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	health Daily update ⋅ January 4, 2021
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	CNN California reports more than 45000 new coronavirus cases as surge continues into new year CNN (CNN) California reported Sunday that 45,352 people newly tested positive for Covid-19, continuing a surge that has pushed hospitals and their exhausted staff to the brink. Around the United States, hospitals are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Mental health is one of the biggest pandemic issues we'll face in 2021 CNN (CNN) With progress in efforts for Covid-19 vaccines and predictions for when the population will receive them, there seems to be a light at the end of the long, harrowing pandemic tunnel. As the physical risks are better managed with vaccines, however, what ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Wall Street Journal 'Exercised' Review: Born to Run? The Wall Street Journal Daniel E. Lieberman is one of the world's most outspoken experts on the effects of physical activity on the human body. So when I read the first pages of his new book, "Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding," I was ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Washington Post LONDON — England's National Health Service says a retired maintenance manager has received the first injection of the new coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and drug giant AstraZeneca. Dialysis patient Brian Pinker became the very first ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Dr. Sanjay Gupta's prescription for fighting off dementia CBS News When he's not on CNN giving updates on the coronavirus, Sanjay Gupta is at his day job, as a neurosurgeon. "I've had a longstanding love affair with the brain," he said. "You're a brain surgeon -- what's it like to hold it in your hands?" asked CBS News chief ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Coronavirus vaccine has arrived, but frustrated Americans are struggling to sign up Washington Post After months of anticipation, millions of doses of the two authorized coronavirus vaccines — made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna — are flowing into hospitals and health departments across the nation, putting the end of the pandemic in sight. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid: Brian Pinker, 82, first to get Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine BBC News Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, 82, has become the first person to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The retired maintenance manager got the jab at 7:30 GMT from nurse Sam Foster at Oxford's Churchill Hospital. More than half a million doses ... Flag as irrelevant
	ModernHealthcare.com UK first in world to start using Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine ModernHealthcare.com LONDON (AP) — The U.K. on Monday became the first nation in the world to start using the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca, ramping up a nationwide inoculation program as rising infection rates are putting an ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN UK becomes world's first to roll out Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine as cases surge CNN London (CNN) The United Kingdom became the first nation to inoculate people with the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine outside of trials on Monday, with the country's health secretary hailing the day as a "real pivotal moment." Doses of the vaccine, ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News 5 TikTok doctors share 5 tips to take control of your health in 2021 ABC News One major lesson learned from the coronavirus pandemic is that prioritizing health is as important as ever. To kick off 2021, "Good Morning America" asked five influencer doctors for their tips on how to take charge of our health in the new year. Editor's Picks. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Type 1 diabetes is less common, and misconceptions abound. Here are five. Washington Post In fall 2019, when my daughter Casseia Toddstarted feeling not quite right, she chalked it up to stress. She had just packed up her life, moved from Brooklyn to San Francisco and started a new job. When odd symptoms began cropping up, each one was ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters UK scientists worried vaccines may not work on S.African coronavirus variant - ITV Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists are not fully confident that COVID-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa, ITV's political editor said on Monday, citing an unidentified scientific adviser to the British government. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Nigerian scientist studies country's coronavirus variant Washington Post LAGOS, Nigeria — A Nigerian scientist has spent the holiday season in his laboratory doing genetic sequencing to learn more about the country's COVID-19 variant, as cases increase in the country. Virologist Sunday Omilabu says the information he gathers ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR What Drove The Drop In Kids' Asthma ER Visits At A Boston Hospital During Lockdown? NPR Just one week after Massachusetts closed schools and daycares in March, Boston Children's Hospital saw a drastic change in asthma-related visits to the emergency room: They were down 80% from the prior two months. For two more months, during the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Sturgeon orders Scots to stay at home as new variant advances Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland on Monday imposed the most stringent COVID-19 lockdown since last March and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would shortly impose tougher curbs in England to contain a rapidly spreading outbreak of a new ... Flag as irrelevant
	Raleigh News & Observer UK first in world to start using Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Raleigh News & Observer The U.K. on Monday became the first nation in the world to start using the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca, ramping up a nationwide inoculation program as rising infection rates are putting an unprecedented ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News EU rejects criticism for slow vaccine rollout across bloc ABC News The European Commission has defended its coronavirus vaccination strategy amid growing criticism from member nations about the slow rollout of COVID-19 shots across the region with 450 million inhabitants. By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press. Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Thinning, Leaky Brain Blood Vessels Seen in COVID-19 MedPage Today Microvascular brain injury was seen in COVID-19 patients who died, but no evidence of a direct viral attack on the brain was detected, a pathology report showed. Damage caused by thinning and leaky brain blood vessels consistently appeared on ... Flag as irrelevant
