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Coronavirus deranges the immune system in complex and deadly ways In affected patients, helper T cells were still looking for the enemy long after it had been eliminated. Heath is now studying whether these overzealous T cells might inflict damage that leads to chronic illness or symptoms of autoimmune disease.
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Covid: Biden says 'Neanderthal thinking' behind lifting of mask rules Masks, social distancing and other measures were still important, despite the role vaccines were playing in containing the pandemic, he said. Texas and Mississippi will also allow all businesses to open ...
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Children's Hospitals Grapple With Young COVID 'Long Haulers' If she overexerts herself, she becomes bedridden with extreme fatigue. And shortness of breath overcomes her in random places like the grocery store. Doctors ultimately diagnosed Delaney with COPD — a chronic ...
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Half of Women Are Given Wrong Antibiotic for UTIs: Here's Why Experts urge women who believe they have an infection to insist on a urine culture and wait for results before taking antibiotics. Nearly half of women treated for urinary tract infections (UTIs) start out and ...
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Why type A blood may increase COVID-19 risk Laboratory experiments revealed that part of the coronavirus called the "receptor binding domain" (RBD), which directly binds to cells to jumpstart infection, also grabs onto unique molecules associated with type A blood. These ...
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Should Your Cocktail Carry a Cancer Warning? In recent years, a growing number of medical and public health groups have introduced public awareness campaigns warning people to drink with caution, noting that alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer, behind tobacco and obesity.
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What is HPV? What you should know about vaccines, symptoms and cancer risks People with HPV are at risk for developing genital warts and some cancers, said Debbie Saslow, the American Cancer Society's managing director of HPV and gynecologic cancers.
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Most coronavirus deaths have occurred in countries where majority of adults are overweight Obesity, generally defined as BMI above 30, is associated with particularly severe outcomes. Among the nations with overweight populations above the 50 percent threshold were also those with some of ...
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No Flu Season Will Affect Next Year's Vaccine Prep Experts predicted that the 2019/20 flu season in the Northern Hemisphere would be a bad one. And then it wasn't. The COVID-19 pandemic hit, international travel ground to a halt, physical distancing and mask wearing became more common, and the flu ...
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Allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines rare, but 'a lot of uncertainty' remains A panel of experts at the virtual American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting highlighted current evidence on allergic reactions to available COVID-19 vaccines and how to assess patients who have had a reaction. "In the clinical ...
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Teens' mental health claims skyrocket in pandemic The white paper, the New York nonprofit's seventh in a series on the pandemic, is the result of analysis of more than 32 billion private healthcare claims filed on behalf of people aged 0 to 22 from January to November 2020 compared with those filed during the ...
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BMI, Age, and Gender Affect COVID-19 Vaccine Antibody Response The capacity to mount humoral immune responses to COVID-19 vaccinations may be reduced among people who are heavier, older, and male, new findings suggest. The data pertain specifically to the mRNA ...
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Concerned about the spread of Ebola, CDC lays out new rules for travelers from Congo, Guinea Starting Thursday, passengers on flights from those countries must provide contact information to U.S. health officials. Image without a caption. A medical worker checks the quarantine area of the ...
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UK COVID-19 Update: Budget Money for Vaccines Programme Chancellor Rishi Sunak also announced £28 million to increase the UK's capacity for vaccine testing, support for clinical trials, and improve the country's ability to rapidly acquire samples of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Los Angeles County finds fewer cases among health care workers as more get vaccinated. Reports of new virus cases among health care workers in the county have fallen by 94 percent since late November, just before vaccination began. The statistics are encouraging, both in Los Angeles County and across the ...
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New Arizona strategy to vaccinate those 55 years and older not consistent statewide The new model is a hybrid. While the state is now emphasizing age-based vaccination, counties have the job of prioritizing the vaccination of front-line essential workers and vulnerable communities as they see fit.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Can Cause 'False Positives' on Breast Cancer Mammograms Researchers say swollen lymph nodes caused by COVID-19 vaccination can produce "false negatives" in breast cancer mammograms. Some medical facilities are delaying breast cancer screenings for 4 to 6 weeks after getting the vaccination. However ...
