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	health Daily update ⋅ April 13, 2020
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	The New York Times Putin's Long War Against American Science The New York Times On Feb. 3, soon after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus to be a global health emergency, an obscure Twitter account in Moscow began retweeting an American blog. It said the pathogen was a germ weapon designed to incapacitate and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Why Am I Having Weird Dreams Lately? The New York Times The question of whether "anyone else" has "been having" strange dreams ("lately") is perennially popular online. It is a spooky yet comforting query: Has anyone else stumbled onto possible evidence that the universe possesses a finite metaphysical ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Recovered From Coronavirus? Here's How You Can Help The New York Times We're all in this weird, confusing state of feeling powerless: We want to help, but the most helpful thing any of us can do is to stay at home. But what about people who have recovered from the novel coronavirus and most likely have some level of immunity? Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times How a Premier US Drug Company Became a Virus 'Super Spreader' The New York Times BOSTON — On the first Monday in March, Michel Vounatsos, chief executive of the drug company Biogen, appeared in good spirits. The company's new Alzheimer's drug was showing promise after years of setbacks. Revenues had never been higher. Flag as irrelevant
	TIME Standing Too Close. Not Covering Coughs. If Someone Is Violating Social Distancing Rules, What Do You Do? TIME Deciding when to comment on someone's behavior in society's shared spaces has always been complicated. If someone doesn't pick up after their dog, do you point it out? If someone cuts you off on the highway, do you yell out your window? What about that ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: GPs may 'withdraw services over lack of PPE' BBC News GP leaders in Belfast have said the system is now in crisis due to the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE). In a letter to the Department of Health, the chairs of the north and west GP federations said they might be forced to withdraw services. They said ... Flag as irrelevant
	Wall Street Journal Congo Faces Ebola Setback as Coronavirus Bears Down Wall Street Journal Modeste Bakwanamaha was expecting to spend Easter Sunday leading the Democratic Republic of Congo in celebration as he formally declared the end of the world's second-most-deadly Ebola outbreak. Instead, the mayor of Beni, the town at the epicenter ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME We Need to Rethink Our Food System to Prevent the Next Pandemic TIME Once a dangerous new pathogen is out, as we are seeing, it can be difficult if not impossible to prevent it going global. One as contagious as SARS-CoV-2 has the potential to infect the whole of humanity. Eighty per cent of cases may be benign, but with such ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Small Chloroquine Study Halted Over Risk of Fatal Heart Complications The New York Times A small study in Brazil was halted early for safety reasons after coronavirus patients taking a higher dose of chloroquine developed irregular heart rates that increased their risk of a potentially fatal heart arrhythmia. Chloroquine is closely related to the more ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times 'Apollo 13 moments': Amid coronavirus crisis, doctors, inventors convert devices into ventilators Los Angeles Times Dr. Charles Powell describes it as an "Apollo 13 moment." In just a few days, a team of doctors and respiratory therapists at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City scavenged tubes and electronics, crafted a key part on a 3-D printer, and successfully converted ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Broad Coronavirus Testing Crucial in Lifting Restrictions: US Experts The New York Times WASHINGTON — The United States needs to ramp up testing for the coronavirus as the White House considers when and how to lift stay-at-home restrictions and lockdowns triggered by the pandemic, U.S. health experts said on Sunday. More than 2 million ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Why more men should see walking as a perfect form of exercise Washington Post For 24 years, jogging was my main form of exercise. So it was frustrating and disheartening — a bit demoralizing, too — when I had to switch to walking 12 years ago because of a slow, painful recovery from a nasty bout of peritonitis, an infection in the lining ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Virus death toll tops 10000 in New York Washington Post NEW YORK — New York's death toll from coronavirus topped 10,000, with hospitals still seeing 2,000 new patients a day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. The state tallied 671 new deaths on Sunday. It was the first time in a week daily toll dipped below ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET Can homemade face masks prevent coronavirus? Everything you should know CNET Homemade masks like these are now a household good. Angela Lang/CNET. For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Even before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Nursing home deaths soar past 3300 in alarming surge Washington Post NEW YORK — More than 3,300 deaths nationwide have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, an alarming rise in just the past two weeks, according to the latest count by The Associated Press. Because the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Coronavirus superspreaders: Scientists race to find out why some people are more infectious than others Chicago Tribune As the coronavirus tears through the country, scientists are asking: Are some people more infectious than others? Are there superspreaders, people who seem to just spew out virus, making them especially likely to infect others? It seems that the answer is yes ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Shut Down 'Wet Markets' to Prevent Next Viral Plague, Animal Advocates Say HealthDay MONDAY, April 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Sometime in the late fall of 2019, probably in a live-animal "wet market" in Wuhan, China, a strain of coronavirus previously harbored only by animals made the leap to humans. There are various theories on the ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Daily News Will there be a post coronavirus baby boom? Here's what medical experts think New York Daily News To boom or not to boom. Medical experts throughout the city are divided on whether or not the nation's war with coronavirus will result in another baby boom now that couples have nowhere to go. Advertisement. NYU-educated dermatologist Dr. Kenneth Mark ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News California detective died from the coronavirus after twice being denied test for virus: report Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A California detective died from coronavirus complications after doctors twice refused to test her for the virus, according to a report Sunday. When Santa Rosa Det. Flag as irrelevant
