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	health Daily update ⋅ January 22, 2021
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	USA TODAY New strains of COVID are swiftly moving through the US. Are they more deadly? No. But scientists are worried. USA TODAY But every time a virus like the one that causes COVID-19 copies itself, as it does millions of times inside each infected person, mistakes can happen. Instead of perfectly copying its 29,811 bases, the four-letter alphabet used to describe its genetic code, a wrong ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Just Move: Scientist Author Debunks Myths About Exercise And Sleep NPR For much of history, human beings needed to be physically active every day in order to hunt or gather food — or to avoid becoming food themselves. It was an active lifestyle, but one thing it didn't include was any kind of formal exercise. Daniel Lieberman is a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Israel recommends coronavirus vaccine for pregnant women, marking a shift as some countries reassess risk Washington Post When some countries began rolling out coronavirus vaccines late last year, each put forward its own criteria for which populations to prioritize — a list that, for the most part, excluded or cautioned against the inclusion of women who were breastfeeding, ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid: How a £20 gadget could save lives BBC News But a potentially life-saving solution, in the form of a pulse oximeter, allows patients to monitor their oxygen levels at home, and costs about £20. They are being ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Fact check: The vaccine for COVID-19 has been nearly 20 years in the making USA TODAY The claim: The COVID-19 vaccine was developed in less than a year, but there are no vaccines against viruses and diseases that have existed for far longer · It began with chickens · SARS was the first attempt at a human coronavirus vaccine. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR After A Year Battling COVID-19, Drug Treatments Get A Mixed Report Card NPR "When these panels first started, essentially all the drugs were in that category that we don't have enough information," says Raj Gandhi, an infectious diseases doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Medical School, who is on both of those ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times FDA Approves Monthly Shots to Treat HIV The New York Times A combination of two injectable drugs will provide an alternative to daily pills for people with H.I.V.. Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution 5 reasons to wear a mask even after you're vaccinated Atlanta Journal Constitution Large clinical trials found that two doses of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines prevented 95% of illnesses caused by the coronavirus. While those results are impressive, 1 in 20 people are left unprotected, said Dr. Tom Frieden, a former director of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Fact check: There is no evidence that mRNA vaccines would cause recipients to suffer from a 'cytokine storm' Reuters A post containing a lengthy quote allegedly written by an immunologist contains several false and unsupported claims over the use of mRNA vaccines. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS. The 200-word quote, shared over 1,000 times in one post (here) refers to ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Some COVID-19 variants spread more easily than original: Here's why ABC News A visual explainer on how vaccines work, including how they work with the body's immune system and their use in preventing coronavirus. In recent ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Ex-CDC Chief on Challenge of Serving Trump During Pandemic The New York Times Dr. Robert R. Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will leave his post at noon on Wednesday, as Joseph R. Biden Jr. is sworn in as the new president. An infectious-disease specialist with a focus on treatments for ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN European countries mandate medical-grade masks over homemade cloth face coverings CNN German Chancellor Angela Merkel puts on her face mask after giving a press briefing on the Covid-19 situation on Thursday. (CNN) Confronting new ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Study: England's Third Lockdown Isn't Working Yet WebMD Jan. 22, 2021 -- The third COVID-19 lockdown in England doesn't yet seem to be working against the contagious spread of the coronavirus, according to a new study. The prevalence of COVID-19 is "very high," and there was "no evidence of decline" during ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: Keeping Your Brain Sharp Isn't About Working More Puzzles U.S. News & World Report THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Mental decline is one of the most feared aspects of growing older. People will do just about anything to prevent it, from swallowing supplements touted as memory boosters to spending hours ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET The coronavirus pandemic explained, one year on CNET Today we call the mystery pathogen SARS-CoV-2. It's responsible for COVID-19, a respiratory illness that has infected over 100 million people. In just one year, we've gone from two deaths to 2 million, across the world. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Modelling study estimates impact of 'test to release' strategy for contacts of COVID-19 cases Medical Xpress Quarantine time after contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case could potentially be reduced to 7 days without raising the risk of onward transmission of the virus by testing people on the seventh day of quarantine with either a PCR or lateral flow antigen (LFA) ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Meat processors ready for COVID-19 vaccine, but workers may not be CBS News The third-largest poultry processor in the U.S., Sanderson Farms already has nursing stations in place at its 13 processing plants in five states, and is preparing to start vaccinating its more than 18,000 employees against the virus as soon as the vaccine ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Cancer vaccine helped keep melanoma under control for years in small study Livescience.com In the study, scientists found that the T cells continue to "remember" these proteins for at least four years after the vaccination — and they even learn to recognize more melanoma-related proteins over time. Flag as irrelevant
