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	health Daily update ⋅ January 15, 2021
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	BBC News How effective is a single vaccine dose against Covid-19? BBC News Pretend it didn't happen – expert advice on how to behave after receiving a single dose of any of the Covid-19 vaccines. T. The cases are already beginning to emerge. When 85-year-old Colin Horseman was admitted to Doncaster Royal Infirmary in late ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Hospitals in England Struggle in the Grip of the Virus The New York Times Whittington Health in north London had 66 percent of its beds occupied by Covid-19 patients on Jan. 12. It's one of 11 trusts that currently have more than half of beds filled with Covid patients. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR As COVID-19 Ravages His Force, LAPD Chief Looks To Boost Confidence In Vaccine NPR The coronavirus is taking a heavy toll on the some 13,000 employees of the Los Angeles Police Department. To date, five officers have died due to complications related to COVID-19, and six are currently hospitalized, one in grave condition, according to police ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Pandemic Fuels Record Overdose Deaths NPR After their son died, Jackie and Robert Watson found a stack of popsicle sticks in his Milwaukee apartment. He'd written an affirmation on each one. "I am a fighter." "Don't sweat the small stuff." "My kids love me." Brandon Cullins, 31, had been working with a ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News These states have done best — and worst — at vaccinating their residents against COVID-19 CBS News Yet one month into the effort — the largest inoculation drive in American history — some states are moving quickly to vaccinate their populations, according to government data reviewed by CBS MoneyWatch. Other parts of the country are lagging badly. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Which Americans can get a vaccine now? Here's a look at the new guidance. The New York Times The U.S. government, faced with an unrelenting surge in coronavirus cases, issued recommendations this week regarding which people in the country should be vaccinated first. Here are answers to some common questions. Who is now eligible to be ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN The Next Likely COVID-19 Vaccine Has Its Advantages Medscape Among the multiple vaccine candidates around the globe, next up in the arsenal against COVID-19 is likely the single-dose Ad26.COV2.S vaccine in development from Johnson & Johnson/Janssen, infectious disease experts predict. Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Online sign-ups complicate vaccine rollout for older people ABC News As states across the U.S. roll out the COVID-19 vaccine to people 65 and older, senior citizens are scrambling to figure out how to sign up to get their shots. By PATTY NIEBERG and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press. January 15, 2021, 6:19 AM. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR A Medical Treatment For Meth Addiction Proves Effective In New Trial NPR Unlike opioid addiction, for which medication-assisted treatment is the standard of care, no medication has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use with meth. In the trial, patients in clinics ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME Fewer Children Died in 2020, Despite the Pandemic. Experts Are Trying to Figure Out Why TIME Students keep their distance and wear masks during the first day of in-person classes at an elementary school in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. on Sept. 29, 2020. Paul Bersebach—MediaNews ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Advice for keeping your brain at its best Washington Post About 47 million Americans have some evidence of preclinical Alzheimer's disease, which means their brains show signs of adverse changes, but symptoms have not yet developed. By 2060, one new case of dementia will be diagnosed every four seconds. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Putting A Roof On Risk With A COVID-19 Vaccine Jab NPR It's 8:45 a.m. on a weekday in Washington, D.C., and if anyone needs a reminder why the coronavirus vaccine is important, there's one arriving at the Takoma Metro stop: an almost empty train pulling up to an almost empty subway platform at the height of rush ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Over 75% of People Hospitalized With COVID-19 Had Symptoms 6 Month Later Healthline Long-term symptoms affect people of all ages and have occurred in people with mild, moderate, and severe COVID-19. Doctors suspect the risk factors include genetics, inflammation, and abnormal immune responses ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Pressure Builds on CDC to Prioritize Both Diabetes Types for Vaccine Medscape On the other hand, the autoimmune condition type 1 diabetes is among 11 conditions the CDC says "might be at increased risk" for COVID-19, but limited data were available at the time of the last update on December 23, 2020. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid-19: Insurance fears stop care homes taking patients BBC News In October, the government launched a scheme for designated care homes to take patients recovering from the virus but insurance is a stumbling block. Sir David Behan, head of the UK's largest ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Time to Angioplasty Is Crucial for Better Heart Attack Outcomes U.S. News & World Report By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When a heart attack begins, the time it takes until the blockage in a coronary artery is cleared is critical in preventing further damage to the heart, a new ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today In STEMI PCI, Symptom-to-Balloon Time Is What Counts MedPage Today Delays in seeking care for ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) appeared more important than contemporary in-hospital delays for coronary angioplasty, a study suggested. Whereas time from hospital arrival to angioplasty balloon inflation was not a significant ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Low Carb Diet May Help People with Type 2 Diabetes Go Into Remission Healthline However, the benefits flattened after about a year likely due to the restrictive diet. Lowering carb intake can help improve blood glucose levels along with other markers of carbohydrate intolerance or insulin resistance. New ... Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times Huge response to a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Sequim is likely preview of what's to come Seattle Times News had spread that the drive-through clinic, run by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, was offering vaccines to Sequim residents over 70 and their spouses. Thomas, 71, found himself in a line of cars more than a mile and a half long. Officials started turning ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Study: minorities should be designated vulnerable to COVID Washington Post LONDON — Researchers writing in a British medical journal are recommending that ethnic minorities should be considered "extremely vulnerable" to COVID-19, a distinction that could give groups hard-hit by the pandemic earlier access to potentially ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Orange County Coronavirus Vaccine Appointments In Short Supply Patch.com The county expects 35,000 more doses next week, Dr. Clayton Chau said, adding that OC is handling distribution of about 20 percent of the doses sent from the state, with healthcare providers doling out the rest. Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com More Contagious COVID-19 Variant May Require Stricter Regulations Patch.com The prevalence of COVID-19 in the community has led to the quadrupling of workplace outbreaks at warehouses, manufacturing facilities and logistics companies and a tripling of outbreaks among schools and daycares across Los Angeles County. This ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Model analyzes how viruses escape the immune system EurekAlert CAMBRIDGE, MA -- One reason it's so difficult to produce effective vaccines against some viruses, including influenza and HIV, is that these viruses mutate very rapidly. This allows them to evade the antibodies generated by a particular vaccine, through a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hindu BusinessLine Toothbrush Disinfection May Protect Against COVID-19 Medscape SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted, even from asymptomatic individuals, in different ways, including droplets, aerosols and, to a lesser degree, fomites. Now, Brazilian researchers have evaluated the use of these products in a toothbrush disinfection protocol, ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report What Will COVID-19 Look Like Years From Now? U.S. News & World Report All have been in circulation for a very long time. In fact, they're endemic, which means that most people get infected and develop immunity during childhood that protects against serious illness (although not reinfection) as adults. Flag as irrelevant
	NBC News Mass confusion over new COVID-19 vaccine rollout, as LA senior citizens face weeks of delays Los Angeles Times Orange County active Phase 1A residents, mostly healthcare workers, wait in line to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the Toy Story parking lot at the Disneyland. (Allen J. Schaben / ... Flag as irrelevant
	STLtoday.com SIU researchers identify new variant of the coronavirus unique to the US, could spread more easily STLtoday.com Viruses change and evolve as the move through populations. Scientists worldwide have identified multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Sometimes variants disappear shortly after they emerge, while others hang around. Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Past COVID infection provides some immunity for at least 5 months, study shows CBS News The researchers noted, however, that someone who's been infected may still be able to carry the virus and pass it on to others, even if they don't get sick again. The period of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Model analyzes how viruses escape the immune system Phys.Org One reason it's so difficult to produce effective vaccines against some viruses, including influenza and HIV, is that these viruses mutate very rapidly. This allows them to evade the antibodies generated by a particular vaccine, through a process known as "viral ... Flag as irrelevant
	OCRegister Why can't I get an appointment in OC? And more questions about COVID-19 vaccinations OCRegister The news this week that the COVID-19 vaccine can now be given to anyone 65 and older in Orange County was met with a mad rush of people hoping to get their shot, but for many of them, it was a struggle to get an appointment or even get the designated ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid-19: Nisra records highest ever weekly deaths BBC News Northern Ireland's statistics agency has recorded its highest weekly Covid-19 related registered deaths since the pandemic began. Nisra said 145 deaths were registered in the first week of 2021, although administrative delays over Christmas may have ... Flag as irrelevant
	STLtoday.com New variant of the coronavirus unique to the US is identified, could spread more easily STLtoday.com CARBONDALE — Researchers out of Illinois have identified a variant of the coronavirus that is unique to and dominant in the United States and appears to be more transmissible than other variants, according to the findings released Thursday. Southern ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Cancer Screening Fell Sharply Early in Pandemic, But Has Rebounded U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As clinics closed for non-essential care and patients' COVID-19 fears kept them from check-ups, the United States saw a steep drop in cancer screenings and ... Flag as irrelevant
