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	health Daily update ⋅ December 4, 2020
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	The New York Times Covid-19 Live Updates: Biden Promises New Prominence for Fauci The New York Times Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, was sidelined under President Trump, but President-elect Biden says he will continue in his current role and also become chief medical adviser. The announcement came as cases in the U.S. ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN There's a light at the end of the tunnel, but coming months will be Covid-19 'worst-case scenario,' expert says CNN (CNN) Across the US, preparations are well underway to quickly distribute Covid-19 vaccines once authorized, but experts say before that promise of relief, the coming months will likely be difficult. What will come next is likely the country's "worst-case ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times New Sports Guidelines for Young Athletes After Covid-19 The New York Times The American Academy of Pediatrics posted updated guidance Friday on young people and sports in the pandemic, making a strong recommendation that participants should wear face masks for all indoor sports. It made exceptions only while swimming and ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Second shot no-shows could undermine COVID-19 vaccination efforts CBS News The U.S. government's plan to vaccinate hundreds of millions of Americans against the coronavirus, potentially save hundreds of thousands of lives and return the country to normalcy may hinge on the effectiveness of an index card. Two separate vaccines ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid: Care home testing paused over safety concerns BBC News Greater Manchester councils have become the latest to pause rapid testing for care home visitors over concerns they fail to detect enough infections. Data suggests the rapid kits miss about a third of the most infectious cases picked up by conventional lab ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Could a Blood Test Show if a Covid-19 Vaccine Works? The New York Times A new study in monkeys suggests that a blood test could predict the effectiveness of a Covid-19 vaccine — and perhaps speed up the clinical trials needed to get a working vaccine to billions of people around the world. The study, published on Friday in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Hospitalized Pregnant Women: Reasons for Admission and Pregnancy Characteristics Medscape Pregnant women might be at increased risk for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), possibly related to changes in their immune system and respiratory physiology*. Further, adverse birth outcomes, such as preterm delivery and stillbirth, might be ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post States plan for vaccines as daily US virus deaths top 3100 Washington Post States drafted plans Thursday for who will go to the front of the line when the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine become available later this month, as U.S. deaths from the outbreak eclipsed 3,100 in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring. Support our ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Rhode Island Officials Fear Shortage Of Medical Staff NPR The coronavirus surge has hit especially hard in the nation's smallest state. Rhode Island now averages about 87 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people — by far the highest in New England, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Prisons should be COVID-19 vaccine priority: Health experts ABC News After a federal advisory committee recommended this week that health care workers, nursing home residents and staff be the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines, discussions turned to who should be next in line, as initial supplies remain limited. Prisoners ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Cancers in US Teens, Young Adults Have Risen by 30% Since 1970s: Study U.S. News & World Report THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer cases among U.S. teens and young adults have shot up 30% since the 1970s, new research reveals. Kidney cancer has risen at the greatest rate, increasing more than threefold among young men and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline New CDC Quarantine Recommendations for COVID-19 Explained Healthline The CDC has changed the number of days they advise people to quarantine if they have been exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19. People can quarantine for only 7 days if they also have a negative test result for the new coronavirus. Experts say this ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today AI Abdominal Fat Data: Promising for CV Risk Assessment MedPage Today CT imaging plus artificial intelligence (AI) may offer a better way to predict major cardiovascular (CV) events, a researcher said. In a retrospective study of more than 23,000 patients in 2012, the level of visceral fat imaged in abdominal CT scans -- based on a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pain News Network Grin and bear it: A smile or grimace may reduce needle injection pain, UC Irvine researcher shows Los Angeles Times UC Irvine has good news for the 50 million Americans who are afraid of needles. In a recently published paper, UC Irvine researchers found that simply smiling or grimacing can significantly reduce pain from needle injections. The researchers also found that ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Financial Missteps Could Signal Future Dementia WebMD By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Even before signs of Alzheimer's disease or dementia appear, people are prone to make poor financial decisions, a new study finds. Older people diagnosed with ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid-19: UK 'confident' of having 800000 vaccine doses by next week BBC News The government is "absolutely confident" the UK will have 800,000 coronavirus doses by next week, when the vaccination programme starts, the business secretary has said. Alok Sharma said some of the Pfizer/BioNTech doses had arrived, with more ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP Study: Kids, adults equally susceptible to in-home COVID-19 spread CIDRAP A study published today in Pediatrics found that children in two states were just as likely as adults to become infected with COVID-19 within their households, and while kids spread the virus in one fifth of homes, their lack of severe symptoms may have ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Russia's Mass Vaccination, Vaccine Approval, CDC Guidelines: COVID-19 Global Highlights Medscape These are the global coronavirus stories you need to know about this week. The UK became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use. The vaccine is still being assessed by the US FDA and European ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR How Rich Countries Are 'Hoarding' The World's Vaccines, In Charts NPR Healthcare workers first, along with residents and staff of nursing homes. Those people should receive the COVID-19 vaccine before anyone else, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. That recommendation applies to the U.S. ... Flag as irrelevant
