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	health Daily update ⋅ December 12, 2020
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	USA TODAY Coronavirus live updates: FDA authorization of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine expected Friday night USA TODAY The Food and Drug Administration is trying to issue an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Friday evening, a source familiar with the process told USA TODAY. If authorization doesn't happen by day's end, the White House ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Pfizer's Covid Vaccine and Allergies: How Concerned Should You Be? The New York Times British health officials recommended that people with severe allergy reactions not be given the vaccine. Such reactions to vaccines are rare, even in people who have allergies to food or bee stings. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times The Vaccines Are Coming. A Divided and Distrustful America Awaits. The New York Times As the Lopez family of Truckee, Calif., gathered to prepare dinner on a recent evening, one subject dominated the conversation: the coronavirus vaccine that will soon be shipped out across the country, giving Americans the first concrete hope that the ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Pregnant People Haven't Been Part Of Vaccine Trials. Should They Get The Vaccine? NPR Pregnant women have been given vaccines for decades, she says, with few issues. "We don't generally give live viral vaccines in pregnancy because there's theoretical risk that the live virus could be passed and it infects the fetus," Jamieson says. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid vaccine: How will the UK jab millions of people? BBC News The UK has begun the mass rollout of a vaccine against Covid-19, aiming to inoculate tens of millions of people within months. With the military called on to help and sports stadiums and conference centres being converted to temporary vaccination centres, ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Wisconsin Hospital Leader On Getting Ready For Vaccinations NPR The Food and Drug Administration looks set to allow emergency authorization of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine shortly. With that, vaccinations will likely begin soon for health care workers and people in nursing homes. States will play a large part in distributing ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women May Opt to Receive the Vaccine The New York Times Some experts said the virus itself poses greater risks to pregnant women than the new vaccine, and noted that vaccines have been given to pregnant women for decades and have been overwhelmingly safe. "This is a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters US readies COVID-19 vaccine rollout as death toll climbs Reuters NEW YORK/INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) -Health authorities, shipping services and hospitals, expecting imminent federal regulatory approval of the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, put final plans in place on Friday to launch a mass-inoculation ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Covid-19 is spreading wildly in prisons like mine. We should get the vaccine early. Washington Post I have spent eight months watching my fellow prisoners inside a state penitentiary in Washington suffer from covid-19. Now there is finally a vaccine on the horizon. Unfortunately, it may not get to many incarcerated people in time to save us. Support our ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Boston medical conference linked to as many as 300000 COVID-19 cases in US CBS News Major events were among the first things to go when the novel coronavirus first started spreading around the world in February. Concerts, conferences and other gatherings were called off or went virtual in the spring. In Boston, however, Biogen's elite medical ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News COVID-19 again tearing through nursing homes, as death toll rises CBS News Americans who live in nursing homes, and the people who care for them, are holding on for dear life. Nearly 4,000 residents of long-term care facilities around the U.S. died of coronvirus-related causes during the week of Nov. 29, industry data show, as ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Italy's Staggering Virus Toll Poses Uncomfortable Questions U.S. News & World Report FILE - In this May 12, 2020 file photo, the casket containing the body of Annunziata Ginoble, the mother of Mayor of Roseto degli Abruzzi Sabatino Di Girolamo, third from right, with his sister, Marisa Di Felice, second from right, and his son, Francesco, right, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Hawaii's Next Wave of Natural Skin-Care Brands The New York Times It is not altogether surprising that Hawaii is at the forefront of our current golden age of natural skin care, in which botanical face oils and mushroom-infused elixirs abound. Few places on Earth contain such a diversity of plant species, and Hawaiians have ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Wall Street Journal Supply Is Limited and Distribution Uncertain as COVID Vaccine Rolls Out Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. High stakes and big challenges await as the U.S. prepares to roll out vaccines against COVID-19, with front-line health care workers and vulnerable ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Boston medical conference linked to as many as 300000 COVID-19 cases in US CBS News Major events were among the first things to go when the novel coronavirus first started spreading around the world in February. Concerts, conferences and other gatherings were called off or went virtual in the spring. In Boston, however, an elite medical ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Could people still be infectious after they're vaccinated for COVID-19? CBS News Vaccine trials test for efficacy, that is, whether or not a vaccine protects a participant from contracting a specific disease, in this case COVID-19. But trials do not look at whether a person could still be infectious — able to give the disease to other people — after ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe Thousands of Massachusetts hospital staff expected to begin getting long-awaited COVID-19 vaccinations next week The Boston Globe The Food and Drug Administration Friday night approved