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	health Daily update ⋅ February 3, 2021
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	The New York Times Covid-19 Live Updates: Study Finds AstraZeneca Shots Drastically Cut Transmission The New York Times The University of Oxford research is the first to document a vaccine substantially reducing the virus's spread. British officials said the results underscored how mass inoculations were key to ending the pandemic. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR The US 'Battles' Coronavirus, But Is It Fair To Compare Pandemic To A War? NPR This dark but necessary arithmetic has become all too routine during the COVID-19 outbreak. January was the deadliest month so far in the U.S.; the virus killed more than 95,458 Americans. The total ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD 'Escape Mutations' May Drive New COVID Resurgence WebMD B.1.351 was first identified in South Africa. The CDC and World Health Organization have called it a "variant of concern" because it has developed changes to its genetic code that make it more menacing than the original version of the virus. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR A Rocky Road On The Way To Herd Immunity For COVID-19 NPR Scientists estimate that somewhere between 70% and 85% of people need to be immune from the coronavirus before the disease will wane through a process known as herd immunity. Both natural immunity and vaccines can play a role in achieving that goal. Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape The Doctor-Reporter Is In: Sanjay Gupta on Promoting Brain Health in Your Patients Medscape Dr Gupta, you've been an inspiration for me. I think a lot of physicians and healthcare professionals have really looked up to you during COVID-19, and before the pandemic you were obviously a trusted voice in medicine. So we appreciate you getting out there ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR 5 Hacks To Make Your Face Mask More Protective NPR With new, more contagious strains of the coronavirus spreading in the U.S., and transmission levels still very high in many places, some public health experts recommend that Americans upgrade from the basic cloth masks that many have been wearing during ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A study shows the variant spreading rapidly in Britain might make vaccines less effective. The New York Times Its spread appears to occur because of its improved ability to infect people. Experiments in test tubes suggest that some of its mutations allow the B.1.1.7 variant to hold on to cells more tightly than other coronaviruses. Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Long-Term Metformin Use Linked to Fewer ER+ Breast Cancers Medscape Conversely, the results also showed higher rates of ER-negative and triple-negative breast cancer among women with type 2 diabetes who received metformin, although case numbers were small. "Our conclusion ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Can you still transmit Covid-19 after vaccination? BBC News There's no evidence that any of the current Covid-19 vaccines can completely stop people from being infected – and this has implications for our prospects of achieving herd immunity. I. It was 17 June 2009. An 11-year-old boy returned to the US from the UK ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Worrisome coronavirus mutation seen in UK variant and in some US samples Washington Post The worrisome mutation, at a site on the virus RNA called E484K, has drawn close scrutiny from infectious-disease experts, who have given it the nickname "Eeek.". Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Moderna's Simple Fix to Vaccine Supply: More Doses in Each Vial The New York Times Moderna has been ramping up production of its vaccine, but the process of filling, capping and labeling millions of tiny vials has emerged as a roadblock. The company could produce more if regulators allow it to make fuller vials, Ray Jordan, a Moderna ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times In the Vaccine Scramble, Cancer Patients Are Left Behind The New York Times Those with compromised immune systems are often advised to get the shots under medical supervision, but their cancer centers can't always provide them. Flag as irrelevant
	Fast Company What's Going On With All These Coronavirus Variants? An Illustrated Guide NPR The virus is basically a ball with little "spikes" on the surface poking out. The spike proteins are responsible for infecting human cells. Enlarge this image. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post UK says new study vindicates delaying 2nd virus vaccine shot Washington Post LONDON — Britain's health chief said Wednesday that a new study suggesting that a single dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine provides a high level of protection for 12 weeks supports the government's strategy of delaying the second shot so ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A study shows the variant spreading rapidly in Britain could develop resistance to vaccines. The New York Times In its latest analysis, Public Health England estimated that the variant's rate of infection is 25 percent to 40 percent higher than that of other forms of the coronavirus. Some preliminary evidence suggests that it may also cause more deaths. Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape COVID-19: Antibodies 'Remain for at Least 6 Months' Medscape The discovery indicated that the antibodies produced following natural infection may provide a degree of protection for most people, scientists said. Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government's chief scientific adviser, described the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News UK's COVID variant hunters warn undetected mutations could be widespread in US CBS News "The virus, over time, is improving itself," Sharon Peacock, who leads a nation-wide network of British scientists tracking the transformations more closely than anywhere else in the world, tells CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi. Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline COVID-19 Cases Dropping in Groups with High Vaccination Rate Healthline As more people are vaccinated against the coronavirus, researchers will be able to see how well the vaccines work in the real world. Real-world effectiveness of vaccines is often lower than the efficacy seen in clinical trials due to a number of factors. Recent ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Why COVID Vaccines Are Likely Safe for Pregnant People Scientific American She belongs to a committee at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine that advocates for equitable care during pregnancy. In a recent study, Maykin and her colleagues noted that an evaluation last spring had found all nine global COVID-19 vaccine trials at the ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News How to talk to your family and friends about getting the COVID-19 vaccine ABC News Dr. Drew Weissman from the University of Pennsylvania talks about how scientists can adapt COVID-19 vaccines to combat new coronavirus variants. After ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Post-COVID-19 Patients Likely Protected for 6 Months WebMD "Although we cannot be certain how this relates to immunity, the results suggest that people may be protected against subsequent infection for at least 6 months following natural infection," Naomi Allen, PhD, one of the researchers and a chief scientist at the UK ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY People who smoke are prioritized to get the COVID-19 vaccine before the general population. Here's why. USA TODAY Some don't agree with the guidance, and have expressed their frustrations on social media. But health experts say the rationale is clear. "I could see why people would feel as if that would ... Flag as irrelevant
	oregonlive.com With Demand Far Exceeding Supply, It Matters That People Are Jumping the Vaccine Line Medscape The Federal Emergency Management Agency will open more vaccination sites, the government will buy more doses, and more people will be immunized. Still, by all estimates, the demand for vaccines will far exceed the supply for months to come. Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News UK tests house-to-house in hunt for new COVID-19 variant ABC News House-by-house COVID-19 testing has begun in some communities in England as authorities try to extinguish a new variant of the coronavirus before it spreads widely and undermines a nationwide vaccination program. By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press. Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Discovered Pathogen Kills Endangered Chimps: Is It a Threat to Humans? Scientific American On a Friday evening in mid-January, Jackson, a five-year-old chimp living at Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone, alarmed his keepers by ignoring his dinner. By Saturday, he was lethargic and having seizures. Jackson has improved since ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Antidepressant May Help Avoid Serious COVID Illness WebMD Feb. 3, 2021 -- The anti-depressant Fluvoxamine shows promise in preventing people infected with coronavirus from developing serious symptoms and having to be hospitalized, according to a non-randomized study of California racetrack workers. "What we ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid: New Oxford vaccine 'ready by the autumn' to tackle mutations BBC News A vaccine to tackle the coronavirus variants could be ready to deploy by the autumn, the team behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine says. Prof Andy Pollard, from Oxford University, said they were already planning to tweak the vaccine. He said it was a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe The experts are sounding warnings about coronavirus variants. Here's what you need to know. The Boston Globe The variants are mutations of the coronavirus. Scientists say there's nothing new about a virus mutating. Viruses constantly mutate naturally as they replicate and circulate in their hosts. "Sometimes new variants emerge and disappear. Other ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News New diabetes cases linked to COVID-19, and doctors are "working like crazy" to understand why CBS News "Researchers are working like crazy to see if COVID attacks the beta cells of the pancreas, which makes insulin," pediatrician Dr. Dyan Hes said on CBSN Tuesday. "Some studies feel that they do, but other studies have been repeated saying it is not attracted to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Pathogen Discovered That Kills Endangered Chimps; Is It a Threat to Humans? Scientific American After years struggling to pinpoint the cause of the disease, scientists and veterinarians finally have a possible culprit: a newly discovered species of Sarcina, a type of bacteria commonly found in the environment and occasionally associated with gastrointestinal ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: The Night Before a Big Presentation, Lawyer-Mother Has a Heart Attack U.S. News & World Report TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- About every other month for nearly a year, Cherée Johnson would wake up in the middle of the night with a sharp pain in her chest. Sometimes it lasted a couple of minutes, sometimes as long as 20 ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Coronavirus strain in UK picks up mutation that could impact vaccines, experts say CNN The mutation, called E484K, was already part of the genetic signature of variants linked to South Africa and Brazil. According to the PHE report, the mutation has been newly detected in at least 11 samples of the UK's B.1.1.7 strain. Flag as irrelevant
	The Wall Street Journal Oxford, AstraZeneca Vaccine Shows Effectiveness With Spread-Out Doses The Wall Street Journal Oxford said the vaccine may reduce symptomatic transmission of the virus by 67%, based on positive swab tests of vaccinated trial volunteers after a single dose, though those swab tests were only done in the U.K. The ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report In Philadelphia, an Animal Tranquilizer Is Driving Deadly Rise in Opioid ODs U.S. News & World Report WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Philadelphia is seeing a surge in overdose fatalities involving heroin and/or fentanyl plus an animal tranquilizer not approved for human use, according to a new study. The tranquilizer -- called xylazine -- is a ... Flag as irrelevant
