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	health Daily update ⋅ April 3, 2021
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	Washington Post Fully vaccinated people are at low-risk from travel, CDC says Washington Post Federal health officials said fully vaccinated people may travel as evidence mounts of the shots' effectiveness at helping to protect against coronavirus infections and their spread. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that even though fully ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR A 4th COVID-19 Surge May Be Starting. How Bad Could It Get? NPR After more than two months of steep declines, coronavirus infections are on the rise again nationally — along with COVID-19 hospitalizations in many states. In the past seven days, the U.S. reported slightly more than 65,000 new cases per day on average, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Fully vaccinated people may safely resume travel, CDC says CBS News "For example, fully vaccinated grandparents can fly to visit their healthy grandkids without getting a COVID-19 test, or self quarantining, provided they follow the other recommended prevention measures," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a White ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Cases in Children Helping the Surge of COVID Variants WebMD April 2, 2021 -- Public health officials in the Midwest and Northeast are sounding the alarm about steep new increases in COVID-19 cases in children. The increases seem to be driven by greater circulation of more contagious variants, just as children and ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Read these tips before getting your Covid-19 vaccine CNN People in big cities have likened the attempt to get a vaccination appointment to trying to get tickets online to a concert of a really popular band. (Remember those days?) Here are tips to help you get fully vaccinated -- and get your life back to something more ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Experts urge continued caution as CDC declares people vaccinated against Covid-19 are at low risk while traveling CNN It has been nearly 109 days since the first Covid-19 vaccine shot was administered in the US, and nearly 102 million people in the country have since received at least one dose, the agency said. Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Excess Deaths Jump 23% in US in 2020, Mostly Because of COVID-19 Medscape At the same time, rates of deaths from heart disease, Alzheimer's disease or dementia, and diabetes also increased from March 1, 2020, to January 2, 2021, especially during COVID-19 surges. Flag as irrelevant
	PBS NewsHour The powerful technology behind the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines PBS NewsHour But mRNA vaccines take a different approach. Rather than tinkering with the virus or its parts, this platform harnesses the "beauty of our biology" to deliver protection, said RNA virologist Paul Duprex, who directs the University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Vaccinated Americans are at low risk while traveling but must still wear masks, the CDC says. The New York Times Americans who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can travel "at low risk to themselves," both within the United States and internationally, but they must continue to take precautions like wearing a masks in public to avoid possibly spreading the virus ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline What Are the Known Risk Factors for Breast Cancer? Healthline Breast cancer happens when the cells in the breast multiply and grow more rapidly than they should. The cancer cells can spread to other areas of the body through the lymph vessels and bloodstream. As with most diseases, there are risk factors associated ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Fully vaccinated people can travel safely again, CDC says Washington Post Still, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky urged caution and said she would "advocate against general travel overall" given the rising number of infections. "If you are vaccinated, it is lower ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: Refined Flour Substitutes Abound -- But How to Choose the Best One? U.S. News & World Report By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- A trip down a grocery store's baking goods aisle can leave you in a daze these days if you're thinking about replacing white ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American It's Much More Likely the Coronavirus Came from Wildlife, Not a Lab Scientific American In an interview with CNN that aired on March 28, a prominent scientist speculated, without evidence, that the origin was when the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak was first noticed. Flag as irrelevant
	Healio All-cause mortality in US soars 23% in 9-month period, largely due to COVID-19 Healio In the United States, excess deaths increased 22.9% between March 1, 2020, and Jan. 2, 2021, an increase that "far exceeds annual increases observed in recent years" of 2.5% or less, data in JAMA show. Researchers attributed 72.4%, or 522,368, of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Most US Adults Who Vape Want to Quit: Study U.S. News & World Report "While e-cigarettes may work for some people, they're hindering quit attempts for other people," said study first author Amanda Palmer, a postdoctoral fellow at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), in Charleston. Flag as irrelevant
