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	health Daily update ⋅ November 4, 2020
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	BBC News Covid: The things we're not being told as lockdown looms BBC News Lockdown 2.0 is on its way, with ministers saying they have been left with no choice if lives are to be saved and the NHS is not to be overwhelmed. It seems to be an open-and-shut case. But as MPs prepare to vote on the lockdown a number of questions ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com AI can detect COVID-19 from the sound of your cough Livescience.com People with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic can spread the disease without any outward signs that they're sick. But a newly developed AI, with a keen algorithmic ear, might be able to detect asymptomatic cases from the sounds of people's coughs, ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid-19: NI health leaders 'extremely concerned' by healthcare pressures BBC News Medical leaders in Northern Ireland have called for "breathing space", as the rise in Covid-19 cases places increasing pressure on health services. In a joint statement, the Royal Colleges of Surgeons, General Practitioners and Physicians said they are ... Flag as irrelevant
	TCTMD Proinflammatory Dietary Pattern Linked to Higher CV Risk Medscape Dietary patterns with higher inflammatory potential were significantly associated with a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke in a new pooled analysis of three prospective cohort studies. The analysis included 210,145 US women and ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Lockdowns Made Taming Obesity Even Tougher: Study U.S. News & World Report By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- People struggling with obesity fared poorly during the COVID-19 lockdowns earlier this year, with their weight-control plans flying off the rails as they coped ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Studies detail risk of preterm birth, severe COVID-19 in pregnant women CIDRAP Two new US studies have identified an elevated risk of preterm birth and severe COVID-19 illness in pregnant women, while a systematic review and meta-analysis of maternal and neonatal outcomes found that the novel coronavirus doesn't seem to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters What you need to know about the coronavirus right now Reuters (Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker works at a COVID-19 testing site as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Budapest, Hungary, October 27, 2020. Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Big Spike Seen in COVID Cases Among Kids HealthDay TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 is surging among America's children, according to leading medical groups. As of Oct. 29, more than 853,000 children in the United States had tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Lung damage found in COVID dead may shed light on 'long COVID': study Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - A study of the lungs of people who have died from COVID-19 has found persistent and extensive lung damage in most cases and may help doctors understand what is behind a syndrome known as 'long COVID', in which patients suffer ... Flag as irrelevant
	PEOPLE.com Pregnant Women Are at a Higher Chance of Death from COVID — Though the Overall Risk Is Low PEOPLE.com In a study of more than 400,000 women with COVID-19, those who were pregnant were at a 70 percent higher chance of death. By Julie Mazziotta. November 03, 2020 04:40 PM. Advertisement. FB Tweet More. Pinterest Email Send Text Message Print. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Colorado hiker with coronavirus-like symptoms found to have rare, possibly life-threatening disease Fox News Sue Ryan was convinced she was infected with the novel coronavirus. After all, her symptoms seemingly matched up: high fever, headaches, and muscle aches, to name a few. Ryan, of Bailey, Co., fell ill in October after hiking the Colorado Trail over the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Study finds 1.7 million New Yorkers have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 and virus was in NYC earlier than reported Medical Xpress The virus that causes COVID-19 was present in New York City long before the city's first case of the disease was confirmed on March 1, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report. Their study found that more than 1.7 million New ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A coronavirus study in Germany offers hope for concertgoers. The New York Times Researchers in Germany may have some good news for frustrated concertgoers around the world whose activities have been constrained by the spread of the coronavirus. An analysis of an indoor concert staged by scientists in August suggests that the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Researchers pioneer more effective way to block malaria transmission in mosquitoes Medical Xpress Employing a strategy known as "population modification," which involves using a CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive system to introduce genes preventing parasite transmission into mosquito chromosomes, University of California researchers have made a major ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Depression Has Strong Ties to Stroke, Study Finds WebMD By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The more symptoms of depression people have, the higher their risk of stroke, researchers say. "There are a number of well-known risk factors for stroke, such as high blood ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress New research confirms obesity is a cause of kidney disease Medical Xpress Previous studies have found that obesity is linked with an increased risk of kidney disease. But it wasn't clear whether obesity directly caused kidney disease or whether other factors were involved, such as more salt in people's diet. Flag as irrelevant
