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A doctor derided mask wearing. His medical license has been suspended. Deriding mask-wearing, Steven LaTulippe has touted his credentials as a "practicing physician." Last month, he urged Trump supporters gathered in Salem, Ore., to "take off the mask of shame" — though hardly a covered face was in sight — and said proudly, ...
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What vaccination rates in rural America tell us about the advent of COVID vaccines Rural counties have some of the lowest flu vaccination rates. That's a serious problem for the COVID vaccine rollout. Aleszu Bajak Joe Sneve. USA TODAY. 0:00. 0:54. America's poor track record vaccinating people against the flu spells trouble for the coming ...
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The Latest: Oregon Doc's Anti-Mask Comment Draws Suspension SALEM, Ore. -- The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the medical license of a doctor who said at a pro-Trump rally that he doesn't wear a mask at his Dallas, Oregon, clinic. KGW-TV reported Friday that Dr. Steven LaTulippe also said at the November ...
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Atypical forms of dementia are being diagnosed more often in people in their 50s and 60s After 20 years of marriage, after raising two kids, after building a farm in Kentucky and tending horses and dogs, Laura Prewitt knew this much about her husband: He was tenderhearted, fun-loving and never let stress land too long on his shoulders.
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COVID-19 becomes top killer in US as hospitals fill up: "It's one giant ball of anxiety" The coronavirus surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States this week, as many of the nation's hospitals are overwhelmed and officials implement new COVID-19 restrictions. A record-breaking 227,00 new cases were reported ...
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The Latest: Oregon doc's anti-mask comment draws suspension The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the medical license of a doctor who said at a pro-Trump rally that he doesn't wear a mask at his Dallas, Oregon, clinic. By The Associated Press. December 6, 2020, 12:33 AM. • 6 min read. Share to Facebook
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Higher Blood Sugar Tied to COVID-19 Death Risk; Rise in US Overdose Deaths May Have Pandemic Link (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. High blood sugar tied to COVID-19 risk in nondiabetics. High blood ...
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As US nears 300000 COVID-19 deaths, #IWearAMaskBecause hashtag urges fellow Americans to remain vigilant More than 14.5 million people in the U.S. have had COVID-19, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. On Saturday, thousands of people on Twitter started using the hashtag #IWearAMaskBecause to show why now, more than ever, ...
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Higher blood sugar tied to COVID-19 death risk; rise in US overdose deaths may have pandemic link (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. A woman has gauze applied to her finger after a blood sugar test at ...
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Could Gene Therapy Cure Sickle Cell Disease? Two New Studies Raise Hopes By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). SATURDAY, Dec. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A pair of new gene therapies promise a potentially lasting cure for sickle cell disease by subtly altering the genetic information in patients' bone marrow cells, ...
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The Latest: Oregon doc's anti-mask comment draws suspension The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the medical license of a doctor who said at a pro-Trump rally that he doesn't wear a mask at his Dallas, Oregon, clinic. By The Associated Press. December 5, 2020, 3:39 PM. • 12 min read. Share to Facebook
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Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care BOISE, Idaho — Soldiers triaging patients in parking lots in a capital city is normally the stuff of science fiction. Yet that's the reality in Boise, where troops direct people outside an urgent-care clinic revamped into a facility for coronavirus patients as infections ...
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Coronavirus Spike Could Change Outbreak Investigations A look at coronavirus developments around New England: ___. MAINE. Maine's top public health official says the state is considering scaling back investigations into cases of COVID-19 to focus on the most vulnerable populations, as some other states have ...
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More Coronavirus Vaccines Coming For VA's Top-Priority Groups VIRGINIA — Virginia health officials are expanding their response to the coronavirus pandemic so that more people in top-priority groups will receive vaccinations sooner. Based on new information about the federal government's Operation Warp Speed, ...
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The Latest: Oregon doc's anti-mask comment draws suspension Tags: Gavin Newsom, Business, Bill Clinton, Michael Pence, Mark Gordon, politics, Ned Lamont, Kay Ivey, Government, Barack Obama, Health, Kate Brown, George W. Bush. Full Screen 1 / 13. Nickolas Orr of the Idaho National Guard checks in a patient for ...
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Another 7 Elderly New Hampshire Residents Die From Coronavirus CONCORD, NH — The State Joint Information Center announced seven people have died due to or related to COVID-19. Three men and a woman lived in Belknap County while three other men lived in Coos, Hillsborough, and Merrimack counties. All of the ...
