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	health Daily update ⋅ May 1, 2020
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	The New York Times 3 Africans in Mexico City Grave Tell Stories of Slavery's Toll The New York Times The three skulls were unlike hundreds of others in the 16th-century mass grave uncovered at the San José de los Naturales Royal Hospital in Mexico City. Their front teeth were filed decoratively, perhaps as a ritual custom, unlike those of "los naturales," the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN The personal stories of 3 enslaved Africans, as told by their bones CNN (CNN) Despite the wealth of knowledge regarding the transatlantic slave trade, the history of enslaved Africans forcibly brought to Latin America has yet to be fully explored. In a study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, scientists tell the stories ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN International Expert report predicts up to two more years of pandemic misery CNN International (CNN) The new coronavirus is likely to keep spreading for at least another 18 months to two years—until 60% to 70% of the population has been infected, a team of longstanding pandemic experts predicted in a report released Thursday. They recommended ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR A Next-Generation Coronavirus Test Raises Hopes And Concerns NPR STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: What's a way out of the shortage of coronavirus testing? A shortfall of tests has hampered the U.S. response from the start. There is still a shortfall, according to many experts, even though millions of tests have now been conducted. Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: Thousands of Health Care Workers Lack Insurance If COVID-19 Strikes — Study HealthDay A new study finds that more than 600,000 health care workers are poor and potentially without insurance or paid sick leave. Thousands of Health Care Workers Lack Insurance If COVID-19 Strikes: Study. THURSDAY, April 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: More Evidence That Trump-Touted Drugs Won't Curb COVID-19 HealthDay A new research review on chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — the antimalarial drugs President Donald Trump has promoted as coronavirus treatments — says that the drugs may dampen the body's immune defenses it needs to fight against COVID-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Here's everything you need to know about coronavirus antibody tests Livescience.com As the new coronavirus burns its way across the world, scientists are rushing to find ways to identify those who have been infected — including those who have recovered from COVID-19. Those people, the thinking goes, may be immune to the deadly virus ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay American Heart Association News: Far From Immune, Rural Areas Face Unique COVID-19 Challenges HealthDay Philippe Turpin/Photononstop, Getty Images. Distance and low density can offer some protection against the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19, but rural areas also have their own unique challenges when it comes to an infectious disease like the ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: ECMO Technology Might Help COVID Patients When Ventilators Can't HealthDay ECMO at work in an ICU. A device called ECMO can't treat COVID-19, but it could help patients with the virus by doing the work of the lungs and, in some cases, the heart for when a ventilator isn't enough. Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Why you should avoid some cough syrups if you think you've got the coronavirus Los Angeles Times Coughing is one of the hallmark symptoms of being infected with the novel coronavirus. So it's no surprise that many are swigging dextromethorphan, a workhorse cough suppressant, to calm those bone-rattling expulsions of germs and air. It may be doing ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Coronavirus and Other Causes Driving Surge in US Deaths The New York Times NEW YORK — The U.S. has seen at least 66,000 more deaths than usual so far this year, according to government data, and the new coronavirus accounts for much — but not all — of the increase. Usually the nation sees about 1 million deaths by the end of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. Livescience.com Naked mole rats are supremely weird creatures — they don't need much oxygen, and instead have seizures if they don't get enough carbon dioxide, the chemical humans exhale when we breathe, researchers just found.The scientists found that the wrinkled ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Blood Pressure Drugs Don't Increase Coronavirus Risk, Studies Find The New York Times Drugs that are widely prescribed to treat high blood pressure do not make patients more susceptible to coronavirus infection, or to severe illness if they do become infected, researchers reported on Friday. Their findings are good news for millions of people ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Famed HIV researcher on the race to find a COVID-19 treatment NBCNews.com David Ho is in a race against time to find a treatment for COVID-19. Fortunately it's the kind of race he's run before. Ho, the famed virologist and director and CEO of the Aaron Diamond AIDS research center at Columbia University, rose to prominence decades ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Critics said the flu kills more than coronavirus. Why that's not a fair comparison -- and now, it's not even true CNN (CNN) It's a popular argument heard at protests denouncing state shutdowns, fueled by those who say news outlets are overreacting to coronavirus: The flu kills more people than coronavirus. Why shut down the economy for this? But the US death toll from ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Fact check: Trump says the US ready to contain COVID-19 with contact tracing. Experts disagree. NBCNews.com President Donald Trump and members of his administration, who are eager to have parts of the economy restarted, have insisted that a robust contact tracing program to contain future outbreaks of the coronavirus is in place — even as public health experts ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Trending Clinical Topic: Cancer and COVID-19 Medscape Each week, we identify one top search term, speculate about what caused its popularity, and provide an infographic