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	health Daily update ⋅ April 28, 2020
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	The New York Times In Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, an Oxford Group Leaps Ahead The New York Times In the worldwide race for a vaccine to stop the coronavirus, the laboratory sprinting fastest is at Oxford University. Most other teams have had to start with small clinical trials of a few hundred participants to demonstrate safety. But scientists at the university's ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR We Asked All 50 States About Their Contact Tracing Capacity. Here's What We Learned NPR States are eager to open up and get people back to work, but how do they do that without risking new coronavirus flare ups? Public health leaders widely agree that communities need to ramp up capacity to test, trace and isolate. The idea behind this public ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: You Can't Get Coronavirus Through Sex, Study Suggests HealthDay A small study in China suggests that you can't transmit COVID-19 via sex. You Can't Get Coronavirus Through Sex, Study Suggests. MONDAY, April 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- You can't hug or shake hands these days without risking coronavirus infection, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Contact tracing 101: How it works, who could get hired, and why it's so critical in fighting coronavirus CNN (CNN) Thousands of Americans could soon join the ranks of disease detectives in one of the most important battles against coronavirus. Contact tracing has helped slow or stop previous epidemics, such as the SARS and Ebola outbreaks. But it's never been ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Top ER Doctor Who Treated Virus Patients Dies by Suicide The New York Times A top emergency room doctor at a major Manhattan hospital that treated coronavirus patients died by suicide on Sunday, according to her father. Dr. Lorna M. Breen, the medical director of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Deaths spiked as Covid-19 spread in March and April, new analysis finds CNN (CNN) Deaths across America spiked as Covid-19 began its spread, and many were never attributed to the new coronavirus, researchers reported Monday. "Notable increases" in deaths were seen in March and early April, the team led by the Yale School of ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: WHO Says There's No Evidence COVID-19 Survivors Cannot Be Reinfected HealthDay According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there's currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection. WHO: No Evidence COVID-19 Survivors Cannot Be Reinfected. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Accidental disinfectant poisonings in children on the rise during pandemic CNN (CNN) When his daughter was born, Alex Kaplan thought his home was babyproof. He was wrong. "We have a wily little girl," said Kaplan, who lives in Washington, D.C. "At 9 months old, she managed to open a childproof — in air quotes — bottle of ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus immunity: Can you catch it twice? BBC News Can you catch coronavirus again? Why are some people sicker than others? Will it come back every winter? Will a vaccine work? Could immunity passports get some of us back to work? How do we manage the virus in the long-term? The immune system is at ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Pence to visit Mayo Clinic to learn about testing 'moonshot' Washington Post MINNEAPOLIS — Vice President Mike Pence has an appointment Tuesday at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic to learn about a new coronavirus testing "moonshot" that has the famed clinic partnering with the state and its flagship university to quickly boost the state's ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Pug in NC Tests Positive for Coronavirus; Thought to be the First Case Detected in a Dog in the US HealthDay A pug named Winston is thought to have the first known positive case of coronavirus detected in a dog in the country. The McLean family from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was tested for coronavirus as part of a Duke University study. Winston, along with the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Britain's national health authority issued a worrisome alert about children, covid-19 and potential complications Washington Post Throughout the nearly five months the world has been fighting covid-19, one of the most comforting — and baffling — aspects of the coronavirus has been its effect on children. Most children who are infected with the coronavirus remain asymptomatic or ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Patients with certain cancers are nearly three times more likely to die of covid-19, study says Washington Post Cancer patients — especially those with blood or lung malignancies, or tumors that have spread throughout the body — have a higher risk of death or other severe complications from covid-19 compared with those without cancer, according to a study ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD COVID-19 Antibody Testing Brings Cautious Hope WebMD April 27, 2020 -- Jenny Cook was diagnosed with COVID-19 in March. Now, the 26-year-old MBA student at Duke University is trying to put her illness to good use. Cook, a Champaign, IL, native, enrolled in Duke's research into a COVID-19 antibody test. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report The Ins and Outs of Coronavirus Testing U.S. News & World Report Knowing what to do in the global COVID-19 crisis is not easy, simple or agreed upon, as evidenced by the protesters across the country claiming COVID-19 is not a threat. [. SEE: The Latest News on the Coronavirus Outbreak ]. Many questions remain as to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times Washington Mental Hospital Staff Call Virus Testing Unsafe The New York Times SEATTLE — Workers who had been exposed to the coronavirus at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital were herded into a small building to be tested. Inside, few wore masks. They were given test kits by people without gloves and told to swirl a ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN International What is Kawasaki disease? The rare child syndrome might have link to Covid-19 CNN International London (CNN) UK paediatrics specialists have warned that a small but rising number of children are becoming ill with a rare syndrome that could be linked to coronavirus. On Sunday the Paediatric Intensive Care Society UK (PICS) warned about a small rise ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Antibody tests can't yet say who's immune to COVID-19, but they can show who's at risk NBCNews.com By showing how many people haven't been infected, the tests provide a picture of who remains vulnerable to the coronavirus. Image:A health care worker conducts a coronavirus test in Bolinas, Calif. where. A health care worker conducts a coronavirus test in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Is America's high obesity levels leading to more coronavirus deaths? Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Just as the U.S. is leading the world in coronavirus deaths, it has, for decades, led the world in obesity levels too – and medical professionals are now indicating that ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News In coronavirus battle, scientists have teamed up with billionaires for COVID-19 'Manhattan Project': report Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A small group of scientists and billionaires have teamed up in an ambitious effort to battle the coronavirus pandemic, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. The group's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Wall Street Journal The Hunt for Covid-19 Drugs and Vaccines Becomes Even More Complex Wall Street Journal The fast-evolving coronavirus pandemic is posing unusual challenges in the search for drugs and vaccines, forcing researchers to rework or even scrap clinical trials as the science becomes outdated and lockdowns make study subjects harder to find. Flag as irrelevant
	Business Insider Stop pinning your hopes on coronavirus antibodies: 3 major issues mean they're no silver bullet Business Insider Many companies are developing tests that can identify people who have recovered from COVID-19 by detecting coronavirus antibodies in the blood. The presence of antibodies likely means someone is immune and could return to work safely, which is why ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: UK failed to stockpile crucial PPE BBC News The government failed to buy crucial protective equipment to cope with a pandemic, a BBC investigation has found. There were no gowns, visors, swabs or body bags in the government's pandemic stockpile when Covid-19 reached the UK. NHS staff say they ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME How to Think About Your Cancer Care in the Time of COVID-19 TIME Getting the news that you have cancer is overwhelming and frightening. The COVID-19 crisis adds another layer of anxiety. But know this: you can protect yourself from COVID-19 without compromising your cancer treatment. Don't panic. In the vast majority of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Why are more men dying from COVID-19? Livescience.com The novel coronavirus tends to affect men more severely than it does women. Though nobody can yet explain the oddity, researchers are hot on the case. It's possible that the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone play a role, according to previous ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Washington Mental Hospital Staff Call Virus Testing Unsafe U.S. News & World Report SEATTLE (AP) — Workers who had been exposed to the coronavirus at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital were herded into a small building to be tested. Inside, few wore masks. They were given test kits by people without gloves and told to swirl a ... Flag as irrelevant
	KTLA Former jail in Monterey Park to be used as decontamination center to allow reuse of N95s by 1st responders KTLA Los Angeles County will use a shuttered women's jail in Monterey Park to decontaminate N95 masks so that first responders can reuse them, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Monday. The department will work with the L.A. County Department ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American 'Spider-Man' Immune Response May Promote Severe COVID-19 Scientific American The menagerie of immune cells and proteins that defend the human body have received mounting scrutiny in struggles to ward off COVID-19. A lot of the debate has centered around whether, after recovery, a person carrying protective antibodies can return to ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Post Why NYC failed on coronavirus response while Seattle succeeded: report New York Post While public-health officials were getting in front of the coronavirus in Seattle, Mayor Bill de Blasio dragged his feet and openly bickered with Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York, according to a report highlighting the night-and-day disparity between the cities' ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Children in South Asia at risk as coronavirus disrupts immunization drive: UNICEF Reuters ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR (Reuters) - Disruptions to immunization programmes across South Asia due to the coronavirus pandemic are upending attempts to vaccinate millions of children against deadly diseases, the United Nations' children's fund UNICEF ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News There may be more than 15000 'excess deaths' linked to coronavirus in the US, study suggests Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The U.S. may have underreported the number of people who died from the coronavirus pandemic by as many as 15,000 people as late as April 4, a newly published ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times LA County sheriff says new decontamination center will allow N95 masks to be reused 20 times Los Angeles Times Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced an initiative Monday to decontaminate N95 masks that will allow first-responders and healthcare workers countywide to safely reuse them up to 20 times as they battle the coronavirus. The new ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Free coronavirus testing site opens in Carson Los Angeles Times Another coronavirus testing center opened Monday in Los Angeles County, as the city of Carson began free screenings for all of its residents. The new drive-through site will offer free testing for all city