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Seattle's Virus Success Shows What Could Have Been SEATTLE — Facing the nation's first widespread coronavirus outbreak, some of Washington State's top leaders quietly gathered on a Sunday morning last March for an urgent strategy session. The virus had been rampaging through a nursing home in the ...
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High Obesity Rates in Southern States Magnify COVID Threat But among those who needed urgent protection from the virus ripping across the Magnolia State were 1 million Mississippians with obesity. Obesity and weight-related illnesses have been deadly liabilities in the covid era.
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Fact check: Masks and vaccines are effective at combatting COVID-19 spread Beneath the post, support for her claims is overwhelming as indicated by the over 1,000 interactions, nearly 600 shares and over 290 comments. "Because all of this is not about controlling a virus, but ...
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Delay Surgery by 7 Weeks After COVID Diagnosis: Study Surgery should be further delayed for people who remain symptomatic 7 weeks after diagnosis, lead author Dmitri Nepogodiev, told Medscape. The study did not look at best options for long-haul COVID-19 patients ...
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Defying Rules, Anti-Vaccine Accounts Thrive on Social Media By BARBARA ORTUTAY and AMANDA SEITZ, The Associated Press. With vaccination against COVID-19 in full swing, social platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter say they've stepped up their fight against misinformation that aims to undermine trust ...
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Different Covid-19 variants caused simultaneous infection in two cases, Brazil study suggests Both cases were women in their 30s who had typical mild-to-moderate flu-like symptoms and did not become severely ill or require hospitalization. In one case, the two variants identified had been circulating in Brazil since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Driven by Anti-Vaxxers, Measles Outbreaks Cost Everyone Money FRIDAY, March 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A single measles outbreak cost one U.S. county $3.4 million, a new government study estimates, underscoring the societal burden of inadequate vaccination rates. The outbreak occurred in Clark County, Wash., ...
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Here's what pregnant women should know about the J&J COVID-19 vaccine Unlike Pfizer's and Moderna's two-dose vaccines, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine uses another virus -- one that causes the common cold -- to deliver genetic information to cells. Pregnant women were ...
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Abbott launches pandemic defense coalition to detect future variants, outbreaks A year into this global pandemic, Abbott is preparing for the next one: the medtech giant has launched a network of centers with expertise in lab testing, genetic sequencing and public health to help catch and track emerging viruses and potentially dangerous ...
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COVID-19 updates: Collin County to reopen vaccine sign-ups on Friday DALLAS — The Collin County health department is reopening its vaccine waitlist for sign-ups starting Friday after it was closed last month. The vaccine appointment portal will open for any person in phases 1A, 1B and all teachers, Judge Chris Hill said in an ...
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'Alexa, Is My Heartbeat Healthy?' FRIDAY, March 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- One in four U.S. households use smart speakers to check the weather, play music and query search engines. But a new technology may soon have folks asking, "Hey Google, how's my heart?".
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Studying COVID-19's Affect on Children's Kidneys Abby Basalely, MD: "The majority of children will recover from MIS-C and we see them thriving and doing well post hospitalization if they need hospitalization for the syndrome." Infection preventionists (IPs) in children's hospitals have not been spared by the ...
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Opioid Deaths Spiked in Chicago's Home County While a Stay-at-Home Order Was in Effect The average number of people dying of opioid overdoses in the Illinois county that's home to Chicago increased by more than 20% last year while state residents were told to stay at home to curb the spread of COVID-19, according to a new analysis.
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AHA News: Dementia May Be a Risk Factor for Infection But Not Death From COVID-19 THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- People who have dementia are at much higher risk of becoming infected with COVID-19, but no more likely to die from it than those without cognitive impairment, new research suggests.
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Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects: How Long They Last Like those involved in the clinical trials, people have commonly reported pain at the injection site along with chills, headache, and fever. There have also been several reports of "COVID arm" after the ...
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Utah Medical Examiner says 39-year-old mom's death 4 days after taking COVID vaccine is 'temporally related' Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel breaks down the new CDC guidelines for fully-vaccinated Americans. The family of a 39-year-old Utah mother who died just four ...
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Global rise in childhood mental health issues amid pandemic A child and his mother wait at the reception in the pediatric unit of the Robert Debre hospital, in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena). By the time his parents rushed him to the hospital, 11-year-old Pablo was barely eating and ...
