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Texas Drops Its Virus Restrictions as a Wave of Reopenings Takes Hold As coronavirus cases fall, states are rescinding mask mandates and reopening businesses and schools, prompting people to emerge after months of isolation despite uncertainty about the pandemic's future.
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Worried About Coronavirus Variants? Here's What You Need To Know First, scientists in the United Kingdom spotted a more contagious coronavirus strain that spread like wildfire through the London area. Then, researchers in South Africa spotted one that appears to evade the immune system. Next, ...
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Brazil's Covid Crisis Is a Warning to the Whole World, Scientists Say Brazil is seeing a record number of deaths, and the spread of a more contagious coronavirus variant that may cause reinfection.
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Boston neighborhoods hit hardest by virus have lowest vaccination rates Conversely, the neighborhoods with the highest vaccination rates — including West Roxbury, the South End, and Jamaica Plain — have experienced much lower rates of infection since the beginning of the pandemic. The ...
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'When Will It End?': How a Changing Virus Is Reshaping Scientists' Views on COVID-19 But in the last month, data from a vaccine trial in South Africa showed not only that a rapidly-spreading coronavirus variant could dampen the effect of the vaccine, it could also evade natural immunity in people who had been previously infected.
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Virus Variant in Brazil Infected Many Who Had Already Recovered From Covid-19 The first detailed studies of the so-called P.1 variant show how it devastated a Brazilian city. Now scientists want to know what it will do elsewhere.
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Will Fish Sauce and Charred Oranges Return the World Covid Took From Me? Back in Jamaica, when Trudy-Ann Lalor and her siblings caught a cold, their mother burned Seville oranges over a fire in the backyard, cut the charred peel away and gave them the hot, juicy pulp with sugar, to eat with a spoon. It always made them feel better ...
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Children May Start to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 in the Fall: Why That's Important Clinical trials involving children have begun for COVID-19 vaccines. · Experts say this is important because children are 20 percent of the U.S. population. · They note that it's difficult to reach herd immunity without vaccinating children.
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Drug Overdose Deaths Surge Among Black Americans During Pandemic Jenkins, who lives in upstate New York, says her mom, Sonya Hughey, had a hard life, first using crack cocaine when she was a teenager. The loneliness and isolation of the pandemic made ...
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Mammograms pick up swelling due to Covid-19 vaccine, causing unnecessary fear, radiologists say (CNN) When she found a lump in her left breast during a routine self-check, Boston primary care physician Dr. Devon Quasha knew exactly what to do. She immediately scheduled a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital ...
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The flu killed nearly 200 children last season. This time, 1 has died. In the shadow of the past year's coronavirus surge came a less noticeable, but more positive infectious-disease trend: Influenza and other common viruses have nearly disappeared. The flu is circulating at such low levels that officials only know of one child in ...
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How Climate Change Could Put More MS Patients in Danger TUESDAY, March 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When temperatures rise, people with multiple sclerosis need to keep cool. Heat sensitivity is a hallmark of the central nervous system disorder. So, what happens when warm weather spikes become more ...
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Strep Throat Doesn't Worsen Tourette's, May Affect ADHD People with chronic tic disorders have unintentional repetitive movements and vocalizations. Previous research has suggested a link between strep and tic and behavioral disorders. "The link between streptococcus and tics in children is still a matter ...
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NJ reports 48 COVID deaths, 2820 cases. Hospitalizations decline by half since December. There have been 2.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in New Jersey as of Tuesday morning. That includes 1.4 million first doses and 721,000 second doses. That's ...
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Why Skipping Even One Mammogram Can Be Dangerous for Your Health But experts say remaining vigilant does not mean postponing regular health checks, particularly cancer screenings, and mammograms for women. Now a new study finds women who skip even one scheduled mammogram screening before a breast cancer ...
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Does an Arthritis Drug Help Patients Battling Severe COVID? It Depends on the Study By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies suggest that the jury is still out on whether the arthritis drug tocilizumab helps those with severe COVID-19. Both reports were published ...
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Most Migraine Patients Fail to Reap the Benefits of Exercise "This study adds to an ever-growing body of research that points to exercise as an effective way to promote general well-being and reduce monthly migraine days," Mason Dyess, DO, of the University of Washington, Seattle, told Medscape Medical News.