	Courier Journal Kentucky Outlines Initial Plan to Vaccinate Health Workers U.S. News & World Report FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Frontline health care workers at 11 hospitals will be among the Kentuckians to receive initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine expected to arrive this month, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. Details about allocating the first vaccine ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Portugal unveils its national vaccination plan for COVID-19 Washington Post LISBON, Portugal — Portugal is aiming to vaccinate almost 1 million people against the coronavirus between January and April at the latest, and perhaps by the end of February, depending on the pace of vaccine deliveries, officials said Thursday. Support our ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Years Before Diagnosis, People With Alzheimer's Lose Financial Acumen U.S. News & World Report THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Even before signs of Alzheimer's disease or dementia appear, people are prone to make poor financial decisions, a new study finds. Older people diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's were more likely to ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report As COVID-19 Cases Soar, US Luminaries Aim to Increase Public Confidence in Vaccines U.S. News & World Report WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of hospitalized U.S. coronavirus patients surpassed 100,000 on Thursday, as former presidents volunteered to get vaccinated on television if needed to boost confidence in the safety of inoculations that promise to slow ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Santa Clara County Reports 753 New Coronavirus Cases, 4 Deaths Patch.com SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported 753 additional coronavirus cases Thursday. The latest report brings the countywide case count to 36,673. The county reported four additional coronavirus-related ... Flag as irrelevant
	Baltimore Sun Coronavirus vaccines coming, but Johns Hopkins experts say some vital questions remain unanswered Baltimore Sun Vaccines designed to mitigate the scope and severity of the coronavirus pandemic could be distributed to millions of Americans before the end of December, health officials said this week. But much about the vaccines — such as the duration of immunity they ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News What's driving coronavirus vaccine hesitancy in US? Fox News The United States is potentially days away from approving the first round of coronavirus vaccines just nine months after the global pandemic ripped through every state, claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and crippled the once robust economy. And yet ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Americans With Asthma Get First Updated Guidelines in Over a Decade U.S. News & World Report THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health has updated guidelines for treating asthma. The update is the first in 13 years and takes into account new medications and other advances in asthma care. It focuses on ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline What Is the Risk of Getting COVID-19 While Shopping? Healthline Cities like El Paso, Texas, are experiencing sharp increases in COVID-19 cases. Some people are experiencing "COVID fatigue." They're exhausted from practicing measures to prevent infection. One expert says people respond to stress differently "and ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Gastric Bypass Tops Banding for T2D Remission MedPage Today For putting type 2 diabetes into remission, gastric bypass appeared to be the best bariatric surgical option, data from the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-2 (LABS-2) study indicated. Among more than 800 patients with obesity and diabetes who ... Flag as irrelevant
	WBAL Baltimore When can I get a coronavirus vaccine? WBAL Baltimore Video above — COVID-19 Vaccine Priority Groups: CDC Panel Recommends Who Should Get the Vaccine First. Federal government officials are promising coronavirus vaccines soon — some even before Christmas — and states are gearing up to begin ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress New COVID surveillance predicts direction, speed and acceleration of virus Medical Xpress A new COVID-19 global surveillance system has been developed which can dynamically track not just where the virus is now, but where it is going, how fast it will arrive and whether that speed is accelerating. The new surveillance system, the first to ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News COVID-19 outbreaks infect more than 230 people at two San Jose nursing homes The Mercury News SAN JOSE — As COVID-19 cases in California surge once again, Bay Area nursing homes and homeless centers have been hit with outbreaks, including two San Jose nursing facilities that have a combined 232 cases. One facility, Westwood Post-Acute, ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study U.S. News & World Report THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Vaping among teens and young adults has decreased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, with two-thirds of e-cigarette users reporting that they've either cut back or quit, a new study says. About 32% ... Flag as irrelevant
