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US data shows a big decline in new Covid-19 cases. Here's why it could be deceptive According to a CNN analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University, the US is seeing a 29% decline in new Covid-19 cases compared to this time last week, the steepest one-week decline the US has seen during the pandemic.
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People Who Have Had Covid Should Get Single Vaccine Dose, Studies Suggest At least 30 million people in the United States — and probably many others whose illnesses were never diagnosed — have been infected with the coronavirus so far. Should these people still be vaccinated? Two new studies answer that question with an ...
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How Herd Immunity Works — And What Stands In Its Way There are common features in how any infection spreads. When enough people are immune — through vaccination or natural immunity — a population achieves herd immunity. The disease stops spreading efficiently and starts to fade away.
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Nonprofits Step up to Protect Fertility for Cancer Patients But a shocking breast cancer diagnosis a few months earlier had transformed everything. After some quick decisions, she found herself poised to undergo an egg retrieval procedure days before embarking on cancer treatments. These ...
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COVID-19 Cases Are Dropping, We Talked to Experts About Why About 12 percent of people in the United States have had at least one vaccine dose, but that alone wouldn't explain why cases have dropped so drastically. The end of holiday get-togethers may ...
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Long-Term Studies Of COVID-19 Vaccines Hurt By Placebo Recipients Getting Immunized Tens of thousands of people who volunteered to be in studies of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are still participating in follow-up research. But some key questions won't be easily answered, because many people who had been in the ...
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CDC Chief Lays Out Attack Plan for COVID Variants Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Wednesday walked through a multiagency attack plan for halting the spread of three COVID-19 variants.
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COVID Deaths High When Hospitalized With Diabetes "Diabetic patients are clearly in a very high-risk category and should be among the first groups of people to get the vaccine," advised Dr. Mangala Narasimhan, who directs critical care services at Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, N.Y. ...
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Vitamin C, Zinc Don't Lessen COVID-19 Symptoms, Researchers Say Experts say there are no known effective therapies for at-home treatment of COVID-19 yet. However, they hope new research can lead to some home-based remedies in the near future.
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Homebound seniors are still waiting for Covid-19 vaccines, so doctors and nurses are going to them Boston Medical Center, which runs the oldest in-home medical service in the country, started doing this Feb. 1. Wake Forest Baptist Health, a North Carolina health system, followed a week later. In Miami Beach, Florida, fire department paramedics are delivering ...
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Vitamin D not effective in moderate to severe COVID, study finds The researchers recruited adult patients in Sao Paulo who were hospitalized with COVID-19 but did not require mechanical ventilation or ICU admittance at the time of enrollment. From Jun 2 to Aug 27, 2020, half ...
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Bring on the boosters: Studies show Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines are less protective against aggressive variant Two weeks later, though, news emerged that Pfizer and its partner BioNTech were working on booster shots to protect against new variants. Now there's compelling evidence that Pfizer's vaccine—as well ...
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Amid new strain, stalling vaccinations, Brazil passes 10 million COVID-19 cases RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil surpassed 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday, as a new variant discovered in the Amazon threatens to further ravage a country where inoculations have been halted in many cities due to a lack of vaccines.
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Experts warn against COVID-19 variants as states reopen FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a patient adjusts his face mask as he leaves a COVID-19 vaccination site inside the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New ...
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Ebola responses gain steam in Guinea, DRC With both Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reporting Ebola recurrences just a week apart, the World Health Organization (WHO) today said it is deploying 100 staff and, for Guinea specifically, has released $1.25 million to support ...
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Guinea knows how to fight Ebola. But can it handle four outbreaks at once? CONAKRY, Guinea — When he heard about Ebola resurging in Guinea, cardiologist Fode Kaba hoped his country could dodge catastrophe this time. The hemorrhagic fever killed more than 11,000 people across this West African nation and two neighbors ...
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UK COVID-19 swab study highlights lockdown impact The latest results from an ongoing study from Imperial College London to track COVID-19 patterns in Britain show that infections have fallen by more than two-thirds since January, likely due to lockdowns. In other global developments, the World Health ...
