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	health Daily update ⋅ August 11, 2020
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	Washington Post Wearing a neck gaiter may be worse than no mask at all, researchers find Washington Post Of the 14 masks and other coverings tested, the study found that some easily accessible cotton cloth masks are about as effective as standard surgical masks, while popular alternatives such as neck gaiters made of thin, stretchy material may be worse than not ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Vaccines and asymptomatic spreaders may hold keys to answering Covid-19 mysteries, experts say CNN (CNN) As US leaders work to control the spread of coronavirus, researchers across the country -- and globe -- are working to answer the mysteries that remain around infections. One of those mysteries: why the experience can be so vastly different from ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post A TV reporter learned she had cancer after a viewer sent her a concerned email Washington Post As a television news reporter in Tampa, Victoria Price is accustomed to finding her inbox full of emails from viewers offering story ideas, criticism and praise, along with the occasional fashion critique. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. When she ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Mental Health Woes Spiraled Among College Students Early in Pandemic U.S. News & World Report By Serena McNiff, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Aug. 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Depression, anxiety and inactive lifestyles are all too common among college students, and a new study finds they may have escalated during the initial ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN There has been a 90% increase in Covid-19 cases in US children in the last four weeks, report says CNN MUST WATCH. Dr. Gupta answers kids' Covid-19 questions 03:07. (CNN) As the nation focuses on safety issues around going back to school during the pandemic, a new report found a sharp increase in the number of Covid-19 cases among children in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY 'We need to tell everyone': Teens, young adults who vape more at risk for COVID-19, study says USA TODAY A new study has found that vaping is linked to an elevated risk of COVID-19 among teenagers and young adults, providing more evidence of the harmful effects of electronic cigarettes. According to the study, led by researchers at Stanford University of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg Most Americans Won't Be Able to Get a Coronavirus Vaccine Until Well Into 2021 Bloomberg Even if the most optimistic projections hold true and a Covid-19 vaccine is cleared for U.S. use in November, the vast majority of Americans won't be able to get the shots until spring or summer next year at the earliest. That likely timeline, based on interviews ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Amid COVID-19 pandemic, people with diabetes struggle to get insulin Los Angeles Times For Adam Winney, a 26-year old with Type 1 diabetes, grocery shopping during the early days of a pandemic was an infuriating task. Everything was sold out, except for the one type of food he couldn't eat. "The only things left were carbs, carbs, carbs," the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post South Africa's poor scramble for anti-HIV drugs amid virus Washington Post JOHANNESBURG — When her regular clinic ran out of her government-funded HIV medications amid South Africa's COVID-19 lockdown, Sibongile Zulu panicked. A local pharmacy had the drugs for $48, but she didn't have the money after being laid off from ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Half of daily 100000 COVID-19 cases in Americas are in US: WHO director Reuters BRASILIA (Reuters) - More than 100,000 cases of C0VID-19 are being reported daily in the Americas, half of them in the United States, and there are worrisome spikes in countries that had outbreaks controlled, such as Argentina and Colombia, World Health ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Tea, milk and other drinks to help you sleep (and some that will hurt) CNN (CNN) We know to avoid coffee and chocolate before bedtime since both contain caffeine and can keep you awake at night. But what to replace those delicious options with? There are some drinks that can actually help set you up for a sleepy night of slumber. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Test and trace system 'successful', says health minister BBC News The government has defended its test and trace programme in England amid plans to cut 6,000 contact tracers. Health minister Edward Argar insisted it was a "successful system" and would be strengthened by giving more powers to local public health teams. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Health Officials Are Quitting or Getting Fired Amid Outbreak U.S. News & World Report By MICHELLE R. SMITH and LAUREN WEBER, Associated Press and KHN. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Vilified, threatened with violence and in some cases burned out, dozens of state and local public health officials around the country have resigned or have ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs: Study HealthDay By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Aug. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Americans have long known that there's an epidemic of opioid abuse and deaths in the United States. But a new report suggests the true extent of these tragedies has been ... Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times Wearing a neck gaiter may be worse than no mask at all, researchers find Seattle Times As the number of novel coronavirus cases continues to rise nationwide, the recurring message from many public health experts and doctors has been simple: Wearing masks saves lives. "We are not defenseless against COVID-19," Robert Redfield, director of ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Sex and coronavirus: How to have it safely BBC News You've heard of the "new normal" around things like going back to work or shopping. But it also applies to sex, according to a sexual health charity. The Terrence Higgins Trust has published advice suggesting people avoid kissing, wear a face covering and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe Study raises questions about efficacy of gaiters, bandanas, knit masks in stopping spread of virus The Boston Globe Duke University researchers have developed a simple, inexpensive method to test how well masks stop people from spewing droplets that could spread the coronavirus — and their initial tests have raised questions about the virus-blocking efficacy of neck ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Study: People Don't Freak Out Over Alzheimer's Biomarker Data MedPage Today Is it safe to share Alzheimer's disease biomarker results with older adults who don't have cognitive impairment? In the short-term at least, the answer appears to be "yes," according to a study of Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer's Disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Telemedicine Is Here: Experts Offer Tips for Seniors U.S. News & World Report By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, Aug. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Virtual medical visits have been invaluable for many during the COVID-19 pandemic, but older adults may still need help managing them -- especially if they are ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters J&J eyes one billion doses of potential COVID-19 shot in 2021, weighs challenge trials Reuters BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) could produce 1 billion doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine next year if it proves successful and would consider injecting healthy volunteers with the novel coronavirus if there are not enough patients for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com 44 New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In Iredell Over The Weekend Patch.com MOORESVILLE, NC — At least 44 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Iredell County since Friday, increasing the county's tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,949, the Iredell County Health Department reported Monday. As of Aug. 10, at least 13 Iredell County ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Pasteurization inactivates COVID-19 virus in human milk, finds new research Medical Xpress A team of medical researchers has found that in human milk, pasteurization inactivates the virus that causes COVID-19, confirming milk bank processes have been safe throughout the pandemic, and will remain safe going forward, too. The study—published ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Dublin Linked To Alameda County's First 2020 West Nile Virus Case Patch.com DUBLIN, CA — A dead bird found in Dublin tested positive for the West Nile virus, the Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District announced Monday. This marks the county's first West Nile case of 2020. Statewide, 81 dead birds, 675 mosquito samples ... Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes Researchers Doubt That Certain Mental Disorders Are Disorders At All Forbes What if mental disorders like anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder aren't mental disorders at all? In a compelling new paper, biological anthropologists call on the scientific community to rethink mental illness. With a thorough review of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	KHOU.com Texas COVID hospitalizations drop to lowest levels since early July KHOU.com TEXAS, USA — The Texas Tribune is using data from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track how many people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Texas each day. The state data comes from 57 city and county health departments ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Masks could save the lives of 66000 Americans by Dec. 1—if more people wear them Medical Xpress By Dec. 1, there will be an estimated 295,011 coronavirus deaths in the United States since the start of the pandemic. But nearly 66,000 of these deaths—about one in four—could have been prevented if all Americans would wear a mask in public, according ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Marijuana use during pregnancy linked to autism in babies, study says CNN MUST WATCH. Your brain on marijuana 01:39. (CNN) In what they call the largest study ever done, researchers found using marijuana while pregnant may increase the risk that a child will develop autism. Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Is Your Bread Really 'Whole Grain'? Maybe Not WebMD By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Aug. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Folks who want to eat healthy by choosing whole grain foods aren't helped by product labels that can confuse and mislead consumers, a new study shows. Almost half ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Kids Exposed to Cannabis In Utero Face Higher Risk of Autism MedPage Today Children exposed to marijuana in utero had a moderately elevated risk of developing autism spectrum disorder, according to a Canada-based retrospective study. Mothers who used cannabis while pregnant had a 50% higher likelihood of having a child with ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN This 21-year-old thought he had overcome a mild case of Covid-19. Then he went into organ failure CNN (CNN) Spencer Rollyson says he didn't think much of it when he experienced mild coronavirus symptoms in May. Weeks later, the disease almost took his life. "I never thought, at 21, I would be on the verge of death," he said. Initially, the infection seemed just ... Flag as irrelevant
	Boston.com Winter is coming: Why America's window of opportunity to beat back COVID-19 is closing Boston.com This story originally appeared on STAT, a health and medicine website that provides ambitious coverage of the coronavirus. Go here for more stories on the virus. Try STAT Plus for exclusive analysis of biotech, pharma, and the life sciences. And check out ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD From Trees and Grapefruit Comes New Bug Repellent WebMD By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Aug. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Bugs beware: There's a powerful new insect repellent in town. Just approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and known as nootkatone, the citrus-scented ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress How to use ventilation and air filtration to prevent the spread of coronavirus indoors Medical Xpress The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. The best way to prevent the virus from spreading in a home or business would be to simply keep infected people ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report From Cedar Trees and Grapefruit Rinds Comes a New Bug Repellent U.S. News & World Report By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, Aug. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Bugs beware: There's a powerful new insect repellent in town. Just approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and known as nootkatone, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Covid-19 misinformation is spreading in 25 different languages, leading to deaths and injuries, study finds CNN MUST WATCH. How Covid-19 misinformation is still spreading online 02:33. (CNN) Covid-19 rumors, stigma and conspiracy theories have been circulating in 25 different languages across at least 87 countries -- including the United States -- and this spread of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters US COVID-19 deaths drop for first time in four weeks Reuters (Reuters) - The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 fell 16% to about 7,200 people last week, the first decline in deaths after four weeks of increases, according to a Reuters tally of state and county reports. FILE PHOTO: Phlebotomists wait to draw blood to test for ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Herefordshire farm's Covid-19 outbreak 'successfully contained' BBC News A Covid-19 outbreak among farm workers in Herefordshire has been successfully contained with no more cases, or spread to the wider community, officials say. Up to 134 crop pickers at AS Green and Co in Mathon tested positive, causing Herefordshire ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress UAB Researcher Part Of International Team That Published Genomic Study Of Cervical Cancers In Africa Patch.com From the University of Alabama at Birmingham: August 10, 2020. By Jeff Hansen. Subscribe. Cervical cancer kills more than 300,000 middle-aged women a year, and 19 of the 20 nations with the highest death rates are sub-Saharan countries. Now an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Will SARS-CoV-2 escape future drugs by mutating? The answer may be a nuanced 'no.' Medical Xpress Almost as quickly as SARS-CoV-2 turned the world on its head, the spike protein studding its surface became a molecular celebrity. It is the virus's key to our cells, hence a critical target: Many promising treatments and vaccines aim to unleash antibodies that ... Flag as irrelevant
	Cancer Therapy Advisor Gardasil 9 for the Prevention of Some Head and Neck Cancers: Measuring the Benefit Cancer Therapy Advisor The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.'s human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil 9 (human papillomavirus 9-valent vaccine, recombinant) for the prevention of oropharyngeal cancers and other head ... Flag as irrelevant
	syracuse.com What part of your body is a tick mostly likely to bite? Upstate study has the answer syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. – When you check your body for ticks after being outdoors, start with your thighs. That's the most likely spot to find ticks, according to a survey by Upstate Medical University's tick-borne disease lab. Of the 748 black-legged ticks sent over this ... Flag as irrelevant
	KQED The US Has a Dwindling Number of Months to Contain COVID-19 Before a Winter Surge KQED The good news: The United States has a window of opportunity to beat back COVID-19 before things get much, much worse. The bad news: That window is rapidly closing. And the country seems unwilling or unable to seize the moment. Winter is coming. Flag as irrelevant
	SFGate 'Not getting a flu vaccine is like not wearing a mask:' What the upcoming flu season could look like SFGate When the COVID-19 pandemic began to pick up speed in the Bay Area in February and early March, it was the tail end of the flu season. The common viral infection that crops up every fall and winter had mostly run its course and the possibility of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Telemedicine shines during pandemic but will glow fade? Washington Post Racked with anxiety, Lauren Shell needed to talk to her cancer doctor. But she lives at least an hour away and it was the middle of her workday. It was also the middle of a pandemic. Enter telemedicine. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes 900+ Medical Workers Died Fighting Covid-19, Many Of Them Minorities Forbes More than 900 front-line medical workers have died of coronavirus, according to a new investigation by the Guardian and Kaiser Health News (KHN) which provides the most comprehensive portrait of the virus's toll on healthcare workers to date and reveals a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Child Infected With West Nile Virus In Orange County Patch.com ORANGE COUNTY, CA —It is the height of mosquito season, and one person in Orange County—a child—has contracted West Nile Virus, the Orange County Health Care Agency reported Monday. The child, whose age and identity are not being disclosed, ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Former patients in Leicester urged to donate plasma BBC News People in Leicester who have recovered from coronavirus are being urged to donate their blood plasma. The antibody-rich fluid can be used in transfusions for patients who are struggling with the virus, NHS Blood and Transplant said. "We urgently need as ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Camira Fabrics at Meltham Mills confirms positive tests BBC News Three workers at a textile firm in West Yorkshire have tested positive for coronavirus, it has been confirmed. The staff members are all night shift workers at the Camira Fabrics site at Meltham Mills, Huddersfield. They are all recovering at home, said a joint ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Blood Test Might Spot Most Dangerous COVID Cases WebMD By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Aug. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A simple blood test may predict which COVID-19 patients are likely to get worse and die, a new study suggests. "When we first started treating COVID-19 patients, we ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Many deaths labeled 'cardiac arrest' could be drug ODs: Study Medical Xpress (HealthDay)—Americans have long known that there's an epidemic of opioid abuse and deaths in the United States. But a new report suggests the true extent of these tragedies has been underestimated. The study, from researchers at the University of ... Flag as irrelevant

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