	Slate Magazine Can We Finally Stop Talking About "Natural" COVID-19 Herd Immunity? Please? Slate Magazine This week, Scott Atlas resigned from his controversial role as key pandemic situation adviser to President Donald Trump. During his tenure at the White House, Atlas—who has no background in epidemiology, infectious disease, immunology, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com San Mateo County Reports 128 New Coronavirus Cases, No Deaths Patch.com SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — San Mateo County Health reported 128 additional coronavirus cases Thursday. The county's website indicates recent data reported are incomplete. The report brings the countywide case count to 15,040. The county reported no ... Flag as irrelevant
	KSL.com Gov. Herbert provides Utah COVID-19 update as state sees 3945 new cases, 11 deaths KSL.com SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday he isn't surprised to see an uptick in COVID-19 cases following the Thanksgiving holiday. The Utah Department of Health reported 3,945 new cases Thursday and 11 more deaths. Following a short ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Fauci apologises for saying UK 'rushed' vaccine BBC News Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, has apologised for remarks that seemed to criticise the UK's vaccine approval process. "I have a great deal of confidence in what the UK does both scientifically and from a regulator standpoint," Dr Fauci ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Facebook will remove misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines CBS News Facebook announced it will begin to remove misinformation about coronavirus vaccines as the U.S. and the rest of the Western world gets ready for their massive rollout. In a blog post published on Thursday, the social media giant said it will get rid of false ... Flag as irrelevant
	KJZZ Utah to Prioritize Health Care Staff in Vaccine's 1st Wave U.S. News & World Report By SOPHIA EPPOLITO, Associated Press/Report for America. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that Utah plans to prioritize front-line health care workers after it receives its first round of coronavirus vaccine doses that could arrive as ... Flag as irrelevant
	nj.com 7 things we know about the coronavirus vaccine roll out in NJ nj.com There continues to be hopeful news about coronavirus vaccines. Pfizer's vaccine was approved for use in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, and the first doses may be administered in that country within days. That vaccine, as well as one by Moderna, are ... Flag as irrelevant
	LocalNews8.com COVID-19 vaccines may not work on nursing home patients. Why do they get first dibs? Los Angeles Times The roughly 3 million Americans who reside in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other group-care communities are an almost invisible population. This week, however, they were singled out for high-priority access to a most precious resource: some ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald Look no further than the polio vaccine to know why we must get vaccinated against COVID Miami Herald As a person living in the age of COVID-19, memories of the summer of '49 flood my mind. I was a child in the summer of 1949. But I can still remember the worried expression on our mom's face each morning as she instructed my brother Adam and me to "stay ... Flag as irrelevant
	WBAL Baltimore Why was the UK first to authorize Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine? WBAL Baltimore The U.K. became the first Western country to authorize a COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, marking a pivotal moment in the global fight against coronavirus. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has been granted emergency authorization by British regulators, and ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Heart Group: Hospitals Must Help in Improving Population Cardio Health MedPage Today Healthcare systems committed to data-driven quality improvement and interdisciplinary collaboration are crucial to restoring progress in population cardiovascular health, according to a statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). "A learning ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Nisra records first fall in death toll for two months BBC News For the first time in about two months, the number of Covid-19 related deaths registered in NI have fallen. According to the latest bulletin from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra), 81 deaths were registered in the week up to last Friday. Flag as irrelevant
	KUNR Public Radio Nevada Reports Deadliest Day Since Start of COVID Pandemic U.S. News & World Report By SAM METZ and SCOTT SONNER, AP/Report for America. CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada reported 48 new deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday, marking the deadliest day since the onset of the pandemic as the state's COVID-19 surge shows ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Texas front-line doctor dies of COVID-19 complications, family says ABC News A Texas doctor who treated COVID-19 patients died this week due to complications from the virus, relatives said. Dr. Carlos Araujo-Preza died Monday night, his wife said in a moving social media post. "Since COVID-19 was introduced to our community in ... Flag as irrelevant
	nj.com NJ reports record-high 4913 new COVID-19 positive tests, 64 more deaths. Hospitalizations climb again. nj.com New Jersey on Thursday reported 4,913 new coronavirus cases - the highest number of positive tests in a single day - and another 64 deaths as hospitalizations continue to climb following a brief dip over Thanksgiving. The latest figures were announced a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Many COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteers, including me, wonder what was injected in our arms Milwaukee Journal Sentinel After getting my first shot in a clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine last month, I spent the evening feeling my forehead and raising my arm to test for soreness. Because I was not feverish, I wondered if the heat in our house was set too low. All this in a vain ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News NHS Wales front-line staff to get twice-weekly Covid tests BBC News Front-line NHS Wales workers and social care staff will be tested for Covid twice a week, even without symptoms. The programme, to be rolled out later this month, will use lateral flow tests which provide a result in about half an hour. They will be available to ... Flag as irrelevant

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