on a related condition. If you have thoughts about what's trending and why, feel free to share them with us on Twitter or Facebook. News about ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Here's what we know about remdesivir, other COVID-19 treatments ABC News Excitement is building over remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19, while enthusiasm tempers for the malaria-drug hydroxychloroquine. These two drugs are arguably the most-hyped COVID-19 treatments, and in recent days new data has emerged indicating ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com CDC: Coronavirus and other causes behind increase in deaths in US NBCNews.com The U.S. has seen at least 66,000 more deaths than usual so far this year, according to government data, and the new coronavirus accounts for much — but not all — of the increase. Usually the nation sees about 1 million deaths by the end of April, meaning ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Fact Check: CDC has not stopped reporting flu deaths, and this season's numbers are typical USA TODAY On April 28, conservative commentator and political activist Candace Owens accused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of misreporting flu deaths. "According to CDC reports – 2020 is working out to be the lowest flu death season of the decade," ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN This family was randomly selected to take a coronavirus antibody test. Here's what it's like CNN Atlanta (CNN) Health workers are knocking on doors around metro Atlanta this week to conduct random antibody tests to see how many people have been infected with the novel coronavirus. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- which is ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Black African deaths three times higher than white Britons - study BBC News Coronavirus patients from black African backgrounds in England are dying at more than triple the rate of white Britons, a study suggests. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said a higher proportion of people from ethnic minority backgrounds live in areas hit ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Coronavirus and other causes driving surge in US deaths ABC News NEW YORK -- The U.S. has seen at least 66,000 more deaths than usual so far this year, according to government data, and the new coronavirus accounts for much — but not all — of the increase. Usually the nation sees about 1 million deaths by the end of ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC How the gas that gave the world Viagra could help treat coronavirus patients CNBC Nitric oxide is a colorless, tasteless and short-acting gas which widens blood vessels in the lungs when inhaled. It was in the 90s that nitric oxide also played a central role in the development of the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. To date, there are no ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Recovering From COVID-19 Doesn't Necessarily Mean You're Immune—So How Would a Vaccine Work? Newsweek There are many things we still do not know about the new coronavirus that has so far infected over 3.2 million people. This includes whether people are immune after contracting the virus and, if so, how long this immunity lasts—questions that are hugely ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Heart Attacks, Strokes Are Declining Among People With Diabetes HealthDay By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. FRIDAY, May 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- An Australian study has good news for people with type 2 diabetes -- fewer people with diabetes are having heart attacks and strokes compared to 20 years ago. Heart attacks ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME Are You Experiencing COVID-19 "Caution Fatigue"? Here's What It Is, and How to Fight It TIME As lockdowns drag on and on in many U.S. states, there are worrying signs that people's resolve to continue social distancing is flagging. An illicit house party in Chicago made headlines this week, as did photos of crowded beaches in Southern California and ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay ECMO: Technology That Might Help COVID Patients When Ventilators Can't HealthDay By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. FRIDAY, May 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Many people who are seriously ill with COVID-19 end up on ventilators to help them breathe, but sometimes, even ventilators aren't enough. That's when a device called ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY 'Someone's life could depend on it': Two congressmen donate plasma after COVID-19 recovery USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Two congressman announced Thursday that they will be donating their blood plasma, since they have recovered from COVID-19, to those who are sick with the virus. The technique of using plasma from people who have recovered from a ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay More Evidence That Trump-Touted Drugs Won't Curb COVID-19 HealthDay THURSDAY, April 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Another study casts doubt on the malaria drugs touted by President Donald Trump as potential game-changers against COVID-19. The drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, are also used for lupus and ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Research Moves Toward Once-Yearly HIV Treatment WebMD THURSDAY, April 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have reformulated an HIV medication into a version they hope can eventually be taken as infrequently as once a year. The work is only in the early stages, having been studied in lab animals. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Minnesota nursing home reports 47 deaths from coronavirus Washington Post MINNEAPOLIS — A suburban Minneapolis nursing home said 47 residents have died from complications of COVID-19, the most at any long-term care facility in Minnesota. St. Therese of New Hope also said Wednesday that 130 residents have tested positive ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times After Decades of Service, Five Nuns Die as Virus Sweeps Through Convent The New York Times CHICAGO — Our Lady of the Angels Convent was designed as a haven of peace and prayer in a suburb of Milwaukee, a place where aging, frail nuns could rest after spending their lives taking care of others. Songbirds chirped in the sitting area. A courtyard ... Flag as irrelevant
