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	health Daily update ⋅ March 2, 2021
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	NPR Could A Single-Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine After Illness Stretch The Supply? NPR Public health officials say it's important to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible to reduce the risk posed by new coronavirus variants. One strategy to stretch existing supplies – albeit with huge logistical challenges — would be to give just one dose ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Why I Overcame My Vaccine Hesitancy The New York Times Why I Overcame My Vaccine Hesitancy. The more people who become immune to the virus, the less this scourge will be able to mutate and evade the vaccines already available. Credit...Gracia Lam. Jane E. Brody. By Jane E. Brody. March 1, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET. Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD COVID-19 Myths You Shouldn't Believe WebMD Myth: The COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe because drug companies created them quickly. Fact: Because we're in a global pandemic, drug companies spent lots of time and money quickly making the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A Covid Vaccine Side Effect, Enlarged Lymph Nodes, Can Be Mistaken for Cancer The New York Times As vaccines are rolled out across the country, doctors are seeing more and more of these swollen nodes in recently immunized people, and medical journals have begun publishing reports aimed at allaying fears and helping patients avoid needless testing for a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post More deaths from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in 2020, report says Washington Post A year ago, Marc and Kathy Cochran were looking forward to a summer trip to Greece. Kathy, 68, had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2012, but she was functioning well and enjoying herself, which her husband of 48 years attributed ... Flag as irrelevant
	ModernHealthcare.com Connecticut is doling out vaccines based strictly on age. It's simpler, but is it fair? ModernHealthcare.com With COVID vaccines expected to remain scarce into early spring, Connecticut has scrapped its complicated plans to prioritize immunizations for people under 65 with certain chronic conditions and front-line workers. Instead, the state will primarily base ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Can a UTI Delay Your Period? Healthline Why not? What about antibiotics? What can delay? Pregnancy; Talk with your doctor; Takeaway. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common, especially in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Finding Support When You Have a Rare Lung Cancer Healthline granular cell lung tumors. Finding emotional and lifestyle support can help you maintain your quality of life while undergoing treatment — and may help you feel less alone. Some types of support, like palliative care, ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: Which Blood Pressure Number Matters Most Might Depend on Your Age U.S. News & World Report MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Systolic blood pressure is the best way to predict future cardiovascular events and death, irrespective of age, according to new research. But in younger people, diastolic blood pressure could still ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Pot May Not Be the Best Rx for a Migraine WebMD She's a clinical assistant professor of neurology and neurological sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine in California. Many people with chronic migraines self-medicate with marijuana, and some evidence shows that marijuana can ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Countries Call on Drug Companies to Share Vaccine Know-How U.S. News & World Report PARIS (AP) — In an industrial neighborhood on the outskirts of Bangladesh's largest city lies a factory with gleaming new equipment imported from Germany, its immaculate hallways lined with hermetically sealed rooms. It is operating at just a quarter of its ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg New York Covid-19 Variant Expands Reach in US With 735 Cases Bloomberg The variant, known scientifically as B.1.526, likely started off in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, said Anthony Fauci, a top medical adviser to President Joe Biden, in a Monday news briefing. It is one of five concerning variants now being tracked ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report WHO: 'Premature,' 'Unrealistic' COVID-19 Will End Soon U.S. News & World Report FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 file photo, Michael Ryan, left, Executive Director of WHO's Health Emergencies programme, next to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, right, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD US Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season WebMD MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- While many Americans await their turn for the COVID vaccine, a potentially record-setting number have already had their flu shot. That's the key finding in a nationwide poll of more conducted in December by the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Here's When We May Have Enough COVID-19 Vaccine for Herd Immunity Healthline According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 96.4 million doses of vaccine against the virus have been delivered to healthcare centers across the country. Experts have estimated that 70 to 90 percent of people may need to ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Smartphone addiction ruins sleep, study says, but you can fight back CNN (CNN) Addiction to smartphones will result in poor sleep, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in Frontiers in Psychiatry, looked at smartphone use among 1,043 students between the ages of 18 and 30 at King's College London. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR 'Providers Don't Even Listen': Barriers To Alzheimer's Care When You're Not White NPR Many members of racial and ethnic minority groups say they face extra barriers when seeking care for a friend or family member with Alzheimer's disease. Black, Hispanic, Asian and Native American caregivers were far more likely than whites to encounter ... Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News LNP Delivers CRISPR Directly to Mouse Liver, Dramatically Cuts Cholesterol Levels for Months Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Scientists at Tufts University and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT have developed a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology that can package and deliver CRISPR gene editing machinery specifically to the liver. Their studies in mice demonstrated use of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Sharp drop seen in COVID testing as new cases plateau Medical Xpress "Let's get many, many more people vaccinated," Fauci said on the CBS show, Face the Nation. "And then you could pull back on those types of public health measures. But right now, as we're going down and [then] plateauing, is not the time to declare victory ... Flag as irrelevant
	KABC-TV New COVID cases, positivity rate continue falling in LA County KABC-TV LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- While continuing to urge vigilance against the spread of COVID-19, Los Angeles County's public health director says the rate of people testing positive for the virus has fallen to its lowest level of the pandemic, and the effectiveness of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Wall Street Journal Covid-19 Virus Studies Yield New Clues on Pandemic's Origin The Wall Street Journal At least four recent studies have identified coronaviruses closely related to the pandemic strain in bats and pangolins in Southeast Asia and Japan, a sign that these pathogens are more widespread than previously known and that there was ample opportunity ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline How the '5-a-Day Mix' of Fruits, Vegetables Improves Your Health Healthline They note that some vegetables and fruits are healthier than others. There's no magic recipe for a longer life. But the recommendation that you should eat 2 servings of fruit and 3 servings of vegetables ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Link found between cannabis and rebound headaches after migraine Livescience.com People with chronic migraines who use cannabis products are much more likely to suffer from "rebound headaches" than those who don't use the drugs, a preliminary study suggests. However, though a link has been uncovered, it's still unclear whether ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Punch US will impose public health measures for DRC, Guinea travelers Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will impose new public health requirements for U.S. visitors who have recently been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or Guinea because of concerns about ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Coronavirus Vaccine Is Already Changing Los Angeles, Data Shows Patch.com LOS ANGELES, CA — While continuing to urge vigilance against COVID- 19 spread, Los Angeles County's public health director said Monday the rate of people testing positive for the virus has fallen to its lowest level of the pandemic, and the c of vaccines is ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Future of immunotherapy could be 'off-the-shelf' treatments Medical Xpress In a new commentary for the journal Science, an associate vice president for research at The University of Texas at Arlington argues that emerging protein-based immunotherapies could lead to highly effective "off-the-shelf" cancer treatments for more patients. Flag as irrelevant
	The Punch US will impose public health measures for DRC, Guinea travelers Reuters WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will impose new public health requirements for U.S. visitors who have recently been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or Guinea because of concerns ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com Why a combo of 2 fruits and 3 veggies each day could lead to a longer life Today.com Adding more fruits and veggies to your daily diet could lead to a longer life, new research suggests. Illustration of woman's profile with fruits and veggies inside. An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but bumping that up to two fruits and three veggies a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sacramento Bee Tensions over vaccine equity pit rural against urban America Sacramento Bee The 74-year-old woman wasn't eligible to be vaccinated in Nashville, where she lives, because there were so many health care workers to vaccinate there. But a neighbor told her the state's rural counties had already moved to younger age groups and she ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Paper addresses research needed to understand smoking and COVID-19 Medical Xpress In "Smoking and COVID-19: The Real Deal," Enid Neptune, MD, and Michelle N. Eakin, Ph.D., of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, discuss research to date on this topic and propose areas of research that can help ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Cannabis Tied to Rebound Headaches in Chronic Migraine Patients MedPage Today Migraine patients who used cannabis were more likely to develop "rebound" or medication overuse headaches than those who didn't use cannabis, a single-center chart review suggested. In an analysis of 368 patients with chronic migraines, current ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Three new Ebola cases confirmed in Congo, two in Guinea Reuters In a separate outbreak of the disease in Guinea, the World Health Organization said two new confirmed cases have emerged, bringing the total to 17 in the first resurgence of the virus there since the world's worst outbreak in 2013-2016. Flag as irrelevant
