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	health Daily update ⋅ November 10, 2020
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	BBC News Covid vaccine: First 'milestone' vaccine offers 90% protection BBC News The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis shows. The developers - Pfizer and BioNTech - described it as a "great day for science and humanity". Their vaccine has been tested on ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post 'Election Day is over, and guess what?' Washington Post Election Day is over, and guess what? The virus is still here. It didn't just go away like the president said. We're not rounding any corners. Nobody I know in South Dakota stopped talking about it because the voting is done. How could we? It's right in our faces. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR US Confirmed Coronavirus Infections Hit 10 Million NPR More than 10 million people have now been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus in the United States as the spread of the virus accelerates at an alarming pace across the nation. The U.S. now accounts for about one-fifth of all of the 50 million ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN One-fifth of Covid-19 patients get a psychiatric diagnosis within 90 days, study suggests CNN (CNN) People who have had Covid-19 may have an increased risk of being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder such as anxiety or depression, according to a new study. Researchers looked at the medical records of 69 million people in the United States ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN 1 in 5 children have vaccine-wary parents, which may affect future immunization campaigns CNN (CNN) One in five children in the United States had a "vaccine hesitant" parent last year, according to new research from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A girl receives the flu vaccination shot October 14, in Lakewood, California. Parental ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Mink and the Coronavirus: What We Know The New York Times Last week, Denmark announced its intention to cull all farmed mink, some 17 million, out of fear that a mutated version of the coronavirus might diminish the effectiveness of potential vaccines. The decision has caused dismay in other countries and a debate ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sacramento Bee Coronavirus updates: Over 3000 Californians hospitalized for first time in 2 months Sacramento Bee Coronavirus activity continues to elevate in California, where health officials have reported more than 7,000 new lab-confirmed infections on back-to-back days and where the hospitalized total has crossed a milestone not exceeded in two months. California ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com LA Health Experts On Edge: 'The Virus Actually Is Relentless' Patch.com LOS ANGELES, CA — A surge in coronavirus cases has Los Angeles County health experts concerned, urging people to do their part to stop the spread of the virus just weeks from the holiday season and winter months. Again warning of a "real and alarming" ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Learning the lessons of COVID-19: Protecting cancer services and research through the pandemic Medical Xpress It's going to be a tough winter for all of us. Cases of COVID-19 are rising in every part of the UK, and more extensive measures to control the spread of the virus are being put in place. Cancer patients—and those who think they might have cancer—have ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Prepandemic coronavirus antibodies may react to COVID-19 CIDRAP Two preliminary retrospective studies in the United Kingdom, sub-Sahara Africa, and the United States suggest that some people who were never infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 have cross-reactive antibodies against it—perhaps from previous ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Uncounted Infections Might Help Explain Recent Fall in Brazil COVID-19 Cases, Experts Say U.S. News & World Report RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A long first wave of COVID-19 in Brazil that killed over 150,000 people is subsiding, with public health experts attributing the drop at least in part to a large number of uncounted people who caught the virus and developed ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today More Evidence Early Mortality Persists in IBD MedPage Today Although life expectancy has increased for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, a mortality gap between those with and without IBD remains, a Canadian population study reported. And with the adverse effect of pain on daily functioning contributing to ... Flag as irrelevant
	HeraldScotland Rare Event: Iatrogenic Injury During Cervical Cancer Screening Medscape Cervical cancer screening is a routine procedure, but in rare instances, there can be medical complications. A new study finds that, compared to women who have normal results, women who are diagnosed with an invasive malignancy have an increased risk ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Michigan Rolls Out Statewide Coronavirus Exposure App U.S. News & World Report LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan on Monday launched the statewide rollout of a voluntary, free coronavirus app that notifies users if they have potentially been in close contact with infected people. The announcement came more than three weeks after the ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD 74 Million US Workers at High Risk for COVID WebMD By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- In a graphic illustration of the danger the new coronavirus poses to essential workers in America, a new study shows that as many as 74 million of these workers and their ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News 'Mutant coronavirus' seen before on mink farms, say scientists BBC News A mutant form of coronavirus found in Danish mink has arisen before, scientists have revealed. The mutated virus, which appears to have spread from animals to humans in Denmark, has been detected retrospectively at a mink farm in the Netherlands, ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Transgender Adults Often Forced to Seek Unlicensed Hormone Therapy MedPage Today Transgender adults are commonly denied insurance coverage for gender-affirming hormone therapy, and substantial numbers thus turn to unlicensed, nonprescription options that carry potential health risks, researchers reported. A cross-sectional analysis of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio High LDL elevates CV risk in older patients; primary prevention may be appropriate Healio High LDL in older patients may confer increased risk for atherosclerotic CVD and MI, and therefore this population may benefit from targeted LDL-lowering therapies, according to two studies published in The Lancet. Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com 'Dreaded' Fall Coronavirus Surge Is Here; County Shatters Record Patch.com ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — The fall coronavirus surge is here, health officials say. Infections have grown exponentially over the last few weeks, breaking records and knocking Anne Arundel County back to its June levels. Anne Arundel County Health ... Flag as irrelevant
