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	health Daily update ⋅ July 20, 2020
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	NPR Kids Get Coronavirus, But Do They Spread It? We'll Find Out When Schools Reopen NPR As scientists study the burden of COVID-19 around the globe, it's pretty clear that despite some cases of serious illness, kids tend to get infected with the coronavirus less and have milder symptoms compared to adults. "It seems consistently, children do have ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR 1918 Flu Inspired Donoghue's 'Pull Of The Stars' — A Disquieting Pandemic Novel NPR Readers are awaiting novels of the pandemic and Emma Donoghue just may have stumbled into writing one of the first. As Donoghue explains in the author's note to her new novel, The Pull of the Stars, she began writing the story in 2018, inspired by the ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response BBC News A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and triggers an immune response. Trials involving 1,077 people showed the injection led to them making antibodies and T-cells that can fight coronavirus. The findings are hugely ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Protein treatment trial 'a breakthrough' BBC News The preliminary results of a clinical trial suggest a new treatment for Covid-19 dramatically reduces the number of patients needing intensive care, according to the UK company that developed it. The treatment from Southampton-based biotech Synairgen uses ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Oxford coronavirus vaccine safe and promising, according to early human trial results published in the Lancet Washington Post LONDON — An Oxford University group and the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which together are developing a leading vaccine candidate against the novel coronavirus, reported Monday that their early-stage human trial showed ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Global Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 600000, With US Accounting For Nearly A Quarter NPR Total coronavirus deaths in the U.S. have surpassed 140,000, reaching somber new heights as surging cases continue to break records in parts of the country and around the world. The U.S. passed the latest threshold late on Saturday, the same day the ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Post-pandemic baby boom and fertility consults via Zoom: How COVID-19 is affecting pregnancy plans ABC News Both planning for pregnancy and raising children can create stress for parents and parents-to-be during normal times, but taking on either of these roles during a pandemic can be even more taxing. Many couples looking to have children during the COVID-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Healthy Black kids die more often after surgery than White kids, study finds CNN (CNN) Within 30 days from their surgeries, Black children had a greater risk of suffering complications and death than White children, and were nearly 3.5 times more likely to die within that time period, according to new research published Monday in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR A Sunscreen Evangelist Explains Why You Need To Get On Board NPR People of Earth! There is a lot to worry about, right? You've got your pandemic, your climate change, your protests, your sourdough starter and your kids' screen time. I get it. But I'm here from the future, and I want to tell you one thing that you should put on ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Oxford coronavirus vaccine generates promising Phase 1/2 results: Study ABC News A team of scientists at the University of Oxford released promising results showing their COVID-19 vaccine appears safe in an early-stage study — welcome news for one of the most advanced vaccine programs in the world. The Phase 1/2 results, published ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News The people with hidden immunity against Covid-19 BBC News While the latest research suggests that antibodies against Covid-19 could be lost in just three months, a new hope has appeared on the horizon: the enigmatic T cell. T. The clues have been mounting for a while. First, scientists discovered patients who had ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Unlike the United States, more and more countries are making masks mandatory Washington Post As countries around the world reopen their economies amid ongoing novel coronavirus outbreaks, governments are increasingly embracing what remains in some places a divisive public health measure: mandatory masks. Support our journalism. Subscribe ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Opioid overdoses skyrocket in the face of COVID-19 pandemic; stronger drugs, scarce treatment blamed Chicago Tribune Sweating in the heat of a late afternoon sun, Brandi biked up to a mobile drug treatment van in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood and asked for an assortment of needles. "Do you need Narcan?" Nikki Carter, an outreach worker, asked while leaning out ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Uber offers COVID-19 contact tracing help amid chaotic US response Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have come into contact with someone infected with COVID-19, company officials told Reuters. Flag as irrelevant
	Detroit Free Press Coronavirus pandemic prompted creative thinking and innovation at Henry Ford hospitals Detroit Free Press A viral tsunami slammed Michigan in mid-March, flooding metro Detroit hospitals with critically ill coronavirus patients, revealing cracks and weaknesses in public health and forcing rapid change to adapt to the stress of a pandemic. Practically overnight ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times 'If It's Here, It's Here': America's Retirees Confront the Virus in Florida The New York Times THE VILLAGES, Fla. — For months, many of the residents at one of America's biggest retirement communities went about their lives as if the coronavirus barely existed. They played bridge. They held dances. They went to house parties in souped-up golf carts ... Flag as irrelevant
	KPRC Click2Houston Doctor who survived COVID-19 bewildered by public disregard KPRC Click2Houston BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Dr. Michael Saag spends much of his time treating patients fighting for their lives and working with colleagues who are overwhelmed and exhausted by the relentless battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. But he enters a different ... Flag as irrelevant
