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	health Daily update ⋅ July 23, 2020
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	Washington Post Can you get coronavirus twice? Doctors are unsure even as anecdotal reports mount Washington Post When Sophie Cunningham, a guard for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, returned to training last week after a bout with covid-19, she made an announcement that startled fans. She said she believed she had been infected twice — once in March and then again ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Eerily prescient 2020 plague novels BBC News How did three of this year's fictional works end up being so connected to today's crisis? Caryn James takes a look. E. Emma Donoghue's new novel, The Pull of the Stars, set during the 1918 pandemic, was meant to be published next year. However, when ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN How mosquitoes evolved to be attracted to humans, and what that means for the future CNN (CNN) Not all mosquitoes are created equal, even if it feels that way when they bite you. There are about 3,500 species of mosquitoes around the world, but only a few are responsible for spreading infectious diseases to humans. Among those mosquitoes that ... Flag as irrelevant
	Wall Street Journal Covid-19 Measures Have All but Wiped Out the Flu in the Southern Hemisphere Wall Street Journal From Chile to South Africa to New Zealand, countries report far lower numbers of influenza cases, which could be good news for the U.S. and Europe. A woman received a flu vaccination at a metro station in São Paulo last week. Akio Kon/Bloomberg News. Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Self-Swab COVID-19 Home Testing Found Comparable Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Symptomatic people seeking COVID-19 testing can effectively swab themselves at home, suggests a new study, which found that the results of such ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN The US reported more Covid-19 cases in the last two weeks than it did for all of June CNN (CNN) In the past two weeks, the US recorded more than 915,000 new cases of coronavirus -- that's more than the cases reported across the country for the whole month of June. The staggering number signals the US is still far from containing the virus, which ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters US eviction bans are ending. That could worsen the spread of coronavirus Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Last month, as the coronavirus was surging in Houston, recently unemployed hospital secretary Ramzan Boudoin got more bad news: She had six days to vacate her apartment for failing to pay the rent. An entrance to the Providence at ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report US Eviction Bans Are Ending. That Could Worsen the Spread of Coronavirus U.S. News & World Report NEW YORK (Reuters) - Last month, as the coronavirus was surging in Houston, recently unemployed hospital secretary Ramzan Boudoin got more bad news: She had six days to vacate her apartment for failing to pay the rent. A Texas ban on evictions had ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape UK COVID-19 Update: How Lockdown Affected Mental Health Medscape These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today. How Lockdown Affected Mental Health. More evidence has been published on the effect of lockdown on mental health in the UK. The European Psychiatric Association (EPA) 2020 ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME A Novel Set in a 1918 Flu Pandemic Maternity Ward Offers a Stark Warning for the Present TIME Emma Donoghue goes to dark places. Her most famous work, 2010's Room, centered on a woman who had been kidnapped, raped and forced by her captor to raise her child in a one-room shed. Her 2014 novel Frog Music took place in 1870s San Francisco ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News South Africa's excess deaths surge as virus like 'wildfire' ABC News JOHANNESBURG -- Global hot spot South Africa is seeing a "huge discrepancy" between confirmed COVID-19 deaths and much higher excess deaths from natural causes, while Africa's top health official says the coronavirus is spreading there "like wildfire.". Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Can You Get Covid Again? It's Very Unlikely, Experts Say The New York Times The anecdotes are alarming. A woman in Los Angeles seemed to recover from Covid-19, but weeks later took a turn for the worse and tested positive again. A New Jersey doctor claimed several patients healed from one bout only to become reinfected with ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Outbreak at Iowa pork plant was larger than state reported Washington Post IOWA CITY, Iowa — The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than twice as many workers becoming infected than the state Department of Public Health told the public, newly ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Why Some Mosquitoes Prefer Humans The New York Times Mosquitoes have been called the deadliest animal in the world: tiny creatures so dangerous that genetic engineering may be necessary to win the battle against them. But not all mosquitoes are equally responsible for devastating the human population by ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus outbreak at Moy Park's Ballymena site BBC News A "very small number of employees" have tested positive for coronavirus at Moy Park's site in Ballymena, the food firm has said. The company said those affected have been self-isolating on full pay in line with its Covid-19 sick scheme. About 1,200 people are ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News COVID-19 rashes: How your skin can be a sign of the virus ABC News As the pandemic continues, doctors and researchers are learning more about the symptoms of COVID-19. And, as it turns out, some of them -- like rashes -- may be easy to see. One of the most widely talked about skin findings related to coronavirus infection ... Flag as irrelevant