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Your guide to every COVID-19 vaccine question When will children be able to get COVID-19 vaccines? It depends on the child's age, but some teenagers could be rolling up their sleeves before too long. The Pfizer vaccine already is ...
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Denmark and Norway Suspend AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Over Blood Clot Worries Danish and Norwegian health officials temporarily halted the use of the Covid-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca PLC as a precaution, as they and other European regulators investigated reports of severe blood clots in people who have received doses.
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Switch to Plant-Based Diet Can Cut Your Odds for Stroke By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, March 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A healthy, plant-based diet could reduce your risk of stroke by up to 10%, researchers say. This type of diet includes greater amounts of foods like vegetables, ...
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Gut Microbiome May Provide Novel Therapies for Neurological Disorders Mauro Costa-Mattioli, PhD, professor and Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair in neuroscience and director of the Memory and Brain Research Center at Baylor, discovered with his team that different abnormal behaviors are interdependently regulated by the ...
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To Keep Schools Safe, Should Kids Be Six Feet Apart, or Three? During a press call with reporters, infectious diseases physicians flagged new evidence suggesting that whether kids are separated by 3 feet or 6 feet in schools doesn't affect COVID-19 case counts substantially. The ...
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Amid Pandemic, Doctors Worldwide Report Alarming Mental Health Impact on Children Some children try to keep their mental anguish to themselves, not wanting to further burden the adults in their lives who are perhaps mourning loved ones or jobs lost to the coronavirus. By John Leicester • Published 13 mins ago. By the time his parents ...
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A Medieval Woman Wore This 'Birthing Girdle' to Protect Herself During Labor Researchers found traces of bodily fluids, as well as milk and other materials associated with pregnancy, on the ten-foot long parchment. A Medieval Scroll. Medieval women viewed birthing girdles, or long pieces of parchment inscribed with religious ...
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How mRNA vaccines can keep up with an ever-changing coronavirus As new COVID 19 variants are rapidly spreading across the world, vaccine manufacturers are preemptively finding ways to adapt to the emerging threats. Moderna announced Wednesday it had dosed the first patient in a study to test a booster shot against ...
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Dallas County reports 35 new COVID-19 deaths, first case of New York strain of virus The emergence of the variants is a good reason to continue wearing a mask and social distancing, County Judge Clay Jenkins said. File photo ...
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HIV, High-Risk Pregnancy and Coronavirus Developing COVID-19 during a high-risk pregnancy is a bad combination for mother and child, but having HIV infection on top of that doesn't appear to make it any worse, a study in South Africa indicated. Of 100 women diagnosed with COVID-19 while ...
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COVID-19 depression and anxiety: How to take care of your mental health In order to help you get through these trying times, we've compiled our very best mental health advice -- all spliced into easy-to-digest sections on burnout, anxiety and sleep, plus the benefits of meditation, physical activity and getting outdoors.
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Complications of Chronic Kidney Disease: Anemia and More The health of your kidneys affects all your vital organs. Left untreated, anemia and high blood pressure can worsen kidney function and contribute to heart disease and increased mortality. Many health complications can be treated and managed before they ...
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Another coronavirus variant found in King County, health department says The state's health officials, while concerned about the coronavirus variants, are encouraged by the increasing number of people being vaccinated. COVID-19 vaccine supply remains tight but could be increasing soon. Getting more doses ...
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Now that I'm vaccinated, can I see my grandchildren? Here's the CDC guidance. About 50% of people 70 and older in Louisiana have been fully vaccinated, according to a Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate analysis of state health data. So what does that mean for family gatherings? If you are fully vaccinated, is it safe to visit with your ...
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My BIPOC Experience Finding Care for Chronic Kidney Disease I consider myself fortunate. In my physical journey through chronic kidney disease (CKD), from diagnosis to transplant, I've had only one complication. However, my path through the healthcare system had many peaks and valleys and led me to find my voice.
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Expert Roundtable: Mental Health Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV While the risk of COVID-19 infection in those on effective treatment is not believed to be greater than that of individuals without HIV, the risk for severe illness may be elevated in older people with HIV and those with a low CD4 cell count and certain comorbid ...
