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	health Daily update ⋅ June 16, 2020
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	The New York Times New Yorkers Flattened the Curve. Now They're Dropping Their Guard. The New York Times The critical indicators surrounding the coronavirus crisis in New York have clearly turned a corner: Deaths have slowed to a trickle, new cases have declined sharply and the numbers of hospitalizations and intubations have eased. But over the weekend, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Model projects 200000 people in the US could die from coronavirus by October CNN (CNN) The United States could see more than 200,000 deaths from Covid-19 by October 1, a closely watched model predicted Monday as states continue to reopen. More than 2 million have been infected by the virus and 116,125 have died, according to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Children are only half as likely to get infected by the coronavirus, study finds Washington Post Children and teenagers are only half as likely to get infected with the coronavirus asadults age 20 and older, and they usually don't develop clinical symptoms of covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, according to a study published Tuesday. Support our ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Native American Mothers and a Hospital's Secret Coronavirus Policy Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. This article was produced in partnership with New Mexico In Depth, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. ALBUQUERQUE ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Flushing the Toilet May Fling Coronavirus Aerosols All Over The New York Times Here's one more behavior to be hyper-aware of in order to prevent coronavirus transmission: what you do after you use the toilet. Scientists have found that in addition to clearing out whatever business you've left behind, flushing a toilet can generate a cloud ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC News Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Revokes Emergency Use Authorization for Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine FDA.gov Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) that allowed for chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate donated to the Strategic National Stockpile to be used to treat certain hospitalized ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Coronavirus Cases Rise Sharply in Prisons Even as They Plateau Nationwide The New York Times Cases of the coronavirus in prisons and jails across the United States have soared in recent weeks, even as the overall daily infection rate in the nation has remained relatively flat. The number of prison inmates known to be infected has doubled during the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape How Did This Pass Peer Review? Thoughts on the Lancet and NEJM COVID-19 Retractions Medscape On June 4, two of our most prestigious medical journals (The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet) retracted two papers based on "data" from a previously little-known healthcare analytics company called Surgisphere. The short version of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: America's Gyms Are Reopening and Your Workout Will Change HealthDay As gyms begin reopening, they'll look a bit different than you're used to, with fewer machines, smaller group classes and no lockers or showers for use, among other things. America's Gyms Are Reopening and Your Workout Will Change. MONDAY, June 15 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post US revokes emergency use of drugs touted by Trump vs. virus Washington Post WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators on Monday revoked emergency authorization for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19 amid growing evidence they don't work and could cause serious side effects. Support our ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Most Coronavirus Tests Cost About $100. Why Did One Cost $2315? The New York Times In a one-story brick building in suburban Dallas, between a dentist office and a family medicine clinic, is a medical laboratory that has run some of the most expensive coronavirus tests in America. Insurers have paid Gibson Diagnostic Labs as much as $2,315 ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay COVID-19 Death Risk 12 Times Higher for Those With Chronic Health Conditions HealthDay By Robin Foster and E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporters. TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- With U.S. coronavirus cases now past 2 million, a new report finds that COVID-19 is much more lethal for Americans with underlying health issues ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Study Finds 1 in 5 People Worldwide at Risk of Severe Covid-19 The New York Times In just six months, nearly 8 million people worldwide have been stricken with confirmed cases of Covid-19, and at least 434,000 have died. But those deaths have not been distributed evenly; among the most vulnerable are people with underlying health ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN CDC report offers detailed demographic breakdown of who is getting coronavirus CNN (CNN) New numbers released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer a comprehensive picture of who in the United States has been diagnosed with Covid-19 and how they fared. The latest figures confirm that older people, minorities and ... Flag as irrelevant
	RTE.ie Dexamethasone is a first life-saving coronavirus drug BBC News A cheap and widely available drug called dexamethasone can help save the lives of patients who are seriously ill with coronavirus. UK experts say the low-dose steroid treatment is major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus. It cut the risk of death ... Flag as irrelevant
