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	health Daily update ⋅ December 3, 2020
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	The New York Times Which New Yorkers Will Be First to Get the Virus Vaccine? The New York Times Health care workers. Essential workers. Nursing home residents. New Yorkers who live in the hardest-hit neighborhoods. These are among the different groups that the public health authorities in New York want to prioritize for coronavirus vaccination. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Coronavirus updates: Tuesday was the deadliest day since April; NY to receive 170K vaccines in two weeks USA TODAY Just as the COVID-19 vaccine starts to become a reality for Americans, public health officials in the United States have chosen to loosen restrictions on how long an individual must quarantine after being exposed to the virus, from 14 days to 7 or 10 days. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post The covid-19 symptoms to watch out for Washington Post Symptoms of covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, can range from mild to severe. The most common include fever, a dry cough or shortness of breath, but there are other indications you could need to be tested or have a conversation with your ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Fact check: Sweden has not achieved herd immunity, is not proof that lockdowns are useless Reuters With hundreds of thousands of views and over 3,000 shares on Facebook, a video produced by the conservative U.S. nonprofit PragerU claims that "Sweden is the proof that lockdowns are useless" in stemming the spread of COVID-19 and that its population ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Minority communities' distrust of COVID-19 vaccine poses challenge ABC News Before Anthony Williams received his first shot of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine in October, friends and family questioned why he'd trust a health care system that had historically brutalized Black people -- and with a drug so new, at that. "You're gonna let ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Fact check: Article falsely claims studies signal CDC admission that masks don't work USA TODAY An Oct. 29 article shared across Facebook claims the CDC has presented evidence that rejects the efficacy of masks. "In a recent report in Emerging Infectious Diseases, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests what experts have ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post CDC says 2-week coronavirus quarantines can be cut to 10 or 7 days Washington Post The CDC acknowledges that this new guidance involves a trade-off. The existing 14-day quarantine recommendation reflects the ability of the virus to incubate for a long period of time before symptoms appear. But lack ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN What it feels like to get an mRNA coronavirus vaccine CNN (CNN) As the United States inches closer to authorizing a Covid-19 vaccine many people may now let themselves start wondering what it will feel like to get it. Is it going to be like the flu vaccine? Will it be more painful? And what about side-effects? The two ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME What You Need to Know About COVID-19 and Flu TIME Every winter is a bit of a roulette wheel when it comes to influenza. Flu vaccines work, but aren't 100% effective in preventing disease, so it's always a challenge convincing people to get their flu shots. And while the symptoms are generally bearable, infections ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times UK Approves Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine, a First in the West The New York Times LONDON — Britain gave emergency authorization on Wednesday to Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, leaping ahead of the United States to become the first Western country to allow mass inoculations against a disease that has killed more than 1.4 million people ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report CDC Director Warns of Dire Winter Ahead for COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths U.S. News & World Report By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) – The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Wednesday that the coming winter months might be the darkest ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Lesson of the Day: 'Who Will Get the Coronavirus Vaccine First?' The New York Times Featured Article: "Who Will Get the Coronavirus Vaccine First?" by Abby Goodnough. A panel of experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued its recommendations for who should be the first to receive coronavirus ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Here's When We May Get a COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Healthline Researchers will need to examine the dosages, interval between doses, and the number of doses that work best in children. This process could take several months, according to pediatric infectious disease experts. Kids may not have an approved vaccine ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN CDC says 14-day Covid-19 quarantine can be shortened to 7 to 10 days CNN (CNN) Covid-19 quarantine periods can be as short as seven to 10 days for some people, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday, but a 14-day quarantine after coronavirus exposure remains the safest option. In new guidance ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times CDC Officials Shorten Recommended Quarantine Periods The New York Times Federal health officials on Wednesday effectively shortened quarantine periods for those who may have been exposed to the coronavirus, hoping to improve compliance among Americans and reduce the economic and psychological toll of long periods of ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY CDC Immunization Advisory Committee Member On Distribution Of Coronavirus Vaccine NPR NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Robert Atmar, a member of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, about recommendations on priority access to a coronavirus vaccine. Facebook; Twitter; Flipboard; Email ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill Obama says he may take coronavirus vaccine on TV to build trust in it The