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	health Daily update ⋅ January 18, 2021
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	Forbes Here's Why Some People Say They Hear Dead People Forbes Many who sense spirits or hear voices turn to spiritualist beliefs –the idea that human souls continue to exist after death and communicate with the living through a medium or psychic – to explain the meaning or significance of their unique experiences. Flag as irrelevant
	The Atlantic The Coronavirus Is Evolving the Same Mutations Around the World The Atlantic (A mutation is a genetic change; a variant is a virus with a specific set of mutations.) The fact that these mutations have popped up not one, not two, but now three times—that we know of—in variants with unusual behavior suggests that they confer an ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Incoming CDC director: Expect 500000 Covid-19 deaths by mid-February CNN And in just the next month, another 100,000 lives could be lost to the disease, the incoming director of the US Centers For Disease Control and Prevention said. "By the middle of February, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline New mRNA Technique Used on COVID-19 Vaccine May Lead to Flu, HIV Vaccinations Healthline The mRNA technique works by recreating a signature feature of a virus and teaching the immune system to attack it. A novel technology used for the two COVID-19 vaccines that are being distributed in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com 1890 New COVID-19 Cases, 38 Deaths Reported In San Diego County Patch.com The county's cumulative case total rose to 211,787, and the number of deaths to 2,103. Subscribe. The county has reported a 56% increase in the number ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com COVID Vaccine Sites Announced In Union County: Here's Where Patch.com Health Commissioner Judith Perischilli said the state plans to increase the number of vaccination sites beyond 300. State officials have said the goal is to vaccinate 70 percent of the adult population by the spring. Gov. Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com ​1448 New COVID-19 Cases, 47 Deaths​ Reported In Orange County Patch.com The 25,761 tests reported Sunday raises the cumulative total to 2,430,704. There have been 136,506 documented recoveries. Orange County's adjusted daily case rate per 100,000 — released on Tuesdays — increased to 78.8 from 67.8 ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid-19: England delivering 140 jabs a minute, says NHS chief executive BBC News Sir Simon Stevens told the BBC that 140 people a minute were now being given the jab, usually the first dose of two. But he said the NHS had never been in a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline COVID-19 Vaccinations Are Well Behind Schedule: How We Can Turn That Around Healthline They say the United States needs to solve distribution and access issues as well as persuade reluctant people to get the vaccine. Experts say President-elect Joe Biden's goal of delivering 100 million doses in his first ... Flag as irrelevant
	Orlando Sentinel Florida sees record week of coronavirus deaths: 1600 reported in past week Orlando Sentinel The Florida Department of Health reported 133 more resident deaths linked to COVID-19 on Sunday along with 11,093 new positive cases. To date, 1,571,279 people have been infected statewide and 24,137 Florida residents have died. With 378 non-Florida ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Air quality regulator temporarily suspends cremation limits for LA County amid 'backlog' from pandemic CNN (CNN) As Los Angeles County battles against the unrelenting coronavirus, an air pollution control agency says it has temporarily suspended limits on cremations in order to assist crematoriums in the county with a "backlog" caused by the pandemic. The South ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News California probing separate coronavirus variant linked to large county outbreaks: officials Fox News Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. California health officials on Sunday warned of a separate coronavirus variant, known as L452R, on the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Personalized brain stimulation alleviates severe depression symptoms Medical Xpress Targeted neuromodulation tailored to individual patients' distinctive symptoms is an increasingly common way of correcting misfiring brain circuits in people with epilepsy or Parkinson's disease. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco's Dolby Family Center for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Detroit Free Press Michigan readies for impact of new COVID strain that could dominate the US by March Detroit Free Press They are like the sentinels of the coronavirus pandemic, standing watch with eyes fixed on the horizon, searching for invaders. These infectious disease guardians — scientists at the Michigan Bureau of Laboratories who do whole genome sequencing of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress What you need to know about COVID-19 variants Medical Xpress New strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are emerging around the world, and evidence suggests that these new viruses—including a strain identified in the United Kingdom that seems to spread more quickly than others—have been circulating within the United ... Flag as irrelevant
	nj.com How can I get a COVID vaccine appointment in NJ? nj.com "The state list of vaccination locations is a list of facilities that have received vaccine," Leusner said. "Vaccine supply is limited so individuals may not be able to get appointment right away.". Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Likelihood of severe and 'long' COVID may be established very early on following infection Medical Xpress In a minority of patients, however, there is evidence that the immune system over-reacts, leading to a flood of immune cells (a 'cytokine storm') and to chronic inflammation and damage to multiple organs, often resulting in death. Flag as irrelevant
