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	health Daily update ⋅ April 1, 2020
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	The New York Times Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Warns of 'Painful Two Weeks' Ahead The New York Times Government scientists said the virus could kill between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans, in spite of social distancing measures. Right Now. In a news conference, President Trump struck his most somber tone on the subject to date. 新冠病毒疫情最新消息 ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Infected but Feeling Fine: The Unwitting Coronavirus Spreaders The New York Times As many as 25 percent of people infected with the new coronavirus may not show symptoms, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns — a startlingly high number that complicates efforts to predict the pandemic's course and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Coronavirus May Kill 100000 to 240000 in US Despite Actions, Officials Say The New York Times WASHINGTON — The top government scientists battling the coronavirus estimated on Tuesday that the deadly pathogen could kill 100,000 to 240,000 Americans as it ravages the country despite social distancing measures that have closed schools, banned ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A Coronavirus Thriller Was Finished Just Before the Shutdown The New York Times VANCOUVER, B.C. — In between the time the coronavirus started to make headlines but before life shut down to restrain the pandemic, an independent filmmaker conceived, shot and finished postproduction on a movie about the contagion. Thanks to the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times If You Have Coronavirus Symptoms, Assume You Have the Illness, Even if You Test Negative The New York Times You had some exposures that may put you at risk for coronavirus. A few days later you come down with a bad cough yourself and feel a little short of breath and really tired. You take your temperature: 101 degrees. A fever. You suspect you might have ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY US coronavirus deaths predicted to peak by mid-April if all states impose restrictions USA TODAY Even if the entire nation makes an all-out effort to restrict contact, coronavirus deaths will peak in the next two weeks, with patients overwhelming hospitals in most states, according to a University of Washington study. Despite its grim outlook, the study offers ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com What we know about the coronavirus model the White House unveiled NBCNews.com On Monday, the White House coronavirus response coordinator warned that the U.S. could see up to 200,000 deaths from the outbreak "if we do things almost perfectly." On Tuesday, the coordinator, Dr. Deborah Birx, showed how her team came up with the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Should you wear a mask? US health officials re-examine guidance amid coronavirus crisis CNN (CNN) It's the debate heard 'round the world: Should you or shouldn't you wear a face mask during the coronavirus pandemic? That's something White House and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials are discussing, according to Dr. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Faced with a crush of patients, besieged NYC hospitals struggle with life-or-death decisions Washington Post In the chaos of New York City, where coronavirus deaths are mounting so quickly that freezer trucks have been set up as makeshift morgues, several hospitals have taken the unprecedented step of allowing doctors not to resuscitate people with covid-19 to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Memos from CDC to White House lay out rationale for possible widespread use of face coverings Washington Post Federal officials debating whether to recommend that face coverings be routinely worn in public are responding to increasing evidence that infected people without symptoms can spread the coronavirus, according to internal memos provided to the White ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Underlying Health Disparities Could Mean Coronavirus Hits Some Communities Harder NPR As the coronavirus spreads across the country, millions of Americans already struggling with health and finances — especially those in minority communities — could bear the brunt of it. New data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times CDC Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask The New York Times Should healthy people be wearing masks when they're outside to protect themselves and others? Both the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have repeatedly said that ordinary citizens do not need to wear masks ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Blood Test Accurately Detects 50+ Cancer Types Medscape A new blood test for cancer was highly accurate in detecting more than 50 types of cancer, and also identified the tissues where the cancer originated, say researchers. The test (developed by Grail) uses next-generation sequencing to analyze the ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Should We All Be Wearing Masks In Public? Health Experts Revisit The Question NPR Updated March 31, 8:25 p.m. ET. A few months ago, it may have seemed silly to wear a face mask during a trip to the grocery store. And in fact, the mainline public health message in the U.S. from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been that ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Are Hospitals Seeing A Surge Of Coronavirus Patients? Some Officials Aren't Saying NPR With tests scarce, epidemiologists are looking at hospitalizations as an indicator of how the novel coronavirus is spreading. But in some of the areas of the country worst-hit by COVID-19, states and counties aren't releasing that data. The result is an ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News COVID-19 vaccine candidates: 6 front-runners ABC News As the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the country, those who are not infected can protect themselves by avoiding close contact with others and aggressively washing their hands. But beyond this, many are desperately hoping for another form of ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News The race for a COVID-19 vaccine: Fast, but fast enough? ABC News Dozens of scientists across the globe are expeditiously developing and testing