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Covid-19 cases plunge 83% among US nursing home staff, despite vaccine hesitancy (CNN) Joan Phillips, a certified nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home, loved her job but dreaded the danger of going to work in the pandemic. When vaccines became available in December, she jumped at the chance to get one. Months later, it appears ...
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US prison guards refusing vaccine despite COVID-19 outbreaks A statewide survey in California showed that half of all correction employees will wait to be vaccinated. In Rhode Island, prison staff have refused the vaccine at higher rates than the incarcerated, according to medical director Dr. Justin Berk.
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Health Highlights: March 15, 2021 By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). AstraZeneca Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine is Safe, Despite Reports of Deadly Clots. There is no scientific evidence linking the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to recent deaths from blood clots, the company ...
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Exclusive: Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19 virus, expert says CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) - Regular booster vaccines against the novel coronavirus will be needed because of mutations that make it more transmissible and better able to evade human immunity, the head of Britain's effort to sequence the virus's ...
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A high BMI may qualify you for a vaccine, but may not mean you're unhealthy. Here's how to check (CNN) With obesity a factor in Covid-19 vaccine eligibility, many Americans are scrambling to find out their body mass index, or BMI. But experts say the meaning behind those numbers -- and how to lower them -- isn't always so clear-cut. The US Centers for ...
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Survivors struggle as scientists race to solve COVID mystery Fatigue, shortness of breath, insomnia, trouble thinking clearly and depression are among the many reported symptoms. Organ damage, including lung scarring and heart inflammation, have also been seen. Pinpointing whether these symptom are ...
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Israel's DreaMed, Yale Team up on AI Diabetes Monitoring JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli medical software company DreaMed Diabetes said on Monday it was partnering with Yale New Haven Health System to use artificial intelligence (AI) in monitoring insulin and glucose levels in children with Type 1 diabetes.
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Covid-19: Vaccines now available in NI to everyone aged 50 and over People aged 50 or over in Northern Ireland can now book their Covid-19 vaccine appointment, Health Minister Robin Swann has announced. Those who are eligible and wish to receive the vaccine have the choice of booking it online or being contacted by ...
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National Napping Day: 5 reasons you should nap, if you don't have 'coronasomnia' (CNN) If you feel like calling it a day and dozing off for a bit, don't feel bad — Monday, March 15, is National Napping Day. Finding the time to rejuvenate and recover amid daily responsibilities can be hard, but napping has benefits that could help you level up ...
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Zoom anxiety is still a major problem, one year into the pandemic Accidentally turning your camera on, trouble finding the unmute button and staring at yourself all day are still real sources of stress as COVID-19 continues to impact our lives. Alison DeNisco ...
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LA County Moves To Red Tier As COVID Numbers Continue To Drop LOS ANGELES, CA — Los Angeles County restaurants will again welcome customers indoors and movie theaters and fitness centers will be able to reopen, all at limited capacity, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday when the county advances to a less-restrictive ...
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Ireland suspends use of AstraZeneca's vaccine, citing blood clot reports. Ireland suspended use of the Covid-19 vaccine by Oxford-AstraZeneca on Sunday, citing reports of unusual blood clotting problems among people who recently received shots in Norway. The decision followed a new advisory from Norway on Saturday that ...
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Coronavirus variants: What you need to know "Most mutations do not change or weaken the virus, but some can make the virus stronger or more infective," says Pantaleo. CNET Health and Wellness. Our ...
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Origin of the COVID-19 virus: The trail of mink farming It is thought that the coronaviruses that have emerged in recent years (SARS, MERS-CoV) circulate in bats and were transmitted to humans by intermediate host animals. These diseases are known as zoonoses. The ...
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Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For someone suffering a severe stroke, every 10 minutes that goes by before treatment starts in the emergency room may cost eight weeks of a healthy life, ...
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San Francisco Expands Who Can Get Vaccine Under New Rules Diners Evie Costello, left, and Mandissa Costello, right, are served by Isaac Villaneva at Agoura's Famous Deli Sunday, March 14, 2021, in the Agoura Hills section of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles County is reopening businesses to an extent not seen ...
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Antisense Oligo Therapy Dampens Metabolic Consequences of High-Fat Diet and Obesity Consuming a high-fat diet (HFD) is linked with increased risk for obesity and associated metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and fatty liver. Studies by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now shown that ...
