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	health Daily update ⋅ January 8, 2021
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	Washington Post Arizona deemed 'hot spot of the world' amid virus surge Washington Post PHOENIX — Five months after President Donald Trump hailed Arizona as a model for how it dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts warned Wednesday that the state has become "the hot spot of the world" and that health restrictions the ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Here's How The US Can Jump Start Its Sluggish COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout NPR This time last year, the world was heading into a pandemic that would upend everything and cost 1.9 million lives — and counting. The promise of the new year is that vaccines are finally here and offer a way out. But the vaccination campaign has gotten off to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus Washington Post The U.S. registered more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than ever before — nearly 3,900 — on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep political divisions that have hampered the battle against the pandemic. Support our ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post US sets covid-19 death record as researchers point to asymptomatic cases as a major source of infections Washington Post As the United States marked another grim milestone Thursday with more than 4,000 covid-19 deaths reported in a single day, federal disease trackers said research suggests that people without symptoms transmit more than half of all cases of the novel ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Dozens Of LI Students Named Regeneron Semi-Finalists Patch.com LONG ISLAND, NY — The top 300 semi-finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search were announced today, and dozens of Long Island students made the cut. The semi-finalists, known as scholars, were chosen from 1,760 applicants representing more ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME As Mutated Strains of COVID-19 Surface, Can the US Overcome Its Vaccine Rollout Hurdles? TIME Twenty million. That was the number of Americans who were supposed to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by now. Instead, more than 5 million people have received a shot, and 17 million doses have been shipped to the states and other jurisdictions that are ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME The COVID-19 Virus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for Vaccines? TIME As we enter the second year of living with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the virus is celebrating its invasion of the world's population with yet more mutated forms that help it to spread more easily from person to person. One, first detected in the U.K. in ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report For Nurses, California's Virus Outbreak Has a Personal Toll U.S. News & World Report By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For Caroline Brandenburger, the coronavirus outbreak that has overwhelmed California hospitals comes with a very personal toll. "Just today we had two deaths on this unit. And that's ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: Dr. Dre Recovering From a Brain Aneurysm. What Is That? U.S. News & World Report By American Heart Association News, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- The news that rapper and record executive Dr. Dre is recovering from a brain aneurysm has many people wondering: ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline While COVID-19 is Raging, Flu Cases Remain Unusually Low Healthline The United States continues to experience an unusually mild flu season with most states seeing only minimal flu activity. Last year by this time, the flu was widespread in the United States, with more than 9 million reported cases. Some states including ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post California bypasses tough nurse care rules amid COVID surge Washington Post Nurse Nerissa Black takes a selfie wearing protective gear at work on Dec. 13, 2020 at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, Calif. Black was already having a hard time tending to four COVID-19 patients who need constant heart monitoring. But because ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Post-infection coronavirus immunity usually robust after 8 months, study shows Washington Post The human body typically retains a robust immune response to the coronavirus for at least eight months after an infection, and potentially much longer, researchers said in a study published in the journal Science. About 90 percent of the patients studied ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Mediterranean Diet Could Help Stop Prostate Cancer's Spread U.S. News & World Report By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Food as medicine: New research suggests that a healthy Mediterranean diet might lower the risk of prostate cancer progressing to a more advanced state. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY If you canceled your dry January during chaos at the Capitol, here's why you should reconsider USA TODAY Why dry January is important. Dry January is a trend that's become increasingly popular in recent years as a way to check-in on your relationship with alcohol. Maybe you feel you're drinking too much or don't always love how you act when you drink (see ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD COVID-19 Immunity Could Last Longer Than 8 Months WebMD Jan. 8, 2021 -- Certain antibodies and memory cells likely last more than eight months after someone has contracted the coronavirus, especially if they have a strong immune response to COVID-19, according to a new study published Wednesday in Science. Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com In Los Angeles And Beyond, Oxygen Is The Latest Covid Bottleneck Patch.com Kaiser Health News. This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. As Los Angeles hospitals give record numbers of covid patients oxygen, the systems and equipment needed to deliver the life-sustaining gas are faltering. Subscribe. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant Washington Post New research suggests that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two contagious variants of the coronavirus that erupted in Britain and South Africa. Those variants are causing global concern. They both share a common mutation ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times More states are detecting the highly contagious virus variant. The New York Times The list of states to identify the dangerous new coronavirus variant is growing. Texas, Connecticut and Pennsylvania confirmed their first cases on Thursday, joining California, Colorado, Georgia, Florida and New York. Florida has at least 22 confirmed cases, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times California is loosening its vaccine eligibility rules. The New York Times California, confronting its worst surge of coronavirus infections yet, is loosening its vaccine protocol in an effort to avoid wasting Covid-19 vaccines. The state Health Department has expanded its definition of health care workers. It now includes community ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Allergic Reactions to COVID Vaccine Rising But Rare WebMD Jan. 06, 2021 -- Health care providers should be ready to treat rare cases of allergic reactions after giving COVID-19 vaccines, federal medical officials said. The officials also stressed the importance of continuing to vaccinate patients, despite reports of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Genes Help Explain Role of Race in Prostate Cancer Risk U.S. News & World Report THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If you're a Black man, your risk of getting prostate cancer is 75% higher than it is for a white man, and it's more than twice as deadly. Now, research is helping to bring genetic risks for people of various racial and ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN US sees five deadliest days since Covid-19 pandemic's start in last two weeks CNN The nation's total Covid-19 death toll has now climbed to more than 365,300, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. And another nearly 115,000 people could lose their life over the next four weeks, according to projections from the University of ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: Sleep Disorders Plague Stroke Survivors – and Put Them at Risk U.S. News & World Report By American Heart Association News, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- People who have strokes or mini-strokes often experience a wide range of sleep disorders in the months that follow, ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Fauci Says US Needs More Time To 'Catch Up' On Vaccine Rollout NPR Health experts warned that the coronavirus pandemic would get worse before it got better. And that is happening. December was the deadliest month of the pandemic in the United States. The vaccines have made people optimistic, but the process has been ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Major Challenges Ahead for NHS Test and Trace Medscape The head of England's Test and Trace programme said she was concerned at how few people told to self-isolate following a positive COVID-19 test may be following the instructions. Baroness Dido Harding/RCP/RCP. Baroness Dido Harding said even more ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR London Mayor Says City 'At Crisis Point,' Declares 'Major Incident' NPR As coronavirus cases soar in London, Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared a "major incident" and says hospitals are at risk of being overwhelmed. "The threat this virus poses to our city is at crisis point," Khan said in a statement on Friday. "The number of cases in ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Pfizer Study Suggests Vaccine Works Against Virus Variant U.S. News & World Report New research suggests that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two easier-to-spread variants of the coronavirus that erupted in Britain and South Africa. Those variants are causing global concern. They carry multiple mutations ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine likely to work against new, rapidly-spreading variants: Study ABC News A new study offers some reassurance that Pfizer and BionTech's COVID-19 vaccine is likely to protect patients against two new variants of the COVID-19 virus: one now circulating rapidly in U.K. and the other South Africa. Since the emergence of these new ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Rural Americans More Wary of COVID-19 Vaccine U.S. News & World Report More than a third of rural residents are hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine, survey results show, placing them alongside Republicans and Black adults as among the groups most wary of getting vaccinated. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation's ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Atlantic The Next Phase of Vaccination Will Be Even Harder The Atlantic The vaccine rollout is not going as planned. Since mid-December, the U.S. has distributed 21.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines; less than one-third have actually made it into people's arms. The problems have been many and varied: holiday delays, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Charlotte Observer 'It's just bad.' Charlotte hospitals are filling up with COVID patients — and surge isn't over Charlotte Observer An intense and growing demand for treatment in Charlotte-area hospitals is pushing intensive care units closer to full capacity with the number of COVID-19 patients surging alongside staggering increases of new infections. A Charlotte Observer analysis of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com COVID-19 was circulating silently in Wuhan even after the city reported no cases Livescience.com A new study estimates that thousands of people were asymptomatically infected in Wuhan in the spring of 2020. Shares. China has lifted the lockdown in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak first began. (Image: © Shutterstock). COVID-19 may have continued ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com UK Coronavirus Variant In Connecticut: What To Know Patch.com Gov. Ned Lamont announced the coronavirus variant first found in the U.K. was identified in Connecticut. Here's what to know about it. Rich Scinto's profile picture. Flag as irrelevant