Hill Former President Obama says in a new interview that he may take the future coronavirus vaccine on TV to build trust among Americans in the inoculation, according to multiple reports on Wednesday. "I promise you that when it's been made for people who ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Overdose Calls Slam EMS in Pandemic MedPage Today Overdose-related cardiac arrests have spiked amid the pandemic, according to an analysis of national emergency medical services (EMS) data. Between January 1 and August 1, 2020, overdose-related cardiac arrests accounted for 49.5 of every 100,000 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters How COVID upended life as we knew it in a matter of weeks Reuters (Reuters) - On Jan. 1, 2020, as the world welcomed a new decade, Chinese authorities in Wuhan shut down a seafood market in the central city of 11 million, suspecting that an outbreak of a new "viral pneumonia" affecting 27 people might be linked to the site ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR CDC Adviser On COVID-19 Vaccine Priority Groups And Why Some Aren't Eager To Be First NPR For those fighting the COVID-19 pandemic — and those hit hardest by it — a vaccine could be just weeks away, as the Food and Drug Administration weighs emergency approval for two vaccines. On Tuesday, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Providence Journal RI lawmakers discuss COVID-19 vaccine distribution in RI The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — With the arrival of the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine perhaps weeks away, state lawmakers asked two of Rhode Island's leading spokesmen on health care: How safe is the vaccine? What can be done to make sure it gets to the people in ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Facebook says it will remove coronavirus vaccine misinformation. The New York Times Facebook on Thursday said it would remove posts that contain claims about Covid-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, as the social network acts more aggressively to bat down coronavirus misinformation while falsehoods run ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS Denver Shortened Quarantine Time Receives Mixed Reaction In Colorado CBS Denver DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado is welcoming the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Wednesday recommendation of cutting the length of some quarantines, but is still trying to figure out how far it wants to go with its endorsement. "This will help with ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Washington Prepares For 1st Shipments Of Coronavirus Vaccine Patch.com OLYMPIA, WA — The Washington State Department of Health on Wednesday hosted its weekly news briefing on the state of the pandemic, providing the first detailed update since the Thanksgiving holiday. Wednesday's conference began with some ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Practical Hurdles for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Medscape Care home residents and their carers are top of the list to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine after it cleared all regulatory hurdles and was approved for widespread use across the UK on Wednesday. The first doses of the messenger RNA (mRNA) ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY CDC says recommended quarantine time after COVID-19 exposure may be shortened to 7 or 10 days, down from 14 USA TODAY The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reduced the recommended days a person must quarantine after coronavirus exposure from 14 days to seven or 10 days. The new guidelines announced Wednesday say people who have close contact ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Moderna starts testing its coronavirus vaccine in teens and children as young as 12 CNN Moderna Protocol files for Covid-19 vaccinations are seen at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, on August 13. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images. Biotechnology company Moderna has started enrolling children as young as 12 ... Flag as irrelevant
	TheHealthMania COVID-19: Hand Sanitizer Poisonings Soar, Psych Patients at High Risk Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Cases of poisoning — intentional and unintentional — from ingestion of alcohol-based hand sanitizer have soared during the COVID-19 pandemic. Flag as irrelevant
	The Tennessean Why Tennessee schoolchildren won't be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine The Tennessean Families and educators across Tennessee are pinning their hopes for kids to return to their classrooms on forthcoming COVID-19 vaccines, expected to begin arriving in the state within the next few weeks. But Gov. Bill Lee has signaled Tennessee would not ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Unexpected finding reveals new target for aggressive form of lung cancer Medical Xpress Targeted therapies are currently available for about one-third of people with lung adenocarcinoma, the most common kind of lung cancer. These drugs inhibit cancer cells by thwarting the molecular changes that drive them to grow while largely sparing ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 will have side effects—that's a good thing Medical Xpress In 2021 hundreds of millions of people will be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. The success of that COVID-19 vaccination campaign will heavily depend on public trust that the vaccines are not only effective, but also safe. To build that trust, the medical and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days Medical Xpress Britain became the first country in the world to authorize a rigorously tested COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday and could be dispensing shots within days—a historic step toward eventually ending the outbreak that has killed more than 1.4 million people around ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News Santa Clara County reports COVID outbreak at juvenile hall, youth ranch The Mercury News A clarification has been made to this story. See note below. Nine young people held at Santa Clara County's juvenile hall and ranch, and four staff members, have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week, officials said Wednesday, ending a nine-month ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: The Heart Health Risks of Being a Single Parent U.S. News & World Report By American Heart Association News, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Nobody needs a study to tell them being a single parent is tough. "This is a group of people who are kind of carrying ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Facebook Bans False Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines U.S. News & World Report By Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford. PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Thursday said it would remove false claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, following a similar announcement by Alphabet ... Flag as irrelevant