	Slate Magazine It Will Probably Take Longer Than 12 to 18 Months to Get a Vaccine Slate Magazine Slate is making its coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Subscribe to support our journalism. Start your free trial. I have a vague timeline in my head: I know better than to think that life will return to normal once my state's shelter-in-place order is lifted. Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today HCQ, the Immune System, and COVID-19: Unanswered Questions MedPage Today Using hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to treat COVID-19 has been surrounded by more hype than data, with too little known about how the virus affects the immune system, investigators said. "[T]he known and potent immunomodulatory effects of [HCQ and its ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Coronavirus outbreak at Wisconsin convent kills 5 nuns: report Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The novel coronavirus has reportedly claimed the lives of five nuns at a Wisconsin convent. Since April 6, five nuns have died at The Lady of the Angels Convent, ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Tech Might Help COVID Patients Ventilators Can't WebMD FRIDAY, May 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Many people who are seriously ill with COVID-19 end up on ventilators to help them breathe, but sometimes, even ventilators aren't enough. That's when a device called ECMO may help. ECMO can do the work of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Verge Rep. Adam Schiff pushes YouTube and Twitter on coronavirus misinformation The Verge Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a letter today to Google, YouTube, and Twitter urging the platforms to explicitly notify users when they've engaged with misinformation about the coronavirus. Schiff wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, YouTube CEO Susan ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Warning as Anglesey cases 'double in fortnight' BBC News People have been warned not to be tempted to break lockdown measures after a "doubling" of coronavirus cases in Anglesey. As of Thursday, 81 cases had been recorded in Anglesey, according to Public Health Wales figures - up from 39 two weeks ago. Flag as irrelevant
	AZCentral.com COVID-19 deaths are likely undercounted. Surges in pneumonia deaths could help explain why AZCentral.com In the three months since the new coronavirus began spreading in Arizona, 320 individuals have officially died from the disease as of Thursday. During those same 12 weeks since Feb. 1, 1,013 other individuals in Arizona died from pneumonia with no ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET Coronavirus treatments: Remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine and vaccines for COVID-19 CNET Everything you need to know about COVID-19 vaccines. Tetra/Getty. For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The coronavirus has spread across the globe with speed and ferocity, reaching almost ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune More Lake County inmates test positive for coronavirus Chicago Tribune Three more inmates at the Lake County jail have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office. The jail tested nine inmates April 25, about a week after learning a Des Plaines man who had been housed with them ... Flag as irrelevant
	Daily Beast Are COVID-19 Mutations Making the Virus More Deadly? Daily Beast Yes, the novel coronavirus mutates. Possibly fast. No, that doesn't necessarily make the virus deadlier. Instead, there's another—and equally chilling—possible explanation for the high death rate associated with COVID-19. It could be that our own genes, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Quartz The challenges of supporting pregnant women during Covid-19, from a midwife Quartz As Covid-19 has spread around the world, people struggling to breathe have overwhelmed healthcare systems. That's putting people who normally need the medical attention, such as cancer patients and people on dialysis, at greater risk. Many can't avoid ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS Denver Denver Will Soon Require People To Wear Masks In Public CBS Denver DENVER (CBS4) – People in Denver will soon be required to wear face masks in public due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials confirmed to CBS4 on Thursday. Young woman with hand made face nose mouth mask coronavirus covid19 outbreak ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay AHA News: Far From Immune, Rural Areas Face Unique COVID-19 Challenges HealthDay THURSDAY, April 30, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Since late last year, COVID-19 has been overwhelming health care facilities in urban areas around the world, causing more than 12,200 deaths so far in New York City alone. As has become ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Smokers Hospitalized Less Often for COVID-19 WebMD April 29, 2020 - Today in the world of coronavirus news: Few of those hospitalized with the coronavirus are smokers, and researchers are trying to understand why, according to VICE. One hypothesis is that nicotine, which has anti-inflammatory properties, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET Making coronavirus face masks? Here's what you need to know CNET There are plenty of resources to help you make a face mask at home. SummerDance/iStock/Touchups by Sarah Tew/CNET. For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. If your state is planning to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Every California resident with coronavirus symptoms should be tested, state officials say Los Angeles Times Every California resident with symptoms of the coronavirus is now considered a top priority for testing, state public health officials announced Thursday in a move that signals growing confidence that testing capacity has increased enough to handle a ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Millions of children risk missing vaccines, says UN BBC News Millions of children risk missing "life-saving" vaccines, the UN has warned, after a "massive backlog" of shipments built up due to the coronavirus pandemic. The outbreak has had a huge impact on the air industry, drastically reducing commercial and charter ... Flag as irrelevant

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