	WBAL Baltimore Want to go camping? Follow these COVID-19 safety tips WBAL Baltimore Camping -- one of the earthiest of endeavors -- can inspire the most heavenly of thoughts. But in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, it inspires a sobering question as well: Is it safe? The good news is that relatively speaking, camping is among the safer ... Flag as irrelevant
	Deccan Herald FEATURE-Fears of HIV spike in Jamaica as pandemic hits prevention efforts Reuters KINGSTON, July 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For about a month, John was woken by bad dreams, a side effect of missing his antiretroviral medication from late May, when he was unable to collect his prescription drugs due to COVID-19. John, 32 ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Rethinking the post-pandemic workplace CBS News From skyscrapers in Manhattan to sleek campuses in Silicon Valley, offices across the country have been mostly empty for months. "In some ways, this virus is a workplace virus, it's an office virus," said Amol Sarva, co-founder and CEO of Knotel, a company ... Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times Most Young Virus Cases in Texas County Diagnosed This Month U.S. News & World Report HOUSTON (AP) — Most of the 85 young children in a South Texas county who are known to have contracted the coronavirus tested positive this month amid a surge in the state, a health official said Sunday. Nearly all of the children, most of whom are 1 year ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Study finds rise in patients waiting for tests to diagnose various cancers Medical Xpress More people are waiting to get tests used to diagnose four common cancers compared to last year, according to Cancer Research UK analysis, as the charity urges the public to support its vital work. As of May 30th, there were more than 180,000 people in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape COVID-19: Full Results of Dexamethasone Trial Confirm Benefits Medscape Full results of a randomised clinical trial into low-dose dexamethasone confirmed earlier preliminary findings that it could save the lives of up to a third of hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications from COVID-19. The RECOVERY ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Masks mandatory in France amid fresh outbreaks BBC News France has made face masks compulsory in all enclosed public spaces amid a fresh bout of Covid-19 outbreaks. Masks were already mandatory on public transport, but from Monday they must also be worn in places like shops. Health Minister Oliver Véran ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Blackburn police not investigating 250-at-mosque funeral BBC News Police will not investigate coronavirus rule breaches after 250 people attended a funeral at a mosque. It comes after the Imam who led prayers at the Jamia Ghosia in Blackburn had tested positive for Covid-19 after the 13 July funeral. The mosque committee ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Teens need easy access to condoms and long-acting reversible contraception, say pediatricians CNN (CNN) Plastic wrap. Plastic bags. These are some of the workarounds teens use to protect themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, pediatrician Dr. Laura Grubb, a specialist in adolescent medicine, has been told. "They're just ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Denver Post Kids and COVID-19: What experts do (and do not) know about how the virus affects children The Denver Post As the debate about reopening schools rages at the local, state and national levels, infectious disease and engineering experts are trying to keep up with the ever-evolving situation with the coronavirus pandemic so they can advise administrators considering ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Scientists trace and identify origin of smallpox vaccine strains used in Civil War Medical Xpress Scientists and historians working at McMaster University, the Mütter Museum and the University of Sydney have pieced together the genomes of old viruses that were used as vaccination strains during and after the American Civil War ultimately leading to the ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Rule Change Gives Laid-Off Workers More Time To Sign Up For COBRA Insurance NPR People who have been laid off or furloughed from their jobs now have significantly more time to decide whether to hang on to their employer-sponsored health insurance, according to a recent federal rule. Under the federal law known as COBRA, people who ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus vaccine: UK government signs deals for 90 million doses BBC News The UK government has signed deals for 90 million doses of promising coronavirus vaccines that are being developed. The vaccines are being researched by an alliance between the pharmaceutical companies BioNtech and Pfizer as well as the firm ... Flag as irrelevant
	WCVB Boston Young survivors of COVID-19 speak out about how illness is still affecting them WCVB Boston Video above: COVID-19 survivor still battling effects from illness. Daniel Green is still hobbled by the severe viral infection that struck him in March and left him coughing up blood. Advertisement. Three months ago, the 28-year-old postdoctoral research ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay How Much Fasting Is Enough for 'Fasting Diet' to Work? HealthDay By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, July 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Limiting food to a narrow window of time each day may help people shed some extra pounds, a small study finds. And restricting your eating to six hours may work as well as a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Pakistan resumes polio immunization drive amid COVID-19 threat Reuters KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Wearing face masks and gloves, Pakistani vaccinators on Monday resumed an anti-polio drive that had been halted since March due to the coronavirus outbreak, seeking to reach at least 800,000 children in five days. Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com How to mentally cope if you're living with your parents again during the pandemic Today.com Here's how to handle tensions and arguments between parents and young adult children who have moved back home during the coronavirus pandemic. A recent poll found that around 1-in-10 adults ages 18 to 29 said they moved because of the outbreak. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News 'Vast majority' of COVID-19 patients have antibodies for at least 3 months: study Fox News A newly published study from researchers at Mount Sinai hospital system in New York shows the "vast majority" of patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms have antibodies for at least three months. The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, ... Flag as irrelevant