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Brazil cases shed more light on COVID-19 reinfection risk The findings come from an analysis of 33 cases of recurrent COVID-19 in Brazil, who were primarily female healthcare workers. Recurrence was often more severe compared to initial infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and resulted in one death.
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Hospitals need more 'energy, focus' on urgent-start dialysis programs in emergency rooms Similar to how emergency departments have teams ready to treat patients after cardiac arrest or stroke, a speaker argued it is equally necessary to have interventional teams for patients who develop rapid kidney failure. "[We] have brain intervention teams ...
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'I've aged 30 years': long COVID patients battle acute symptoms Difficulty breathing, concentrating and even walking: five months after being diagnosed with COVID-19, Violaine Cousineau continues to suffer severe symptoms that prevent her from resuming normal life. "I feel like I've aged 30 years in a few months," the ...
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What can you do when you're vaccinated? CDC releases new COVID-19 guidelines If you've been fully vaccinated, you can meet up with other vaccinated people in small groups. Sarah Tew/CNET. For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. As coronavirus vaccines are being ...
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California Leaders Look to Reopening, Push 1-Shot Vaccine LOS ANGELES (AP) — California officials are contemplating what things will look like in the nation's most populous state once millions of people are vaccinated and they move to phase out restrictions on gatherings and businesses that have altered life for a ...
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UK Researchers Progress Toward Simple Skin Swab Test for Parkinson's Disease The results of studies by a University of Manchester-led team suggest that it may be possible to diagnose and potentially even monitor the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD) by analyzing compounds present on the surface of the skin.
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Targeted screening for prostate cancer could prevent one in six deaths A national screening program targeted at those men who are genetically pre-disposed to prostate cancer, and involving a blood test and MRI scan before an invasive biopsy, could prevent one in six prostate cancer deaths and significantly reduce ...
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Easing COVID-19 restrictions too soon could be a boon for coronavirus variants COVID-19 vaccine rollout has accelerated to more than 2 million shots per day in the United States. A more transmissible coronavirus variant from the U.K. is muscling its way across the country. And governors from Texas to Massachusetts are racing to loosen ...
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Covid variant first found in the UK appears to be 64% more deadly than earlier strains, study finds The highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K. is associated with a 64% higher risk of dying from Covid-19 than earlier strains, according to a new study. Researchers in the U.K. analyzed data from more than 100,000 patients, comparing ...
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How's your mental health? 1 year into pandemic, experts offer advice One year ago today, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Today, Americans are still struggling. Illustration of woman's profile on a background full of calendars. A majority of young adults said they felt "very lonely" over the ...
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Sewage-testing robots process wastewater faster to predict COVID-19 outbreaks sooner This advance, published in the microbiology journal mSystems, provides even more lead time to communities monitoring their wastewater for early warning about local cases of COVID-19. When clinical studies emerged ...
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Does your child have MIS-C, COVID-19 or Kawasaki disease? Exposure to SARS-Co-V2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can put otherwise healthy children and adolescents at risk for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), a rare but possibly life-threatening pediatric condition that can cause severe ...
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Utah's largest counties now in 'moderate' COVID-19 transmission level Utah, Tooele, Iron and Sevier counties were all downgraded to moderate transmission from the "high" transmission level this week. "It's a really big deal for Utah County to now be moving to moderate," Cox said, as the county has been under high transmission ...
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Foodborne fungus impairs intestinal wound healing in Crohn's disease Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Cleveland Clinic have discovered that a fungus found in foods such as cheese and processed meats can infect sites of intestinal damage in mice and people with Crohn's and ...
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Here's How It Was Possible to Develop COVID-19 Vaccines So Quickly Understanding how the COVID-19 vaccines were developed so quickly can help ease fears about them. · Resources, public support, existing technology, and more all contributed to the speed of vaccine development.
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NC expects supply of COVID-19 vaccine to surge by early April. Here's the plan for it. Kody Kinsley, a DHHS deputy secretary who is leading the department's COVID-19 operations, said the state's weekly allocation of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech doses will likely gradually increase throughout March. Then, at the ...
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Mysterious COVID syndrome in kids attacks their kidneys in about half the cases The rate of acute kidney injury is significant among all kids who have COVID-19, but especially among those with MIS-C, which usually emerges about a month after they contract the coronavirus.
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