the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States for emergency use, clearing the way for the first Massachusetts residents to receive inoculations as soon as Tuesday, as hospitals and senior care ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek COVID-19 Scan for Dec 11, 2020 CIDRAP A study published yesterday in Science by researchers in Massachusetts suggests that a coronavirus outbreak linked to an international biotech conference in Boston in February is linked to more than 300,000 national and international infections with ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Data spotlight COVID disparities in black cancer patients CIDRAP Two new studies highlight a greater illness burden of COVID-19 in black cancer patients, with one showing a 57% higher rate of hospitalization for gynecologic cancer and the other demonstrating a 58% higher COVID-19 rate among all cancer patients and a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe Hospitals are canceling elective surgeries to respond to COVID. Here's what you need to know The Boston Globe As the COVID-19 crisis escalates again in Massachusetts, the state's hospitals are working to add capacity so they can treat growing numbers of patients. Beginning Friday, under an order from the Baker administration, hospitals are canceling or postponing ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Italy's staggering virus toll poses uncomfortable questions Washington Post ROME — Italy could soon reclaim a record that nobody wants — the most coronavirus deaths in Europe — after the health care system again failed to protect the elderly and the government delayed imposing new restrictions. Support our journalism. Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline What's 'Bat Soup,' and Did It Cause the New Coronavirus? Healthline Where did the new coronavirus come from? Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. They can affect many different mammals, including: bats; cats; camels; cattle. Some types of coronaviruses also affect humans. But most of these viruses cause mild upper- ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: Feeling Stressed About Your Role in Life? For Women, That Could Be a Health Risk U.S. News & World Report By American Heart Association News, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Dec. 11, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- How a woman feels about her roles at home and at work during midlife can affect several factors that influence her heart ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Persistent Opioid Use Can Follow Mastectomy MedPage Today Some women who are prescribed opioids and other drugs to ease pain after mastectomy and reconstructive surgery continue to use those medications, researchers reported. In a large database analysis, new persistent use of opioids – defined as filling at ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Indian Health Service plans for COVID vaccine distribution Washington Post FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans said Friday it will receive more than enough vaccines to protect all the people working in hospitals and clinics, including doctors, nurses and support staff. Support our ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com COVID-19 vaccines: The new technology that made them possible Livescience.com Days before her 91st birthday, Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside of clinical trials. Keenan, who was sporting a polka-dot cardigan over a festive shirt, was given the first dose of a ... Flag as irrelevant
	AZCentral.com Doctors, hospital leaders call for more action to slow COVID-19 in Arizona AZCentral.com Pressure and alarm over rising COVID-19 numbers mounted Friday, with multiple calls for Arizonans to take concrete steps to slow the spread of the virus. Arizona's infections have been escalating for weeks, with daily case counts exceeding those from the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hub at Johns Hopkins Online COVID-19 mortality risk calculator could help determine who should get vaccines first The Hub at Johns Hopkins Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a new online calculator for estimating individual and community-level risk of dying from COVID-19. The web tool calculates the mortality risk in currently uninfected ... Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes Is It Influenza Or Covid-19 Coronavirus, How To Tell The Difference Forbes A key point to remember is that the Covid-19 coronavirus, otherwise known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV2), is a novel virus. In this case, novel doesn't mean that it appeared in the novel 50 Shades of Grey. Instead, novel means new to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Charleston Post Courier SC hospitals are ready for the COVID vaccine: Your questions answered Charleston Post Courier Lowcountry hospitals plan to begin vaccinating some staff members as early as Monday, kickstarting a strategy that experts hope will protect frontline workers from the coronavirus. At Roper St. Francis Healthcare, leaders expect shipments of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Orange County's Coronavirus Surge Overwhelms Hospitals Patch.com SANTA ANA, CA — Hospitals in Orange County are already overwhelmed with coronavirus patients as new cases continued to skyrocket Friday. As it has each day this week, the county set a new record for daily COVID-19 hospitalizations Friday. The number ... Flag as irrelevant
	New Vision Drug combination improves COVID-19 pneumonia outcomes; five genes linked to severe disease Reuters (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Two-drug combo improves COVID-19 pneumonia outcomes. Flag as irrelevant
	Roanoke Times The Latest: Arkansas records state one-day record in deaths Roanoke Times LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas health officials on Friday reported a one-day record of 55 deaths due to COVID-19 and 2,770 new confirmed or probable cases. "We have once again reached a grave milestone in this pandemic," Gov. Asa Hutchinson said in a ... Flag as irrelevant