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Oregon to get 147000 coronavirus vaccine doses in December, state says The first batches of coronavirus vaccines are slated to be shipped to Oregon mere weeks from now, marking the initial step of what will be a months-long effort to end the pandemic. But with 4.2 million Oregonians potentially in line to be vaccinated, much ...
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Winning over the 'vaccine hesitant': Kansas and Missouri prepare for questions, fears The coming COVID-19 vaccines have been called the path back to normalcy. The two leading vaccines have both passed through three phases of clinical trials, including one to establish their safety. At this point, they have been tested by tens of thousands of ...
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Mysterious illness targeting US diplomats in China, Cuba likely the result of microwave energy: report Mysterious neurological symptoms experienced by U.S. diplomats in China and Cuba appear to be caused by directed microwave energy, according to a new report by the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) obtained by The Hill. The report cites medical ...
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Britain Gets Ready for Roll-Out of Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine This Week LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, initially making the shot available at hospitals before distributing stocks to doctors' clinics, the government said on Sunday.
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VIRUS TODAY: California Faces Closures; Jobless Cutoff Looms Here's what's happening Saturday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY. — The coronavirus surge is threatening to overwhelm hospitals in California. Five San Francisco Bay Area counties have new stay-at-home ...
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Virus Cases Continue Climbing in US During Holiday Season Coronavirus infections across the U.S. continue to rise as the country moves deeper into a holiday season when eagerly anticipated gatherings of family and friends could push the numbers even higher. A new daily high of nearly 228,000 additional confirmed ...
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Michigan's top doctor: COVID-19 brings 'the most massive vaccination effort in a century' While Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared last week that "hope is on the horizon" with two COVID-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna, the state's chief medical executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun said she knows there will be challenges in the enormous job ...
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Covid-19 deaths could nearly double by April despite rollout of vaccines, report warns The U.S. is forecast to see a cumulative 539,000 deaths by April 1, according to a Dec. 4 report published by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington's School of Medicine. IHME researchers said that the expected vaccine ...
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1 million new coronavirus cases added to US total in only 5 days After the first cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the United States on January 20, it took almost 100 days to reach 1 million infections. Now, the country has added more than 1 million cases to its grim total in just five days. From Tuesday to Saturday, ...
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Yes, some Americans may be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine. But not by the federal government. For some, the short answer is yes, public health and legal experts say. But a mandate is not likely anytime soon, and likely not to come from the federal government. Instead, employers and states ...
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The US hit a record 7-day average of new Covid-19 cases as hospitals are further strained Hospitals across the United States are being put under immense pressure as the nation continues to hit record levels of new Covid-19 cases, adding more than 1 million new cases in the first five days of December. "We're seeing day-by-day increasing ...
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Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease Scientists are seeing promising early results from the first studies testing gene editing for painful, inherited blood disorders that plague millions worldwide, especially Black people. Doctors hope the one-time treatment, which involves permanently altering DNA ...
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Family of Chicago 911 dispatcher who died of COVID-19 devastated by loss of mother too CHICAGO (WLS) -- Less than a month after a beloved Chicago 911 dispatcher died from COVID-19, his wife now joins him in peace. The husband and wife were both taken by COVID-19 in a matter of weeks, leaving their three grown children, along with their ...
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Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease Scientists are seeing promising early results from the first studies testing gene editing for painful, inherited blood disorders that plague millions worldwide. Doctors hope the one-time treatment, which involves permanently altering DNA in blood cells with a tool ...
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COVID-19 vaccines set to arrive in Tennessee after months of uncertainty Tennessee's first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine is expected to arrive at 27 hospitals across the state around Dec. 19, and those most at-risk from the serious and deadly COVID-19 infection will begin to access the revolutionary new drugs. Having a safe ...
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Maine CDC reports 221 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths The 7-day average of daily new cases remains at the same highest-ever level it reached on Saturday: 265.3. By Rob WolfeStaff Writer. Email Writer · 207-791-6363. Share. facebook · tweet · reddit · email · print. 0 Comments. The Maine Center for Disease ...
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US hits a record 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases as hospitals are further strained Video above: New Hampshire sees surge in post-Thanksgiving testing demand. Hospitals across the United States are being put under immense pressure as the nation continues to hit record levels of new COVID-19 cases, adding more than 1 million new ...
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The US hit a record 7-day average of new Covid-19 cases as hospitals are further strained Hospitals across the US are being put under immense pressure as the nation continues to hit record levels of new Covid-19 cases. "We're seeing day-by-day increasing numbers of patients with Covid-19, both those who are a little bit sick and those who are ...