	Food Safety News Bats and maybe some scaly anteaters likely caused COVID-19 pandemic and they could do it again Food Safety News An article published Wednesday in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene by eminent scientists suggests naturally infected bats and scaly anteaters called pangolins in Asia and Southeast Asia likely caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key U.S. News & World Report By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, July 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Some people in their 90s stay sharp whether their brain harbors amyloid protein plaques -- a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease -- or not, but why? Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Even Mild Obesity Raises Odds for Severe COVID-19 U.S. News & World Report By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, July 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Even mild obesity significantly drives up the risk for serious illness or death among COVID-19 patients, researchers from Italy report. "Health care practitioners ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald Short-staffed, scarcely tested: How Florida fails to protect prison workers from COVID Miami Herald As the novel coronavirus crept into Florida and settled inside long-term care facilities where some of the state's most vulnerable live, people in power took notice. Gov. Ron DeSantis stopped allowing visitors to the facilities in March. By April, he was touring the ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Outbreak at Iowa pork plant was larger than state reported ABC News One of the first coronavirus outbreaks at an Iowa meatpacking plant was more severe than previously known, with over twice as many workers becoming infected than the Iowa Department of Public Health publicly confirmed. By. RYAN J. FOLEY Associated ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Antibodies Fade a Few Weeks After Mild COVID-19, Study Finds U.S. News & World Report By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, July 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Hopes for robust, long-term antibody protection after a bout of COVID-19 have been dampened by a new study that finds the protection may only last a few ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Don't expect first COVID-19 vaccinations until early 2021 - WHO's Ryan Reuters GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) - Researchers are making "good progress" in developing vaccines against COVID-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Two weeks into Melbourne's lockdown, why aren't COVID-19 case numbers going down? Medical Xpress Fourteen days after Melbourne was put back into lockdown, the latest daily tally of 484 new cases in Victoria makes for dispiriting reading. Why have the numbers stubbornly refused to go down, despite Melburnians being confined to their homes for all but ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Cinnamon Beats Placebo in Prediabetes MedPage Today Cinnamon supplements kept a lid on fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and other measures of glucose dysregulation in patients with prediabetes, a small randomized clinical trial found. In 51 patients with prediabetes followed for 12 weeks, FPG increased by an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress World virus cases top 15M; US labs buckle amid testing surge Medical Xpress Laboratories across the U.S. are buckling under a surge of coronavirus tests, creating long processing delays that experts say are actually undercutting the pandemic response. With the U.S. tally of infections at 3.9 million Wednesday and new cases surging, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Covid-19 Patients No Longer Need Tests to End Isolation The New York Times Most Americans recovering from Covid-19 can come out of isolation without further testing to show they no longer carry the coronavirus, federal health officials said on Wednesday. Instead, patients may be judged to have recovered if 10 days have passed ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Multiple vaccine doses could be necessary to protect from coronavirus, Bill Gates says CBS News Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Wednesday that people could need multiple doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine to immunize themselves from the coronavirus. If necessary, the multiple doses could require more than 7 billion vaccinations to be ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com What apple cider vinegar can and can't do, according to a dietitian Today.com There's a lot of hype around this so-called wellness elixir, but what kind of health benefits does it really offer? Close-Up Of Apple Cider Vinegar In Bottle Against White Background. Natalia Klenova / Getty Images ... Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Genomic Basis of Bat Superpowers Could Provide New Insights into Coronavirus Resistance Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News [Brock and Sherri Fenton] Scientists have for the first time sequenced the genetic material that codes for bats' unique adaptations and superpowers, such as the ability to fly, to use sound to move effortlessly in complete darkness, to survive and tolerate deadly ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Woman loses more than 100 pounds following 'lazy keto' diet ABC News Nearly two years ago, Megan Faraday, a now 25-year-old woman from Ontario, Canada, decided she was ready to make a change to her health. "I just felt really uncomfortable with myself for a really long time, a whole lifetime of dieting and binge eating," ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline If 50% of People Take These 3 Simple Steps, We Might Be Able to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 Healthline While a vaccine may be crucial to fully stopping the virus, a new study finds simple steps may drastically help reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Handwashing, physical distancing, and wearing a mask may drastically help reduce or stop the spread of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Study: IL-7 May Help Severe COVID-19 Patients MedPage Today Interleukin 7 (IL-7) immunotherapy given to a small group of critically ill COVID-19 patients was associated with significantly restored lymphocyte counts, a case series in Belgium indicated. A total of 12 critically ill COVID-19 patients with low lymphocyte count ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET Coronavirus questions we haven't answered, six months later CNET On Dec. 20, 2019, a 61-year-old man from Wuhan, China, presented to