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	health Daily update ⋅ July 17, 2020
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	Washington Post Mosquitoes flying free as health departments focus on virus Washington Post Bug spray, swollen welts, citronella. It's mosquito season. And in a normal year, the health department serving Ohio's Delaware County would be setting out more than 90 mosquito traps a week — black tubs of stagnant water with nets designed to ensnare the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Covid-19: What we now know about the disease caused by the novel coronavirus CNN (CNN) Each day new information comes out about the deadly novel coronavirus and Covid-19, the disease it causes, making it difficult to keep up with all that science has learned. Here's a wrap-up of what has changed since the pandemic began and what ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay HealthDay Reports: Have Lockdown Measures Worked to Control Coronavirus? Here's the Evidence HealthDay Implementation of any physical distancing measure was associated with an overall 13% average reduction in COVID-19 incidence, the study found. Have Lockdown Measures Worked to Control Coronavirus? Here's the Evidence. THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Mosquitoes flying free as health departments focus on virus ABC News In a normal year, the Delaware County, Ohio, health department would be setting out more than 90 mosquito traps a week. By. ANNA MARIA BARRY-JESTER and LAUREN WEBER KHN. July 16, 2020, 12:00 PM. 9 min read. Share to Facebook Share to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape UK COVID-19 Update: 'Normality by Xmas'?, PHE Death Data Review Medscape These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today. 'Normality by Xmas'?. Boris Johnson announced a timetable for more loosening of England's lockdown measures at a Downing Street briefing this morning: "It is my strong and sincere hope ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Mosquitoes flying free as health departments focus on virus Washington Post Bug spray, swollen welts, citronella. It's mosquito season. And in a normal year, the health department serving Ohio's Delaware County would be setting out more than 90 mosquito traps a week — tubs of stagnant water with nets designed to ensnare the little ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science Magazine Susceptible supply limits the role of climate in the early SARS-CoV-2 pandemic Science Magazine In some quarters, it is hoped that increased humidity and higher temperatures over the Northern Hemisphere in the summer will snuff out the 2020 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. In reality, the situation is likely to be ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Hydroxychloroquine also doesn't help Covid-19 patients who aren't hospitalized, new study finds CNN (CNN) The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine did not benefit non-hospitalized patients with mild Covid-19 symptoms who were treated early in their infection, according to a study published Thursday in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Hydroxychloroquine studies show drug is not effective for early treatment of mild covid-19 Washington Post The first randomized clinical trial testing hydroxychloroquine as an early treatment for mild covid-19 found the drug was no better than a placebo in patients who were not hospitalized. The trial results were published Thursday in the journal Annals of Internal ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News As pandemic endures, COVID-associated discrimination toward minorities persists, study shows ABC News Early in the coronavirus pandemic, there were countless examples of backlash against people of Asian descent in the United States, presumably because the virus is believed to have originated in China. But now, new evidence shows that implicit biases also ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape COVID-19 Death Rates in ICUs Down Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Overall mortality of patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units (ICUs) across Europe, Asia, and North America has dropped from nearly 60% at the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Wall Street Journal Hydroxychloroquine Didn't Help Patients With Early and Mild Covid-19, Study Finds Wall Street Journal The antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine didn't reduce the severity of Covid-19 symptoms in people newly diagnosed and reporting mild symptoms any better than those who received a placebo, researchers reported Thursday. About 24% of people given the ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Contact Tracing Useless Unless It's Speedy: Study HealthDay THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- It's the Holy Grail for containing the spread of coronavirus, but contact tracing only works if it is done quickly, researchers report. The modeling study showed that even if all contacts are successfully traced, ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay AHA News: Hopes for Quick COVID-19 Vaccine Rest on Innovations, Collaborations HealthDay FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- As physical distancing, face masks and habitual hand-washing have become the new normal, hopes for returning to the old normal rest largely on the development of effective COVID-19 vaccines. Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times An expert debunks myths about wearing face masks to combat the coronavirus Los Angeles Times America's mainstream medical establishments have given their endorsement: Universal masking is essential for the nation to find its way out of a crippling COVID-19 pandemic and get schools back in session and the economy restarted. "The data is clearly ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Boy, 7, Fighting For Life Against Coronavirus-Linked Infection Patch.com AURORA, IL — A 7-year-old Aurora elementary school student is "in the fight for his life" after contracting an inflammatory condition linked to the coronavirus, Mayor Richard Irvin said Thursday. Brandon Vargas, a student at Allen Elementary, was recently ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape The Week That Wasn't: Silent Transmission, Smart Distancing, Plague Squirrel Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. This week in COVID-19 news, a new study said silent transmission may be responsible for half of cases, another study suggested people who