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	health Daily update ⋅ May 12, 2020
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	CBS Denver Dr. Dave Hnida Answers Coronavirus Questions CBS Denver DENVER (CBS4) – Coronavirus is still so new, there are many unknowns. That's why we've started a segment on CBSN Denver called Q&A with Dr. Dave. We're getting your coronavirus questions answered by CBS4 Medical Editor Dr. Dave Hnida. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19. The New York Times When diagnosing the ills afflicting modern science, an entertainment that, along with the disparagement of his critics and fellow researchers, he counts among his great delights, the eminent French microbiologist Didier Raoult will lightly stroke his beard, lean ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Study: Virus Death Toll in NYC Worse Than Official Tally The New York Times NEW YORK — New York City's death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the official tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Would you ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Rethinking Covid-19 in Children The New York Times As we learn more about children and Covid-19, new research is reshaping some of our thinking. It continues to be true that children, as a group, have been relatively spared, but there is evidence that some may become very sick, and we are beginning to learn ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Study: Virus death toll in NYC worse than official tally Washington Post NEW YORK — New York City's death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between March 11 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Triple Antiviral Combo Speeds COVID-19 Recovery Medscape FROM THE LANCET. A triple-antiviral therapy regimen of interferon-beta1, lopinavir/ritonavir, and ribavirin shortened median time to COVID-19 viral negativity by 5 days in a small trial from Hong Kong. In an open-label, randomized phase 2 trial in patients ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times California's Plan to Trace Travelers for Virus Faltered When Overwhelmed, Study Finds The New York Times In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, the United States, like many countries, had a very brief chance to limit the spread of the disease at its borders. Identifying travelers from high-risk countries and tracing their contacts with others would have been ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN 5 common arguments for reopening the economy -- and why experts say they are flawed CNN (CNN) The economy is plummeting, and tens of millions of Americans need to get back to work. But at what cost? We know there are health consequences to keeping the economy closed, and some say thousands of Americans are at risk of "deaths of despair. Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: SARS-CoV-2 Spreads Rapidly Through Skilled Nursing Facilities HealthDay In a new study, more than half of the residents who tested positive were asymptomatic at the time of testing. SARS-CoV-2 Spreads Rapidly Through Skilled Nursing Facilities. MONDAY, May 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Rapid and widespread transmission ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay New Clinical Trial Testing Remdesivir Plus Baricitinib as COVID-19 Treatment HealthDay A new clinical trial from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will look at remdesivir plus baricitinib as a potential COVID-19 treatment. Remdesivir is an intravenous antiviral drug ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: COVID-19 Still Rare in Kids, But Far From Harmless — Study HealthDay A common thread among the children with COVID-19 was that an overwhelming majority — 83 percent — suffered from an underlying health condition, a new study says. COVID-19 Still Rare in Kids, But Far From Harmless: Study. MONDAY, May 11, 2020 ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: Hydroxychloroquine Has No Impact on Outcomes in COVID-19 HealthDay No link was seen between the use of the drug and the risk for composite end point of intubation or death, according to a new study. Hydroxychloroquine Has No Impact on Outcomes in COVID-19. MONDAY, May 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: Antiviral Trio Shows Mettle Against COVID-19 HealthDay In a small study, the triple antiviral treatment — interferon beta-1b, lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin — was started within seven days of the patients showing COVID-19 symptoms and was found to be safe and to shorten the duration of viral shedding compared ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Yet another study shows hydroxychloroquine doesn't work against Covid-19 CNN (CNN) A new study -- the largest of its kind -- shows that hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by President Trump, does not work against Covid-19 and could cause heart problems. The study was published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical ... Flag as irrelevant
	Wall Street Journal One Idea for Speeding a Coronavirus Vaccine: Deliberately Infecting People Wall Street Journal It's a controversial idea: Intentionally infect people with the virus that causes Covid-19 to test the effectiveness of a potential vaccine. The approach is called a human challenge trial, and it's not the usual way a vaccine is tested. More commonly, researchers ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill What you need to know about four potential COVID-19 vaccines The Hill The coronavirus pandemic has set off an unprecedented global scramble for a vaccine. There are more than 100 potential vaccine candidates, according to the World Health Organization, but only eight have entered the crucial clinical trials stage. Four are in ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Organ Transplants Dive Amid Virus Crisis, Start to Inch Back The New York Times WASHINGTON — Organ transplants plummeted as COVID-19 swept through communities, with surgeons wary of endangering living donors and unable to retrieve possibly usable organs from the dead -- and hospitals