	WABC-TV Coronavirus Updates: 1.7 million New York City residents estimated to have had COVID-19 WABC-TV The CDC says people with coronavirus can still vote in person. That includes anyone isolating with the virus or in quarantine because they may have been exposed. The agency says that once they arrive at a polling location, they should let a poll worker know ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sacramento Bee After Halloween rave amid a COVID-19 spike, officials say partygoers 'absolutely will become ill' Seattle Times Thousands of people gathered in the desert to party in costumes, many without masks, in Utah on Saturday at a rave that broke the state's pandemic restrictions. They may have gotten away with it, too, if a crowd-surfing woman hadn't fallen on her head, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio 61K children test positive for COVID-19 in highest 1-week increase Healio There were approximately 61,000 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed among U.S. children in the 1-week period ending Oct. 29 — the highest 1-week increase during the pandemic, according to the AAP. There have been more than 853,000 pediatric ... Flag as irrelevant
	KIRO Seattle The Latest: WHO says COVID-19 spread in Europe accelerating KIRO Seattle GENEVA — The World Health Organization says there has been a "further acceleration" in the speed of COVID-19's spread in Europe, which was responsible for about half of the globe's new cases reported last week. The U.N. health agency said in a weekly ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Scientists identify synthetic mini-antibody to combat COVID-19 Medical Xpress The ability of SARS-CoV-2 to infect cells depends on interactions between the viral spike protein and the human cell surface protein ACE2. To enable the virus to hook onto the cell surface, the spike protein binds ACE2 using three finger-like protrusions, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Key populations for early COVID-19 immunization in Canada Medical Xpress Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommends vaccinating key populations, such as people at risk of severe illness or death, those at risk of transmitting the virus and essential workers, during the initial rollout of a COVID-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Big spike seen in COVID cases among kids Medical Xpress (HealthDay)—COVID-19 is surging among America's children, according to leading medical groups. As of Oct. 29, more than 853,000 children in the United States had tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began—200,000 of them in October alone. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Suspected coronavirus exposure while at the polls? Experts advise next steps Fox News While it may be impossible to pinpoint a coronavirus infection down to the time and place that it happened, health experts have advised next steps to take after suspected exposure. In the days leading up to Tuesday's election and even at the polls, officials ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Risk for Severe Disease Up for Pregnant Women With SARS-CoV-2 HealthDay TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have increased risks for severe COVID-19-associated illness, according to research published in the Nov. 2 early-release ... Flag as irrelevant
	LA Daily News LA County reports another 1224 coronavirus cases, 23 more deaths LA Daily News Los Angeles County reported 1,224 new cases of COVID-19 and 23 additional deaths on Tuesday, Nov. 3, bringing the county's totals to 311,745 cases and 7,097 fatalities. The numbers come as public health officials continued to warn that the area's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Researchers engineer tiny machines that deliver medicine efficiently Medical Xpress Inspired by a parasitic worm that digs its sharp teeth into its host's intestines, Johns Hopkins researchers have designed tiny, star-shaped microdevices that can latch onto intestinal mucosa and release drugs into the body. David Gracias, Ph.D., a professor in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Outbreak News Today England: H5N2 avian Influenza detected on Kent farm, Risk to public health low Outbreak News Today By NewsDesk @bactiman63. The government of the United Kingdom reported Monday avian influenza of the H5N2 strain has been confirmed in at a small commercial premises near Deal in Kent. Image/Robert Herriman. All 480 birds on site will be humanely ... Flag as irrelevant
	masslive.com More first-timers getting flu shots during COVID-19 pandemic masslive.com Health care providers like Dr. Anne Shain say they are seeing increased interested in flu vaccination this season, particularly among those who have not been previously immunized and are worried about getting influenza during the COVID-19 pandemic. Flag as irrelevant
	KYR News SARS-CoV-2 Was Circulating in New York City Earlier Than Thought, Serological Survey Finds GenomeWeb NEW YORK – A serological survey suggests SARS-CoV-2 was circulating in New York City well before the first confirmed case was detected, and that 20 percent of the city's population has already been infected with the virus. The first case of COVID-19 was ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Daily News Pregnant women at 'significantly higher risk' for serious illness from COVID-19, says CDC New York Daily News Pregnant women are at "increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19," according to a study published Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health officials analyzed data of approximately 400,000 women, ages 15 to 44, who ... Flag as irrelevant
	PBS NewsHour Does weather affect the spread of the coronavirus outside? PBS NewsHour Does weather affect the spread of the coronavirus outside? Not really. The World Health Organization says the coronavirus can be transmitted in any kind of weather and that there is no reason to believe that cold weather can kill it. READ MORE: The essential ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Service providers are crafting adaptations to combat the rise in domestic violence during the pandemic Medical Xpress A certain item purchased at the grocery store, a hand signal made during a video call, a numeric code pressed when dialing an emergency service like 911, or a specific word used at the pharmacy. All seem innocuous enough, but all are innovative ways that ... Flag as irrelevant
