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	health Daily update ⋅ April 3, 2020
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	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 now more experts are saying there is probably some benefit to covering our ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times After Lost Months, Britain Vows to Catch Up on Virus Testing The New York Times LONDON — When Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to the British people from isolation on Wednesday, still suffering his own bout of the coronavirus, he said the key to overcoming the pandemic was more testing. "This is how we will unlock the coronavirus ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times What Pregnant Women Should Know About Coronavirus The New York Times [This article is part of the developing coronavirus coverage, and was updated on March 26. Go here for the latest on the coronavirus.] Pregnant women are often particularly susceptible to respiratory infections and, once infected, can become seriously ill, with ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times FDA Relaxes Blood Donation Guidelines for Gay Men and Others The New York Times The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it was significantly loosening its recommendations for blood donations from gay and bisexual men, reducing the amount of time men who have had sex with men should wait before they give ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times John Murray, Pioneering Lung Expert, Dies at 92 The New York Times This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Dr. John Murray, an internationally recognized expert in pulmonology, helped the medical world understand a deadly condition known as acute ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times What to Do if Your Day Care is Still Open The New York Times Every morning when Inna Keselman goes to work as a neurologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, she drops her 3-year-old son off at a day care center located on campus. It's the same routine that she had before the Covid-19 pandemic. Only now ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Loss of smell from coronavirus: How to test your sense CNN (CNN) In mild to moderate cases of coronavirus, a loss of smell, and therefore taste, is emerging as one of the most unusual early signs of the disease called Covid-19. Coronavirus symptoms: A list and when to seek help. "What's called anosmia, which ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY At NYC hospital treating coronavirus, doctors 'use their MD license like they haven't had to before' USA TODAY The head of urology is working nights in the emergency room. The chairman of orthopedics is picking up shifts in the intensive care unit. For some, it's the type of work in a hospital that they haven't done in decades. And it's necessary, said Dr. Steven Corwin, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Trump Administration Debating Whether to Recommend All Americans Wear Cloth Masks in Public The New York Times WASHINGTON The Trump administration appeared to be conflicted Thursday about whether to recommend that all Americans wear cloth masks if they go out in public, even as federal health officials were revising guidance to reflect new concerns that the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Gita Ramjee, a Leading AIDS Researcher, Dies at 63 The New York Times This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. After earning a Ph.D. at the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa, in 1994 while raising two young children, Gita Ramjee was exhausted. Her thesis had been on ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Ventilators Are No Panacea for Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients NPR Most coronavirus patients who end up on ventilators go on to die, according to several small studies from the U.S., China and Europe. And many of the patients who are still alive can't be taken off the mechanical breathing machines. "It's very concerning to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Trump admin moves toward promoting broader use of face masks Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is formalizing new guidance to recommend that many, if not almost all, Americans wear face coverings when leaving home, in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The recommendations, still being ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Testing issues cloud scope of California's virus outbreak ABC News California is ramping up testing for coronavirus even as a backlog of nearly 60,000 pending tests grows. By. BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press. April 2, 2020, 6:14 PM. 6 min read. 6 min read. Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email this article. Image Icon. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Tests of potential coronavirus vaccine spurred growth of virus-fighting antibodies USA TODAY A potential vaccine for COVID-19 has been developed and tested successfully in mice, researchers at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine reported Thursday. "We'd like to get this into patients as soon as possible," said Andrea Gambotto, associate ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Cats may get coronavirus, but experts say it's nothing to worry about CNN (CNN) A newly-hatched study out of China, so raw that it's not yet been peer-reviewed, has some disturbing news for cat lovers. Our furry feline friends appear to be susceptible to catching Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Think You've Got COVID-19? Here's What Doctors Say About When To Seek Help NPR The new coronavirus is killing hundreds each day and swamping hospitals around the world. But catching the disease does not mean you will end up in the ICU. "There are many patients that are fine and that are at home," says Michelle Ng Gong, the chief of ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Now's the time to quit smoking: It could increase your odds of beating Covid-19 CNN (CNN) If you've been thinking about quitting smoking, there's no time like the present pandemic. With the novel coronavirus sweeping the globe, the science on quitting smoking offers welcome news for smokers who want to build up their defenses in case ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post White House expected to urge Americans to wear face coverings in public to slow spread of coronavirus Washington Post The White House is poised to urge Americans to wear cloth masks or face coverings in public to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, in a reversal of earlier advice. President Trump said Thursday at a coronavirus task force briefing that "a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post White House moves toward promoting face masks to fight virus Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is formalizing new guidance to recommend that many Americans wear face coverings in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus as the president defends his response to the crisis. "Because of some ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Blood centers begin collecting coronavirus antibodies from COVID-19 survivors Los Angeles Times Blood donation centers across the U.S. are ramping up efforts to collect plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 in hopes it could be used to save the lives of others infected with the pandemic disease. Under guidelines released this week by ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Peaks, Testing, Lockdowns: How Coronavirus Vocabulary Causes Confusion The New York Times Making sense of the coronavirus pandemic requires getting up to speed on semantics as much as epidemiology. Government officials and health care professionals toss off mentions of mortality rates, flattening the curve and lockdowns, assuming that we ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Seasonal allergies: These are the 25 worst cities in the US for spring symptoms USA TODAY The highly encouraged and in some places strictly enforced social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic may come as a relief to people with spring allergies. Early March is usually a time when more than 50 million Americans who suffer from allergic ... Flag as irrelevant
	Politico Yes, We Need to Measure Lives Against Money. Here's How. Politico After days of market freefall, President Donald Trump hinted two weeks ago that he was thinking about relaxing public-health restrictions for the sake of the economy—"WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF," he tweeted, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Why is New Orleans' coronavirus death rate twice New York's? Obesity is a factor Reuters (Reuters) - The coronavirus has been a far deadlier threat in New Orleans than the rest of the United States, with a per-capita death rate twice that of New York City. Doctors, public health officials and available data say the Big Easy's high levels of obesity and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Good Looks Ran in the Family. So Did Schizophrenia. The New York Times HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD Inside the Mind of an American Family By Robert Kolker. Amid the rugged beauty of Colorado Springs, Don Galvin, a gregarious and confident Air Force Academy official, and his wife, Mimi, a sparkplug from an upper-crust Texas ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Coronavirus on Fabric: What You Should Know Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Many emergency room workers remove their clothes as soon as they get home — some before they even enter. Does that mean you should worry about ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Questions over how testing pledge will be met BBC News The government is under pressure to explain how it will meet its target of increasing coronavirus testing ten-fold by the end of April. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said he wants 100,000 tests to be carried out every day. But Labour said there were no ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape No Staff COVID-19 Diagnoses After Plan at Chinese Cancer Center Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. No staff members or patients were diagnosed with COVID-19 after "strict protective measures" for screening and managing patients were implemented at ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News 95-year-old World War 2 veteran shares positive message after surviving coronavirus ABC News William "Bill" Kelly, a 95-year-old veteran of World War 2 who also lived through the Great Depression has added another accomplishment to his name after contracting the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and beating it. "I am doing well," said Kelly. "I definitely ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times As coronavirus cases rise, OC moves to convert two hotels into housing, medical facilities for the homeless Los Angeles Times Officials in Orange County entered into an agreement this week with a boutique hotel group to convert two properties into temporary housing and medical facilities for the homeless amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Ayres Hotels, located in Orange and ... Flag as irrelevant
	WIRED For Homeless People, Covid-19 Is Horror on Top of Horror WIRED "There is nothing," a desperate poster writes, and a dozen others agree. Online communities dedicated to homelessness, like Reddit's r/homeless, were already places to vent about unlivable living situations, but as the Covid-19 outbreak continues, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD In Some Cases, COVID-19 May Harm the Brain WebMD By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, April 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The woman worked in the airlines industry and was in her late 50s. She arrived at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit with a cough, fever and mental confusion that had ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times How badly will the coronavirus hit San Francisco? Los Angeles Times A top San Francisco health official warned that hospitals still could be overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, even as officials elsewhere expressed cautious hope the statewide stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the virus was working. San Francisco ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Why the Coronavirus Slipped Past Disease Detectives Scientific American In 2009 the U.S. government launched a program to hunt for unknown viruses that can cross from animals to humans and cause pandemics. The project, called PREDICT, was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, and it worked with teams ... Flag as irrelevant
