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	health Daily update ⋅ June 20, 2020
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	Washington Post Public health experts warn Pence's sunny approach to pandemic ignores possibility of dark days ahead Washington Post In early March, as the novel coronavirus made its devastation known, Vice President Pence declared that "the risk of contracting the coronavirus to the American public remains low." In April, as the virus's death toll ticked upward, Pence said he hoped the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post What to know about the coronavirus and summertime activities Washington Post With the Fourth of July just around the corner and many states and communities relaxing coronavirus restrictions, the warm sunny weather beckons. But infectious-disease experts warn that the virus remains a threat as we return to travel, swimming, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Several US States See Coronavirus Infection Spikes, Wall Street Unnerved The New York Times (Reuters) - Troubling spikes in coronavirus infection rates were reported on Friday in several U.S. states, mainly in the South and West, a day before President Donald Trump was due to preside over an Oklahoma campaign rally that will be America's largest ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Travis County: Another daily record for new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations USA TODAY Travis County officials on Friday set a single-day record of 295 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease linked to the coronavirus. The previous single-day record for new lab confirmed cases in Travis County was set Wednesday, with 220 new cases. Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: Prone Position Ups Oxygenation in Patients With Severe COVID-19 HealthDay Patients with SpO2 ≥95 percent after one hour of prone position had lower rates of intubation. Prone Position Ups Oxygenation in Patients With Severe COVID-19. FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The use of the prone position for awake, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Cancer Network COVID-19 May Be Associated with High Burden of Severity in Patients with Lung Cancer Cancer Network In this examination of 102 patients with lung cancer and COVID-19, researchers found that COVID-19 is associated with high burden of severity in this patient population. A recent analysis found that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Type 1 diabetics may be at high risk for severe illness related to coronavirus: Study ABC News People with Type 1 diabetes may be at a high risk of developing severe symptoms and illness from COVID-19, according to a new study published in Diabetes Care. Diabetes is generally known to weaken the immune system, making it harder to protect ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Climate change linked to serious pregnancy risks, 'landmark' study finds USA TODAY An environmental health investigation published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds compelling evidence that links global climate change to negative pregnancy outcomes across the country. The review analyzed 68 ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Protest Crowds a Challenge for Tracking Virus Infections U.S. News & World Report By JOHN ANTCZAK and AMY TAXIN, Associated Press. LOS ANGELES (AP) — California health officials so far report only a few people who attended protests against police brutality have tested positive for the coronavirus but already they are seeing the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Local officials hit roadblocks on the way to enacting measures to curb coronavirus spikes CNN (CNN) As coronavirus cases spike in states across the country, some communities hoping to enact measures to mitigate the virus' spread are hitting major roadblocks. In California, which on Friday broke another record for the number of cases in a single day, ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Mosquito, Tick Populations Unchecked Amid COVID-19 WebMD June 19, 2020 -- As temperatures rise across the country and disease-carrying bugs come out again, COVID-19 seems to be leaving another casualty in its wake: pest control. Tips to Keep Mosquitoes Away From Your Home. Create a dry spell for mosquitoes ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid-19: DoH denies 'stifling' QUB academic BBC News The Department of Health has said the Chief Medical Officer has not attempted to stifle academic input on pandemic efforts locally. Dr Michael McBride wrote to Queen's University after an academics gave advice on PPE usage in April. Virologist Dr Connor ... Flag as irrelevant
	WBUR Younger Adults Are Increasingly Testing Positive For The Coronavirus WBUR As much of the country presses forward with reopening, a growing number of cities and states are finding that the coronavirus outbreak now has a foothold in a younger slice of the population, with people in their 20s and 30s accounting for a larger share of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Wildlife Trade Spreads Coronaviruses as Animals Get to Market The New York Times A study of the wildlife trade in three provinces in southern Vietnam produced startlingly clear confirmation for one of the underlying objections to the wildlife trade in Asia — the trading offers an ideal opportunity for viruses in one animal to infect another. In field ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS Denver Coronavirus Outbreak Forces Eagle Lake Camp To Remain Closed CBS Denver EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Eagle Lake Camp in El Paso County reported a coronavirus outbreak among staff members on Thursday. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is investigating. The first positive cases were known on ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Fergus Walsh: How breakthrough coronavirus drug dexamethasone was found BBC News It is a rare and welcome moment to be able to say something positive about the treatment of Covid-19. Until this week there was no medicine proven to save lives. Now we have dexamethasone, which cuts the risk of death for patients on a ventilator by a third, ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Deaths not counted: 3600 cardiac arrest deaths in NYC were result of COVID ABC News The coronavirus pandemic was "directly or indirectly" responsible for an additional 3,600 deaths in New York City, ones that will not be counted in the city's already staggering death toll from the virus, according to the FDNY. Between March 1, when the first ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Coronavirus: scientists uncover why some people lose their sense of smell Medical Xpress From the first reports coming out of Wuhan, Iran and later Italy, we knew that losing your sense of smell (anosmia) was a significant symptom of the disease. Now, after months of reports, both anecdotal and more rigorous clinical findings, we think we have a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Dexamethasone for COVID-19: Some US Hospitals Wait to Change Practice Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Following the announcement earlier this week that dexamethasone reduced mortality for severely ill COVID-19 patients in a randomized clinical trial, ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Telehealth Programs Improve Blood Sugar for Rural Americans With Diabetes HealthDay By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- If you have diabetes and live in rural America, the closest specialist may be hours away. But new research shows that effective help may be as close as your phone. Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune You may have antibodies after coronavirus infection. But not for long. Chicago Tribune They are questions that have haunted scientists since the pandemic began: Does everyone infected with the virus produce antibodies? And if so, how long do they last? Not very long, suggests a new study published Thursday in Nature Medicine. Antibodies ... Flag as irrelevant
	Charlotte Observer Dine out or attend other 'mass gatherings' in Charlotte? COVID-19 test might be next. Charlotte Observer People who have recently dined at crowded restaurants and breweries in the Charlotte area should get tested for the coronavirus, Mecklenburg Public Health Director Gibbie Harris told reporters Friday. Mecklenburg trends measuring the spread of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Baltimore Sun Google, Fitbit and big tech zero in on coronavirus testing market Baltimore Sun Verily Life Sciences, a sister company of Google, scrambled to introduce a free coronavirus-screening site for the public and set up testing locations in March after President Donald Trump made an off-the-cuff announcement about the program. It had a rocky ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Upper West Side, NY Coronavirus Updates & News For June 20 Patch.com UWS Rent Prices Could See One Of Biggest Coronavirus Drops: Study. More and more discounts in upscale Manhattan neighborhoods amid the coronavirus crisis means a drop in rent prices is likely, a study found. More and more discounts in upscale ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Florida Could Be Next COVID-19 Epicenter WebMD June 19, 2020 -- With COVID-19 cases spiking in numerous states, projections from a computer model show Florida has "all the makings of the next large epicenter" of coronavirus transmission, according to a blog post from the Children's Hospital of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape COVID-19 Antibodies Can Disappear After 2-3 Months, Study Shows Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. People who develop antibodies after becoming infected with the coronavirus may not keep them more than a few months, especially if they showed no ... Flag as irrelevant
	KTLA California health officials face challenges in tracking COVID-19 infections in protest crowds KTLA California health officials so far report only a few people who attended protests against police brutality have tested positive for the coronavirus but already they are seeing the futility in trying to track down all in the crowds who could have been infected by them. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Dr. Marc Siegel urges Americans to 'get back on track' with cancer care, screening and treatment Fox News Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel told "America's Newsroom" that a top U.S. cancer doctor's warning that delays in screenings and treatments due to the coronavirus pandemic will lead to thousands of cancer deaths in the coming years is "really ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Babies with COVID-19 tend to have mild illness, study finds Fox News Infants under 3 months old who test positive for COVID-19 tend to do well, mostly showing only a fever and few respiratory symptoms, a new study reveals. The study, which included 18 infants, showed that out of the 50 percent who were admitted to a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Brazil's coronavirus cases top 1 million as the virus spreads Fox News Brazil's government announced Friday that its coronavirus outbreak has surpassed a million cases, making it second-leading nation in the world to the United States in coronavirus infection rates. "Almost half of the cases reported were from the Americas," ... Flag as irrelevant
	Hawaii News Now Cluster of COVID-19 cases linked to large faith-based gathering among those state is tracking Hawaii News Now HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state is blaming a spike in COVID-19 cases Friday on clusters of infection linked to large households, an outbreak at a nursing home and a faith-based gathering. Twenty-seven new cases were reported Friday, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Daily Beast Trump Defunding WHO Could Cost Us the Chance to Eradicate Polio Forever Daily Beast This article was published originally by PassBlue, a partner of The Daily Beast, which provides independent coverage of the United Nations. It was written by Fiona Shukri. United Nations health agencies already struggling with a surging COVID-19 pandemic ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald The Florida Keys are one step closer to getting genetically-modified mosquitoes Miami Herald An international biotech company is one step closer to being able to release genetically-modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services this week granted Oxitec an experimental use permit to release ... Flag as irrelevant