	Newsday Long Island has 41 scholars in Regeneron science competition Newsday A total of 41 local high school seniors from public and private schools were honored Thursday as Regeneron Science Talent Search scholars, with five public high schools from Nassau County fielding multiple scholars in the nearly 80-year-old competition. Flag as irrelevant
	NBC News In Los Angeles and Beyond, Oxygen Is the Latest Covid Bottleneck Medscape Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. As Los Angeles hospitals give record numbers of covid patients oxygen, the systems and equipment needed to deliver the life-sustaining gas are ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP CDC: Variant COVID-19 strain likely circulating in many states CIDRAP Today Texas, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut became the latest states to confirm cases of B117, a variant strain of the novel coronavirus that began widely circulating in the United Kingdom at the end of last year. Harris County Public Health tweeted that a ... Flag as irrelevant
	PEOPLE.com Man Recovering from COVID Says He Awoke from Coma After Hearing Wife's Voice: 'She's My Angel' PEOPLE.com "She's my angel, you know. She's the reason I'm here," Don Gillmer told WYFF of his wife while speaking of his battle with coronavirus. By Jason Duaine Hahn. January 07, 2021 04:54 PM. Advertisement. FB Tweet More. Pinterest Email Send Text Message ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN The Covid-19 pandemic worsened an already dire childhood obesity epidemic CNN Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez (@DoctoraEdith) is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, a pediatrician with the NewYork-Presbyterian Ambulatory Care Network and the host of "Las Doctoras Recomiendan," a child ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Declines in prostate cancer screening after 2012 USPSTF guidance vary by race, ethnicity Healio Prostate cancer screening rates appeared to differ among Black, white, Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander men following the 2012 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against routine PSA testing, according to study results. "Widespread ... Flag as irrelevant
	KABC-TV 1 in 5 COVID tests in LA County are positive; officials announce plans to set up temporary morgue space KABC-TV LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- About 1 in 5 coronavirus tests performed daily in Los Angeles County are coming back positive, and state officials announced plans to set up temporary morgue space at the county coroner's office to help store bodies. The county ... Flag as irrelevant
	UroToday Mediterranean diet may decrease risk of prostate cancer progression EurekAlert In a study to examine a Mediterranean diet in relation to prostate cancer progression in men on active surveillance, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that men with localized prostate cancer who reported a baseline ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Fraught history haunts Japan virus vaccine roll-out Medical Xpress Japan has declared a virus state of emergency in greater Tokyo, but its vaccine roll-out will be haunted by a fraught history. A history of vaccine controversies in Japan may cast a long shadow over the coronavirus jab roll-out, experts warn, even as the country ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsday State figures: Long Island hits new post-holiday peak of COVID-19 cases Newsday Long Island and New York State broke their records for daily confirmed new cases of COVID-19, with Nassau and Suffolk counties registering more than 3,800 positives to surpass levels of infections in the spring, the latest state figures show. While the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape UK COVID-19 Update: 'Unprecedented Pressure', Staff Jabs, Photocall Fail Medscape Editor's note, 7 January 2021: This article was updated with new information from a Downing Street briefing. These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today. 'Unprecedented Pressure'. London's hospitals are on the verge of being ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Belfast Trust cancels urgent cancer surgeries BBC News The Belfast Health Trust has said it has no other option but to cancel urgent cancer surgery. These are known as red flag cancer cases where an operation is expected to impact on a person's recovery and even surviving the disease. The Department of Health ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Putnam Coronavirus: County Begins Vaccinations Patch.com PUTNAM COUNTY, NY — The Putnam County Department of Health received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday and will begin vaccinating workers and residents of certain congregate living facilities this week. "This is what we have all been ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET When will you get the COVID-19 vaccine? What to know about delay, priority order now CNET Coronavirus vaccines are still in the early stages of going out, but most people probably won't be able to get them for months. Sarah Tew/CNET. For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News Yes, you can still get infected with Covid-19 after being vaccinated. Here's why The Mercury News On December 18, a San Diego emergency room nurse was given a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. A week later, he tested positive for the virus, CNN affiliate KGTV reported. Stories like this will become more common as millions of Americans are administered ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay AHA News: Dr. Dre Recovering From a Brain Aneurysm. What Is That? HealthDay THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- The news that rapper and record executive Dr. Dre is recovering from a brain aneurysm has many people wondering: What is a brain aneurysm? What can be done about it? And what are the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Arthritis drugs may reduce mortality and time in ICU for sickest COVID patients Medical Xpress Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with drugs typically used for arthritis may significantly improve survival, a landmark study has found. The findings, which have not yet been peer-reviewed, come from the REMAP-CAP trial, which evaluates the effect of ... Flag as irrelevant

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