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With under 200 contact tracers for COVID, thousands of Idaho's cases spread unchecked Idaho is weeks behind on contact tracing efforts, as some infected Idahoans refuse to cooperate and the fall's surge of COVID-19 cases overwhelms the public health infrastructure. As a result, public health departments haven't been able to accurately report ...
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New test sites, efforts to bridge COVID-19 racial disparities in King County COVID case are skyrocketing -- what hasn't changed is that communities of color are disproportionately impacted. On Saturday, the City of Seattle launched two new COVID kiosk test sites in the Central District and Northgate neighborhoods. The tests are less ...
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Contact tracing racks up $30 million in costs but hasn't worked out like officials hoped Early on in the pandemic, Louisiana embarked on what was thought to be a key part of the state's effort to contain the coronavirus and keep cases low until a vaccine was produced: Contact tracing. Seven months and $30 million later, the program has not ...
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States defer to health providers on who gets first vaccines States struggling to prioritize who should receive the initial coronavirus shots are handing off those critical decisions to health care providers, giving them less than two weeks to decide how to ration the scarce doses among their own employees. An expert ...
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Southern California, San Joaquin Valley under restrictions SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Faced with a dire shortage of hospital beds, health officials announced Saturday the vast region of Southern California and a large swath of the Central Valley will be placed under a sweeping new lockdown in an urgent attempt to ...
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DHEC: SC hits record high in new COVID-19 cases as high positive percentage continues The number of new coronavirus cases in South Carolina is at a record high, according to the Department of Health and Environmental Control. The department on Saturday reported that 2,715 people tested positive for COVID-19. That is the highest number of ...
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First shipments of coronavirus vaccine will fall short (CNN) State health departments and governors' offices across the country are finally being told by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Operation Warp Speed how many doses of the coronavirus vaccine they will initially be receiving once ...
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Denton County Reports 389 COVID-19 Cases Saturday; 442 Cases, 5 Deaths Added in Collin County Denton County Public Health reported 389 new COVID-19 cases Saturday. Meanwhile, in Collin County, the state health department added 442 more cases of the virus along with five more deaths. Of the 389 new cases reported Saturday afternoon, DCPH ...
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Oregon Health Authority reports 24 more COVID-19 deaths, 1847 new cases (Update: Adding county case breakdown). Deschutes County reports 78 new cases, Crook County 14, Jefferson County 20. PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- COVID-19 has claimed 24 more lives in Oregon, raising the state's death toll to 1,027, along with 1,847 ...
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A look at coronavirus developments around New England A look at coronavirus developments around New England: MASSACHUSETTS. With the first doses of coronavirus vaccines due in Massachusetts by the middle of the month, the head of the state's vaccine advisory board says a big challenge will be to find ...
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Veterinarian: Iowa faces surge in fatal deer disease Iowa is likely to see a second straight surge in cases of a fatal deer disease this winter, a state veterinarian said. In an interview, Dr. Rachel Ruden of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said the state's confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease ...
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Oregon Suspends License of Doctor Who Refuses to Wear Mask SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Medical Board has indefinitely suspended the medical license of a doctor who said at a pro-Trump rally that he doesn't wear a mask at his Dallas, Oregon clinic and doesn't require his staff to wear face-coverings either.
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Minnesota reports 6337 new COVID-19 cases, 75 more deaths Minnesota is reporting 75 new COVID-19 deaths and more than 6,300 coronavirus cases, the state Health Department announced Saturday. Residents of long-term care and assisted-living facilities accounted for 40 of the newly announced deaths, and 2,599 ...
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COVID-19 outbreak at state psychiatric hospital grows, further delaying admissions The COVID-19 outbreak in an admission unit that was disclosed by authorities at Oregon State Hospital this week has expanded to more patients and now includes hospital staff, according to court documents filed Friday. The additional cases make this the ...
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They couldn't say goodbye in person, so ICU patients are using tablets instead Some hospitals are stocking enough iPads to rival a modest Apple store. But the reason for this reflects a grim reality: They're being used to connect Covid-19 patients with their families — sometimes, for the last conversation they'll ever have. When Dr. Mark ...
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Massachusetts reports 5356 more coronavirus cases as local leaders say it's 'crunch time' Local leaders say it's "crunch time" for combating the coronavirus as cases, hospitalizations and deaths climb ahead of the potential rollout of a vaccine. Massachusetts public health officials reported 5,356 new coronavirus cases and 41 more deaths on ...
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