	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette If COVID-19 surge happens, there may be enough ventilators, but will there be enough people to operate them? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette If all goes well, there will be a life-saving ventilator for every COVID-19 patient here who needs one in the coming days and weeks. A more nettlesome question may be: Will there be enough qualified critical care clinicians and respiratory therapists to operate ... Flag as irrelevant
	PsychCentral.com Kids of Parents With Mental Illness May Have Greater Risk of Injuries PsychCentral.com Children whose parents have mental illness tend to have a greater risk of injuries compared to their peers, according to a new study led by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The risk for injuries peaks during the first year of life, after which it declines but remains ... Flag as irrelevant
	Tech Times Coronavirus Cure: Here Are Six Other Drugs Beyond Hydroxychloroquine That Could Possibly Treat COVID-19 Tech Times A treatment for COVID-19 is like a Holy Grail. As cases surpass 1.8 million worldwide, a proven therapy would immediately provide relief from the massive burden of the disease. Progress might additionally ease the minds of everyone looking forward to a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Want to know how many people have the coronavirus? Test randomly Medical Xpress Consider these two questions: What percentage of Americans are, or have been, infected with the coronavirus? And, what is the probability of dying from the virus if you catch it? One of the most unsettling aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is that these two ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN C-section babies may be at higher risk of obesity and diabetes as adults, study suggests CNN (CNN) Being born by cesarean section may have long-term health consequences, increasing your risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes as an adult, a study of more than 30,000 US women suggests. The research, published Monday in the journal JAMA ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Debunking 9 popular myths doing the rounds in Africa about the coronavirus Medical Xpress In the second week of March the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. By mid-March the disease had spread rapidly in many countries around the world. Governments are taking drastic steps, including the complete lockdown of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald Threat of long-term damage looms after patients recover from coronavirus, experts say Miami Herald This article has Unlimited Access. For more coverage, sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter. To support our commitment to public service journalism: Subscribe Now. People who have recovered from COVID-19 may not be out of the woods — the illness ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com What Is Washington's Coronavirus End Game? Officials Look Ahead Patch.com Government leaders and health experts will spend the next several weeks determining when — and how — to begin easing some restrictions. By Associated Press, News Partner. Apr 12, 2020 9:47 am PT ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC Apps collecting data to help stop the virus spread must limit sharing of information, cybersecurity expert says CNBC While Apple and Google'joint initiative to build a platform that helps contain the spread of the coronavirus, steps have to be taken to prevent it into a mass invasion of privacy long term, Josephine Wolff from Tufts University told CNBC. The tech giants ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe Littleton nurse who died after getting coronavirus remembered as a hero The Boston Globe The nurse at a Littleton nursing home who died Friday after testing positive for coronavirus was remembered by a family member as a doting great-grandmother who spent decades helping others as a health care worker. Maria Krier, 59, was a loving, ... Flag as irrelevant
	WCNC.com No new deaths from COVID-19 in Mecklenburg County: Real-time coronavirus updates Sunday, April 12 WCNC.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. — At WCNC Charlotte, we are focusing our coronavirus coverage on facts, not fear. We aim to give our viewers the information they need from officials to best protect themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic. Key Facts: Cases in North ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay FDA Tackles Questions About Blood Donation, Face Masks During Pandemic HealthDay MONDAY, April 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- It is safe to donate blood during the coronavirus pandemic? Do cloth face masks offer meaningful protection against COVID-19? These are among the questions Americans are asking, according to the U.S. Food ... Flag as irrelevant
	SFGate Is California's internal coronavirus model showing a mid-to-late May peak realistic? SFGate For more coverage, visit our complete coronavirus section here. During a news conference last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom and Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly told the state's residents that internal modeling suggests ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD FDA: Answers On Blood Donation, Face Masks WebMD By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, April 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- It is safe to donate blood during the coronavirus pandemic? Do cloth face masks offer meaningful protection against COVID-19? These are among the questions Americans ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Dying alone: Coronavirus keeps family from loved ones at end Medical Xpress In this 2008 photo provided by John Pijanowski, Pijanowski's father Don Pijanowski, who died of COVID-19 on April 1, 2020, poses during his first visit to Yankee Stadium in New York. Unable to be with their father during his final moments, Pijanowski's sons ... Flag as irrelevant