	Harvard Gazette Wyss Institute to accelerate drug testing for COVID treatment Harvard Gazette Multicenter collaboration aims to rapidly identify FDA-approved drugs that can prevent or treat COVID-19 infections. By Lindsay Brownell Wyss Institute Communications. Date June 16, 2020 June 16, 2020. Share. Email · Facebook · Twitter · LinkedIn ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Virus more efficient at infection after mutation; diseased lungs more receptive to virus Reuters (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 exhibited by the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN People under 20 half as likely to catch Covid-19, study finds CNN (CNN) Children and teenagers are estimated to be about half as likely to get infected by the coronavirus than those aged 20 or over, according to research published Tuesday. The modeling study, carried out by epidemiologists at the London School of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post FDA pulls emergency approval for antimalarial drugs touted by Trump as covid-19 treatment Washington Post The Food and Drug Administration withdrew its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, drugs that President Trump repeatedly promoted for treatment of covid-19, reversing a decision that led to harsh criticism it had put politics ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape New Guidance to Help Manage OCD During COVID-19 Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Two international specialty societies have jointly released new guidance on management of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during the COVID-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times FDA Revokes Emergency Approval of Malaria Drugs Promoted by Trump The New York Times The Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that it was revoking emergency authorization of two malaria drugs to treat Covid-19, saying that they are "unlikely to be effective." The drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, were heavily promoted by ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: Coronavirus Cases Rising in Many States as Reopening Continues HealthDay The coronavirus case count in the United States has passed 2 million and the death toll has topped 115,000. Many states are seeing some alarming surges in cases even as most states are continuing to reopen. Flag as irrelevant
	TIME US Revokes Emergency Use of Drugs Touted by Trump vs. Virus The New York Times WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators on Monday revoked emergency authorization for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19 amid growing evidence they don't work and could cause serious side effects. The Food and Drug ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin Combo Risky for Cancer Patients MedPage Today At the American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) virtual annual meeting, a late-breaking abstract, which used data from the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19) registry, showed that treatment with the combination of hydroxychloroquine and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Fast COVID-19 vaccine timelines are unrealistic and put the integrity of scientists at risk Medical Xpress The average times of the fastest sprinters in the 100-metre dash are in the ballpark of 10 seconds. So, what would you think if someone promised to run the race in one second? It typically takes a minimum of 10 years for a vaccine to complete the three ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Contact-tracing apps face further hitches BBC News Norway's health authority has had to delete all data gathered via its Covid-19 contact-tracing app and suspend further use of the tool. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority ruled the Smittestopp app represented a disproportionate intrusion into users' ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report CDC: Pandemic Remains 'Severe,' More Lethal With Other Health Issues U.S. News & World Report Coronavirus cases and deaths peaked in April in the U.S. but remain at dangerous levels, according to a new federal report. In late January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention learned that a Washington state man had been diagnosed with ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS Denver Boulder Black Lives Matter Protest Participant Tests Positive For COVID-19 CBS Denver BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Health officials in Boulder County said on Monday that a participant at a Boulder Black Lives Matter protest earlier this month has tested positive for coronavirus. It's the second such warning the county has put out since protests ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Muddy Results for MS Hookworm Therapy MedPage Today Parasitic hookworm therapy had no significant benefit on MRI in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), the phase II WIRMS trial showed. Median cumulative numbers of new MRI lesions were not significantly different between MS patients who received Necator ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Steroid drug hailed as 'breakthrough' in COVID-19 as trial shows it saves lives Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - A cheap and widely-used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among COVID-19 patients in what scientists said is a "major breakthrough" in the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: A ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post In Vermont, an immigrant city races to tamp down an outbreak Washington Post WINOOSKI, Vt. — After months of having some of the fewest coronavirus cases in the country, Vermont is now trying to contain an outbreak that has hit an immigrant community in a small but densely populated city. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Icky Prescription: Could Hookworms Help Ease MS? HealthDay By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- In a new trial there are hints, but no proof, that a wriggling intestinal parasite might help fight multiple sclerosis. The lowly hookworm has for years been proposed as a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Scientists hail dexamethasone as 'major breakthrough' in treating COVID-19 Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Dexamethasone, a cheap and widely used steroid, has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among COVID-19 patients in what scientists hailed as a "major breakthrough". FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress 1 in 5 people worldwide have an underlying health condition that could increase their risk of severe COVID-19 Medical Xpress An estimated 1.7 billion people, 22% of the world population, have at least one underlying health condition