	ModernHealthcare.com Mobile labs take vaccine studies to diverse neighborhoods ModernHealthcare.com To help, researchers in more than a dozen spots around the country are rolling out mobile health clinics to better reach minority participants and people in rural areas who might not otherwise volunteer. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Lucky few hit COVID-19 vaccine jackpot for rare extra doses ABC News With millions of Americans waiting for their chance to get the coronavirus vaccine, a fortunate few are getting bumped to the front of the line as clinics scramble to get rid of extra, perishable doses at the end of the day. By BERNARD CONDON, CANDICE CHOI ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Oncotype DX Misses on Breast Cancer Risk in Black Women MedPage Today Black women with axillary node-negative breast cancer had a higher risk of death compared to white women, despite similar 21-gene recurrence scores, a cohort study found. Among more than 85,000 women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast ... Flag as irrelevant
	SFGate Vaccine update: What we know in the 9 Bay Area counties now SFGate We took another close look at the vaccine rollout in the San Francisco Bay Area this week and found that while scarcity of supply remains a problem, counties and health care providers are beginning to make progress with infrastructure for implementation, ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Even When Cancer Is in Remission, Patients' Risks of Severe COVID Rise U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Your cancer has gone into remission, so you breathe a sigh of relief as you try to navigate the coronavirus pandemic safely. Not so fast, says new research that ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Kids Highly Likely to Transmit COVID to Others WebMD THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- While children are less susceptible to illness with the new coronavirus, they are nearly 60% more likely than adults over 60 to infect other family members when they are sick, a new study shows. The findings ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape UK COVID-19 Update: Infections Still Rising? 1 in 4 Doctors Sought Mental Health Help Medscape Professor Paul Elliott from Imperial said: "Our data are showing worrying suggestions of a recent uptick in infections which we will continue to monitor closely." However, the latest Public Health England (PHE) ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News COVID-19 cases, new syndrome on the rise among California children, especially Latino children The Mercury News At least seven California children have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began, more than 350,000 kids have tested positive for the virus and the number of youngsters diagnosed with a new, rare inflammatory syndrome continues to spread. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN 'Fat but fit' is a myth when it comes to heart health, new study shows CNN Previous studies had suggested that being physically fit could mitigate the negative effects of being overweight on heart health, but this is not the case, according to a new study in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Noninvasive Saliva Tests for COVID-19 as Effective as Nose, Throat Swabs Healthline You now have a more comfortable, easier-to-perform option for COVID-19 testing besides the "stick in the nose" and throat swab methods. Saliva-based testing has shown accuracy in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Endocrine Today cover stories from 2020: Diabetes tech, best diets, telehealth and more Healio Health care inequity, changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the future of diabetes care were just some of the topics discussed by experts in Endocrine Today's 2020 cover stories. Researchers discussed how insulin administration could change ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress 5 reasons to wear a mask even after you're vaccinated Medical Xpress 1. No vaccine is 100% effective. Large clinical trials found that two doses of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines prevented 95% of illnesses caused by the coronavirus. While those results are impressive ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report New China Swine Fever Strains Point to Unlicensed Vaccines U.S. News & World Report BEIJING (Reuters) - A new form of African swine fever identified in Chinese pig farms is most likely caused by illicit vaccines, industry insiders say, a fresh blow to the world's largest pork producer, still recovering from a devastating epidemic of the virus. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post The final US county to get covid-19? A remote Hawaiian outpost and former leper colony Washington Post Until recently, Kalawao County, which has less than 100 residents and was used as a leper colony for decades, was the only county in the nation that hadn't reported a single covid-19 case. Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Exercise Doesn't Boost Health If You Stay Obese WebMD The study findings "refute the notion that a physically active lifestyle can completely negate the deleterious effects of overweight and obesity," he said. Lucia and his colleagues analyzed data from nearly 528,000 working ... Flag as irrelevant
