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What to expect before and after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, an illustrated guide Congratulations! You will soon be a part of the nearly 18% of Americans vaccinated against the coronavirus. What's next?
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Could Pollen Be Driving COVID-19 Infections? March 10, 2021 -- Some scientists say they've noticed a pattern to the recurring waves of coronavirus infections around the globe: As pollen levels increased in outdoor air in 31 countries, COVID-19 cases accelerated. Yet other recent studies point in the ...
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Coronavirus variant first identified in UK appears to be more deadly, study suggests (CNN) The coronavirus variant B.1.1.7, which was first identified in the United Kingdom, is associated with an estimated 64% higher risk of dying from Covid-19, suggests new research published in a peer-reviewed journal. A sample of people in the UK ...
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Antibiotic Use Ran High In Early Days Of COVID-19, Despite Viral Cause Doctors treating COVID-19 patients early in the pandemic often reached for antibiotics. But those drugs were not helpful in most cases, and overuse of antibiotics is a serious concern. Several research groups, at Johns Hopkins, the University of Michigan and ...
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'A Ticking Time Bomb': City Jails Are Crowded Again, Stoking Covid Fears New York City released hundreds of people as the pandemic raged. Now jails are full again, and an increase in infections could spread the virus beyond their walls.
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How the US Pandemic Response Went Wrong--and What Went Right--During a Year of COVID Most of the world had no experience dealing with an infectious disease outbreak of this scale. The previously unknown virus, now called SARS-CoV-2, could spread through the air, often before (or, in some cases, possibly without ever) causing any symptoms.
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Antibody Cocktail Seems to Prevent Family Spread of Disease in COVID-19 "It's fantastic news," said Rajesh Gandhi, MD, an infectious disease physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, who has been treating people seriously ill with COVID-19 since the pandemic began a year ago in Boston.
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COVID-19 bill gives states pathway to reduce maternal deaths The legislation has been shepherded by Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., who serves on the House committee that oversees Medicaid, the federal-state program covering about 1 in 5 Americans, from many newborns, to low-income adults and frail nursing home ...
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High Obesity Rates In Southern States Magnify COVID-19's Threat In January, as Mississippi health officials planned for their incoming shipments of COVID-19 vaccines, they assessed the state's most vulnerable: health care workers, of course, and elderly people in nursing homes. But among those who needed urgent ...
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Fact check: 'Cancer update' claiming to come from Johns Hopkins Hospital is a hoax A viral text post being shared by social media users claims that Johns Hopkins Hospital issued a "cancer update" explaining how the disease spreads and alternative methods for treatment. "AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ...
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The power of mRNA, the threat of mutations and the difficulty of the last mile When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, even some of the most informed people knew little about coronaviruses—and far less about SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that was upending the world as we knew it. But a prolonged global ...
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COVID-19 Scan for Mar 10, 2021 Racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infection rates were significant among Americans younger than 25 years early in the pandemic, particularly for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic people, according to a ...
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Delay Surgery by 7 Weeks After COVID Diagnosis, Study Shows Surgery should be further delayed for people who remain symptomatic at 7 weeks postdiagnosis, lead author Dmitri Nepogodiev, MBChB, told Medscape Medical News. "In this group we recommend waiting until COVID- ...
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Death rate 64% higher with B117 COVID variant, study finds The study, led by University of Exeter researchers and published today in BMJ, involved community-based testing and death data from 54,906 matched pairs of participants who tested positive for COVID-19 from Oct 1, 2020, to Jan 29, 2021.
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These symptoms and risk factors may predict whether you could become a 'COVID long hauler,' study suggests The five symptoms experienced during the first week that were most predictive of becoming a long hauler were fatigue, headache, hoarse voice, muscle pain and difficulty breathing. Researchers from King's College London, Massachusetts General ...
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Your Eyes May Signal Your Risk for Stroke, Dementia THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Your eyes may be a window into the health of your brain, a new study indicates. Researchers found that older adults with the eye disease retinopathy were at increased risk of having a stroke, as well as ...
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A Day in the Life with CKD: Waiting on a Transplant My journey of waiting for a kidney transplant was 5 years filled with many doctor visits and revelations along the way. Discovering I had kidney disease. My primary care doctor always checked my kidney function during routine visits because of the ...