	WBAL Baltimore Remembering those we've lost to COVID-19 WBAL Baltimore Donald Gannon fought the virus for two weeks. "We had to go to the window to tell my mom, 'Dad's not making it,'" Marshall said. Mu Cha Gannon, who ... Flag as irrelevant
	KGO-TV L452R Covid Variant Increasing In Bay Area, Connected To Sj Kaiser Outbreak SFGate The L452R variant of COVID-19 -- being identified by viral genomic sequencing in San Francisco, Monterey and Santa Clara counties -- has been linked to the outbreak at Kaiser Permanente's San Jose Medical Center that led to several dozen infections and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Changing diets—not less physical activity—may best explain childhood obesity crisis Medical Xpress Variation in consumption of market-acquired foods outside of the traditional diet—but not in total calories burned daily—is reliably related to indigenous Amazonian children's body fat, according to a Baylor University study that offers insight into the global ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fortune The COVID-19 vaccination drive may be slow—but it's already faster than any in history Fortune Less than two months after the first vaccine—Pfizer's messenger RNA–based inoculation—received the first regulatory approval, more than 9 million doses of various COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. and 2.45 million in the U.K. ... Flag as irrelevant
	San Francisco Chronicle New virus variant poses threat even as Bay Area hospitalizations level off San Francisco Chronicle Yet another potentially more infectious variant of the coronavirus has been identified in a growing number of cases in the Bay Area and across California, arriving as the state struggles to recover from a bumpy vaccination rollout and to contain a months-long ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News UK aims to give 1st COVID-19 shot to all adults by September ABC News The U.K. government says it plans to offer a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to every adult by September as the nation's health service battles the worst crisis in its 72-year-history. By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press. January 17, 2021, 6:50 AM. • 4 min read. Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Hepatitis D: How the virus made the jump from animals to humans Phys.Org Satellites are a peculiar group of tiny pathogens that hijack unrelated viruses (called their "helpers") to spread. Satellites are notorious because they can make the disease caused by their helper viruses more severe. Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com COVID Vaccine Sites Announced In Camden County: Here's Where Patch.com Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said the state plans to increase the number of vaccination sites beyond 300. State officials have said the goal is to vaccinate 70 percent of the adult population by the spring. Gov. Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Southern California Hospitalizations Continue Dip, as Orange County Reports 47 New COVID-19 Deaths NBC Southern California The death reports are staggered and sometimes take weeks to be logged, but December was the deadliest month for the county since the pandemic began, with 538 fatalities recorded so far from that month. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News UK coronavirus variant identified in Massachusetts for first time Fox News The mutated strain was detected in a female Boston resident in her 20s who had traveled to the U.K., according to a statement from the public health department. Though the woman tested negative before leaving the U.K. ... Flag as irrelevant
	PEOPLE.com Los Angeles Becomes First County to Report 1 Million COVID-19 Cases, US Approaches 400000 Deaths PEOPLE.com "Our community is bearing the brunt of the winter surge, experiencing huge numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths, five-times what we experienced over the summer," Dr. Barbara Ferrer, L.A. county's public health director, in a statement to NBC News. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report California Closes in on 3 Million Coronavirus Cases U.S. News & World Report FILE - This Jan. 12, 2021, file photo provided by the LA County Dept. of Medical Examiner-Coroner shows National Guard members assisting with processing COVID-19 deaths and placing them into temporary storage at LA County Medical Examiner-Coroner ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Many parents say teens with anxiety, depression may benefit from peer confidants at school Medical Xpress An estimated one in five teenagers has symptoms of a mental health disorder such as depression or anxiety, and suicide is the second leading cause of death among teens. But the first person a teen confides in may not always be an adult—they may prefer to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Britons lament 'UK variant' label, as coronavirus strain spreads around the world Washington Post LONDON — Britain is in the difficult position of not only facing one of the world's highest per capita coronavirus death tolls but also being implicated — by labeling, at least — as the source of a highly contagious version of the virus now spreading around the ... Flag as irrelevant
	KTLA Another coronavirus variant being found more frequently in California, including in LA, Orange, Riverside KTLA "The fact that this variant was identified in several large outbreaks in our county is a red flag and must be investigated further," Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody said in a statement. "This virus continues to mutate and adapt, and we cannot let ... Flag as irrelevant
	Modesto Bee Coronavirus Update, Jan. 17, 2021: Infections, deaths continue stark post-holiday climb Modesto Bee The county on Saturday said it would be opening a second vaccination center at Stanislaus State on Tuesday, and that its current Scenic Drive site that opened last week would be moved to the more patient-friendly Modesto Centre Plaza on L Street in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Students returning home may have caused 9400 secondary COVID-19 infections across UK Medical Xpress A student infected with COVID-19 returning home from university for Christmas would, on average, have infected just less than one other household member with the virus, according to a new model devised by mathematicians at Cardiff University and ... Flag as irrelevant