	Column: A cancer survivor, he joined a coronavirus vaccine trial. He was part of Pfizer breakthrough Los Angeles Times Three months ago, Dan Stepenosky, a colon cancer survivor, volunteered to help test a vaccine being developed to stop the coronavirus' spread. Last month, his teenage daughter Kearston joined him in the trial. For the 52-year-old lifelong educator, a few ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress HIV study shows new injection is more effective than current daily HIV pill to prevent HIV in women Medical Xpress Early unblinding of the of long-acting cabotegravir (CAB LA) is a milestone for prevention of HIV among women in sub Saharan Africa. Researchers from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) announced today that data from the clinical trial of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Neutralizing COVID Antibody Assay OK'd ... But Is It Useful? MedPage Today The FDA authorized the first serology test that looks specifically for SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies, but experts urged caution about its utility at this point in the pandemic. On Friday, the agency announced emergency use authorization (EUA) for the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Could SARS-CoV-2 evolve resistance to COVID-19 vaccines? Medical Xpress Schematic illustrating three ways that standard samples from COVID-19 clinical trials can be repurposed to assess the risk that vaccine resistance will evolve. 1. The complexity of B-cell and T-cell responses can be measured using blood samples. Different ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Flu season is off to a slow start; COVID-19 precautions may be helping Medical Xpress As coronavirus surges in much of the United States, that other virus we start to worry about this time of year—flu—is slowly starting its annual invasion. There have been a few cases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but the numbers are still low, as they are in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline What to Know About Flu Season Right Now Healthline Flu season is off to a slow start in the United States, according to the latest dataTrusted Source from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Iowa is currently the only jurisdiction seeing notable flu activity, but even there, transmission remains ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Washington Coronavirus Updates: 1239 New Cases, 21 More Deaths Patch.com OLYMPIA, WA — The Washington State Department of Health on Monday added 1,239 coronavirus cases to its official tally, marking the sixth consecutive day with more than 1,000 new illnesses reported across the state. Monday's total includes 21 additional ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report New US COVID-19 Cases up 34% Last Week, Set Fresh Records U.S. News & World Report (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic raged across the United States last week, as the country elected a new president, with the daily number of new infections hitting record highs for four straight days. More than 770,000 new cases were diagnosed in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Study finds long-acting shot helps women avoid HIV infection Washington Post Researchers are stopping a study early after finding that a shot of an experimental medicine every two months worked better than daily pills to help keep women from catching HIV from an infected sex partner. Follow the latest on Election 2020. The news is a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe CDC: Thousands of COVID-19 patients returned to hospitals within two months of initial release The Boston Globe Many patients admitted to US hospitals for COVID-19 treatment between March and July were re-admitted to the same facilities within two months of being discharged, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Information on the patients ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Understanding rare type of diabetes gives insights into mechanisms of insulin production Medical Xpress Solving the genetic puzzle of why babies developed a rare type of diabetes has uncovered a new biological pathway that is fundamental to insulin production, and could boost research into new treatments for more common forms of diabetes. Published today ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Social distancing is increasing loneliness in older adults Medical Xpress Social distancing introduced in response to COVID-19 is increasing feelings of loneliness in Scotland's older population and impacting their wellbeing, according to a new University of Stirling study. The research has identified a link between increases in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Trauma hospitalizations fall in Philly during COVID-19 lockdown, but gun violence rises Medical Xpress Philadelphia hospitals saw a drop in overall trauma cases once Pennsylvania enacted a COVID-19-related stay-at-home order in 2020, but gun violence remained a significant problem. The proportion of gun violence patients compared to others treated for ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill NIH study: Hydroxychloroquine had no benefit for hospitalized COVID patients The Hill Hydroxychloroquine provides no benefit for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a study from the National Institutes of Health has officially concluded. The data were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Monday, though the NIH stopped ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report High Ozone Levels Up Cardiac Arrest Risk: Study U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- High levels of ozone air pollution could increase the risk of cardiac arrest, a new study says. It included 187,000 people, average age 63, in the United States ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report COVID CPR Safety Measures Don't Lessen Survival: Study U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The effectiveness of CPR isn't compromised when EMS crews and others take recommended safety precautions against the new coronavirus, researchers say. Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD High Ozone Levels Up Cardiac Arrest Risk: Study WebMD By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- High levels of ozone air pollution could increase the risk of cardiac arrest, a new study says. It included 187,000 people, average age 63, in the United States who suffered ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com Is the Master Cleanse a healthy way to lose weight quickly? Today.com The liquid fast has been popular among celebrities as a way to lose weight quickly, but does it really work? And more importantly, is it safe? The Master Cleanse lemonade consists of water, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup. Westend61 / Getty ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com 'Power of a moustache': How Movember encourages men's health, awareness Today.com Recently the Movember movement has expanded to raise money for causes including prostate and testicular cancer, men's mental health and suicide prevention. Nov. 9, 2020, 11:09 AM PST. By Elyse Pham. Last year, thousands of people across the country ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress More economic worries mean less caution about COVID-19 Medical Xpress Workers experiencing job and financial insecurity are less likely to follow the CDC's guidelines for COVID-19, such as physical distancing, limiting trips from home and washing hands, according to a Washington State University study. The researchers, who ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Camden County Sees 200 New Coronavirus Cases Twice In 3 Days Patch.com CAMDEN COUNTY, NJ — Camden County saw 200 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the second time in three days the county saw that many new cases, officials announced. Before Thursday, the county had never seen 200 cases in a single day. Flag as irrelevant
	Popular Science The CDC released a COVID-19 test knowing it had a high failure rate Popular Science It's been a big week for coronavirus news. The US saw record-breaking numbers of COVID-19 infections, with single-day numbers crossing 100,000 several times over the course of the week. Pfizer announced this morning that their coronavirus vaccine is 90 ... Flag as irrelevant
	nj.com Popular Jersey Shore bar had coronavirus outbreak among bartenders, servers, health officials say nj.com At least eight bartenders and servers at Leggett's on 1st Avenue in Manasquan contracted the virus, prompting a public health alert for patrons, Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said at the coronavirus press conference in Trenton. (Persichilli ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Researchers identify melatonin as possible COVID-19 treatment Medical Xpress Results from a new Cleveland Clinic-led study suggest that melatonin, a hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle and is commonly used as an over-the-counter sleep aid, may be a viable treatment option for COVID-19. As COVID-19 continues to spread ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Severe COVID-19 infection rare in newborns Medical Xpress Severe COVID-19 infection appears rare in newborn babies, suggests a new study. The UK-wide analysis, led by researchers from Imperial College London and the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford, is the first study ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid-19: Cambridgeshire's Cottenham Primary School closes due to self-isolation 'havoc' BBC News A head teacher said Covid-19 has caused "havoc" in his school which has had to close because of the number of staff needing to self-isolate. Cottenham Primary near Cambridge has shut down because the level of self-isolating staff "means that children can't ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Older adults at greater risk of cardiovascular events, benefit as much from cholesterol-lowering medications Medical Xpress Two studies published today in The Lancet provide fresh evidence on the issue of whether LDL cholesterol-lowering therapies, including statins, can reduce the rate of major cardiovascular events in older people. An observational study suggests that among ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress 'Diseases of despair' have soared over past decade in US Medical Xpress 'Diseases of despair', such as substance abuse, alcohol dependency, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, have soared in the US over the past decade, reveals an analysis of health insurance claims data published in the online journal BMJ Open. And they ... Flag as irrelevant
	KXAN.com Study suggests flu shot could lower risk for severe COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations KXAN.com AUSTIN (KXAN) — Researchers from the University of Florida believe the influenza vaccine could protect people from severe cases and hospitalizations as a result of the coronavirus. Their study, published in the Journal of the American Board of Family ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Why a vaccine distribution plan is key to saving the US from COVID-19 ABC News Early in April, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top United States infectious disease expert, said that inability to quickly and efficiently test for COVID-19 was a failure early on. Now, months into the pandemic, what's holding us back is the lack of a working vaccine and an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress COVID-19 triggers OCD in children and young people Medical Xpress Many children and young people with obsessive thoughts and compulsions experience that their OCD, anxiety and depressive symptoms worsen during a crisis such as COVID-19. This is shown by a new research result from Aarhus University and the Centre ... Flag as irrelevant

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