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Pfizer says deep-freeze storage unnecessary as Israeli study shows vaccine 85% effective after 1st shot Jerusalem — The first dose of the Pfizer vaccination is 85% effective against coronavirus infection between two and four weeks after inoculation, according to a study published in the Lancet medical journal. The pharmaceutical giant and its German partner ...
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Pfizer launches first COVID-19 vaccine trial for pregnant women The announcement comes a week after top scientists at the National Institutes of Health called on COVID-19 vaccine developers to ramp up their research into pregnant women, who face greater risk of severe illness from the virus and who have been frustrated ...
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Experts Answer the Biggest COVID Vaccine Questions As part of President Biden's push to get at least 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses into the arms of people in the U.S. by the end of April, the White House announced February 9 it will begin shipping doses to 1,300 federally qualified community health ...
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COVID-19 Scan for Feb 18, 2021 Single-dose efficacy of COVID vaccine · Heart damage in COVID patients · Diabetes, COVID-19, and death.
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Take a Painkiller Before Your COVID Vaccine? It's possible that taking a painkiller before getting a vaccine will result in a "decrease in antibody response," explained Dr. Gregory Poland, director of the Vaccine Research Group at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
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How Will the Coronavirus Evolve? Viruses exist to thrive. Those that infect humans are faced with an impressive array of defensive weaponry, not just our natural adaptive immunity but also our intelligently designed defenses—vaccines, drugs and social controls. For ...
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Answers to your questions about COVID-19 vaccines QUESTION: Can people who've had both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine still pass coronavirus to others? ANSWER: Research into this question is ongoing, but both Moderna and Pfizer acknowledge that it ...
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This is how dramatically Greater Cleveland counties have improved in every measure in Ohio's coronavirus alert system CLEVELAND, Ohio - Greater Cleveland coronavirus indicators have improved dramatically over the past few weeks for everything from cases and hospitalizations to trips to doctors' offices and emergency rooms. Marked improvement can be seen with a quick ...
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Folks Can Have Real-Life Conversations While Dreaming, Study Finds THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If you've ever had a "lucid dream" -- one in which you're aware you're dreaming -- new research just might jolt you awake. Not only is it possible during these vivid dreams to perceive questions, but to answer ...
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A Fifth of COVID Patients With Diabetes Die Within 1 Month of Hospitalization By Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporters. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes is a big risk factor for a severe bout of COVID-19, and a new European study bears that out: It finds that 1 in every 5 hospitalized ...
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California hospital sees staff COVID-19 infections drop to "single digits" after achieving herd immunity UC Davis nurse Chasity Whitmer was delivering babies at the height of the pandemic. When the time came for her to be vaccinated, she told CBS News' David Begnaud that she hesitated.
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CVS announces initiative to increase vaccine access in Black and Hispanic communities "We are committed to reaching people of color and underserved communities to ensure health equity as we work to vaccinate all Americans," Karen S. Lynch, the president and CEO of CVS Health, said in a statement.
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AHA News: Why Less Noise During the Pandemic Might Help Our Ears But Not Our Hearts or Brains THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Jack hammers. Buzz saws. Screaming toddlers. Barking dogs. Horns blaring from incessant traffic jams. Any of these can set nerves on edge, especially if you are subjected to the noise for hours, ...
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Maryland health experts urge public to continue safety measures, get vaccinated as coronavirus variants move in As Maryland vaccinates residents against COVID-19, there is an even more pressing reason to get in line when it's your turn: mutant strains of the coronavirus that are even more contagious. Most states have detected at least one major variant this year, and ...
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Heart Damage Seen in Many Hospitalized COVID Patients: Study By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Heart damage was found in more than half of a group of hospitalized COVID-19 patients after they were discharged, according to a new British study. The study ...
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What happened to coronavirus, flu 'twin-demic'? Experts weigh in Dr. Marc Siegel tells 'Fox & Friends Weekend' that public health measures such as mask-wearing have contributed to the decline. With coronavirus cases soaring in late summer, ...
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5 things everyone wants to know about the COVID-19 vaccine Despite divisive politics, conspiracy theories and a botched U.S. rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, Americans are hungry for information about vaccines, new data from Google reveals. Over the past month, "Where to get covid vaccine" was the most-Googled ...
