Monday, June 22, 2020

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CNN
The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writers. CNN is showcasing the work of The Conversation, a collaboration between journalists and academics to provide news analysis and commentary. The content is produced solely by The ...
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HealthDay
Sky-high medical bills for COVID-19 treatment could ruin many Americans financially, unless either their health care company or the government intervenes. Another COVID Plague: Big Surprise Medical Bills for Survivors. MONDAY, June 22, 2020 (HealthDay ...
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HealthDay
Early in the novel coronavirus pandemic, Trump hailed the drug as a "game-changer" in preventing or treating COVID-19, but large trials quickly began to dispel any hopes it might do so. Citing Lack of Benefit, NIH Halts Trial of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID- ...
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U.S. News & World Report
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, June 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, experts have worried that social distancing and stay-at-home orders would lead to a surge in loneliness.
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CNN
(CNN) Does it seem that your migraines are more frequent or worse and more difficult to bear since the pandemic began? That's not just in your head. Doctors say they are now seeing many more complaints from migraine sufferers — often called "migrainers" ...
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The New York Times
NEW YORK — After more than 100 days of lockdown, New York City residents on Monday celebrated their progress in curbing the coronavirus pandemic by getting their first haircuts in months, shopping at long-closed stores, and dining at outdoor cafes.
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Washington Post
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — William Boyd was at the funeral Saturday morning for a relative who had died after contracting the new coronavirus when he got the call with the news. His brother had also passed away from COVID-19. Support our journalism.
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BBC News
Australia has been hailed as a global success story in suppressing the spread of Covid-19. The virus did not take hold as feared because of quick shutdown measures, including border closures and the mandatory quarantine of travellers. Australia has ...
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HealthDay
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, June 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Early in the coronavirus pandemic, doctors learned that people with diabetes face a greater risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19 infections. What they ...
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Livescience.com
Genes associated with certain blood types may increase the risk of severe COVID-19 infections, leading to respiratory failure and death, a new study suggests. The study authors found that people with blood type A were 50% more likely than people with other ...
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BBC News
Social media app TikTok could encourage unhealthy relationships with food and trigger people who have suffered eating disorders, campaigners have said. The video app is one of the most popular in the world, with more than 800m users - 41% of those ...
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Baltimore Sun
New York City's ambitious contact-tracing program, a crucial initiative in the effort to curb the coronavirus, has gotten off to a worrisome start just as the city's reopening enters a new phase Monday, with outdoor dining, in-store shopping and office work ...
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Medical Xpress
William Boyd was at the funeral Saturday morning for a relative who had died after contracting the new coronavirus when he got the call with the news. His brother had also passed away from COVID-19. "The virus is real. It's real. If they don't know it's real, they ...
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Scientific American
The excitement and enthusiasm for a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2020 is both palpable and understandable. We all hope for a rapid end to the pandemic and an effective vaccine would be a surefire solution. But there are risks that come with a ...
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U.S. News & World Report
MONDAY, June 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Statin drugs, used for decades to treat high cholesterol, may also reduce deaths for women with ovarian cancer, a new study suggests. "These drugs are appealing as they are widely used, inexpensive, and ...
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USA TODAY
Cells from African green monkeys. Killed viruses. Spike proteins. People turned into factories. It takes a lot to teach the human body to fight off disease. Making a vaccine against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 involves a variety of technologies and ...
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Los Angeles Times
About 120,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, and daily counts of new cases in the U.S. are the highest they've been in more than a month, driven by recent increases in the South and Southwest. The alarming trend has spurred talk of a "second wave" of ...
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Washington Post
NEW YORK — New York City's effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus through contact tracing has been hampered by the reluctance of many people who are infected with the virus to provide information to tracers, according to a report in The New York ...
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Slate Magazine
A version of this article appeared on the website COVID-Explained. Recently, Moderna announced a significant milestone in their quest for a COVID-19 vaccine (more on the particulars of this below). In response, Anthony Fauci, director of the National ...
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BBC News
The number of workers who are confirmed to have coronavirus following an outbreak at a chicken factory on Anglesey has risen to 158. All staff at the 2 Sisters meat processing plant in Llangefni are self-isolating after a number of workers were confirmed to ...
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StreetInsider.com
News and research before you hear about it on CNBC and others. Claim your 1-week free trial to StreetInsider Premium here. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced the initiation of four Phase 3 clinical trials within its current pipeline of investigational ...
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Patch.com
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — William Boyd was at the funeral Saturday morning for a relative who had died after contracting the new coronavirus when he got the call with the news. His brother had also passed away from COVID-19. "The virus is real. It's real.
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WebMD
June 22, 2020 -- People who develop antibodies after becoming infected with the coronavirus may not keep them more than a few months, especially if they showed no symptoms to begin with, a Chinese study shows. Previous studies had found that most ...
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Sacramento Bee
Sacramento County health officials added almost 100 more patients to its coronavirus infection count Sunday, just a day after breaking its previous record for highest daily increase in COVID-19 cases. Sunday's increases in infections are part of a broader ...
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9News.com KUSA
COLORADO, USA — There are 30,539 known, cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Colorado, and 1,647 deaths among those who tested positive for COVID-19, according to the latest data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ...