	Baltimore Sun Orange County to add mass COVID-19 vaccination center at Soka University Los Angeles Times Soka University in Aliso Viejo is scheduled to begin serving as a COVID-19 vaccine super POD (point of dispensing) location on Saturday at 8 a.m.. The new site will become the county's second mass vaccination ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Arthritis Drug Tocilizumab Flops as COVID-19 Treatment U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The arthritis drug tocilizumab doesn't help hospital patients with severe COVID-19, according to a new study that contradicts earlier research suggesting that ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Vaccine produces long-lasting anti-tumor response in patients with melanoma Medical Xpress Four years after patients with melanoma were treated with a personalized cancer vaccine, the immune response kindled by the vaccine remains robust and effective in keeping cancer cells under control, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio 'Little justification' for antidepressants in back pain, may be effective in OA Healio "However, all systematic reviews summarizing the findings from randomized trials were either outdated or had methodological problems that did not allow a comprehensive assessment of the effects of these medicines." "Our ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Dementia, Alzheimer's not an inevitable part of aging: Study ABC News This six-year study of centenarians -- people who are over 100 years old -- found that despite high levels of a brain marker associated with cognitive decline, called amyloid beta, these centenarians were still sharp and performed well on cognitive tests. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Coronavirus variants pose reinfection risk, scientists say Fox News One researcher has even pinned a recent case surge in Manaus, Brazil, a northwestern city in the Amazon, to re-infections fueled by a variant strain called P.1, per NPR. While ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Smoking may increase risk for developing symptomatic COVID-19 Healio "It may therefore be an important factor worsening the impact of SARS-CoV-2." Researchers conducted a large prospective population cohort study that included data on 2,401,982 participants ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid-19: Care home outbreaks 'account for 15% of cases' in BCP BBC News Half of all care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have outbreaks of coronavirus, health bosses say. About 15% of all cases in the council area (BCP) are now from care settings, according to the county's director of public health. Sam Crowe said ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC News 'Will the Vaccine Alter My Genes?' -- and Other Patient FAQs Medscape The most common reason for reluctance is concern about side effects. Other common reasons are concern that it is too new and the role of politics in vaccine development. Emergency authorization was associated with lower acceptance, but vaccine efficacy ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Conversation US A healthy microbiome builds a strong immune system that could help defeat COVID-19 The Conversation US Takeaways. Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that are vital for keeping you healthy. Some of these microbes help to regulate the immune system. New research, which has not yet been peer reviewed, shows the presence of certain bacteria in the gut may ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Why older adults must go to the front of the vaccine line Medical Xpress But common sense also suggests you want to first protect front-line essential workers (like grocery store clerks and teachers) who are at higher risk of exposure," said senior author Daniel Larremore, a computational biologist in the Department of Computer ... Flag as irrelevant
	OCRegister Despite reactions, California says Moderna's COVID vaccine is safe to use OCRegister By DON THOMPSON | Associated Press. SACRAMENTO — California said it's safe to immediately begin using a batch of coronavirus vaccine doses after health officials urged a halt to injections and held a review because several people had reactions. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Coronavirus: why combining the Oxford vaccine with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine could make it more effective Medical Xpress When the efficacy of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was announced in late 2020, there was some confusion. The overall efficacy of the vaccine at stopping people developing symptomatic COVID-19, two weeks after the second dose, was 70%. But this ... Flag as irrelevant
	OCRegister Orange County readies second mass vaccination site at Soka University, tweaks appointment system OCRegister It joins the first center the county opened last week at Disneyland that has been handling about 3,000 appointments a day. "Bring your umbrellas, plan for rain, if you're in a walker, ... Flag as irrelevant
	STLtoday.com New China swine fever strains point to unlicensed vaccines STLtoday.com BEIJING — A new form of African swine fever identified in Chinese pig farms is most likely caused by illicit vaccines, industry insiders say, a fresh blow to the world's largest pork producer, still recovering from a devastating epidemic of the virus. Two new ... Flag as irrelevant
	Shape Magazine The Potential Mental Health Effects of COVID-19 You Need to Know About Shape Magazine While experts are still trying to figure out why and how this happens, the reality is that coronavirus survivors appear to be at an increased risk of developing mental health issues even long after recovery. By ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Severe Allergic Reaction Extremely Rare With Pfizer COVID Vaccine: Study U.S. News & World Report THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Despite scattered media reports of severe allergic reactions to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, a detailed analysis shows that such incidents are very rare, striking just 11 people for every million doses given. Flag as irrelevant

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