practice ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Georgia Hospital Worker Sounds Alarm: 'I Have Never Ever Seen Anything Like This' NPR The emergency room overflowed with patients. Then, the next wave arrived. This time on stretchers. "They were lined up along the walls in the ER," a health care worker inside a Navicent Health-owned hospital in middle Georgia told GPB News. "We never ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Wisconsinites In Their 20s Leading The Way In COVID-19 Infections: DHS Patch.com SAVE LIVES NOW STAY HOME COVID19 DMS sign along I-95 in Baltimore, Maryland on Thursday evening,19 March 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography (CC BY-SA 2.0) (Wisconsin Examiner). From the Wisconsin Examiner: By Erik Gunn ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Hancock calls for urgent review into coronavirus death data in England BBC News Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called for an urgent review into how coronavirus deaths have been recorded in England. It follows confirmation from Public Health England that reported deaths may have included people who tested positive months before ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe Scores of academics call for 'human challenge' trials of coronavirus vaccine The Boston Globe Scores of academics and prominent figures, including several Nobel laureates from Massachusetts, have signed an open letter calling for consideration of human challenge trials of coronavirus vaccines, saying such trials might be able to speed up ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Times Widening cancer gene testing is cost effective and could prevent millions of cancer cases EurekAlert Screening entire populations for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations could prevent millions more breast and ovarian cancer cases across the world compared to current clinical practice, according to an international study led by Queen Mary University ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science Magazine Aging immunity may exacerbate COVID-19 Science Magazine Aging is associated with increased morbidity arising from a range of tissue dysfunctions. A common denominator of age-associated frailty is increased baseline inflammation, called inflammaging, that is present in older individuals. Recent studies have shown ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Does Eating Fish Protect the Brain Against Air Pollution's Harmful Effects? Medscape Moderate dietary intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the form of one to two servings of fish weekly may help counteract the potential harmful effects of air pollution on the brain, a new study suggests. Among older women living in areas with high ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune What is herd immunity? And how do we get there on COVID-19? Chicago Tribune Add to the pandemic lexicon another once-obscure term that's come into common usage: "herd immunity." Along with "flatten the curve," "social distancing" and "super spreader," it's a phrase that prior to COVID-19 was casually uttered mainly by ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill Trump health officials to recommend against retesting COVID-19 patients The Hill Top Trump administration officials are preparing guidance that will recommend people who test positive for COVID-19 do not need to get retested to prove they no longer have the disease. The move, previewed in a call with reporters by the administration's ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Exclusive: CDC Won't Release School Guidance This Week As Anticipated NPR The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will not release a set of documents this week aimed at giving schools advice on how to reopen to students after coronavirus shutdowns, NPR has learned. Instead, the full set will be published before the end of ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN 24-year-old who beat Covid-19 after nearly 80 days in the hospital says she regrets not wearing a mask CNN (CNN) A 24-year-old Texas woman who spent nearly three months in a hospital fighting Covid-19 says she wishes she had listened to the advice of officials and experts and worn a mask. Paola Castillo was discharged from Medical City North Hills Hospital in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution Long lines, delayed results: virus surge overwhelms testing in Georgia Atlanta Journal Constitution 'We messed it up the first time, here we are messing it up the second time and the third time is not going to be forgiving when we hit cold and flu season,' says one testing expert. An East Atlanta couple feared they were exposed to the coronavirus at a family ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald University of Miami is testing coronavirus vaccines — and it's looking for volunteers Miami Herald The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is looking for volunteers in South Florida who are willing to roll up their sleeves and be part of a nationwide study to test potential COVID-19 vaccines. The university's medicine school is a major research ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Contact tracing useless unless it's speedy: study Medical Xpress (HealthDay)—It's the Holy Grail for containing the spread of coronavirus, but contact tracing only works if it is done quickly, researchers report. The modeling study showed that even if all contacts are successfully traced, a delay of three days or more between ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY 'Epicenter of the epicenter': Young people partying in Miami Beach despite COVID-19 threat USA TODAY Florida's record-setting spike in COVID-19 cases hasn't stopped visitors from partying in Miami Beach, which its mayor, Dan Gelber, calls "the epicenter of the epicenter." While the fact that Miami is a tourist hot spot is typically a positive, it's exactly the opposite ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times What LA County Residents And Employers Need To Know About Coronavirus Testing Now Patch.com Press release from the City of Pasadena: July 16, 2020. New County Testing Sites Opening Soon to Meet Demand, But Health Officials Seek Support from the Public to Prioritize Tests For Those At Highest Risk. As cases and hospitalizations rise, many ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Coronavirus hospitalizations hit new highs in LA County, with spike among young people Los Angeles Times The number of patients hospitalized with confirmed