	WBKB-TV Some Michiganders finesse COVID-19 vaccine priority list, jump ahead of vulnerable Tyler Morning Telegraph Monto, an octogenarian who lives in Ann Arbor and serves as acting chair of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, said he hasn't yet been vaccinated. Flag as irrelevant
	KABC-TV COVID-19 vaccine supply 'extremely limited' in Riverside County KABC-TV RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) -- Riverside County officials say despite having plans in place to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine, there are currently not enough doses to meet demand. The county has so far received 114,000 doses of the vaccine, while it is ... Flag as irrelevant
	KOIN.com Oregon COVID-19 death toll reaches 1800 KOIN.com OHA says it is currently meeting Gov. Kate Brown's goal of administering 12,000 vaccinations a day. by: KOIN 6 News. Posted: Jan 17, 2021 / 02:38 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Cherry Hill Courier Post It's OK to quit that resolution to diet: Science is on your side Cherry Hill Courier Post Are Americans gaining weight from stress eating in quarantine? Only their bathroom scales know for. If you're having trouble sticking to a weight-loss resolution, you aren't alone. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Exclusive: Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine is rising, but so is pessimism about getting back to normal USA TODAY Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine continues to soar, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but pessimism is also on the rise about when things in the United States will get back to normal. Both results may be signs that the messages from ... Flag as irrelevant
	WCVB Boston First case of COVID-19 variant confirmed in Massachusetts, DPH says WCVB Boston The state's Department of Public Health announced Sunday that the first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 has been detected in the Bay State. Advertisement. Flag as irrelevant
	Detroit Free Press Some Michiganders finesse COVID-19 vaccine priority list, jump ahead of vulnerable Detroit Free Press Some Michiganders are jumping to the front of the line for coronavirus vaccines — putting themselves ahead of the state's most vulnerable. "People are scamming the system," said Dr. Arnold Monto, a professor of epidemiology and global public health at the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Wall Street Journal Covid-19 Vaccine: What You Need to Know When You Get the Shot The Wall Street Journal Those getting ready to roll up their sleeves for a Covid-19 vaccine shot will take part in the most ambitious vaccination effort in U.S. history. As efforts ramp up, here's advice from doctors involved with the vaccine rollout on how to prepare and what to expect. Flag as irrelevant
	Evansville Courier & Press Local VA vaccinating its veterans and health care workers against COVID-19 Evansville Courier & Press EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The way Jerrome Ford sees it, accepting an offer to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Evansville VA Clinic is just another way he can serve. Ford, an 81-year-old Marine Corp. veteran from Uniontown, Kentucky, thought of his loved ... Flag as irrelevant
	EurekAlert Changing diets -- not less physical activity -- may best explain childhood obesity crisis EurekAlert Variation in consumption of market-acquired foods outside of the traditional diet -- but not in total calories burned daily -- is reliably related to indigenous Amazonian children's body fat, according to a Baylor University study that offers insight into the global ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe COVID-19 variant detected in Massachusetts woman who traveled to UK, according to state The Boston Globe State health officials on Sunday announced the first case of a more transmissible COVID-19 variant involving a Boston woman who developed symptoms after returning from the United Kingdom earlier this month. The woman, who is in her 20s, had traveled to ... Flag as irrelevant
	International Business Times Cervical Health Awareness Month 2021: How To Get Involved International Business Times Over 13,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) said. The disease is preventable, thanks to proper screening and vaccination. Amid the COVID ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Connecticut 1st Case of UK Coronavirus Variant Confirmed in Mass., Health Officials Say NBC Connecticut The individual had traveled to the United Kingdom and became sick upon returning to Boston in early January. By Alec Greaney • Published 2 hours ago. Pause. 1:41. Weighing the Impact of the New Coronavirus Strain. Replay. Up Next. Vigil Marks 1-Year ... Flag as irrelevant
	AOL Jameela Jamil warns followers about the dangers of the keto diet. Do experts agree? AOL "It can create all kinds of disturbances for people's bodies, (including their VITAL ORGANS), and they do not have the same access to healthcare that you do." Jamil went on to slam the "before and after" photos often shared when promoting diets like keto, calling ... Flag as irrelevant
	KKTV 11 News Colorado health providers told not to require ID as condition for receiving vaccine KKTV 11 News DENVER (KKTV) - The Colorado health department says it is imperative all Coloradans have access to the COVID-19 vaccine to reach community immunity -- and are calling on providers not to turn anyone away. That includes anyone who cannot show a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Telegraph.co.uk Brazilian variant: what is the new Covid strain and should I be worried? Telegraph.co.uk Hot on the heels of the UK variant and the South African variant, coronavirus has mutated again – this time morphing into an even more worrying version of the virus known as the Brazilian variant. Ministers are so concerned they have banned travel from ... Flag as irrelevant

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