	PEOPLE.com 9-Year-Old Texas Boy Dies from COVID Just 24 Hours After Testing Positive for the Virus PEOPLE.com J.J. Boatman of Fort Worth was rushed to the emergency room on Jan. 25 after he told his mom he was having difficulty breathing. Get push notifications with news, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post US response to coronavirus variants emphasizes masks and vaccines instead of lockdowns Seattle Times WASHINGTON — As the United States faces the potential for catastrophic coronavirus spikes fueled by highly infectious variants, public health authorities remain wary of imposing stricter measures adopted by other nations. Instead, they continue to embrace ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com Screening for Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers 'Feasible' Medscape The Taiwan Lung Cancer Screening in Never-Smoker Trial (TALENT) recruited over 12,000 individuals aged 55 to 70 years who had never smoked or had done so more than 15 years previously and had risk factors such as a family history of the disease, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com UK coronavirus variant develops vaccine-evading mutation Livescience.com In a handful of instances, the U.K. coronavirus variant has developed a mutation called E484K, which may impact vaccine effectiveness. A man walks past a Covid-19 testing center in Southport, United Kingdom,. (Image: © Anthony Devlin/Getty Images). Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News EU wants to step up fight against cancer amid virus pandemic ABC News The European Commission has proposed a $4.8 billion plan aimed at improving the fight against cancer across the bloc as the coronavirus pandemic tends to delay diagnoses and access to treatment. By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press. February 3 ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Teens Commonly Misuse Their Prescribed Psych Meds MedPage Today More than one-fifth of American youth reported misuse of their psychoactive prescription, a new study found. In a survey of kids ages 12-17 prescribed opioids, stimulants, tranquilizers, or sedatives, 20.9% -- equating to about 1.3 million youth -- said they used ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio COVID-19 mortality odds lower for metformin users with diabetes Healio Prior use of metformin was associated with a threefold decrease in COVID-19 mortality for people with diabetes independent of glucose profile and BMI, according to study data. "It was a surprise to us to see such a significant decrease in mortality linked to ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Could Working Outside Help Prevent Breast Cancer? HealthDay "The main hypothesis is that sun exposure through vitamin D production may decrease the risk of breast cancer after age 50," said study author Julie Elbaek Pedersen, of the Danish Cancer Society Research Center in Copenhagen. Flag as irrelevant
	EurekAlert The benefits of reading outdoors EurekAlert Contrast is a sensory property that makes stimuli stand out. Writers, designers, and musicians all use contrast to emphasize striking differences in text, visual displays and melodies. In vision, luminance contrast describes the difference in light intensity ... Flag as irrelevant
	CIDRAP New variant COVID findings fuel more worries about vaccine resistance CIDRAP Scientists in the United Kingdom yesterday reported that a small number of B117 variants have developed the E484K mutation thought to help SARS-CoV-2 partly evade immunity, and today another UK group said their lab experiments suggest the mutation ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Vaccine Rollout: Sonoma County Supervisors Discuss Next Steps Patch.com Last week, a vaccination clinic in Rohnert Park meant for people 75 and older had thousands of people younger than that sign up online for appointments after a link for the OptumServe scheduling website was shared on social media. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A SoulCycle Instructor Got the Vaccine as an 'Educator' The New York Times The spin class teacher, Stacey Griffith, has since apologized. But to many, it was another example of wealthy or well-connected people cutting lines for doses. Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg US Hits Pandemic Milestone With More Vaccinated Than Cases Bloomberg More Americans have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine than have tested positive for the virus, an early but hopeful milestone in the race to end the pandemic. As of Monday afternoon, 26.5 million Americans had received one or both doses of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Detroit Free Press Michigan makes big strides on nursing home vaccinations Detroit Free Press And by the end of February, Khaldun said she expects all of the staff and residents at the state's 4,400 long-term care facilities, which include nursing homes, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities as well as adult foster care homes and homes for the aged, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Scientists uncover potential antiviral treatment for COVID-19 Medical Xpress Given that acute respiratory virus infections caused by different viruses are clinically indistinguishable on presentation, an effective broad-spectrum that can target different virus types at the same time could significantly improve clinical management. An antiviral ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Horse tranquilizer emerges as new and deadly street drug in US Livescience.com A study in Philadelphia found that this tranquilizer is involved in nearly one-third of fatal opioid drug overdoses there. Syringes and heroin. (Image: © Shutterstock). A horse tranquilizer is increasingly popping up as a street drug in the U.S., and it is now ... Flag as irrelevant

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