	WCVB Boston What you need to know about COVID-19: US broke single-day record of new cases at least 9 times in a month WCVB Boston It's been a month of harrowing milestones set across the country, with the U.S. beating its own daily record of total new coronavirus cases at least nine times. On July 16, the country reported its latest single-day record with at least 77,255 new cases, according ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Who is exempt from wearing a face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic? ABC News Talk of face mask exemption during the COVID-19 pandemic has been circulating the internet in recent weeks, but experts say very few people qualify, and the decision is up to each person's doctor. "People with underlying chronic lung disease, such as ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News Artist donates 1800 paintings to Brooklyn hospital, one for every employee The Mercury News A hospital in Brooklyn received a special delivery this week during the coronavirus pandemic: A truckload of 1,800 paintings, one for every employee, each representing a flower. The paintings were created and donated by Los Angeles-based artist Michael ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay US Air Quality Got Better During Pandemic: Study HealthDay MONDAY, July 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. air quality improved after businesses closed to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus, researchers say. For their new study, they compared air pollution data for 122 U.S. counties between March 13 and ... Flag as irrelevant
	FierceBiotech How COVID-19 could be crippled by an age-old blood thinner FierceBiotech The blood thinner heparin could be used to trap SARS-CoV-2, effectively neutralizing the virus before it can infect healthy cells, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute team said. (Maksim Tkachenko/iStock/Getty Images Plus). Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn ... Flag as irrelevant
	SFGate Trench fever, a rare condition, found among Denver homeless SFGate DENVER (AP) — Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: Confirmation of the third case this year of trench fever, a rare ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News 85 Babies test positive for COVID-19 in one Texas county Fox News A total of 85 babies under the age of one have tested positive for the coronavirus in a single Texas county as of Friday, according to a local health official. Those numbers were confirmed during a Friday briefing by Annette Rodriguez, director of public health ... Flag as irrelevant
	South Wales Argus COVID-19 and Cancer: NCI's Sharpless Says COVID-19 Could Halt Streak of US Cancer Mortality Gains AJMC.com Managed Markets Network Months of deferred screenings or delayed treatments due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could reverse the US streak in improved cancer mortality that has lasted more than 25 years, said Norman E. "Ned" Sharpless, MD, director of the National ... Flag as irrelevant
	Capital Public Radio News Without A Trace: This California County Has Stopped Contact Tracing As Coronavirus Surges Capital Public Radio News By Rebecca Sohn, CalMatters. A month ago, everyone in Merced County infected with the coronavirus got a call from county officials, asking questions about whom they'd come in contact with. It's a tracing process that experts say is critical to stopping the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American After Surgery, Black Children Are More Likely to Die Than White Children Scientific American Studies have repeatedly shown that Black patients' experiences with the U.S. health care system are worse than those of white patients at almost every stage, from infancy to geriatric care. In surgical settings, Black patients experience more complications, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com 415 New Coronavirus Cases, No New Deaths In Orange County Patch.com ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Orange County health officials reported 415 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday but no additional deaths, bringing the county's totals to 29,426 cases. The death toll actually dropped to 492, as two previously reported fatalities were ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Potential Covid-19 cluster in Lanarkshire BBC News A potential cluster of Covid-19 cases is being investigated in North Lanarkshire, health officials have confirmed. BBC Scotland understands the outbreak involves a call centre which carries out coronavirus contact tracing for Public Health England. Flag as irrelevant
	The Express Tribune Symptom Tracker App Reveals Six Distinct Types of COVID-19 Infection The New York Times LONDON — 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 types also ... Flag as irrelevant
	NECN First COVID-19, Now Mosquitoes: Bracing for Bug-Borne Ills NECN The CDC has offered states additional help with mosquito testing this season as the coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed state public health offices. By Philip Marcelo • Published 53 mins ago • Updated 10 mins ago. Biting mosquito Getty Images (File). Flag as irrelevant
	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh hospitals want you to know routine medical care is safe, despite COVID-19 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Your doctor can see you now. Really. Patients have been slow to make appointments for routine medical screenings and operations following the shutdown of nonemergency medical procedures due to the outbreak of COVID-19, despite the resumption of ... Flag as irrelevant

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