the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital with a fever and a strong cough. He'd previously been diagnosed with chronic liver disease but was exhibiting a new, pneumonialike illness. The cause was ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill Rand Paul calls for Cuomo to be impeached over coronavirus response The Hill Sen. Rand Paul · Randal (Rand) Howard PaulCoronavirus talks fracture GOP unity Overnight Defense: House passes defense bill that Trump threatened to veto | Esper voices concerns about officers wearing military garb Senate rejects broad restrictions on ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key HealthDay By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, July 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Some people in their 90s stay sharp whether their brain harbors amyloid protein plaques -- a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease -- or not, but why? That's the question ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Outbreak at Iowa pork plant was larger than state reported Medical Xpress The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than twice as many workers becoming infected than the state Department of Public Health told the public, newly released records ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Within Days, Florida Family Loses Two Siblings, 20 and 22, to the Virus The New York Times Mychaela Francis was home with her brother, Byron, when she saw he was struggling to breathe. Paramedics rushed him to Florida Medical Center on June 27. He died that day of the coronavirus. He was 20. Three days later, Ms. Francis, 22, began ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Promise and prevention: Experts discuss the race for a COVID-19 vaccine Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the global race for a COVID-19 vaccine heats up, Reuters invited a group of healthcare experts to answer questions as part of our #AskReuters Twitter chat series. FILE PHOTO: Professor Gottfried Kremsner injects a vaccination ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report COVID-19 Jitters Shouldn't Keep You From the Emergency Room U.S. News & World Report THURSDAY, July 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Fear of COVID-19 is keeping keep some people from getting medical help for critical conditions like stroke and heart attack, experts say. In the first months of the pandemic, doctors at the Penn State Health ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Dark chocolate's benefits: A heart-healthy option in moderation CNN (CNN) Open wide. Insert dark chocolate. Chew slowly, savor and lick any bits off fingers. Smile broadly as you bask in the relief that this guilty pleasure is actually helping your heart. After all, one more study published Wednesday in the European Journal of ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Coronavirus infections may be 2 to 13 times higher than officially reported, study says CBS News A new study says the number of coronavirus infections in the U.S. could be as many as 2 to 13 times higher than what has been officially reported. With 3.9 million confirmed cases and more than 142,000 deaths, the U.S. is already at the epicenter of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com Brain cancer survivor beats the odds after insisting on scan: 'Be your best advocate' Today.com Glioblastoma is an aggressive fast-growing brain cancer that comes with a grim prognosis, but there is hope. Steve Adams Jr. shares a happy moment with his 1-year-old son who was born two years after his dad's brain cancer diagnosis.Steven Adams ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News US labs buckle amid testing surge, as global coronavirus cases top 15 million MarketWatch WASHINGTON — Laboratories across the U.S. are buckling under a surge of coronavirus tests, creating long processing delays that experts say are undercutting the pandemic response. With the U.S. tally of confirmed infections at nearly 4 million Wednesday ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette US labs buckle amid testing surge; world virus cases top 15M Pittsburgh Post-Gazette WASHINGTON — Laboratories across the U.S. are buckling under a surge of coronavirus tests, creating long processing delays that experts say are actually undercutting the pandemic response. With the U.S. tally of infections at 3.9 million Wednesday and ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS Denver Fentanyl-Related Overdoses Increase 282% In Denver During Same Period Last Year CBS Denver DENVER (CBS4)– Deadly overdoses linked to fentanyl are on the rise in Denver. Compared to the same time period of January to May last year, fatal overdoses related to fentanyl increased 282%. The Denver Department of Public Health and Environment ... Flag as irrelevant
	Charlotte Observer Late-night alcohol sales ban approved in Charlotte, some surrounding towns due to COVID-19 Charlotte Observer Editor's note: This story has been corrected to indicate the new restriction goes into effect on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Nightlife in Charlotte and some surrounding towns will look drastically different as officials impose new coronavirus-related restrictions. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Living alone linked with higher dementia risk Medical Xpress People over 55 who live alone are 30% more likely to develop dementia than those who live with others, according to a new UCL-led study. The systematic review and meta-analysis, published in Ageing Research Reviews, suggests that social isolation could ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress New data offer insights on COVID treatments for people with cancer Medical Xpress Newly released data on treatment outcomes of people with cancer diagnosed with COVID-19 reveal a racial disparity in access to Remdesivir, an antiviral drug that has been shown to shorten hospital stays, and increased mortality associated with ... Flag as irrelevant
	STLtoday.com 6 summer drink recipes to help you beat the heat STLtoday.com During hot summer days, there's nothing like a cold drink to keep us alert and hydrated. And whether you're lying by the pool, bathing at the beach or trying to wind down from a sweat-inducing jog, it helps to sip a drink that is both delicious and refreshing. Flag as irrelevant

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