	Elets Omeprazole As An Additive For Coronavirus Therapy Science Magazine (blog) One of the notable things about the current pandemic is the way that all our modern biology and analytical techniques are on display. Molecular biology, structural biology, bioinformatics, technologies like cryo-EM structure determination, fast sequencing, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News CDC study suggests coronavirus can travel 13 feet in air and live on shoes Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in public health and government officials in the U.S. recommending social distancing practices of at least six feet. A new study ... Flag as irrelevant
	Smithsonian Smithsonian Scientists Discover Six New Coronaviruses in Bats in Myanmar Smithsonian Finding new diseases is difficult and dangerous work. In the middle of the night, the researchers would get dressed in protective gear. They would wear suits that covered them from head to toe, goggles, two pairs of gloves, and boots. Then they would go to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Pennsylvania woman, 93, makes coronavirus plea for more beer amid lockdown in viral photo Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A 93-year-old Pennsylvania woman has tickled the hearts of millions while stuck indoors amid the coronavirus lockdown after she was photographed making a plea ... Flag as irrelevant
	Popular Science How to tell seasonal allergies from COVID-19 symptoms Popular Science Follow all of PopSci's COVID-19 coverage here, including travel advice, pregnancy concerns, and the latest findings on the virus itself. For global updates, see here. COVID-19 has already killed more than 16,000 people in the United States alone. But the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Salt Lake Tribune Fears of 'Wild West' as COVID-19 blood tests hit the market Salt Lake Tribune (Jens Meyer | The Associated Press) A scientist presents an antibody test for coronavirus in a laboratory of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) at the InfectoGnostics research campus in Jena, Germany, Friday, April 3, 2020. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Health officials warn of 'wild West' for coronavirus blood tests without proper controls Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The public must exercise caution when using coronavirus blood tests as many are unregulated, health officials warn. As part of its emergency response to the ... Flag as irrelevant
	KKTV 11 News What to know Monday about COVID-19 outbreak KKTV 11 News COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Mountain communities are imploring the public to stay away right now. Gov. Jared Polis has repeatedly reminded Coloradans that the coronavirus pandemic is "not a vacation" after numerous reports of people flocking to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress NIH begins study to quantify undetected cases of coronavirus infection Medical Xpress A new study has begun recruiting at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, to determine how many adults in the United States without a confirmed history of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Business Times Freeport-McMoRan closes New Mexico mine as coronavirus cases spread Reuters (Reuters) - Freeport-McMoRan Inc said on Sunday it has suspended operations at its Chino copper mine in New Mexico indefinitely because of the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, among the site's workers. Flag as irrelevant
	Minneapolis Star Tribune Coronavirus fears push more Twin Cities homeless to live in tents Minneapolis Star Tribune Jennifer Hernandez hunched her shoulders against the biting wind and contemplated how she would find water to wash herself and her children. She would probably walk six blocks to the nearest laundromat, fill a plastic jug and haul it back to her tent in a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill Experts see worrisome link between coronavirus, pollution The Hill Advocates and Democratic lawmakers are raising concerns over new research that suggests air pollution, water access and other environmental conditions are exacerbating the effects of the coronavirus on low-income and minority communities. A recent ... Flag as irrelevant
	wreg.com Many people lost their sense of smell weeks ago. They're still waiting for it to come back wreg.com (CNN) — "I woke up and couldn't taste or smell anything. It was the most acute thing I've ever experienced," says Londoner Holly Bourne. Bourne has not had the widely recognized coronavirus symptoms — a cough or high fever — and therefore is not ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Post First person in world to get coronavirus vaccine trial describes risky shot New York Post A 44-year-old Seattle mother of two who was the first healthy person to receive an experimental coronavirus vaccine compared the injection to a "regular flu shot" – but said signing up for the test carried "a ton of risks," according to a report. Jennifer Haller, an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Latest count shows alarming surge in nursing home deaths from coronavirus Chicago Tribune More than 2,600 deaths nationwide have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, an alarming rise in just the past two weeks, according to the latest count by The Associated Press. Because the federal government ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Advocate Stay at home order curtailed Louisiana coronavirus cases blossoming, but commuters helped it spread The Advocate Baton Rouge and Acadiana will still get hit hard by the community spread of the novel coronavirus, but Louisiana will be spared the most intense infection rates New Orleans experienced in March largely because people are staying home from work, ... Flag as irrelevant

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