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VIRUS TODAY: Merck to produce J&J shot, Dems set to debate Drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson's newly approved coronavirus vaccine in an effort to expand supply more quickly. By The Associated Press. March 2, 2021, 11:27 AM. • 3 min read. Nick Bloom, Hollie Maloney. Image Icon ...
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I Am Fat. To Get the Vaccine, I Had to Say I Am "Obese." Vaccine Diaries is a series of dispatches exploring the rollout of COVID-19 immunizations. "Name." "Date of Birth." "Do you have a preexisting condition?" "Yes." I had practiced saying it out loud. "Obesity." I took a seat in the waiting room of the vaccine site, ...
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Skipping Mammograms Raises a Woman's Odds for Breast Cancer Death By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, March 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Don't skip your breast cancer screening mammogram. This is the overarching message of an extended study of more than a half-million Swedish women.
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CDC Panel Sounds Alarm on COVID Variants, Even as Vaccine Supply Rises Expanding the number of Americans vaccinated against SARS-COV-2 will aid in the fight against emerging variants of the virus, but the challenges of having only a limited supply of COVID-19 shots will persist for some time, federal advisers and government ...
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You've been vaccinated — the CDC is finalizing guidance on what's safe for you to do The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finalizing guidance aimed at clarifying what Americans who have received COVID-19 vaccines should and shouldn't do, according to two sources at the agency familiar with its drafting. The upcoming ...
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Skipping Mammograms Raises Odds for Breast Cancer TUESDAY, March 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Don't skip your breast cancer screening mammogram. This is the overarching message of an extended study of more than a half-million Swedish women. Those who missed even one recommended screening ...
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Health Officials Urge Caution as COVID Cases Plateau Mar. 3, 2021 -- The U.S. has hit a plateau in the COVID-19 pandemic with about 70,000 cases and 2,000 deaths per day. Although cases and deaths have dropped significantly since the record-breaking highs of early January, public health officials say it's not ...
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Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: 10 recent reports on screening, risk VIDEO: Text message program offers support to patients diagnosed with CRC. In an exclusive video, Healio Gastroenterology spoke with Brian Dooreck, MD, of Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Centers in Pembroke Pines, Fla., about the colorectal cancer provider ...
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Seychelles bids to reach COVID 'herd immunity' by mid-March The president of Seychelles says he hopes enough residents will soon be vaccinated against COVID-19 to stop the spread of the virus in the Indian Ocean island nation. Seychelles began vaccinations in January, and by the end of February, about 44% of ...
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Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- People with kidney failure related to sickle cell disease are less likely to receive a transplant than those without sickle cell disease, but it could be ...
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Vaccine development software shows promise in influenza effort, could help defeat coronavirus LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 1, 2021-- A novel computer algorithm that could create a broadly reactive influenza vaccine for swine flu also offers a path toward a pan-influenza vaccine and possibly a pan-coronavirus vaccine as well, according to a new paper ...
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Teens And Other Volunteers Help Seniors Find Scarce COVID Shots Waking up at the crack of dawn. Dialing the same busy phone line for hours on end. Clicking through confusing prompts on website after website. With demand far outstripping supply, the frenzied search for a COVID vaccine appointment can be overwhelming ...
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Teens' Mental Health Took a Hit During Pandemic Mental health claims essentially doubled as a percentage of all medical claims for individuals age 13-18 in March (+97%) and April (+103.5%) of 2020 compared with the same periods a year earlier, the report said. Medical claims overall fell by about half during ...
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As Ebola spreads in Africa, CDC requires airlines to collect contact information on travelers from DRC, Guinea The move comes as global health officials race to respond to two separate Ebola outbreaks in the African countries. The reemergence of Ebola in Guinea and the DRC has global health specialists particularly concerned because those countries are ...
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Maps Reveal How Resources Are Distributed In Brain: UCSD Study SAN DIEGO, CA — Scientists at UC San Diego may have helped answer how the brain ensures more active parts receive enough nourishment versus less demanding areas — an old neuroscience mystery, according to a study published Tuesday. Studying ...