	WIRED The language of a virus Science Magazine In this context, words represent protein sequences (or protein fragments), and recognition of such protein fragments is the task performed by the immune system. To escape immune responses, viral genomes can become mutated so that the virus evolves to no ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times 400000 More US Deaths Than Normal Since Covid-19 Struck The New York Times Our analysis examines deaths from all causes — not just confirmed cases of coronavirus — beginning when the virus took hold in the United States last spring. That allows comparisons that do not depend on the accuracy of cause ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Biden COVID-19 team will 'follow the science' to improve vaccine efforts, advisor says Healio Ahead of a planned address in which President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. was expected to detail the incoming administration's plans for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, a transition team advisor vowed that it would be guided by science. "The Biden brand is to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Does Medicare Cover Birth Control? Healthline Original Medicare — parts A and B — doesn't cover birth control methods used to prevent pregnancy. Medicare Part D prescription drug plans offer some birth control coverage. Some Medicare Advantage plans also include coverage for prescription birth ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress New therapeutic approaches for SARS-CoV-2 Medical Xpress Medicine has two things to offer when viral pandemics hit: vaccines and therapeutics. While it is hard to undervalue the noble goal of rapidly developing and rolling out safe vaccines that effectively reduce disease severity, and potentially even rates of ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC Israel is launching Covid immunity passports. Here's what they allow you to do CNBC Less than a month after receiving its first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab, Israel has vaccinated around 20% of its population. Essentially an immunity passport announced by the Ministry of Health earlier this week, the "green booklet" would be given to ... Flag as irrelevant
	San Francisco Chronicle California braces for highly contagious new coronavirus variants as vaccinations lag San Francisco Chronicle UC Berkeley University Health Services nurse Andrea Gomez administers a dose of the Moderna vaccine to University of California police officer Leo Warrens at Tang Center near UC Berkeley on Thursday. Experts worry that vaccinations might not keep pace ... Flag as irrelevant
	nj.com Smokers are eligible for the COVID vaccine in NJ The move has some in a huff, but experts say it's good policy. nj.com State health officials also said smokers aren't required to provide any documentation to receive their vaccines. But some residents, eagerly waiting to get vaccinated, are fuming on social ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Protect Arlington: Important Information About Receiving A COVID-19 Vaccine From The Arlington Fire Department Patch.com The City of Arlington, working in cooperation with Tarrant County Public Health, is continually working to make the public vaccination process run as efficiently as possible over the next several months. Flag as irrelevant
	STLtoday.com More than 90000 Americans could die of Covid-19 in next three weeks, CDC forecast shows STLtoday.com Another 92,000 are projected to die from the virus over roughly the next three weeks, according to an ensemble forecast published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers are scary and reflect ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com How Bad Is COVID-19 In San Diego County? Patch.com New federal data shows San Diego County had the fourth most coronavirus cases and deaths in the past week compared to all other U.S. counties. Subscribe. But before ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Stopping Common Heart Meds Could Be Risky for Kidney Patients U.S. News & World Report By Ernie Mundell and Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporters. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with chronic kidney disease who stop using a class of common blood pressure medications may lower their risk for dialysis, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Tuberculosis kills as many people each year as COVID-19. It's time we found a better vaccine Medical Xpress In July 1921, a French infant became the first person to receive an experimental vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), after the mother had died from the disease. The vaccine, known as Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), is the same one still used today. This first ... Flag as irrelevant
	WIRED The language of a virus Science Magazine Hie et al. proposed that viruses can also be thought to have a grammar and semantics. Intuitively, the grammar describes which sequences make specific viruses (or their parts). Biologically, a viral protein sequence should have all the properties needed to ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report I've Already Had COVID-19, Do I Need the Vaccine? U.S. News & World Report "We're encouraging people if they meet the other criteria to get immunized because we don't know how long either natural immunity or vaccine immunity lasts," said Dr. Chris Beyrer, a professor of public health and human rights at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times The Maddening Red Tape Facing Older People Who Want the Vaccine The New York Times A million city residents who are over 65 are now eligible to be vaccinated. But try making an appointment. Flag as irrelevant
	Minneapolis Star Tribune Minnesota widens COVID-19 vaccine eligibility Minneapolis Star Tribune Health care providers and other vaccinators can start giving COVID-19 vaccines to people who are not in the designated high priority groups, including those 65 and older, but the shots will still not be widely available for now. State health officials said ... Flag as irrelevant

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