a variety of therapeutic treatments for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, dozens more are working to protect those who have not yet ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Neurosurgeon who became famous for separating conjoined twins died of covid-19. His real legacy is his humanity. Washington Post Legendary neurosurgeon James T. Goodrich stared at the twin boys on the operating tables. Jadon and Anias McDonald had been born conjoined at the head, and it was Goodrich's task to untangle their brains when they were 13 months old. Goodrich had ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com (blog) What we know about the coronavirus model the White House unveiled NBCNews.com (blog) On Monday, the White House coronavirus response coordinator warned that the U.S. could see up to 200,000 deaths from the ongoing outbreak "if we do things almost perfectly." On Tuesday, the coordinator, Dr. Deborah Birx, showed how her team came up ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Virus disrupts pregnancy plans, raises anxiety and questions Washington Post Some pregnant women fear giving birth with no loved ones by their side. Others worry about getting sick with COVID-19 and not being able to hold their newborns. The coronavirus pandemic has injected anxiety and uncertainty to an already stressful time and ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report FDA Approves Malaria Drugs to Treat COVID-19, Despite Little Proof They Work U.S. News & World Report By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, March 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- With little evidence that the malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can prevent or treat COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Should you wear mask in public if not sick with coronavirus? Washington Post WASHINGTON — If you're not sick with the new coronavirus, should you wear a mask in public? The World Health Organization says no. U.S. officials are mulling if eventually, that advice might change. That debate is happening amid a shortage so severe ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Coronavirus' frightening profile: Who is more likely to die from COVID-19? Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. As coronavirus tears through the world, public health professionals and medical experts are endeavoring to solve the many mysteries surrounding who the novel ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Social distancing may have helped California slow the virus and avoid New York's fate Los Angeles Times For California and Washington, the coronavirus triggers came early. They pushed the two Western states to social distancing measures earlier than the rest of the country. In the San Francisco Bay Area, the warning came while the Grand Princess cruise ship, ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Sheffield has highest infection rates after London BBC News Sheffield has been named as having the highest level of coronavirus infections outside of London. The Yorkshire city has 62 confirmed cases per 100,000 people, according to research by the Centre for Cities. It said the ratio of cases confirmed in Sheffield ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Here's what coronavirus testing for a very sick patient looks like from swab to result Los Angeles Times The patient was at risk. A fever somewhere above 101. Hypoxia, shortness of breath. And two critical check marks for risk: advanced age and a compromised immune system. In the eyes of the medical staff, the cause could be bacterial, but odds were that a ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Moscow rolls out patient-tracking app BBC News Moscow plans to deploy an app to track the movements of people in the capital diagnosed with coronavirus, who have been ordered to stay at home. The city's IT chief said the service would become operational on Thursday. The move coincides with a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Atlantic The Collapse of Community During the Spanish Flu The Atlantic When officials in Seattle announced a citywide lockdown, 15-year-old Violet Harris was overjoyed that she no longer had to go to school. "Good idea? I'll say it is!" she wrote in her diary, excerpted at length in USA Today. "The only cloud in my sky is that the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Coronavirus: Social distancing gap should be greatly increased, MIT researcher says Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. New research questions established recommendations that individuals should stand six feet away from each other to avoid spreading coronavirus, a news report said ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Canada Mother of Invention: The New Gadgets Dreamt Up to Fight Coronavirus The New York Times LONDON/OAKLAND/BUCHAREST — Driving to work at his factory to the west of London last week, designer Steve Brooks had coronavirus on his mind. What could he make that would let him open a door without touching the handle? "Everyone has to use ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Mother of invention: the new gadgets dreamt up to fight coronavirus Reuters LONDON/OAKLAND/BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Driving to work at his factory to the west of London last week, designer Steve Brooks had coronavirus on his mind. What could he make that would let him open a door without touching the handle? Entrepreneurs ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post New CDC data shows danger of coronavirus for those with diabetes, heart or lung disease, other chronic conditions Washington Post People who have chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes, lung disease and heart disease, face an increased chance of being hospitalized with covid-19 and put into intensive care, according to data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times 'We Are in a Cage:' Spanish Town Lives Under a Lockdown Within a Lockdown The New York Times LA POBLA DE CLARAMUNT, Spain — When María José Rodríguez heard on local television that her town in northeastern Spain would be locked down within hours, she knew she had to leave or risk losing her family's business. She grabbed a bag of ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus in NI on 1 April BBC News Belfast City Hospital is believed to be preparing space for potential Covid-19 cases. The Mater Hospital is Belfast's main Covid centre, but what we're hearing is that other hospitals are also preparing floors. City Hospital. BBCCopyright: BBC. Last night ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Kious Kelly, a Nurse in the Covid Fight, Dies at 48 The New York Times Back in early January, before the first coronavirus case turned up in the United States, Kious Kelly, an assistant nurse manager at Mount Sinai West in Manhattan, was singled out in the hospital's blog — not for helping to make someone well, but for helping a ... Flag as irrelevant