sometimes too full even when they ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times I Have an Eating Disorder but Can't Escape the Kitchen The New York Times I ordered heritage flour from Minnesota and made a loaf of bread with a crackling crust. Those are facts. But what is the tone of that sentence? Am I bragging about my baking prowess, my ingredient sourcing, and the privilege that allows me to spend the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times 'Dengue Kills Too'-Latin America Faces Two Epidemics at Once The New York Times BOGOTA — As the coronavirus kills thousands and dominates government attention across Latin America, another deadly viral infection is quietly stalking the region. Dengue - colloquially called breakbone fever for the severe joint pain it causes - is endemic ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Misleading claim: Woodstock took place in the middle of a pandemic Reuters Correction 2: Reuters Fact Check team initially rated this claim as True, and later revised that to Partly True. After listening carefully to feedback from readers and reviewing the timeline of the Hong Kong flu pandemic that started in 1968, we are correcting this ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Enzyme Makes Men More Vulnerable to Coronavirus; Adding Interferon May Improve Treatment The New York Times NEW YORK — The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Men's blood contains more of enzyme that helps coronavirus infect ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME I Had Severe Insomnia Long Before the Pandemic. Here's What I've Learned From Those Sleepless Nights TIME I dreamed a while back that Boris Johnson had died. In the dream I felt sad, and when I woke I felt glad that I'd been sad, that my compassion had extended to someone whose values I don't generally share. I went back to sleep and dreamed that my partner ... Flag as irrelevant
	Business Insider This is what is will take for the US to solve its testing problem and actually get everyone back to work safely Business Insider The US must dramatically ramp up testing to give most Americans confidence that can safely return to work during the coronavirus pandemic. An ongoing lack of decisive leadership and aggressive action has fueled both economic and public health crises. Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today We Need a Different Strategy for COVID-19 Testing MedPage Today The several different plans to reopen the economy share a common element -- more testing to identify who has or is at risk for infection, and to help determine who can safely return to work. But, we still lack a coherent national testing strategy. Continuation of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Severe COVID-19 Illness Most Often Affects Children With Comorbidities Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Pediatric patients with significant comorbidities appear to be at increased risk of severe COVID-19 illness, according to a preliminary study on COVID-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters 'Dengue kills too' - Latin America faces two epidemics at once Reuters BOGOTA (Reuters) - As the coronavirus kills thousands and dominates government attention across Latin America, another deadly viral infection is quietly stalking the region. FILE PHOTO: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen inside Oxitec laboratory in ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Life-Saving Organ Transplants Plummet During COVID-19 Crisis HealthDay By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, May 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The coronavirus pandemic has affected all areas of medical care, and a new study finds it has delayed potentially life-saving organ transplants. Across the United States, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Study: Virus death toll in NYC worse than official tally Medical Xpress Pedestrians walk through the nearly empty Oculus during the coronavirus pandemic Saturday, May 9, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II). New York City's death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the tally kept by ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Which kids get sickest from COVID-19? The 'medically complex,' study finds NBCNews.com As reports of soaring cases of the coronavirus — first in China, then Italy — first reached the United States, there appeared to be a silver lining: children seemed to be spared from the illness. And while adults have, by far, borne the brunt of the disease, ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Low level of transplants sparks concern BBC News Under 100 organ transplants were carried out in the UK last month, the lowest number for 36 years figures show. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) analysis for BBC 5 Live Investigates showed there were 99 operations in April, down from 244 in March. Flag as irrelevant
	The Verge How the "Plandemic" video hoax went viral The Verge Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the big social platforms have generally been quicker than usual to intervene in the spread of misinformation. We've seen Facebook, Google, and Twitter add various labels, warnings, and links to high-quality news ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Blood Yields Clue to Why COVID Is Tougher on Men WebMD TUESDAY, May 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Since the coronavirus pandemic began, rates of hospital admission and death from COVID-19 have been significantly higher in men than women. Now, new Dutch research suggests a reason why: Compared to ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Blood Yields Clue to Why COVID-19 Is Tougher on Men HealthDay By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, May 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Since the coronavirus pandemic began, rates of hospital admission and death from COVID-19 have been significantly higher in men than women. Now, new Dutch research ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Monkey Trials Offer New Hope for HIV Vaccine U.S. News & World Report By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, May 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental vaccine seems to give monkeys extended protection from an HIV-like infection -- by "waking up" an arm of the immune system that vaccines ... Flag as irrelevant