that could increase their risk of severe COVID-19 if infected, according to a modelling study that uses data from 188 countries, published in The Lancet ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution Emory, state collaborate to fight COVID-19 crisis Atlanta Journal Constitution Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health has announced a new partnership with the state Department of Public Health to help fight the COVID-19 health crisis. >> Related: AJC Coronavirus continuing coverage. The Emory COVID-19 Response ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress US revokes emergency use of malaria drugs vs. coronavirus Medical Xpress U.S. regulators on Monday revoked emergency authorization for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19 amid growing evidence they don't work and could cause serious side effects. The Food and Drug Administration said ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post What are the potential long-term effects of having COVID-19? Washington Post What are the potential long-term effects of having COVID-19? It's hard to say exactly, because the coronavirus is still so new that scientists don't know much about long-term effects. The best evidence comes from patients themselves, and some experience a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American A Visual Guide to the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Scientific American For all the mysteries that remain about the novel coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes, scientists have generated an incredible amount of fine-grained knowledge in a surprisingly short time. Thousands of different coronaviruses may inhabit the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests Medical Xpress A team led by Scripps Research has discovered antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients that provide powerful protection against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the disease, when tested in animals and human cell cultures. Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay 1 in 5 Worldwide Has Health Issue That Could Mean Worse COVID-19 HealthDay MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- About 1 in 5 people worldwide has a least one underlying health condition that puts them at increased risk of severe COVID-19 illness, researchers say. While the analysis of data from 188 countries suggests that ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Report on BAME Covid-19 deaths sparks call for action BBC News Doctors have called for the recommendations of a report into the impact of Covid-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic people to be implemented immediately. The British Medical Association said it was "critical" to carry out risk assessments of vulnerable ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Beijing virus situation 'extremely severe' as 27 new cases reported Medical Xpress Beijing's coronavirus situation is "extremely severe", a city official warned Tuesday, as 27 new infections were reported in the Chinese capital from a cluster that has sparked a huge trace-and-test programme. The coronavirus resurgence—believed to have ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today People With HIV Living Longer, but Not Healthier MedPage Today In a cohort study of 39,000 adults with HIV infection and 387,785 adults without HIV infection in the U.S., infected individuals lived 6.8 fewer years overall and 9.5 fewer years without major chronic comorbidities, even when antiretroviral therapy was begun at ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Icky prescription: Could hookworms help ease multiple sclerosis? Medical Xpress In a new trial there are hints, but no proof, that a wriggling intestinal parasite might help fight multiple sclerosis. The lowly hookworm has for years been proposed as a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune disorders. But the first ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD COVID-19 Can Start With Neurological Symptoms WebMD By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- While a fever and cough have seemed to be the early warning signs of COVID-19, new research shows almost half of hospitalized patients experience a host of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Mutation helps coronavirus infect more human cells, study shows Medical Xpress A particular mutation in one strain of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus may have helped it infect more human cells and turn it into the dominant strain worldwide, new laboratory research shows. Researchers at Scripps Research in Jupiter, Fla., stressed that ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Early Results Show Benefit Of Steroid For Very Sick COVID-19 Patients NPR A low-cost anti-inflammatory drug appears to reduce the risk of death in patients with COVID-19. The drug is called dexamethasone. It's been used for decades to treat conditions such as arthritis and asthma. Because patients with advanced COVID-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Raleigh News & Observer Coronavirus live updates: Here's what to know in North Carolina on June 16 Raleigh News & Observer We're keeping track of the most up-to-date news about the coronavirus in North Carolina. Check back for updates. Cases top 45,000. At least 45,113 people in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus and 1,140 have died, according to state and ... Flag as irrelevant
	KMBC Kansas City COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES: Independence announces large outbreak at long-term care facility KMBC Kansas City The Kansas City metro has emerged from stay-at-home orders and local leaders have started to reopen businesses after weeks of shutdown from the coronavirus. What you need to know: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Monday the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Coronavirus Economy Especially Harsh for Transgender People The New York Times This article is part of our latest Pride special report, featuring L.G.B.T.Q. voices on the challenges and possibilities of these troubled times. When Aria Villajin was a teenager, her father made clear his feelings for gay and transgender people. "He always called ... Flag as irrelevant

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