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Illinois has administered 4040302 vaccine doses over the last three months (LIVE UPDATES) In Chicago, only 261,745 residents — or 9.7% of the city's population — are fully vaccinated. With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout ramping up, Illinois' coronavirus infection rate has remained close to an ...
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COVID vaccine live updates: Here's what to know in North Carolina on March 14 Fifty-eight coronavirus-related deaths were reported Saturday. Deaths don't all occur on the day the state reports them. The state health department revises its daily figures as information becomes available.
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Arizona reports 649 additional COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths According to Arizona's coronavirus dashboard, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped to 814 on Saturday — down from the Jan. 11 pandemic peak of 5,082. The state also reported fewer than 1,000 ...
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California Healthline Daily Edition How Covid Has Changed Our Movement, as Revealed by Your Cellphone. Californians are venturing out to shop, dine and work far more now than a year ago, when state officials issued the first sweeping stay-at-home order. But we're still sticking to home ...
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COVID vaccine live updates: Here's what to know in North Carolina on March 15 As of Thursday, the latest date for which data are available, 5.4% of coronavirus tests were reported positive. Health officials have said 5% or lower is the target rate to control the spread of the virus.
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Facebook research reportedly finds small number of users responsible for spreading vaccine doubt The WHO points out that vaccine hesitancy may not be wholly responsible for an the 30 percent increase in measles cases around the world over the past several years, but it played a role in measles' resurgence.
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Who can sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas Phase 1C gives people who are at least 50 years old the green light to get vaccinated. DSHS officials said they decided to open the vaccine allocation to this group because it makes up 20% of all COVID-19 deaths.
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When will we declare victory over COVID-19? We've succeeded in eliminating only one major infectious killer: smallpox. A terrible disease that killed 30% of all victims, smallpox was last reported in 1977 in Somalia. Just two remnants of the virus, stored in tightly-controlled government laboratories in the ...
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Can you ride in a car with an immunized person if you're unvaccinated? Though we know both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are 95% effective at preventing COVID infections, we don't yet know if that means vaccinated individuals can be carriers. "When someone is vaccinated, ...
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NJ's COVID vaccine eligibility expands today. Here's everyone who can now schedule a shot. Motor Vehicle Commission workers · NJ Transit workers and other transportation workers · Public and local transportation workers, including bus, taxi, ride-share and airport employees ...
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COVID-19 precautions shut down flu this season, but what will next winter bring? As its name suggests, the Seattle Flu Study was designed to monitor the virus that rolls in like clockwork every fall, trailing misery in its wake. But this season — for the first time — there hasn't been much to track. Out of the more than 17,000 specimens the ...
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Vaccine Eligibility Widens In California Starting March 15. Here's How LA's Handling It. By Jackie Fortiér and Carla Javier. Starting March 15, Californians who are 16-to-64 years old with disabilities and certain high-risk health conditions can sign up for a free COVID-19 vaccine. Also eligible are public transit workers and those living and working ...
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When Can I Get A COVID-19 Vaccine? How Will I Find Out? Answers To Your California Vaccine Questions. Christie Aiello, left and Denise Gomez prepare the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for medical workers at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Jae C. Hong / AP Photo. Updated March 14. While California started vaccinating health ...
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How has a year of a pandemic affected our mental health? Unsurprisingly, the pandemic — along with economic uncertainty, a summer of racial injustice protests and an anxiety-inducing election cycle — has negatively impacted our mental health. The Greenville News spoke with local experts last week and they ...
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Small group plays big role in pushing vaccine skepticism, Facebook study finds Facebook is conducting a vast behind-the-scenes study of doubts expressed by U.S. users about vaccines, a major project that attempts to probe and teach software to identify the medical attitudes of millions of Americans, according to documents obtained by ...
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California may soon get a green reopening tier. Here's what experts say that could look like Since California first rolled out its four-tier, color-coded coronavirus reopening system last August, the least restrictive level has been yellow, for "minimal" spread. The system had no green tier — by design, officials said. "We don't believe that there's a green ...