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Tactical shift: Europe seeks vaccine 'overdrive' to catch up Slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against COVID-19, Germany faces an unfamiliar problem: a glut of vaccines and not enough arms to inject them into. Like other countries in the European Union, its national vaccine campaign lags far ...
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CDC Staff Teases New Guidance for Those Allergic to COVID Vax Currently, patients can be eligible to receive the Johnson & Johnson adenovirus vaccine after receiving one dose of mRNA vaccine only in special circumstances, but the agency is preparing new guidance about this vaccine specifically for individuals with ...
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Once Vaccinated, OK To Take A Vacation? Dr. Mallika Marshall Answers COVID Vaccine Questions BOSTON (CBS) – Dr. Mallika Marshall is answering your coronavirus-related medical questions. Dr. Mallika is offering her best advice, but as always, consult your personal doctor before making any decisions about your personal health. READ MORE: ...
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What to know about at-home tests for colorectal cancers The only real downside to the two popular stool tests is that they need to be done more often than a colonoscopy, experts say. March 2, 2021, 1:53 PM PST. By Linda Carroll. If you've been putting off a colon cancer screening because you're nervous about ...
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COVID vaccines: How to make sense of reports on their effectiveness One particularly fast-moving topic at the moment is vaccine efficacy. The emerging data from vaccination programs looks great and seems to strongly back up the findings of clinical trials. However, in keeping with these frenzied times, on closer inspection what's ...
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Official: Merck to help produce rival J&J's COVID-19 vaccine Drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson's newly approved coronavirus vaccine in an effort to expand supply more quickly. By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press. March 2, 2021, 7:33 AM. • 3 min read. Share to Facebook Share to ...
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Single vaccine dose may offer protection to those who have had COVID-19 New research from UNC-Chapel Hill suggests that those who have previously experienced a SARS-CoV-2 infection develop a significant antibody response to the first dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine. In fact, one dose of the vaccine could give the ...
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Regular meat consumption linked with a wide range of common diseases The results associate regular meat intake with a higher risk of various diseases, including heart disease, pneumonia and diabetes, but a lower risk of iron-deficiency anemia. The study is published today in BMC Medicine.
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Tennessee to Expand Vaccine Eligibility Next Week NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 1 million Tennesseans will soon become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine after the Department of Health announced Tuesday it was expecting a large supply of the immunizations. According to Health Commissioner ...
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Scientists Gain Insight Into Genetics of Glaucoma By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified 44 new genetic variants associated with glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness. They say their findings could provide new ...
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New study launches into COVID-19 vaccine responses in patients with impaired immune systems The OCTAVE trial, which is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), is a collaborative research project involving the Universities of Birmingham, Glasgow, Oxford, Liverpool, Imperial College London and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
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What Is Long COVID (PASC)? Some people with COVID-19 continue to have lingering symptoms for weeks or months after they begin to recover. You might know this as "long COVID." Experts have coined a new term for it: post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). Research ...
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NIH Halts Trial of Convalescent Plasma for Mild COVID-19 By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A clinical trial evaluating the use of convalescent plasma in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms has been halted because the treatment ...
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What You Need to Know About the New J&J COVID Vaccine TUESDAY, March 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the emergency use of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot coronavirus vaccine, adding a third weapon to the arsenal the United States is building to battle the ...
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Skipping mammogram increases risk of death from breast cancer Attendance at regular mammography screening substantially reduces the risk of dying from breast cancer, according to a large study of over half a million women, published in the journal Radiology. Researchers said women who skip even one scheduled ...
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Maricopa County program brings COVID-19 vaccines to underserved communities Residents trickled down to get vaccinated under canopies set up in the courtyard of Fillmore Gardens, which is subsidized housing run by the city for people 62 or older and people with disabilities. Resident Santeyan Margarito, ...
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Brazilian virus variant emerges in Oregon; 1st in West Coast The sample was sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the end of January by medical officials in Douglas County, Oregon. They said they received the results back on Monday night, showing the P.1 variant.
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New CDC guidelines on vaccines, safe activities may disappoint some On Monday, President Joe Biden's top health advisor and CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky previewed the upcoming guidelines — which could be released later this week — at a news conference with reporters.
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