	KSDK.com St. Louis woman's mission is to honor COVID-19 victims KSDK.com ST. LOUIS — It broke Jessica Murray's heart that so many people in the St. Louis area were dying from the coronavirus and that they were being remembered less for who they were than as statistics of the pandemic, so she decided to do something about it. Flag as irrelevant
	IEEE Spectrum AI Recognizes COVID-19 in the Sound of a Cough IEEE Spectrum Again and again, experts have pleaded that we need more and faster testing to control the coronavirus pandemic—and many have suggested that artificial intelligence (AI) can help. Numerous COVID-19 diagnostics in development use AI to quickly analyze ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Neighborhood conditions associated with children's cognitive function Medical Xpress A study published today in JAMA Network Open shows that children from poorer neighborhoods perform less well on a range of cognitive functions, such as verbal ability, reading skills, memory, and attention, and have smaller brain volumes in key cognitive ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Diets High in Inflammatory Potential Linked to Cardiovascular Disease HealthDay TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Dietary patterns with higher inflammatory potential are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD), and stroke, according to a study published in the Nov. Flag as irrelevant
	syracuse.com Study: Coronavirus is 10 times deadlier than flu, and 20% of NYC has been infected syracuse.com A new study says the coronavirus is 10 times deadlier than the flu and more people have been infected in New York than previously known. CBS reports researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that 1.7 million New York City residents ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay 17.1 Percent of US Adults on Special Diets in 2015 to 2018 HealthDay TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- On any given day, 17.1 percent of U.S. adults aged 20 years and older were on a special diet in 2015 to 2018, according to a November data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Flag as irrelevant
	News On 6 1331 New COVID-19 Cases, 21 More Virus-Related Death Reported, State Health Officials Say News On 6 21 more virus-related deaths and 1,331 new confirmed coronavirus cases were reported in the state since Monday, according to daily numbers released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health. A total of 126,526 Oklahomans have tested positive for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Winston-Salem Journal Daily COVID-19 case count reaches two-week low in Forsyth; state remains at elevated level Winston-Salem Journal Forsyth County has dropped to a two-week low in daily COVID-19 cases while the statewide count remains at surge levels. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported 47 new cases in Forsyth, but no additional deaths Monday. It is Forsyth's ... Flag as irrelevant
	WYFF Greenville Teens who spend more time on activities, less time using screens have better mental health, study says WYFF Greenville Related video above: Are blue light glasses necessary for kids while they learn remotely? If you're worried about your kids' mental health, particularly because of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing mandates, less screen time and more ... Flag as irrelevant
	LocalNews8.com Utah reports its highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations Houston Chronicle SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has reported its highest number of hospitalizations yet with 348 COVID-19 patients, surpassing the record of 342 patients set on Sunday. "These are unprecedented hospital volumes," said Dr. Brandon Webb, an infectious ... Flag as irrelevant
	Gizmodo One Kind of Immunity to the Coronavirus Lasts at Least Six Months, Study Finds Gizmodo New research this week offers some hope for at least one aspect of our immunity to the coronavirus that causes covid-19. The study, conducted by researchers in the UK, found evidence that certain T cells created to combat the coronavirus during infection ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Common HealthDay TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Household transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is common and occurs rapidly after onset of the index patient's illness, according to research published in the Oct. 30 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science Times The Novavax Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate May Outshine Major Companies Science Times In 2019, Novavax nearly closed down after bad management and failed vaccine trials. Today, they are one of the leading companies recognized in developing a coronavirus vaccine. In September, their coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373, began ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg England Puts Doctors on Alert for Covid Vaccine Before Christmas Bloomberg Doctors in England have been put on standby for the possible roll-out of a coronavirus vaccine before Christmas, which would potentially turn the tide in the fight against the pandemic. Simon Stevens, chief executive of the National Health Service in England, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Abbotsford News Northern Light Health shines spotlight on Lung Cancer Awareness Month Bangor Daily News Did you know … Every 3.3 minutes, someone in the United States dies of lung cancer. Lung cancer kills 433 Americans each day. That's the same number of seats on a 747. Lung cancer kills almost two times as many women as breast cancer and has held ... Flag as irrelevant
	Cape May County Herald COVID-19 Update: 2nd Wave's Here Cape May County Herald COURT HOUSE - There appears to be general agreement that a second wave of the pandemic arrived. Case counts across the nation are at levels that surpass those from April and May. New outbreaks are yielding restrictions in Europe. Cases in the U.S. are ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Things I Wish I Could Say to Everyone About Metastatic Breast Cancer Healthline Metastatic breast cancer (mBC) means that cancer has spread from the original tumor site (in this case the breast) to distant locations of the body. Before my cancer was even detected, it had spread from my breast to other organs, my liver, my reproductive ... Flag as irrelevant

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