	The Denver Post Many still hesitate to get vaccine, but reluctance is easing ABC News The race is on to vaccinate as many Americans as possible against COVID-19, but a significant number of people in the U.S. are still reluctant to get the shots, even in places where they are plentiful. By ANDREW SELSKY, HANNAH FINGERHUT and ... Flag as irrelevant
	KLAS - 8 News Now Nevada Expects Wide Eligibility to Draw Big Wave to Vaccines U.S. News & World Report LAS VEGAS (AP) — Health officials in Nevada said Friday they expect a big first wave of people signing up get appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations when eligibility expands next week to everyone age 16 and older. Some will need to try more than once, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times The UK reports more blood-clotting cases in people who received the AstraZeneca shot. The New York Times Britain reported 30 cases of extremely rare blood clots in people who had received the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, the same sort of events that have prompted some European countries to restrict use of the shot in certain at-risk age groups. The reports ... Flag as irrelevant
	mlive.com Vaccines dramatically reduces COVID-19 risk, experts warn, though infections still possible mlive.com "Our data from the CDC today suggest that vaccinated people do not carry the virus," said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky in an MSNBC interview from Tuesday, March 30. The effective ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report 'Breakthrough' COVID Cases After Vaccines Are Rare, Expected U.S. News & World Report By EMILY WOODRUFF, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Over 120 fully vaccinated people in Louisiana have tested positive for COVID-19 more than two weeks after their last dose of the vaccine, according to officials ... Flag as irrelevant
	89.3 KPCC Study: COVID-19 Vaccine Is Safe During Pregnancy And May Protect Baby, Too 89.3 KPCC But there's very little data on whether the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective during pregnancy, because people who are pregnant or breastfeeding weren't included in the initial clinical trials. (Pfizer recently began a new trial with 4,000 pregnant women.). Flag as irrelevant
	Newsday Cuomo: State's COVID-19 cases stagnant despite vaccine push Newsday The struggle to bring down COVID-19 levels continued to stagnate statewide and on Long Island as New York entered the Easter holiday weekend, officials said Friday, even as the number of people vaccinated steadily climbs. New York State on Friday also ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Scientists say they still don't know whether vaccinated people can spread the virus. The New York Times The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday walked back contentious comments made in a TV interview by its director, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, suggesting that people vaccinated against the coronavirus never become infected or transmit ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bangor Daily News Maine in 'race against time' as COVID-19 cases rise alongside vaccinations Bangor Daily News AUGUSTA, Maine — The next six weeks will be crucial for Maine to contain a rising level of COVID-19 transmission that is happening just before all adults become eligible for vaccinations and just weeks before the tourism season's late-May start. The entire ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Study identifies possible COVID-19 drugs—including several that are FDA-approved Medical Xpress The team, whose findings were published in Cell Reports, screened thousands of existing drugs and drug-like molecules for their ability to inhibit the replication of the COVID-19-causing coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News UK regulator says AstraZeneca jab safe after 7 clot deaths ABC News Britain's medicines regulator is urging people to continue taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, despite revealing that seven people in the U.K. have died from rare blood clots after getting the jab. By PAN PYLAS Associated Press. April 3, 2021, 5:23 ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Faster-Spreading COVID Variant Expanding in US WebMD A new study found that the B.1.1.7 variant is being detected in an increasing proportion of SARS-CoV-2 samples and is 40% to 50% more transmissible than versions of the virus that were previously dominant. Flag as irrelevant
	KERA News A 4th COVID-19 Surge May Be Starting. How Bad Could It Get? KERA News A sign requiring face masks and COVID-19 protocols is displayed at a restaurant in Plymouth, Mich., on March 21. Coronavirus cases in Michigan are skyrocketing after months of steep declines, one sign that a new surge may be starting. Flag as irrelevant