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Live updates: More than 50% of Minnesotans 65 and older have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose MDH says 8 new deaths from the virus were reported. That pushes the total number of fatalities in Minnesota to 6,483. To date, 25,719 Minnesotans have been hospitalized with the coronavirus since the pandemic ...
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Widely used convalescent plasma treatment doesn't stop COVID-19 patients from getting sicker, study finds Convalescent plasma has been used widely to treat patients with COVID-19, under the assumption that the immune cells in a recovered person's blood would help the next patient fight off the virus. The Food and Drug ...
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Could Taking a Swing at Golf Help Parkinson's Patients? "Exercise is well-known to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease," said study author Dr. Anne-Marie Wills, noting it helps to improve gait, balance and fatigue, while offering a measure of depression relief.
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Good news about the 'Moderna arm' vaccine rash — it's no worse with second shot There were concerns people who experienced the annoying rash might have a worse reaction with the second dose. A report published Wednesday finds that's not the case – and most don't have any reaction at all the second time.
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White House: Next 3 Months 'Pivotal' In COVID Fight March 3, 2021 -- The next 3 months in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic are "pivotal," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said during a news briefing Wednesday. While the rollout of Johnson & Johnson's one-dose shot as the third vaccine ...
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A Few People Report Delayed Skin Reactions to the Covid Vaccine The doctors said they wanted to share information about the cases to help prevent the needless use of antibiotics and to ease patients' worries and reassure them that they can safely get their second vaccine shot. " ...
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Could GI Symptoms in COVID-19 Portend Better Prognosis? Pro-inflammatory response and mortality appeared to be reduced in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with gastrointestinal manifestations, suggesting that the GI tract may mitigate SARS-CoV-2 inflammation, researchers reported. In a three-cohort international ...
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SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Mitigation Efforts Among Office Workers, Washington, DC, USA On March 19, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) activated the National Response Coordination Center in Washington, DC, USA, in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. At that time, cases were rapidly increasing ...
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AHA News: Calming Us Down or Revving Us Up, Music Can Be Good for the Heart By American Heart Association News, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Stuck in traffic, with a nasty storm making a stressful commute even worse, Joanne Loewy reached for the car radio.
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Vaping Pot Worse Than Vaping Tobacco for Teens' Lungs: Study WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Teenagers who vape pot are more likely to wheeze and cough than those who smoke or vape nicotine, new survey data reveals. Reports from U.S. kids 12 to 17 show they have a higher risk of wheezing, ...
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Live updates: MDH reports 17 COVID-19 deaths, most in weeks Here are the latest case numbers and trends in the battle against COVID-19 in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and the effort to vaccinate against the virus.
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Abortion Concerns Prompt Archdiocese Warning on Vaccine Catholic leaders in New Orleans and St. Louis are advising Catholics that the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson is "morally compromised" because it's produced using cell lines developed from aborted fetuses.
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Lower Radiotherapy Dose Shows Promise for Treating HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer Given the current study findings, investigators suggested intratherapy personalization of chemoradiotherapy may possibly facilitate marked de-escalation of radiotherapy in patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers. De-escalation of radiotherapy to 30 ...
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NIH Launches New Research on COVID-19 in Children The CARING for Children with COVID program will study why some children face greater risks for contracting COVID-19, why symptoms vary among children, and how to identify children who have higher risks for the life-threatening multisystem inflammatory ...
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The Likely Future of COVID-19? More Than Polio, Less Than Flu Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. This transcript has been edited for clarity. Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale ...
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Identifying the cause and potential treatment for COVID-19-induced heart damage Canadian company Resverlogix has used the QIMR Berghofer research findings as the basis for expanding its clinical trial of the drug, apabetalone, in COVID-19 patients. Apabetalone belongs to a new class of drugs that ...
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Three Canadian studies will help determine how many teachers may have had COVID-19 MONTREAL, March 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As in-class learning has been affected in much of the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada, through its COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF), is supporting three research ...