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Coffee Drinking Tied to Lower Risk of Heart Failure An innovative study that examined hundreds of factors linked to heart failure found one dietary factor that may lower risk: drinking coffee.
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FDA: COVID-19 Not Transmitted by Food or Packaging Feb 19, 2021 -- There is no evidence you can catch coronavirus through food or food packaging, the FDA and other government agencies said Thursday. Since the pandemic began more than a year ago, the CDC and other health agencies have said they're ...
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Israeli study finds Pfizer vaccine 85% effective after first shot JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The first dose of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine is 85% effective, a study of healthcare workers at an Israeli hospital has found, potentially fuelling a debate over the recommended two-dose schedule as governments try to stretch out ...
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What's her secret? 6 miles in the snow didn't stop 90-year-old woman from getting a COVID-19 vaccine "Her secret is a combination of good genes and a commitment to daily exercise," her daughter, Ruth Goldman, told USA TODAY. "She usually walks about 3 miles a day." Fran ...
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A tribute to Irene Pollin, pioneer in women's heart health In 1952, Irene Pollin's firstborn son, Kenneth, died of congenital heart disease at age 15 months. More than a decade later, her daughter, Linda, succumbed to the same inherited condition at age 16 years. After these two tragic losses, Pollin picked herself up ...
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Seniors, essential workers continue to roll through Washtenaw County vaccine clinics Vaccine clinics at Eastern Michigan University's Convocation Center are now being staffed by St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor hospital employees as part of a partnership with the health department. The partnership ...
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Spotting an Eating Disorder in Your College-Age Child By Robin Foster, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When your child enters college, the last thing you may be worried about is an eating disorder, but one expert says there are warning signs that parents ...
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Pfizer launches COVID-19 vaccine trial in pregnant women The drugmaker aims to enroll about 4,000 pregnant women in the trials, which will include participants in the U.S. as well as Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mozambique, South Africa, Spain and the U.K. Women over 18 and who are 24 to 34 weeks into their ...
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Santa Ana Coronavirus Vaccine Site Helps Hardest Hit Communities The new vaccination site is aimed toward those in the Garden Grove, Santa Ana & Anaheim areas. The county may change your booster locations. Ashley Ludwig's ...
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Asthmatics no higher risk dying from COVID, review of studies on 587000 people shows A new study looking at how COVID-19 affects people with asthma provides reassurance that having the condition doesn't increase the risk of severe illness or death from the virus. George Institute for Global Health researchers in Australia analyzed data from ...
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Mental Illness in Childhood Could Mean Worse Physical Health Decades Later By Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporters. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As if suffering from a mental illness as a child isn't tough enough, new research suggests it could predict higher odds for physical ills in ...
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NJ reports 89 COVID deaths, 2746 cases. Winter storms causes vaccine shipment, appointment delays. The number of coronavirus patients in New Jersey's hospitals fell for the 15th straight day, dropping to 2,327 as of Wednesday night. That's down 40% from a recent peak of 3,872 on Dec. 22 and the fewest number of patients since Nov. 15.
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Orange County to temporarily close Disneyland, Santa Ana College vaccine sites due to shortages, delivery lag Orange County will temporarily suspend distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine at its Disneyland Super POD site in Anaheim through at least Monday, due to delays in shipments of the Moderna vaccine caused by severe weather patterns nationwide, officials ...
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Entire Brazilian city will be vaccinated against COVID-19 in giant experiment The city of Serrana in the state of São Paulo is home to about 30,000 adults who will all be offered a COVID-19 vaccine within the next three months as part of a research study run by the Butantan Institute in Brazil.
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'Classic triad' of symptoms misses positive COVID-19 cases, study finds Extending the list to include fatigue, sore throat, headache and diarrhea would have detected 96% of symptomatic cases. A team of researchers at King's College London and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) ...
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Experts warn against COVID-19 variants as states reopen States are beginning to ease coronavirus restrictions, but health experts say we don't know enough yet about variants to roll back measures that could help slow their spread. By MARION RENAULT Associated Press. February 18, 2021, 9:13 AM. • 6 min read.
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