	WRVO Public Media How Is The Federal Government Doing At Guiding A Smart Reopening? NPR NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former head of the Food and Drug Administration, and Andy Slavitt, who led the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, about reopening the country. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Like it or not, the U.S. ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Monkey Trials Offer New Hope for HIV Vaccine HealthDay By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, May 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental vaccine seems to give monkeys extended protection from an HIV-like infection -- by "waking up" an arm of the immune system that vaccines normally do not. Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Organ transplants plummeted as the coronavirus spread, study says Los Angeles Times Organ transplants plummeted as the coronavirus swept through communities, with surgeons wary of endangering living donors and unable to retrieve possibly usable organs from the dead. Even when doctors were willing and able, hospitals dealing with ... Flag as irrelevant
	Moneycontrol.com How Coronavirus Spreads Through the Air: What We Know So Far Scientific American Several months into a pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and decimated economies around the world, scientists still lack a complete understanding of how the virus that caused it is transmitted. Lockdowns are already easing in some ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Does Vitamin D Protect Against COVID-19? Medscape Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello. This is Dr JoAnn Manson, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape UK COVID-19 Daily: England's Lockdown Exit Roadmap in 50 Pages Medscape These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today. England's Lockdown Exit Roadmap in 50 Pages. What started out in last night's TV address by the Prime Minister as the "first sketch" of his roadmap for exiting lockdown in England grew ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times WHO Says 'Extreme Vigilance' Needed in Exit From Lockdowns The New York Times GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that "extreme vigilance" was needed as countries begin to exit from lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, amid global concerns about a second wave of infections. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Kids' ER Visits for Mental Health Problems Soared Over 10 Years U.S. News & World Report By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, May 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Children treated in America's emergency rooms for mental health disorders jumped 60% over a recent decade, a new study finds. Between 2007 and 2016, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times California's coronavirus outlook worse than researchers expected, as cases and deaths rise Los Angeles Times While California has avoided the grim death toll of coronavirus hot spots like New York, there are growing concerns that the state's most populous regions have not yet seen the rapid decline in deaths and cases needed to significantly reopen the economy. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times App Shows Promise in Tracking New Coronavirus Cases, Study Finds The New York Times In the absence of widespread on-demand testing, public health officials across the world have been struggling to track the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in real time. A team of scientists in the United States and the United Kingdom says a crowdsourcing ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters WHO sees 'potentially positive data' in treating coronavirus Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID-19 disease and that it was focusing on learning more about four or five of the most promising ones. Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters WHO says 'extreme vigilance' needed in exit from lockdowns Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that "extreme vigilance" was needed as countries begin to exit from lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, amid global concerns about a second wave of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters After surviving wars, pestilence, religions use technology to beat pandemic Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Throw a global pandemic at the world's religions, and you get confessions via Skype, virtual seders and recitations of the Koran over Facebook. FILE PHOTO - A man adjusts a camera to stream midday prayers during Ramadan inside ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET Face masks in cars, stores, outside: Places you're expected to wear a covering CNET Some states and counties now have mandates for wearing face masks. Angela Lang/CNET. For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. More and more US states are beginning to reopen businesses ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Early Results Shine New Light on COVID-19 Infection Rates Medscape Around 136,000 people in England may be currently infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to first results from a survey into the spread of COVID-19. The early estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that around 0.24% of the population ... Flag as irrelevant
	Daily Beast Why Is a Rare Illness Suddenly Spiking in Kids? And Is There a Corona Connection? Daily Beast The coronavirus pandemic has affected everyone, but now some are worried that children with a rare disease could be at increased risk from COVID-19. As infections rose in the United Kingdom and Italy, doctors there began to notice children coming in with ... Flag as irrelevant

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