	Orlando Sentinel COVID-19 in Florida: Record 93457 new cases reported in past week Orlando Sentinel To date, 1,365,436 people have been infected statewide and 21,987 Florida residents have died. With 323 non-resident fatalities, including three new deaths posted Sunday, the state's combined total is 22,310. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN CDC hopes to double the number of coronavirus samples checked for new mutations CNN (CNN) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to more than double the number of coronavirus genomes sequenced to watch for new mutations in the US over the next two weeks, a top official said Sunday. The CDC is now sequencing ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Inflatable Christmas tree costume linked to 44 COVID-19 infections and one death at California hospital USA TODAY An air-powered, inflatable Christmas tree costume worn by a staffer at a California hospital could be linked to an outbreak that infected more than 40 people, killing one, hospital officials say. Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center said in statements to ... Flag as irrelevant
	pressherald.com The Latest: Texas hospitalizations hit yet another record pressherald.com DALLAS — Texas has hit a new record high for COVID-19 hospitalizations as a surge in the disease caused by the coronavirus continued to strain state medical resources following holiday travel and gatherings. State health officials reported 12,563 ... Flag as irrelevant
	WABC-TV COVID Live Updates: Moderna may double supply with half doses of vaccine WABC-TV NEW YORK (WABC) -- Coronavirus vaccinations are expected to ramp up this week in the United States after a slower than expected start. "There have been a couple of glitches, that's understandable," Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Some of the first public vaccine ... Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Nanoparticle Platform Delivers siRNA Across the BBB in TBI Mouse Model Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Nucleic acid–based therapeutics, like small interfering RNA (siRNA), could be instrumental in treating diseases that are considered to be "untreatable" by small molecule drugs. The identification of genes important in some neurodegenerative disease shows ... Flag as irrelevant
	KGO-TV COVID-19 live updates: California reports more than 45000 new cases of COVID-19 KGO-TV SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact across the world and also in cities across Northern California. The latest number of confirmed cases in the U.S. can be found at the CDC's 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the U.S. page. Flag as irrelevant
	WLS-TV 'We need more vaccine': Coronavirus vaccine progress falls short as health officials wait for more shipments WLS-TV According to the CDC, Illinois has received around 400,000 doses. "Chicago has already distributed >95% of the COVID-19 vaccine doses it has received. However, at the current rate of dose allocation from the federal government, it would take 71 weeks- ... Flag as irrelevant
	San Francisco Chronicle 44 staffers infected at Kaiser emergency room in San Jose, and inflatable Christmas costume could be to blame San Francisco Chronicle A coronavirus outbreak at the Kaiser Permanente San Jose Emergency Department, possibly caused by an inflatable Christmas costume, has affected 44 staff members so far, all of whom tested positive since Dec. 27, officials said. "A staff member did appear ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News 43 ER staffers in San Jose get coronavirus after employee wore inflatable costume on Christmas CBS News A coronavirus outbreak at the Kaiser Permanente San Jose Emergency Department, has affected 43 staff members over the past week, hospital officials said. Investigators are trying to determine if the sudden spread was caused by an employee who wore an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Britain rolls out AstraZeneca shots as virus vaccinations gather pace Medical Xpress 88 year old Trevor Cowlett receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, southwest England. Britain on Monday began rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters NHS denies report it hasn't committed to delivering two million COVID-19 jabs a week Reuters (Reuters) - Britain's National Health Service late on Sunday denied a media report that claimed it has not committed to delivering two million COVID-19 jabs a week. The Daily Telegraph newspaper had said the NHS declined to make the commitment due to ... Flag as irrelevant
	St George News Endangered ferrets get experimental COVID-19 vaccine St George News FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — In late summer, as researchers accelerated the first clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines for humans, a group of scientists in Colorado worked to inoculate a far more fragile species. About 120 black-footed ferrets, among the most ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Dual vaping/cigarette use may be no safer than tobacco cigarette use alone Healio E-cigarette use combined with use of traditional cigarettes may confer similar inflammatory and oxidative stress to exclusive use of traditional cigarettes, according to research published in Circulation. "Some people who smoke cigarettes pick up e-cigarette ... Flag as irrelevant
	Grand Forks Herald North Dakota got a mask mandate, South Dakota didn't. COVID-19 cases have plummeted in both. Grand Forks Herald At the worst moment of the pandemic, North Dakota and South Dakota took divergent policy paths. Since then, South Dakota's COVID-19 curve as emerged as a kind of Rorschach test for the effectiveness of mask mandates: Opponents of mandates have ... Flag as irrelevant