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Depression May Follow Stroke, Women at Higher Risk An ischemic stroke is the most common form of stroke and is caused by blocked blood flow to the brain. The patients were followed for an average of 1.5 years. Those with any history of depression within ...
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Sober living for everyone is rising in popularity as Chrissy Teigen, more ditch drinking At the beginning of the global pandemic, uncorking a bottle of wine seemed to be the thing to do. A grip on a champagne stem felt like a grip on life, virtual happy hours were all the rage and there were plenty of memes about drinking making the rounds.
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Even 1 Concussion May Raise Your Odds for Dementia Later By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, March 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Sustaining just one head injury may up your chances of developing dementia decades later by 25%, and this risk increases with each subsequent head ...
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What Can Families Do When Adults Are Vaccinated and Kids Are Not? No. 2 above is clearly targeted at a favorite topic: grandparent-parent-kid interactions. And what it says is that if grandparents are vaccinated, it's cool to hang out inside without masks as long as parents and kids are low risk. Yay!
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Postural Tachycardia an Emerging Concern During COVID-19 Recovery The possibility of COVID-19 long-haulers experiencing symptoms suggestive of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) was strengthened by a small case series from Sweden. Three young patients who were suspected of having COVID-19 in the ...
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Getting to the Bottom of the Runner's High In the study, runners developed a gentle intoxication, known as a runner's high, even if researchers had blocked their bodies' ability to respond to endorphins, suggesting that those substances could not be behind the buzz.
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NJ reports 56 COVID deaths, 3047 cases with capacity limits at restaurants, gyms, casinos set to increase In all, New Jersey has now reported 729,403 confirmed coronavirus cases out of more than 11 million PCR tests in the year since the state reported its first case March 4, 2020. There have also been 93,414 positive antigen tests.
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Woman, 31, thought her colon cancer warning signs were pregnancy symptoms "I'm really focused on getting the word out to my community, the Black community, because we don't really talk about it." March 10, 2021, 1:51 PM PST / Source: TODAY. By Meghan Holohan. When Jenna Scott, then 31, was about seven months pregnant, she ...
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Depression Often Follows Stroke, and Women Are at Higher Risk By Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The trauma and loss of stroke can often leave survivors with long-term depression, and women appear to be at special risk, new ...
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5 benefits of apple cider vinegar (and a few duds), according to experts (CNN) Apple cider vinegar is one of the most popular natural health products around, with claims that it can do almost anything, including sanitizing toothbrushes, curing diabetes and whittling waistlines. What are the real benefits of apple cider vinegar, ...
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Limited data, vaccine concerns: COVID-19 variants and what they mean for Oregon Oregon health officials have reported a dozen coronavirus cases involving more contagious variants — including one strain with an apparently home-grown mutation producing a combination that had never been found in the United States. The emergence of ...
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Promising role for whole genome sequencing in guiding blood cancer treatment For certain blood cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), deciding whether patients need an aggressive treatment typically hinges on a set of lab tests to identify genetic changes. Some of these tests rely on ...
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Whole genome sequencing shows promise in routine treatment of blood cancers, Washington U. study says "What we showed is that genome sequencing has reached a point that it is now practical, fast, economical, clinically feasible and accessible for the routine testing of patients," said Dr. David Spencer, medical director of Washington University's McDonnell ...
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Three-drug combination moves forward for advanced breast cancer A combination of three drugs is safe and shows signs of effectiveness in treating some patients with previously treated advanced breast cancer, a clinical trial shows. The 'triplet therapy' combines the hormone therapy fulvestrant with two targeted drugs, called ...
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Study adds more evidence of antibiotic overuse in COVID-19 patients The study by researchers with the Pew Charitable Trusts' antibiotic resistance project, also found that more than a third of admissions resulted in a patient being prescribed multiple antibiotics. But only 29% of those admitted with the virus were diagnosed as ...
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Breast screening could act as 'trigger' for lifesaving lifestyle changes "Our study has shown that structured guidance on physical activity and diet using important techniques from health psychology could have a major effect on breast cancer risk," said Professor Annie Anderson, from Dundee's School of Medicine.