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Washington Surpasses 5000 COVID-19 Deaths OLYMPIA, WA — The Washington State Department of Health has reported its 5,000th COVID-19 related death. Wednesday evening, the state health agency confirmed 24 additional deaths due to the pandemic, pushing the state from 4,988 over the edge to ...
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Most virus deaths recorded in nations with high obesity levels: analysis "Comparing countries around the globe we find a close association between deaths from COVID-19 and the prevalence of overweight in the adult population," the WOF said in its analysis of research. "No country where the average adult BMI is below 25 kg/m2 ...
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'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors are testing a decades-old surgical technique as a new way to treat certain stroke patients. And the preliminary results look promising, they say. At issue are strokes caused by intracranial ...
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You've been vaccinated — the CDC is finalizing guidance on what's safe for you to do The CDC currently does not recommend in-person gatherings with the general public, saying "gathering virtually or with the people you live with is the safest choice." Even for people who have ...
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COVID-19 pandemic linked to increase in alcohol withdrawal rates for hospitalized patients Alcohol withdrawal rates have increased among hospitalized patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a research letter published in JAMA Network Open. "This study objectively identified negative consequences of the pandemic on ...
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Vaping marijuana linked to lung injury in teens, study says (CNN) Teens are about twice as likely to report "wheezing or whistling" in the chest after vaping marijuana than after smoking cigarettes or using e-cigarettes, a new study has found. "This surprised us, we thought we would find more negative respiratory ...
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COVID-19 has taken a disturbing toll on teens' mental health, study shows FAIR Health, a nonprofit that collects data for the largest database of privately billed health insurance claims in the U.S., looked at 32 billion records and studied those in the 13-18 and 19-22 age ranges.
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Girl, 7, sells lemonade to pay for brain surgery Heartbreaking: Liza Scott is inspiring millions with her bravery, while her story also inspires outrage at the costs of health care in the U.S.. March 3, 2021, 11:05 AM PST / Source: TODAY. By Meghan Holohan. A little girl's resolve to sell lemonade to pay for her ...
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First global study of pandemic's impact on childhood cancer care reveals worldwide effects The COVID-19 pandemic has had major impacts on childhood cancer care worldwide, according to a survey of more than 300 clinicians from 200 hospitals worldwide published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. The first global assessment of ...
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As vaccines kick in, COVID-19 infections drop 90% in Tennessee nursing homes Dr. William Schaffner, a virus expert at Vanderbilt University, was hopeful the "resounding" impact of vaccines in long-term care facilities would convince more Tennesseans to overcome their vaccination hesitancy and seek out their first dose.
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Updated coronavirus vaccines can be fast-tracked like flu jabs New Covid vaccines to fight variants like the one from Brazil can be fast-tracked through the approval system, says the UK's regulator the MHRA. Current vaccines may not work as well against some variants and scientists are working on updating them now.
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Covid-19 death rates 10 times higher in countries where most adults are overweight, report finds In an analysis of data and studies from more than 160 countries, the researchers found that Covid-19 mortality rates increased along with countries' prevalence of obesity. They note that the link persisted even after adjusting for age and national wealth.
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Add Sleep Woes to Long-Term Effects of Concussions Researchers looked at more than 98,700 U.S. veterans diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the same number of veterans with no history of TBI. The brain injuries ranged from mild TBI (concussion) to severe.
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The key ingredient that could hold back vaccine manufacturing However, because mRNA molecules are very fragile, they need to be protected. That's where lipid nanoparticles, which are made of ingredients like cholesterol and harder-to-make specialty compounds like the ionizable cationic lipid, come in.
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Why COVID-19 "vaccine passports" could be "Pandora's box" for data privacy and ethical issues "Finally! All the way in the car, I sing "Back to life! Back to reality," one Israeli concertgoer told CBS News' Roxana Saberi.
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Hydroxychloroquine not recommended for coronavirus treatment: WHO panel Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. An expert panel advising the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a strong recommendation against using ...
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