coronavirus infections reached new heights this week in Los Angeles County as the region enters what officials have called an "alarming and dangerous phase" of the pandemic. On Monday, 2,193 patients ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Coronavirus In Redondo Beach: 326 Cases Patch.com REDONDO BEACH, CA — Los Angeles County has set a daily record for new coronavirus cases twice in three days this week and announced more than 50 additional deaths. The county's top health officer warned that workplaces have become a major ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Coronavirus has been with us for months now. What has changed and where are we going? ABC News When the Northeast was in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic in April, there was talk of passing the peak, pushing to reopen the economy, especially in areas that had largely been spared, and getting the country back on track after arguably the biggest ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC Top HHS official says 'most' of the coronavirus transmission is from asymptomatic people CNBC Most transmission of the coronavirus is coming from people who are asymptomatic and never develop any signs of the virus, a top official from the Department of Health and Human Services said Friday. "Just feeling like you want to go get a test is really not ... Flag as irrelevant
	Nonprofit Quarterly US Immigration Officials Spread Coronavirus With Detainee Transfers The New York Times NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES — Public health specialists have for months warned the U.S. government that shuffling detainees among immigration detention centers will expose people to COVID-19 and help spread the disease. U.S. Immigration and Customs ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Uniform use of coronavirus face masks may have prevented outbreak at Missouri hair salon: report Fox News Uniform mask-wearing at one hair salon in Missouri may have prevented nearly 140 clients from contracting the novel coronavirus from two hairstylists infected with the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In May, two hairstylists ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Lessons from the Isle of Wight's success in controlling its COVID-19 epidemic Medical Xpress Contact tracing App trialled on the Isle of White Credit: Shutterstock. A Test and Trace (TT) program was rolled out across the UK in May 2020, first on the Isle of Wight (5 May) and then nationwide (18-28 May). The Isle of Wight's program included version 1 of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Orlando Sentinel July deadliest month so far for COVID-19 in Central Florida Orlando Sentinel July is the deadliest month for COVID-19 cases in Central Florida -- with 87 fatalities reported in Orange, Osceola, Lake and Seminole counties only halfway through the month. In June, 37 COVID-19 deaths were reported by medical examiners. April was the ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Rochdale introduces new Covid-19 measures BBC News Rochdale has brought in new measures to avoid a local lockdown, as the town's director of public health warned the fight against the virus "is not over". Residents have been asked to wear face coverings in shops and limit visitors at home to two people. Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Tiny Cas Protein, Huge Gene Editing Potential … Thanks, Megaphage! Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News It helps to pack light, whether you're a live virus or a gene editing vector. That's why a travel-size version of a DNA-cutting enzyme that was found in a virus is of interest to genomic scientists. The enzyme, called CasΦ, is about half the size of Cas9, the most ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Symptom Tracker App Reveals Six Distinct Types of COVID-19 Infection U.S. News & World Report LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists analysing data from a widely-used COVID-19 symptom-tracking app have found there are six distinct types of the disease, each distinguished by a cluster of symptoms. A King's College London team found that the six ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times WHO Asks for Help Fighting Growing Ebola Outbreak The New York Times The World Health Organization raised the alarm Thursday about a growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and warned of an imminent shortage of funds to fight the deadly disease. The organization said that 56 cases have been reported ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Almost all Covid-19 patients with symptoms had at least one of these three, small CDC survey says CNN (CNN) Covid-19 can cause a wide variety of symptoms, but a new analysis of records by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that most patients seemed to share at least one of three symptoms: fever, cough or shortness of breath. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today The New York Times The U.S., British and Canadian governments said Russian hackers were trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research. Retail sales in the U.S. jumped 7.5 percent in June, and unemployment claims topped one million for the 17th straight week. Four countries ... Flag as irrelevant
	STLtoday.com US immigration officials spread coronavirus with detainee transfers STLtoday.com U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has asked a federal judge to undo an order she issued last month requiring the agency to give soap, cleaning supplies and masks to detainees at three South Florida detention centers. (U.S. Immigration and ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Southern California LA County Sets New Daily Record for Coronavirus Cases NBC Southern California "Without aggressive action on the part of every person, we will not get back to slowing the spread," public health director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement. By City News Service • Published 39 seconds ago • Updated 28 seconds ago. For the second time in ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Quick testing is needed for coronavirus contact tracing to be most effective, research finds CNN (CNN) Quick testing and quick reporting of results are needed for contact tracing to be as effective as it can be, new research finds. Testing that takes five days or longer is of little use, researchers from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands reported ... Flag as irrelevant

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