employees, residents "and anyone else who schedules an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Doctors are testing whether estrogen could help men fight COVID-19 Livescience.com More men than women have fallen severely ill or died from COVID-19, and now two clinical trials will probe whether sex hormone differences might explain the trend, The New York Times reported. Since the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged in China, men ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com LA's Coronavirus Death Toll Climbs As SoCal Eases Restrictions Patch.com As crowds packed beaches in Orange and Ventura counties, LA saw its COVID-19 death toll double in a week, including 11 health care workers. By Paige Austin, Patch Staff. Apr 27, 2020 3:30 pm PT ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Is quarantine fatigue here? Americans are leaving their houses more and more, cell data shows USA TODAY Researchers have found Americans are venturing out of their homes more for the first time since social distancing guidelines were put in place in mid-March, despite warnings from experts strongly encouraging people to practice social distancing. Led by Lei ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Upward mobility may be good for your mental health, but bad for your heart health ABC News Decades of research have informed us that higher socioeconomic status (SES) often equates to better overall health. But what about people who were not born with high socioeconomic status, but earn it later in life? According to a new study, even people who ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Some NFL Players May Be Misdiagnosed With Brain Disease: Study HealthDay By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, April 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The brain damage that may occur in football players has received a lot of attention in recent years. But a new study suggests that former players who get a diagnosis of ... Flag as irrelevant
	WHBL News Thailand's Coronavirus Medics Feel Strain Even as Cases Decline The New York Times BANGKOK — For Bangkok nurse Kanjana Kamoun, the coronavirus Intensive Care Ward is not only where she works all day, it is where she thinks she is when she wakes up in the middle of the night, anxious and afraid. Even as the number of new cases are ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News India coronavirus: The 'mystery' of low Covid-19 death rates BBC News The global media reports are a mixture of relief and bafflement. They talk about the "mystery behind India's lower death rates" from the Covid-19 infection, and say that India is "bucking the coronavirus trend". One talks about the "Indian exception as death ... Flag as irrelevant
	Telegraph.co.uk Health Highlights: April 28, 2020 HealthDay Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Rare, Serious Illness May Occur in Children With COVID-19. Abdominal pain, gastrointestinal complaints and heart inflammation are among the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek A Group of US Scientists and Billionaires Has Been Secretly Waging 'War' Against COVID-19 Newsweek A highly-qualified cabal of scientists, academics and Nobel Prize winners, backed by billionaires, has banded together to research novel ways of fighting back against COVID-19. The assembled group—Scientists to Stop COVID-19—has been working ... Flag as irrelevant
	MD Magazine CloroCovid-19 trial of high-dose chloroquine halted early due to toxicity, deaths Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The Brazilian CloroCovid-19 trial testing the safety and efficacy of a high dose of chloroquine in patients with severe COVID-19 has been terminated early after an interim analysis showed it was associated with more toxic effects ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science Magazine Reopening puts Germany's much-praised coronavirus response at risk Science Magazine Science 's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. Angela Merkel is generally not an alarmist. But in a 23 April speech to parliament, the German chancellor warned that the country's push to ease coronavirus restrictions was a dangerous ... Flag as irrelevant
	Slate Magazine Does Smoking Make COVID-19 Worse? Better? Here's What We Actually Know. Slate Magazine Slate is making its coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Subscribe to support our journalism. Start your free trial. Are smokers and vapers more likely to die of COVID-19? To judge by news coverage of the topic, the answer is an unequivocal yes. The New ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Italy, UK explore possible COVID-19 link to child inflammatory disease Reuters MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) - Italian and British medical experts are investigating a possible link between the coronavirus pandemic and clusters of severe inflammatory disease among infants who are arriving in hospital with high fevers and swollen arteries. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Rise in Scots cancer cases but risk of disease falling BBC News More people in Scotland are being diagnosed with cancer, official statistics have revealed. But the risk of developing the disease has fallen in the 10 years since 2009. Public Health Scotland (PHS), which publishes the annual figures, said the increase ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Americans Are Accidentally Poisoning Themselves with Cleaning Supplies Healthline Calls to U.S. poison control centers about chemical cleaners and disinfectants surged 20 percent between January and March 2020 compared with the prior year. The report indicates an uptick in poisoning that's clearly associated with the spread and ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET How you talk about coronavirus actually impacts its spread CNET A transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the US. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Ireland Not Yet Ready to Ease Coronavirus Restrictions: Health Chief The New York Times DUBLIN — Ireland's coronavirus taskforce will not be able to recommend easing stay-home restrictions on May 5 unless progress on the spread and impact of the disease is made this week, Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan said. A number of countries ... Flag as irrelevant

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