	Politico Google uses location data to show which places are complying with stay-at-home orders — and which aren't The Verge Google is using location data gathered from smartphones to help public health officials understand how people's movements have changed in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In a blog post early Friday morning, Google announced the release of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Quartz Social distancing isn't the right language for what Covid-19 asks of us Quartz It is a remarkable thing to consider that only a few months ago, most of humanity did not know what social distancing was. The term's popularity, and the need for it, emerged as Covid-19 did. But as it has become both part of our lexicon and a defining feature ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN International How two funerals helped turn one small Georgia city into a hotspot for coronavirus CNN International Albany, Georgia (CNN) When a retired janitor suddenly died in southern Georgia, crowds of relatives and friends flocked to a local funeral home and mourned together. Within weeks, their city was overrun by coronavirus cases. That cluster of coronavirus ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times LA County emerges as a coronavirus epicenter in California as deaths, cases jump Los Angeles Times The death toll from the coronavirus jumped again Thursday to 78 in Los Angeles County as officials warned residents "many weeks of work" were ahead before the region might see signs that the spread was slowing. Although cases are rising across the state, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill Exclusive: Opioid Supply Crunch for US Coronavirus Patients Prompts Appeal to Relax Limits The New York Times (Reuters) - U.S. doctors running out of narcotics needed for COVID-19 patients on ventilators are asking the federal government to raise production limits for drugmakers, according to a letter seen by Reuters, after national quotas had been tightened to ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report 'We Love You NHS': UK Health Service Gears Up for Virus Peak The New York Times LONDON — Dr. Nishant Joshi is on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic — and he's angry. The emergency medicine specialist says he risks his life every time he walks into a British hospital because doctors and nurses haven't been equipped with the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com 5 tips to help you defuse coronavirus-related stress Today.com Using what he learned from living in New York City on 9/11, Barry Davret created a set of rules to keep his stress levels to a minimum during this time of uncertainty. Davret says he is writing some fiction stories he says will depict what the world might be like ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME Can You Be Re-Infected After Recovering From Coronavirus? Here's What We Know About COVID-19 Immunity TIME Troubling headlines have been cropping up across Asia: Some patients in China, Japan and South Korea who were diagnosed with COVID-19 and seemingly recovered have been readmitted to the hospital after testing positive for the virus again. Because ... Flag as irrelevant
	ZDNet Researchers propose method to track coronavirus through smartphones while protecting privacy ZDNet Live. As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread, research teams across the globe have been using their time and skills to come up with innovative ways that technology can help us track the illness. In the last week, the number of confirmed coronavirus ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: The young doctors being asked to play god BBC News When the tannoy blasts out a "Team 700" alert at Elmhurst hospital in Queens in New York City it is because a "crash" team is needed immediately. Someone is going into cardiac arrest. In normal times that would happen maybe once a week. Yesterday ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News The last coronavirus holdout in New York: A rural upstate county braces itself ABC News In the rural upstate New York, it takes up to two weeks to find out test results for the novel coronavirus. Personal protective equipment is sparse. And there's no medical facility with an intensive care unit. This is what officials in Seneca County are trying to ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com FDA reduces restrictions on gay blood donors amid 'urgent need' NBCNews.com Amid what it's calling an "urgent need for blood," the Food and Drug Administration revised its blood donor guidelines on Thursday, significantly easing the restrictions on men who have sex with men. The new guidelines reduce the donation deferral period for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post US eases blood donation limits for gay men due to shortage Washington Post WASHINGTON — The U.S. government Thursday eased restrictions on blood donations from gay men and other key groups because of a drop in the nation's blood supply triggered by the coronavirus outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration's new policy ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET Homemade face masks, coronavirus, N95: New CDC guidelines and everything to know CNET N95 face masks are currently in short supply. South China Morning Post/Getty Images. For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Pregnant Women Need to Guard Against Coronavirus WebMD FRIDAY, April 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women with COVID-19 may be susceptible to pregnancy complications, an obstetrician-gynecologist says. Pregnant women have physiologic changes in their chests that may make them more susceptible ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe How accurate are coronavirus tests? Doctors raise concern about 'false-negative' results The Boston Globe As more people are gaining access to COVID-19 tests, doctors say they are encountering a troubling number of "false negatives" — test results that indicate patients aren't sick, despite clear signs and symptoms of coronavirus infection. This phenomenon of ... Flag as irrelevant

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