rice and bottled water are any indication, a lot of us are in the throes of coronavirus panic. "Panic-buying happens when people worry about ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com GA Issues New Coronavirus Guidelines For Schools Patch.com The Georgia DPH has shared guidelines with Fulton County, Cobb County and DeKalb County for managing a new coronavirus outbreak. By Andrea V. Watson, Patch Staff. Mar 4, 2020 1:43 pm ET ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Village Officials Share Coronavirus Updates Patch.com The village of Arlington Heights is updating area residents on potential exposure to the coronavirus throughout town. By Press Release Desk, News Partner. Mar 4, 2020 2:33 pm CT. Reply. 0. Village Officials Share Coronavirus Updates (Shutterstock). Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com How deadly is the new coronavirus? Livescience.com Most people who catch the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 recover at home, and some need hospitalization to fight the virus. But in a number of patients, the disease called COVID-19 is deadly. Scientists can't yet say for sure what the fatality rate of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Norwalk Public Schools, City Announce Coronavirus Preparations Patch.com NORWALK, CT — The city's public school system is "working closely with our local health professionals" on its preparations and response to coronavirus, now referred to as COVID-19, Norwalk officials announced this week. Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling ... Flag as irrelevant
	National Review What We Don't Know about the Coronavirus Is What Scares Us National Review (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters) The specter of a pandemic offers a timely warning to remember that we are not necessarily any more immune from volatile nature than were the ancients. The recent spread of the coronavirus is causing a global panic. Our shared terror ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Coronavirus: Hong Kong warns people not to kiss their pets after dog tests positive for COVID-19 ABC News Hong Kong authorities have warned residents against kissing their pets after a dog belonging to a coronavirus patient in the city tested "weak positive" for COVID-19, the official name for novel coronavirus. After conducting multiple tests on the dog over a ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Dual Method May Boost Accuracy of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis HealthDay WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Adding MRI to a standard tissue biopsy appears to enhance the accuracy of a prostate cancer diagnosis, new research finds. The study, led by researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), found ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Verge All the times I touched my face today The Verge Like most health reporters, I know what I'm supposed to be doing during this coronavirus outbreak: washing my hands, not touching my face, cleaning high-use surfaces like my phone. But what I'm supposed to be doing and what I'm actually doing... well. Flag as irrelevant

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