	Centre Daily Times More screen time boosts risk that preteens will develop eating disorder, study says Centre Daily Times Excessive time spent browsing social media, where negative messages about body image often prevail, was also tied to higher likelihoods of developing binge-eating disorders among kids, according to the study published Monday in the International Journal of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Alcohol and tobacco sales climb during early months of COVID-19 pandemic Medical Xpress COVID-19 has taken a huge medical, emotional and economic toll on Americans. Now, new Keck Medicine of USC research shows that the pandemic may also have harmful indirect consequences. Alcohol and tobacco sales nationwide rose in the early ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report 'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes U.S. News & World Report By Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporters. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, March 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- You've had a stroke and arrive at a hospital, but the stroke specialist is off-duty. Never fear: Telemedicine may help save your life. Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times As COVID-19 outbreaks hit gyms, CDC urges stricter precautions Seattle Times Public health officials on Wednesday urged gymgoers to wear masks when they work out and to remain 6 feet apart, as new research described the rapid spread of coronavirus infections during high-intensity exercise classes at gyms in Honolulu and Chicago ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Could our immune system be why COVID-19 is so deadly? Medical Xpress Respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 (causing COVID-19) can often catalyze an overactive immune response that leads to a life-threatening cycle, known as a cytokine storm. Analyzing cytokine responses from patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 and ... Flag as irrelevant
	KHOU.com VERIFY: Yes, this year's flu activity is far below average KHOU.com Flu activity this season is at the lowest it's been in years. Experts think COVID-19 mitigation efforts are contributing to this. Flag as irrelevant
	The New Yorker A Year in America's First COVID Epicenter The New Yorker In those first days, so little was known about the virus that officials scrambled to draft a playbook, Jeffrey Duchin, the health officer for Public Health–Seattle & King County, recently told me. "We had never done these large-scale community-mitigation measures ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid-19: Two die after 11 catch virus on Christmas Day BBC News Kashmir Bains, 64, and Paramjeet, 43, of Wolverhampton, fell seriously ill after testing positive for the virus. The daughter died on 5 January, the day after she was ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report CDC To States: Stay Vigilant as Coronavirus Case Decline Stalls U.S. News & World Report "Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard earned ground we have gained," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said during a White House coronavirus briefing Monday. Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Many Blacks, Hispanics Believe They'll Get Worse Care If Dementia Strikes HealthDay TUESDAY, March 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Black and Hispanic Americans already face higher risks for dementia than the general population. Many also believe they'd get worse dementia care compared to white patients, according to a new Alzheimer's ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC Surgeon opposes relaxing of Covid restrictions: 'We haven't even come down below the surge last summer' CNBC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said she was still "deeply concerned" about the virus. VIDEO ... Flag as irrelevant
	KATU Washington State to Surpass 5K Coronavirus Deaths U.S. News & World Report The state reported 1,166 new confirmed cases and 14 more deaths Friday, which brought Washington's totals to 338,822 total known infections and 4,956 deaths from the virus. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Repurposed arthritis drug did not significantly improve severe COVID-19 pneumonia Medical Xpress In a study published online February 25, 2021 in The New England Journal of Medicine, a repurposed drug used to treat arthritis did not significantly improve the outcomes of patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Results of the Phase III clinical trial, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Arizona Daily Star Arizona reports no new COVID-19 deaths as toll nears 16000 Arizona Daily Star In Pima County, 113 new coronavirus cases were reported Monday, bringing the county's total to 109,601 cases since the pandemic started. The number of infections is thought to be far higher than reported because ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Vaccinating Oldest First for COVID Saves the Most Lives: Study U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Putting the oldest people near the front of the line for COVID-19 shots will save more lives and may extend their lifespan, too, researchers say. The new study ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bangor Daily News Tensions over vaccine equity pit rural against urban America Bangor Daily News NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Rita Fentress was worried she might get lost as she traveled down the unfamiliar forested, one-lane road in rural Tennessee in search of a coronavirus vaccine. Then the trees cleared and the Hickman County Agricultural Pavilion ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News 'Please hear me clearly': CDC director urges states not to reopen too soon as cases plateau ABC News George Stephanopoulos interviews White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on "This Week." The U.S. has hit a plateau in coronavirus cases ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Vaccinating by age groups is unfair, particularly to minorities, advisory panel tells CDC USA TODAY Many states prioritized COVID-19 vaccines for people over 75, then moved to those over 65, but they shouldn't keep stepping down by age, an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. The approach is inherently ... Flag as irrelevant

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