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When will we declare victory over COVID-19? Over time — as vaccines improve, death tolls fall and we adopt new behaviors, like wearing masks when we're sick — we'll accommodate it, just as we do with other deadly infectious diseases, he said.
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SARS-CoV-2 Jumped From Bats To Humans Without Much Genetic Change: Research A new study suggested SARS-CoV-2 was able to jump from bats to humans without much genetic change; "Neutral" evolutionary processes have dominated in the virus despite some changes having an effect; Researchers said it was "surprising" to see how ...
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Boston University plans for 'full return to learning' this fall, citing coronavirus vaccine rollout "I expect the vibrant campus life that we cherish will fully return," BU President Robert Brown recently wrote to students and parents. "We all yearn for a return to a post-COVID normalcy ...
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Pandemic Has Harmed Mental Health of Nearly Half of US Teens: Poll MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If your teenagers have been struggling to cope during the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey suggests they are far from alone. Researchers found that 46% of 977 parents of teens said their child has shown ...
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Lubbock Public Health Department to host COVID-19 vaccine clinics this week LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Texas Department of State Health Services has allocated additional doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to the Public Health Department. The City of Lubbock will hold vaccine clinics this week at the following times:.
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Pelicans say some players, staff received COVID-19 vaccine The team said it was supporting "the state's vital efforts" to encourage residents to get vaccinated, and Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy said he'd like his team to be an example. Content Continues ...
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San Bernardino County, Big Bear in the red tier The county's current case rate is 5.2 cases per 100,000 residents, its positivity rate is 2.8 percent and its equity positivity rate is 3.2 percent. "People throughout our county have worked relentlessly over the past year ...
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Survivors struggle as scientists race to solve COVID mystery There was no reason to celebrate on Rachel Van Lear's anniversary. The same day a global pandemic was declared, she developed symptoms of COVID-19. A year later, she's still waiting for them to disappear. And for experts to come up with some answers.
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Sunday to Sunday: Florida reports 31813 new cases, 572 more resident deaths Florida has seen about one in 666 of its residents die from the virus. Total deaths in Florida attributed to COVID-19 amount to 0.2% of the state population, and one in 61 who were infected have died a 1.63% death rate.
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Nevada Reports 222 Additional COVID-19 Cases, 1 More Death LAS VEGAS (AP) — Health officials in Nevada on Sunday reported 222 additional COVID-19 cases and one more death. The latest figures raised the state's pandemic totals to 299,287 cases and 5,118 know deaths. Authorities said 161 of the new cases were ...
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Dane Who Died From Blood Clot After AstraZeneca Shot Had Unusual Symptoms: Agency COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A 60-year old Danish woman who died of a blood clot after receiving AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine had "highly unusual" symptoms, the Danish Medicines Agency said late on Sunday. It said the woman had a low number of ...
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COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 4 of every 10 seniors in state now fully vaccinated Of residents 65 and older, about 39% have received both shots of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the state Department of Health Services. Over two-thirds of Wisconsin senior citizens have had at least one dose.
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After mixed reviews, Lilly's experimental Alzheimer drug awaits reaction from Wall Street Here's the million-dollar question for Eli Lilly and Co. as today's market opens: Did the drugmaker finally score a major breakthrough with its much-anticipated new treatment for Alzheimer's disease? If so, the Indianapolis-based company could see its stock ...
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56 new COVID-19 cases in Montana MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana state health officials report 101,760 total cases of COVID-19 for Sunday, March 14, 2021. 1,392 people have died of the virus. Click here for the latest detailed map on Montana's coronavirus response. Total doses administered: ...
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Oregon reports no new COVID-19 related deaths, one year after state's first death OHA also reported 234 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 159,617. Marking the anniversary of Oregon's first COVID death.
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Iowa meatpacking plants put lives on the line in COVID pandemic The Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo saw more than 1,000 of its workers get the virus. It temporarily shut down production in late April after not having enough healthy workers to keep up operations, the company said. The decision came after weeks of pressure ...
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North Dakota Reports 34 New Virus Cases From 1650 Tests The number of fatalities remained unchanged at 1,457, which is the 11th highest per capita in the country at about 196 deaths per 100,000 people, researchers said. Three counties have reported more than 100 deaths, with 196 in Cass, 190 in Ward and 187 in ...
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