	STLtoday.com Cities and regions that shut down again after new COVID-19 spikes STLtoday.com The impact of the coronavirus has been felt around the world as nearly every city, state, and country shut down on some level in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. As the threat of the virus appeared to lessen, those mandates were slowly lifted over ... Flag as irrelevant
	KGO-TV California stay-at-home order looms as COVID-19 cases explode Los Angeles Times California hit reached another troubling COVID-19 milestone Tuesday, averaging 14,120 cases per day with more than 8,200 hospitalized — both new records. The continues surge is putting more pressure on state and local officials to take more aggressive ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Santa Clara County Reports 499 New Coronavirus Cases, 4 Deaths Patch.com SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 499 additional coronavirus cases Wednesday. The latest report brings the countywide case count to 35,945. The county reported four additional coronavirus-related ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Denver Post Guest Commentary: Jails and prisons direly need vaccines to protect everyone else in Colorado The Denver Post At his press conference Tuesday, the governor cavalierly announced that he was amending the vaccine distribution plan to no longer consider prison facilities a priority for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, along with other congregate living facilities. We think ... Flag as irrelevant
	PEOPLE.com Comedian Dies After Filming Video About His Experience with COVID from Hospital Bed: 'This Is No Joke' PEOPLE.com Joe Luna — who performed under the name Joe El Cholo — died on Nov. 23, just days after he began sharing updates about his condition on Instagram, according to a post from his account. Flag as irrelevant
	PEOPLE.com Michigan Mom Diagnosed with COVID-19 Placed in Coma After Giving Birth to Second Set of Twins PEOPLE.com Jasmine Logan's older children, including her other set of twins, have also tested positive for the novel coronavirus. By Gabrielle Chung. December 02, 2020 10:33 PM. Advertisement. FB Tweet More. Pinterest Email Send Text Message Print. covid family. Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Santa Clara County Plans For Coronavirus Vaccine Distribution Patch.com BY JANA KADAH. SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — Vaccines may be coming to Santa Clara County in the next few weeks and county leaders say they have a plan in place for when it arrives. But the county's responsibility is solely distribution and storage ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Official: Africa Needs COVID-19 Vaccine for 60% in 2-3 Years U.S. News & World Report By CARA ANNA, Associated Press. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa's top public health official says 60% of the continent's population needs to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in the next two to three years. The director of the Africa Centers for Disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	San Francisco Chronicle Charts show the evolution of the pandemic in California and Bay Area counties San Francisco Chronicle November ended with a grim pandemic outlook in the Bay Area and California, as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to climb. A look at the progression of the pandemic as a whole shows two clear surges statewide and in most Bay Area ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Metabolites' From Food Could Affect Your Stroke Risk U.S. News & World Report WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Levels of some small molecules called metabolites in the body may affect your risk of stroke, a new analysis suggests. Metabolites come from the food people eat, and they cause chemical processes within the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN She's 102. She lived through the 1918 flu and now she's beat coronavirus — twice CNN Angelina Friedman beat coronavirus for the second time at 102 years old. (CNN) Angelina Friedman is a survivor, in every sense of the word ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Take Care of Your Mental Health During Pandemic U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- It's crucial that you look after your mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say. "Historically, we know that pandemics and other public health ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Official: Africa needs COVID-19 vaccine for 60% in 2-3 years ABC News NAIROBI, Kenya -- Africa's top public health official says 60% of the continent's population needs to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in the next two to three years. The director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News US coronavirus hospitalizations top 100K Fox News More than 100,000 patients are hospitalized due to the novel coronavirus in the U.S. for the first time since the outbreak began in early 2020. The grim milestone comes as health officials warned of surges tied to holiday travel and lockdown fatigue. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Oklahoma Reports Record-High 54 Deaths as Virus Surges U.S. News & World Report OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials reported a record-high 54 deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, more than double the previous one-day record, as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to surge. The latest deaths were ... Flag as irrelevant

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