	BuzzFeed Even The US Is Doing More Coronavirus Tests Than The UK. Here Are The Reasons Why. BuzzFeed It is the question everyone is asking: why is the UK testing less than other major countries? The public position of Boris Johnson's government — amid mounting political pressure this week — has been to defend its record on coronavirus testing. Britain is ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Clinical Trials Set To Determine If Anti-Malaria Drug Effective Against COVID-19 NPR A nationwide trial is underway to see if the drug hydroxychloroquine can prevent disease in people exposed to the novel coronavirus. A second trial will test to see if the drug can prevent severe disease in people who are already showing COVID-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Mirror.co.uk Preliminary Study Finds UK Lockdown Is Slowing Spread of COVID-19 The New York Times LONDON — Lockdown and social distancing measures introduced by the British government to slow the spread of COVID-19 may already be working, according to preliminary research findings, and could soon see Britain's epidemic of infections declining. Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Bay Area hospital desperately needs coronavirus supplies: 'I see a disaster on the brink of happening' Los Angeles Times An elected official in the San Francisco Bay Area pleaded for help Tuesday, appalled by the shortage of personal protective equipment at a hospital leased by the state of California to care for coronavirus patients. "Here's what I see: I see a disaster on the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution Hospitals, state scramble to prepare for coronavirus surge Atlanta Journal Constitution More space and supplies aren't the only needs. Hospital workers are vital to meeting the demands for care. Weeks before COVID-19 claimed its first Georgian, the state's healthcare system was already showing signs of stress and crowding. Several metro ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Should I Make My Own Mask? The New York Times To mask or not to mask? For the past few months, public health officials have advised that healthy people should not wear masks as a way to protect themselves from coronavirus. But as we learn more about the virus, more experts are challenging the official ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Volunteers fill gaps amid UK pandemic lockdown ABC News Britain is in the process of mobilizing around 750,000 volunteers to help vulnerable people after the government ordered a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19. By. DANICA KIRKA Associated Press. April 1, 2020, 2:43 AM. 4 min read. Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe Governor Baker set to launch major coronavirus tracing initiative. Some say it might be too late The Boston Globe The SOS call sent out weeks ago by community leaders across Massachusetts was blunt: they couldn't possibly track and trace everyone with COVID-19 in time to isolate the infected and stop the swift-moving virus. They just didn't have enough staff or ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Diarrhea is first sign of illness for some COVID-19 patients Livescience.com Some patients with COVID-19 experience gastrointestinal symptoms, particularly diarrhea, as the first sign of illness, according to a new study. Among this subset of patients — who have mild disease overall — respiratory symptoms show up only later in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: UK must go 'further, faster' to increase testing capacity BBC News The UK must go "further, faster" to ramp up coronavirus testing capacity, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has said. The government has set a target of carrying out 25,000 tests a day - but that will not be met until the end of April. Mr Gove said there was a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Devdiscourse INSIGHT-Mother of invention: the new gadgets dreamt up to fight coronavirus Reuters ... * Coronavirus crisis sparks corporate creativity. * Gadgets range from door hook to software temperature check. * Inventors hope to build businesses that outlast pandemic. By Josephine Mason, Peter Henderson and Luiza Ilie. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR 28 College Students Who Chartered A Spring Break Plane To Mexico Now Have Coronavirus NPR Around 70 people in their 20s are under investigation in Austin, Texas, for possible infection with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, after they chartered a plane for a vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, last month. At least 28 of the passengers from that ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Top South African HIV scientist Gita Ramjee dies BBC News Tributes are being paid to world-renowned South African scientist Gita Ramjee, who has died from Covid-19-related complications. "She dedicated many years of her life to finding HIV prevention solutions for women," her colleague and friend Gavin ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY 28 University of Texas students test positive for coronavirus after Mexico spring break trip, officials say USA TODAY AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas says 28 students who returned to Austin from a spring break trip to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico have tested positive for the coronavirus. Public health officials say dozens more are being monitored. Officials said ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News California nursing home sees more than 50 coronavirus infections Fox News LOS ANGELES — A Southern California nursing home has been hit hard by the coronavirus, with more than 50 residents infected — a troubling development amid cautious optimism that cases in the state may peak more slowly than expected. Flag as irrelevant

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