	oregonlive.com Coronavirus in Oregon: State reports 1610 new cases, 16 more deaths oregonlive.com The Oregon Health Authority on Friday reported 1,610 new confirmed or presumptive coronavirus cases and 16 more deaths. Gov. Kate Brown expressed optimism as several vaccines appear to be on the verge of approval by the federal government, though ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio One-third of children with COVID-19 are asymptomatic Healio About one-third of children who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were asymptomatic, an observational study in Canada showed. Researchers cautioned that although cough and rhinorrhea were two of the most common symptoms among children who were ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Snow Leopards Are the Latest Cats to Be Infected With the Coronavirus The New York Times Snow leopards at the Louisville Zoo are the latest animals to be infected with the coronavirus. One female cat, NeeCee, has tested positive and two males, Kimti and Meru, are presumed positive, based on tests at a regional veterinary diagnostic center that ... Flag as irrelevant
	Quartz How the US plans to track Covid-19 vaccine doses Quartz But that task presents enormous logistical challenges. To pull off vaccine deployment, the US is planning on connecting old, federalized systems of immune registries with a new program called IZ Gateway—a first-of-its kind system for the US that could go on to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com 9 Months On The Pandemic's Front Line Have Crushed Texas Health Care Workers' Spirits And Killed Their Colleagues Patch.com By Shannon Najmabadi and Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune Dec. 11, 2020. When Amy Jones burst through the doors of the intensive care unit, she found a line of health care workers in the hallway, she said. Jones was sobbing. Shaking. She let out a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Financial distress negatively impacts well-being, satisfaction of breast cancer patients Medical Xpress Financial toxicity among breast cancer patients is independently associated with worse psychological well-being following a mastectomy or lumpectomy operation. However, even small improvements in financial pressure associated with treatment-related ... Flag as irrelevant
	Slate Magazine Should ER Doctors Like Me Really Get the COVID-19 Vaccine First? Slate Magazine Vaccine Diaries is a series of dispatches exploring the rollout of COVID-19 immunizations. On Monday, the news that I am eligible to be among the first phase of people in America to receive the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in my email inbox. My vaccine ... Flag as irrelevant
	KABC-TV LA County unveils COVID vaccine distribution plan, expecting nearly 83K doses as early as next week: WATCH LIVE KABC-TV LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As Los Angeles County reported 12,819 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, breaking its daily record since the start of the pandemic, public health officials rolled out their plan for how vaccines will be distributed once available. Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Patient Deaths Higher on Surgeons' Birthdays MedPage Today Patients were more likely to die when surgeons work on their birthdays, researchers found, perhaps because of the attendant distraction. In an analysis of Medicare data published in the annual tongue-in-cheek Christmas edition* of The BMJ, 30-day mortality ... Flag as irrelevant
	Orlando Sentinel Florida yet to release coronavirus report Friday Orlando Sentinel We have lifted the paywall on this story. To support essential reporting, please consider becoming a subscriber. The Florida Department of Health has delayed the release of its daily coronavirus report, but has not stated the reason why. The data usually ... Flag as irrelevant
	Tulsa World New priority group to get COVID-19 vaccines through Phase Two in Oklahoma Tulsa World OKLAHOMA CITY — The state's COVID-19 vaccination plan has been revised with a new category on the list of priorities: adults younger than 65 at a higher risk from infection due to comorbidities. In revisions announced Friday by state health officials, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Fact check: Records do not show that the first COVID-19 vaccine recipient died in 2008 Reuters Posts claiming to offer proof that 90-year-old Margaret Keenan, the first recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine in the UK, died in 2008 have been circulating online. This is false: the so-called "evidence" is a birthday memoriam that refers to another woman with the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Outbreak News Today Researchers evaluate face masks and coverings as protection against COVID-19 Outbreak News Today By NewsDesk @bactiman63. It's been shown that when two people wearing masks interact, the chance of COVID-19 transmission is drastically reduced. This is why public health officials have pleaded for all people to wear masks: they not only protect the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune What's it like to take part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial? Three local participants share their experiences. Chicago Tribune David Daly was a little bit nervous earlier this month as the syringe pricked his upper arm, the first injection he received as a volunteer in a local COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial. The 43-year-old actuary from southwest suburban Lockport knows there is always ... Flag as irrelevant
	KSL.com Utah's COVID-19 death toll could double in 10 weeks, projections say KSL.com SALT LAKE CITY — The number of Utahns who've died from COVID-19 exceeded the 1,000-mark Thursday, just two months after 500 deaths were reported. Even with a vaccine, that total is projected to double again in less than 10 weeks, to 2,000 deaths in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald Florida reports 11699 new COVID-19 cases, most since July, as total deaths near 20000 Miami Herald Miami-Dade County reported 2,120 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the known total to 253,403, according to Florida's Department of Health. The county also added 16 deaths to bring the toll to 3,959. Flag as irrelevant
	Charlotte Observer COVID surge threatens Charlotte hospital capacity. Top doctors say 'We need help.' Charlotte Observer Charlotte area hospitals could exceed their capacity to treat COVID-19 patients by early January if community spread of the virus doesn't slow down, a new analysis from North Carolina medical researchers shows. And top doctors with the two major health ... Flag as irrelevant

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