	KOCO Oklahoma City Oklahoma surpasses 300K COVID-19 cases after OSDH reports 2 days' worth of cases; 20 more deaths reported KOCO Oklahoma City The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 8,017 new COVID-19 cases across the state, which includes cases from both Saturday and Sunday, bringing the total cumulative number of the state's positive cases to 304,072. Health officials reported ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post 22 percent of US teens say they recently vaped, a slowing of previous trends Washington Post Among high school teens in the United States, about 22 percent said they had used e-cigarettes, known as vaping, in the preceding 30 days, according to research that tracked a nationally representative sample of 8,660 10th- and 12th-graders. Only 7 percent ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET 5 reasons to prioritize better sleep in 2021 CNET Sleep does more than help you feel rested -- it has huge benefits for your health. Getty Images. You know that you should prioritize sleep, but sometimes that's way easier said than done, especially during difficult times. With a global pandemic, the holidays ... Flag as irrelevant
	Tampa Bay Times Florida adds 10000+ coronavirus cases, 100 deaths Sunday Tampa Bay Times The state's department of health announced 10,603 cases Sunday, making the number of infections detected since March 1,365,436. The state announced 100 deaths from the virus. As cases and hospitalizations rise, deaths are expected to ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times New Details Emerge On New COVID Strain In Florida: 'We May Have Cases Out There That We Don't Know About' Patch.com Press release from the Florida Phoenix: By Diane Rado January 2, 2021. Florida state health officials and lawmakers on Saturday provided new details about how the new COVID-19 strain was discovered on New Year's Eve in Martin County, on Florida's east ... Flag as irrelevant
	Nashville Business Journal An architect, a caregiver and an operator talk about Covid's effect on senior health care Nashville Business Journal Covid-19 has changed our views of many things during its march through 2020. Senior health care facilities are just one of the landscapes that look different this year and will likely look different long-term as a result of the pandemic. We wanted to hear from a ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News US vaccine chief Moncef Slaoui says "we need to improve" pace of COVID-19 shots CBS News Washington — With the administration of coronavirus vaccines moving slowly, sparking frustration from state and local leaders, Moncef Slaoui, the chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, acknowledged Sunday that the pace of getting shots into the arms of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Medical Xpress Britain on Monday took another giant step in the fight against COVID-19, ramping up its immunization program by giving the first shots in the world from the vaccine created by Oxford University and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. Dialysis patient Brian ... Flag as irrelevant
	Kansas City Star Houston Health Vaccinates More Than 1000 People During The City's First Coronavirus Vaccination Clinic Patch.com Mayor's Office Press Release. Mayor Turner holds a news conference on Saturday, January 2 to discuss the City's first COVID-19 vaccination site. Subscribe. Mayor Sylvester Turner applauded the Houston Health Department for quickly establishing the City's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Boston.com Ashish Jha joins calls to delay 2nd vaccine dose, give 1st shot to more people Boston.com Dr. Ashish Jha is arguing that the United States must seriously consider delaying second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and instead opt for giving more people the initial shot first as the nation's vaccine rollout falters, and with a more contagious strain of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Studies find Oregon's Medicaid expansion improved prenatal care access, birth outcomes Medical Xpress A pair of recent studies from Oregon State University found that Oregon's Medicaid expansion in 2014 has led to increased prenatal care among low-income women, as well as improved health outcomes for newborn babies. In the three years after the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters ITV says UK scientists worried vaccines may not work on S.African coronavirus variant Reuters LONDON (Reuters) -Scientists are not fully confident that COVID-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa, ITV's political editor said on Monday, citing an unidentified scientific adviser to the British government. Flag as irrelevant
	The Dallas Morning News Dallas County adds 3851 coronavirus cases, 10 deaths in 2-day total The Dallas Morning News Updated at 6 p.m.: revised to include details of victims in Tarrant County. Dallas County's COVID-19 report Sunday reflected a two-day total of 3,851 new coronavirus cases, pushing the county's total positive results over 200,000. The county also announced ... Flag as irrelevant
	desmoinesregister.com Iowa reports another 1121 confirmed coronavirus cases desmoinesregister.com The Iowa Department of Public Health on Sunday was reporting no additional COVID-19 deaths and an additional 1,121 confirmed cases. At 10 a.m. Sunday, the state was reporting 3,946 COVID-19-related deaths, the same as the state's tally at 10 a.m. ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Bay Area Mariachi Bands Struggle To Stay Together During Pandemic SFGate Many mariachi bands in the Bay Area are faced with putting down their guitars and hanging up their sombreros as the pandemic ranges on. With the shutdown of restaurants and the cancellation of many gatherings where mariachis would often play ... Flag as irrelevant
	WTOC SC announces 3952 new COVID-19 cases, 28 more deaths Sunday WTOC COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has announced 3,952 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 28 additional confirmed deaths Sunday, Jan. 3. This information is ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Albany Herald Vaccination process not always going smoothly in Georgia The Albany Herald ATLANTA -- Vials of COVID-19 vaccine have been arriving at medical facilities across Georgia over the past two weeks. But the inoculation process itself has not always gone smoothly here, with logistical challenges and even some ethical concerns, ... Flag as irrelevant

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