	WFMZ Allentown ASH Releases New Clinical Practice Guidelines on Management of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease WFMZ Allentown WASHINGTON, June 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world's largest professional society dedicated to furthering the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of blood disorders, announced the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pain News Network Tips for Chronic Pain Relief WTOP According to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20% of U.S. adults live with chronic pain. Chronic pain is generally thought of as pain that lasts longer than three months. Chronic pain is different from the acute pain you might ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Signs of being prone to adult diabetes are already visible at age 8 years old Medical Xpress Early signs of being more susceptible to type 2 diabetes as an adult can be seen in children as young as 8 years old, decades before it is likely to be diagnosed, according to a new study published in Diabetes Care today. The research looked at the effects of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Coronavirus plasma study shows 'robust evidence' of transfusion treatment improving survivability, authors say Fox News In a new study of convalescent plasma transfusions in 20,000 coronavirus patients, authors say the data offers "robust evidence" the treatment is safe and associated with improved survival. The idea behind the therapy is that plasma of recently infected ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bangor Daily News June 19 evening update: The latest on the coronavirus and Maine Bangor Daily News Another 35 coronavirus cases have been detected in Maine, health officials said Friday. There have now been 2,913 cases across all of Maine's counties since the outbreak began here in March, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Denver Post Colorado health officials report coronavirus outbreak at El Paso County overnight camp The Denver Post Colorado public health officials on Friday reported an outbreak of the novel coronavirus among staffers at a residential camp that borders El Paso and Teller counties. At least four cases of the respiratory disease COVID-19 have been confirmed, officials said. Flag as irrelevant
	Financial Express Pandemic Linked to Rise in Depression and Anxiety In New Moms PsychCentral.com Pregnant and postpartum women are already at a high risk of depression and anxiety. In fact, one in seven women struggle with symptoms before and after giving birth, according to past research. But the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating those struggles, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Rivard Report Lake Co. Health Dept. Warns Of Contact Tracing Scams Patch.com LAKE COUNTY, IL — Lake County officials are warning residents of scams that involve people pretending to be contact tracers to steal social security numbers and banking information over the phone, via email, and through text messages, according to a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Men should limit alcohol intake to one drink a day for better health, federal committee advises Fox News A federal committee is working to tighten its nutritional guidelines, and now suggests limiting alcohol intake to one drink per day for men, down from two. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is made up of experts who collaborate to release updated ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill Fauci says Americans are ignoring science amid coronavirus pandemic The Hill The comments from the top infectious disease expert come as coronavirus outbreaks in several states worsened. He said there's currently a mistrust of science because science is viewed as authority. Arizona, Florida, California and several other states set ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Italy sewage study suggests COVID-19 was there in December 2019 Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in Italy have found traces of the new coronavirus in wastewater collected from Milan and Turin in December 2019 - suggesting COVID-19 was already circulating in northern Italy before China reported the first cases. Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Employee Tests Positive For Coronavirus At Rollin' Oats Patch.com ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A Rollin' Oats Market & Cafe employee tested positive for coronavirus on June 18, the company announced via Facebook. The organic grocery store notified all of its employees, and a cleaning company has been hired to thoroughly ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Asthma Isn't a Risk Factor for Worsening COVID-19: Study HealthDay FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- People with asthma can breathe a little easier: New research suggests the condition does not increase your risk of hospitalization due to COVID-19. A review of records from 10 hospitals affiliated with Northwestern ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Decline in new US virus deaths may be temporary reprieve Medical Xpress The number of deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. has fallen in recent weeks to the lowest level since late March, even as states increasingly reopen for business. But scientists are deeply afraid the trend may be about to reverse itself. "For now, it's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Italy sees virus 'warning signs' after Rome outbreaks Medical Xpress Italy's top health agency on Friday urged caution after last week seeing "warning signs" of new coronavirus transmission, especially over outbreaks of cases in Rome. In its weekly report, the Higher Institute of Health (ISS) said the situation was generally ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Daily News Florida posts record single-day total with 3822 new coronavirus cases New York Daily News Florida reported its largest single-day spike in confirmed new cases of coronavirus Friday, the second record-breaking showing in two days as part of an alarming upward swing for the Sunshine State. The state's health department reported an additional ... Flag as irrelevant
	Madison.com Arizonans see big jump in coronavirus cases, but don't see reason to wear masks Madison.com Walking along the streets this week in Tempe, Arizona, it was rare to see anyone wearing a mask. Patrons at a bar packed the entire space, as if the pandemic had suddenly dissipated. This despite the news that the state is one of the growing coronavirus ... Flag as irrelevant

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