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HIV testing, treatment decreases during COVID-19 pandemic For World AIDS Day, "Nightline" looks back at the response to the spread of HIV and connects with a woman whose late son became a symbol of hope 30 years ago and a man spreading awareness today.
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Why were hundreds of vaccine appointments canceled? Too many people cut in line. To prove eligibility for a COVID-19 vaccine, many Americans have brought to their appointment a pay stub from work, or a doctor's note verifying a legitimate health risk. But what happens when no one really checks? Because, for reasons including long lines, ...
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AHA News: How Grief Rewires the Brain and Can Affect Health – and What to Do About It WEDNESDAY, March 10, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Grief is a common, if not universal, human experience. But that doesn't make it simple.
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New York City's jails are crowded again, stoking COVID-19 fears In lawsuits, prisoners and guards alike have called the living conditions inside unsanitary and dangerous. Incarcerated people who were recently held at Rikers Island say social distancing has again become impossible in some jail units and that soap, ...
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How Common Are the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19? In fact, many had lingering symptoms. This group of people is often referred to as COVID long haulers and their condition as long hauler syndrome (though those aren't official medical terms).
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'Marinating in disinformation,' Black community fights COVID vaccine lies on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube The Health In-Reach and Research Initiative – or HAIR – used to focus on educating people about chronic diseases such as diabetes and colon cancer, Thomas says. Now it's taking ...
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Using novel MIS-C therapy, team successfully treats two patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children The MUSC team reports in Pediatrics that the two children enrolled thus far showed significant improvement within 24 hours of remestemcel-L administration. "While it appears to many people that COVID is ...
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Why LA and Orange counties will reopen faster than Ventura, Riverside, San Diego counties Gates are barred at a Disneyland entrance. Disney California Adventure in Anaheim could be open again, with restrictions, within weeks. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times).
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Scientists move closer to developing 'game-changing' test to diagnose Parkinson's The research has been funded by charities Parkinson's UK and the Michael J. Fox Foundation as well as The University of Manchester Innovation Factory. The work was originally funded following an observation by Joy Milne, whose husband was diagnosed ...
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Hoboken Mom Urges: Please Listen To COVID-19 'Long-Haulers' HOBOKEN, NJ — Between the good news about coronavirus vaccines and the tragic stories of the more than 525,000 Americans who've died of the virus, there are the stories — underreported, many say —of people who survived the illness but still struggle ...
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CDC: Key Coronavirus Metrics Trending Downward Again After Plateau The U.S. daily case average has fallen nearly 15% from the previous week to 56,000 infections per day, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a press briefing. She added that hospitalizations and deaths are also down. Earlier this week, daily deaths dropped ...
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COVID-19 vaccines for children and teens are coming, experts say Kearston Stepenosky, 16, has blood drawn as part of her participation last year in a clinical trial of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine. (Dan Stepenosky).
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Live updates: Minnesota's COVID numbers return to normal range following audit ST PAUL, Minn. — Wednesday, March 10. Walz expands COVID vaccinations to 1.8 million Minnesotans starting Wednesday; Pop-up COVID testing site to open in Carver County following outbreak involving sports, young athletes; CDC says people ...
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Can you hug your grandkids now? For one woman, it was doctor's orders. Even after both coronavirus vaccine doses, Evelyn Shaw couldn't shake the nervousness brought on by months of isolation. She was worried, her family says, about reentering a world she so carefully tiptoed around for more than a year. The salve was ...
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COVID-19 updates: Dallas County officials report 21 more deaths DALLAS — Dallas County health officials reported Wednesday, 21 more residents died from the 2019 novel coronavirus, bringing the countywide total to 3,201 confirmed deaths. Health officials said the deaths included men and women who ranged in age ...
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Antibiotics overused in coronavirus patients hospitalized early on in pandemic: study Lucie Mitchell, mom of two teenagers, and Tom Kersting, psychotherapist and dad of two, discuss how the pandemic has affected teens' mental health on 'Fox & Friends First.'.
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With gene therapy, scientists develop opioid-free solution for chronic pain Researchers at the University of California San Diego developed the new therapy, which works by temporarily repressing a gene involved in sensing pain. It increased pain tolerance in mice, lowered their sensitivity to pain and provided months of pain relief ...
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