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Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - Levels of an antibody found in recovered COVID-19 patients fell sharply in 2-3 months after infection for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, according to a Chinese study, raising questions about the length of any immunity ...
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Seattle Times
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — William Boyd was at the funeral Saturday morning for a relative who had died after contracting the new coronavirus when he got the call with the news. His brother had also passed away from COVID-19. "The virus is real. It's real.
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Washington Post
Nearly 26 percent of parents with children 6 months to 18 years old say they are hesitant to have their children get a flu shot, according to research published in the journal Pediatrics. It found that the parents' reluctance stems not from concerns about safety ...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What's all this talk about a "second wave" of U.S. coronavirus cases? Peter Navarro, the White House director of trade and manufacturing policy, said in an interview on Sunday that the White House was working to prepare for the possibility of a second wave ...
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles County public health officials on Sunday reported 1,784 new cases of the coronavirus and 11 related deaths. The county now has recorded more than 83,000 cases of the virus and over 3,120 deaths. The continued rise in new cases came amid ...
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ModernHealthcare.com
In The Wall Street Journal last week, Vice President Mike Pence wrote in a piece headlined "There Isn't a Coronavirus 'Second Wave'" that the nation is winning the fight against the virus. Many public health experts, however, suggest it's no time to celebrate.
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Renal and Urology News
The 4Kscore (OPKO Health Inc.), a pre-specified model based on 4 kallikrein markers in blood, may help guide clinical decisions about whether additional risk assessment, such as confirmatory biopsy, is warranted when deciding between active surveillance ...
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BBC News
More men are dying from Covid-19 than women around the world, data shows. In Italy, China and US, for example, more men have been infected, and a higher proportion of men have died. Sabra Klein, a scientist who studies sex differences in viral infections ...
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Outbreak News Today
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews. The Government of Indonesia through the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 (National Task Force) noted the addition of 862 positive COVID-19 confirmed cases on Sunday (21/6), bringing the total ...
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FierceHealthcare
What is it like to give convalescent plasma? How is it used. The author decided to donate after getting a positive antibody test for COVID-19 and describes the experience. (Getty/sudok1). Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print. The day before I donated ...
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The Mercury News
California continued on a path of steadily increasing new COVID-19 cases, recording on Saturday the second-most new patients in a day. Local health departments around the state reported 4,075 new positive tests, bringing the total to 174,802 confirmed ...
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The New York Times
Living in a poor neighborhood may increase the risk for the brain changes characteristic of Alzheimer's disease, researchers report. A study in JAMA Network Open included 427 people who had donated their brains to two research center brain banks.
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FierceBiotech
The first phase of the screening trial will gather 14,000 participants, including healthcare workers, their households and more. (Getty/RossHelen). Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print. The U.K. government will begin testing a new, swabless ...
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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 52,000. At least 52,801 people in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus and 1,220 have died, according to the state ...
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U.S. News & World Report
FILE - In this Thursday, May 28, 2020 file photo, a fence outside Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19 in New York. The memorial is part of the Naming the Lost project which attempts to humanize the victims who ...
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BBC News
A council has warned of a "very long and difficult" recovery process following the coronavirus pandemic. A report to the local authority in the Scottish Borders has estimated the adverse financial impact at more than £15m before any additional support.
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OCRegister
The Orange County Health Care Agency reported on Sunday, June 21, 434 new cases of coronavirus, but explained the spike in the daily count appears high because of a backlog in reporting. The case total in Orange County rose to 10,422 in Sunday's ...
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Chicago Tribune
We have lifted the paywall on this story. To support essential reporting, please consider becoming a subscriber. A crowd gathers to drink at Standard Hall, a bar, May 15, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio restaurants have the option to offer outdoor dining, the ...
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Yahoo News
A cluster of mysterious deaths, some involving infants and children, is under scrutiny amid questions of whether the novel coronavirus lurked in California months before it was first detected. But eight weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide hunt ...
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PenBayPilot.com
HOULTON, Maine (AP) — Four ambulance crew members and at least two others in the Houlton area tested positive for the coronavirus after having contact with a person who exhibited no symptoms, the Maine Center for Disease Control said. Two separate ...
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New York Daily News
An Italian infectious disease specialist said coronavirus was losing its strength and may die out before a vaccine is developed, but fellow epidemiologists disagree. Professor Matteo Bassetti, the chief of infectious diseases at San Martino General Hospital in ...
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Medical Xpress
Contrary to expectations, the social (physical) distancing recommendations and stay-at-home orders put in place across the United States to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic did not lead to an uptick in loneliness among Americans, according to ...
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WCVB Boston
Video above: Most Americans Worry About COVID-19 Second Wave, But Only 2 in 3 Would Self-Quarantine. What's all this talk about a "second wave" of U.S. coronavirus cases? Advertisement. In The Wall Street Journal last week, Vice President Mike Pence ...
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A child's fever may have a new underlying cause. Cases of COVID-19-related inflammation throughout the bodies of children have led physicians to urge parents not to disregard a temperature spike. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a ...
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NBC New York
New York City's effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus through contact tracing has been hampered by the reluctance of many people who are infected with the virus to provide information to tracers, according to a report in The New York Times. The Times ...
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