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	health Daily update ⋅ May 19, 2020
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	The New York Times Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today The New York Times New York City expects to meet the state's criteria in the first half of June to begin lifting restrictions, the mayor said. At a meeting of the World Health Organization, China pledged $2 billion to fight the pandemic, while a top U.S. official criticized the organization. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY 'Something we've never seen before': Scientists still trying to understand baffling, unpredictable coronavirus USA TODAY MILWAUKEE – The new coronavirus has spread like wildfire, killed — and spared — people of all ages and all health conditions, baffled doctors, defied guidance and conventional wisdom, and produced an unprecedented array of symptoms. There's never ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Shows Promising Early Results The New York Times The first coronavirus vaccine to be tested in people appears to be safe and able to stimulate an immune response against the virus, its manufacturer, Moderna, announced on Monday. The findings are based on results from the first eight people who each ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: Hydroxychloroquine No Aid for COVID-Related Mortality HealthDay Hydroxychloroquine alone or with azithromycin was associated with abnormal electrocardiogram findings. Hydroxychloroquine No Aid for COVID-Related Mortality. MONDAY, May 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients with ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: Proms Gone, Graduations Online — Pandemic Cancels Kids' Rites of Passage HealthDay High school and college graduates across the country were hit with canceled proms, online graduations, missed opportunities and no sense of closure as the pandemic made many of their schools shut down during their final months of school. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Delirium and agitation may follow Covid-19 infection, study says CNN (CNN) Delirium, confusion and agitation may be common in severe coronavirus infections while patients are hospitalized, according to a new review of studies published Monday. Long-term, psychiatric problems after battling Covid-19 may not occur in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times How Confinement During the Pandemic Has Affected Spain's Children The New York Times On March 14, Spain imposed one of the most stringent lockdowns in Europe, especially for kids. Although dogs were allowed regular walks and adults could still run essential errands, it wasn't until April 26 that Spanish minors were finally permitted to leave ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Russia Says Many Coronavirus Patients Died of Other Causes. Some Disagree The New York Times MOSCOW — Before she died in a Moscow hospital earlier this month, Liubov Kashaeva, 74, twice tested positive for the new coronavirus. Her death was not attributed to the virus, however. It was put down to the cancer she had been suffering from. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Vaccinations Fall to Alarming Rates, CDC Study Shows The New York Times As states across the country relax stay-at-home orders and people return to more normal routines, some researchers worry about a spike in vaccine-preventable diseases in addition to the coronavirus's spread. During the pandemic, the rates of childhood ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post 'He gave his life for that hospital': A doctor put off retirement to fight covid-19, only to die of the virus Washington Post Before the virus overwhelmed the hospitals of New York, before it changed how Americans went about their daily lives, James "Charlie" Mahoney was planning for his retirement. He had just gone on a Caribbean cruise with his family, a January vacation that ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: People Mount Strong Immune Responses to Coronavirus, Boding Well for a Vaccine HealthDay Researchers looked at the immune T-cell counts in 20 patients who recovered from COVID-19 infections and found that people with COVID-19 have strong immune responses against the virus. People Mount Strong Immune Responses to Coronavirus, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A New Viral Outbreak Is Killing Rabbits The New York Times There's another deadly virus outbreak in the U.S., but this one is killing thousands of wild rabbits. It started in New Mexico in March and has since spread to Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, California and Mexico. It poses a fatal threat to pets as well as wild ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times T Cells Play a Role in Fighting Coronavirus; COVID-19 Affects Children Differently The New York Times NEW YORK — The following is a brief roundup of some 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. Immune system's T cells play a role in attacking the ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD More Vitamin D, Lower Risk of Severe COVID-19? WebMD May 18, 2020 -- Could having a healthy blood level of vitamin D help you avoid the intensive care unit and death if you become infected with COVID-19? Several groups of researchers from different countries have found that the sickest patients often have the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Detroit Free Press Could sewage testing in Detroit serve as a COVID-19 early-warning system? Detroit Free Press It sounds like a crappy job, but it just might help save lives. If you have the coronavirus, it is passing right through you, researchers confirm, and, with every flush, it's going into the sewer. As a result, Detroit public officials now hope by collecting sewage ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME How the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Forcing Lifeguards to Try to Protect Themselves While Working to Save Lives TIME Lifeguarding has always been a high-risk job. But amid the coronavirus pandemic, those who work to protect beachgoers are facing a new level of danger. From stubbed toes to cardiac arrests, open water lifeguards are trained to act as first responders for all ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters T cells play a role in fighting coronavirus; COVID-19 affects children differently Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of some 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. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Care homes should have been prioritised from the start, MPs told BBC News The head of the organisation which represents care homes in England has strongly criticised the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Professor Martin Green, of Care England, said people who were most at risk of dying of Covid-19 should ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com He thought the coronavirus was 'a fake crisis.' Then he contracted it and changed his mind. NBCNews.com A Florida man who thought the coronavirus was "a fake crisis" has changed his mind after he and his wife contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Brian Hitchens, a rideshare driver who lives in Jupiter, downplayed the seriousness of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com CDC plans sweeping COVID-19 antibody study in 25 metropolitan areas NBCNews.com The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans a nationwide study of up to 325,000 people to track how the new coronavirus is spreading across the country into next year and beyond, a CDC spokeswoman and researchers conducting the effort ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American How COVID-19 Deaths Are Counted Scientific American As coronavirus has swept through the United States, finding the true number of people who have been infected has been stymied due to lack of testing. Now, official counts of coronavirus deaths are being challenged, too. In Colorado, for example, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times What We Know About the Covid-Related Syndrome Affecting Children The New York Times For parents, one of the most reassuring aspects of the coronavirus has been that it largely spares children, only causing mild symptoms. But recent reports of a new life-threatening pediatric inflammatory syndrome are worrying many families. Children in ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Russia Says Many Coronavirus Patients Died of Other Causes. Some Disagree U.S. News & World Report MOSCOW (Reuters) - Before she died in a Moscow hospital earlier this month, Liubov Kashaeva, 74, twice tested positive for the new coronavirus. Her death was not attributed to the virus, however. It was put down to the cancer she had been suffering from. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Moderna's possible coronavirus vaccine delivers preliminary but promising data USA TODAY There is positive news from two COVID-19 vaccine candidates considered frontrunners, from Moderna in the US and Oxford in the United Kingdom. But experts cautioned that both represent only early, though useful, steps on a long road rather than definitive ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Yoga may ease symptoms of depression, study says CNN (CNN) Weekly sessions of yoga may ease depressive symptoms in people with other mental health issues, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing research. From migraines to asthma to shingles: The physical toll coronavirus-related ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News You might want to enroll in contact tracer training, even if you're already employed ABC News I have a full-time job and no plans to leave it, but when Johns Hopkins launched an online course for contact tracers last week, I itched to enroll. I'm a health reporter, which these days means lots of interviews with scientists and doctors about COVID-19 and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Pandemic-Related Vaccination Drop Raises Concern About US Measles Outbreak The New York Times (Reuters) - Researchers have documented a drop in child vaccination rates in Michigan since restrictions were imposed to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, raising concern about outbreaks of other diseases such as measles, the U.S. Centers for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters US CDC plans sweeping COVID-19 antibody study in 25 metropolitan areas Reuters (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans a nationwide study of up to 325,000 people to track how the new coronavirus is spreading across the country into next year and beyond, a CDC spokeswoman and researchers ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette National Guard to leave troubled Beaver County nursing home Tuesday Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Pennsylvania National Guard on Tuesday will send home the 40 troops who have spent the past week assisting employees at a Beaver County nursing home enduring the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the state. Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Allegheny County reports 0 COVID-19 deaths for second straight day Pittsburgh Post-Gazette For the second consecutive day, Allegheny County has not reported a death because of COVID-19, according to the latest figures released Monday by the county health department. With the new data, Allegheny County's death toll from the coronavirus stands ... Flag as irrelevant
	E! Online Rooney Mara's Facialist Shares Tips to Getting Glowing Skin at Home E! Online It's no secret that everyone's daily routine looks a little different these days, but did you know that every little change can affect your skin? According to celebrity facialist Ada Ooi of 001 London Skincare, whose A-list clientele includes Rooney Mara and Ellie ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Americans See Climate as a Concern, Even Amid Coronavirus Crisis The New York Times Americans' positions on climate change have remained largely unshaken by the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis, according to a new national survey that showed acceptance of the reality of global warming at record highs in some categories. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times COVID SCIENCE-T cells play a role in fighting coronavirus; COVID-19 affects children differently Reuters By Nancy Lapid NEW YORK (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of some 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. Immune system's T cells play a ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Can nicotine replacement products help combat Covid-19? BBC News Tests to see if nicotine patches and other quit-smoking aids can help combat coronavirus have been called for by a group of Welsh doctors. The three hospital consultants had already written in the British Medical Journal for investigations to be "urgently ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette National Guard to leave troubled Beaver County nursing home Tuesday Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Pennsylvania National Guard on Tuesday will send home the 40 troops who have spent the last week assisting employees at a Beaver County nursing home enduring the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the state. Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: More than 11000 deaths in care homes BBC News More than 11,600 people have died from coronavirus in care homes across the UK since the start of the pandemic, figures suggest. But for the second week running, the review of death certificates by statisticians showed the number of new deaths has fallen. Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe Major Boston hospital finds dramatic drop in stroke, heart attack, and cancer patients during coronavirus pandemic The Boston Globe At Beth Israel Deaconess, the number of referrals to its breast cancer clinic dropped 65 percent in April. By Liz Kowalczyk Globe Staff,Updated May 18, 2020, in 18 hours. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff/file. As the pandemic ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Even One High-Fat Meal May Dull Your Mind U.S. News & World Report By Rich Holmes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, May 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Ordering a cheeseburger and fries might literally be a dumb move, new research suggests. A recent, small study from Ohio State University indicates eating a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Children with COVID-19 may be less contagious than adults, two UK epidemiologists say Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - There are tentative signs that children may not spread the novel coronavirus as much as adults, two top epidemiologists said on Tuesday, though they cautioned that the bad news was that human immunity may not last that long. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post A highly contagious and fatal virus is spreading in several states. Its victims are rabbits. Washington Post A lethal rabbit virus is spreading across the southwestern United States, killing wild rabbits on this continent for the first time and causing concern for some fragile species and the animals that prey on them. The most recent deaths were reported last week in ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN 14-year-old recovering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome was hospitalized with heart failure CNN (CNN) The father of a 14-year-old boy now recovering from a coronavirus-related syndrome says all the symptoms began with a slight fever and some rashes on his son's hands in mid-April. The condition, which doctors are calling multisystem inflammatory ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times So You Want to Be a Contact Tracer? The New York Times When Jessica Jaramillo calls someone to talk about the coronavirus, she usually starts with something like this: "Hi, my name is Jessica. I'm calling on behalf of the San Francisco Department of Public Health. I'm part of a contact-tracing team, and our job is to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bangor Daily News COVID-19 Maine update 5/18/2020 Bangor Daily News How the numbers have changed since May 12, 2020, the last time I shared an update about the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19. Sources: Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Interactive Map and the Maine CDC. (Updated 5/18/2020, 8:30 pm EDT). Number of ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Trump Tells WHO That US Funding Will End if Changes Aren't Made HealthDay TUESDAY, May 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- President Donald Trump told the World Health Organization on Monday that the United States would permanently end all funding to the organization if it did not agree to make significant changes in the next 30 ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay AHA News: A Silver Lining for Foster, Adopted Pets – and Their People – During Coronavirus Pandemic HealthDay TUESDAY, May 19, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- At a time when it's hard to be close to old friends, new furry ones are helping fill the gap. They also may be helping improve their humans' health. Amid COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, animal ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Wall Street Journal Indonesia South Korean Research Boosts Theory That Retesting Positive for Covid-19 Is Fluke, Not Relapse The Wall Street Journal Indonesia SEOUL—South Korean health officials found that a group of patients who tested positive a second time for the coronavirus hadn't passed the disease on to others, lending credence to the possibility the suspected relapses were a testing fluke rather than the ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Steroids -- But Not Anti-TNF -- Tied to Severe COVID-19 in IBD Patients MedPage Today Increasing age, comorbidities, and corticosteroids and other anti-inflammatories correlated with severe COVID-19 infection in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, but tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists did not, an analysis of a large geographically ... Flag as irrelevant
	Business Insider Why the CDC's coronavirus data is so bad Business Insider The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has struggled to provide accurate data on the novel coronavirus. The CDC must wait for states to report infections and deaths, creating a built-in lag time. There is also a lack of standardization and political ... Flag as irrelevant
	Detroit Free Press When a coronavirus vaccine is developed, who will be first in line to get it? A CDC panel usually decides Detroit Free Press No matter how well-prepared we are, there won't immediately be enough coronavirus vaccine to immunize all Americans. Choices will have to be made about who goes to the front of the line. "It's inevitable that the vaccine will come out more slowly than we ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Expert reaction to high proportion of blood clotting in COVID-19 patients Medical Xpress Earlier this week, the BBC reported that one third of COVID-19 patients developed dangerous blood clots. While current treatments are mainly focusing on anti-viral and potentially anti-inflammatory treatments, these only address the direct effects of the virus. Flag as irrelevant

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