	Salt Lake Tribune More than 40000 Utahns receive COVID-19 vaccines in a day Salt Lake Tribune (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah County residents lined up Thursday in Spanish Fork to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Utah County Health Department, Mar. 25, 2021. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Rising US Deaths After Users Mix Coke, Meth With an Opioid U.S. News & World Report FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Overdose deaths resulting from a dangerous combination of cocaine and opioids are outpacing fatalities linked to cocaine abuse alone, a new U.S. government report warns. "Much of the increase in the rate of drug ... Flag as irrelevant
	Deseret News Why a doctor says Utah is in 'a much better spot' as far as COVID-19 is concerned Deseret News Utah is in "a good spot" right now in the battle against COVID-19, an Intermountain Healthcare infectious diseases physician said Friday, as the Utah Department of Health reported another 422 new COVID-19 cases and six additional deaths from the virus. Flag as irrelevant
	pressherald.com Maine's growing surge in cases threatens vaccination progress pressherald.com The prevalence of highly transmissible variants coupled with increasing travel and pandemic fatigue have led to a steady increase in new COVID-19 cases, in Maine and many other states. Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Guinea medics track suspected Ebola cluster after one case confirmed Reuters CONAKRY (Reuters) - Medics in Guinea were on Friday racing to track down suspected carriers of the Ebola virus, after they fled a southeastern town where the country's first case in nearly a month was detected the previous day. A member of the French Red ... Flag as irrelevant
	STLtoday.com More than 11000 cases of a troubling variant reported in the US. These states have the highest numbers STLtoday.com People are seen gathering on South Beach in Florida on March 27. Thousands of cases of the B.1.1.7 variant have been reported across the US, and experts fear the strain may fuel another Covid-19 surge as states race to vaccinate more residents. Flag as irrelevant
	Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel Younger Mainers still driving up COVID-19 numbers Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel Maine residents in their 20s or younger continue to account for a growing share of the new COVID-19 cases in the state at a time when infection rates are rising but inoculations of the 50-plus age group are rapidly expanding. Flag as irrelevant
	FactCheck.org Flawed Report Fuels Erroneous Claims About COVID-19 Death Toll FactCheck.org Viral social media posts cite a flawed paper in falsely claiming the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed death certificate procedures and violated federal law, resulting in wildly inflated COVID-19 deaths. The CDC hasn't altered how death ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe Mass. adds to list of qualifying health conditions for COVID-19 vaccination The Boston Globe The additional conditions expand the number of residents who are currently eligible to be vaccinated and who will be eligible when the state opens up appointments to a larger pool on Monday. People with two or more qualifying health ... Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times King County public health official: Surge in COVID cases could lead to reopening rollback Seattle Times Less than two weeks ago, on March 22, Washington state entered Phase 3, which allows for up to 10 people from different households to gather indoors, and outdoor gatherings of up to 50 people. Flag as irrelevant
	New York Post Stillbirths, maternal deaths climb amid pandemic, studies find New York Post Researchers from St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the U.K. published findings in The Lancet Global Health on Wednesday, with results drawing from 40 studies conducted from January 2020 through January 2021 on over 6 million ... Flag as irrelevant
	Outbreak News Today CDC investigating Salmonella outbreak linked to wild songbirds Outbreak News Today By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports investigating an outbreak of 19 Salmonella infections in 8 states (CA, KY, MS, NH, OK, OR, TN, WA). Image by Veronika Andrews from Pixabay. Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution Research uncovers new reason to back off giving your child sugar Atlanta Journal Constitution Findings revealed that doing so hurts performance on a learning and memory task during adulthood. Beyond that, the researchers determined that shifts in gut bacteria called parabacteroides may be the key to sugar-induced memory impairment. Flag as irrelevant
	KPIC News Oregon Officials Warn of Fourth COVID-19 Surge U.S. News & World Report By SARA CLINE, Associated Press/Report for America. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As vaccine administration continues to ramp up in Oregon, health officials said Friday they are concerned about the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the state and ... Flag as irrelevant
	KRDO COVID-19 protection from the flu shot? Experts wary about new study KRDO The researchers hypothesized that the influenza vaccine may also offer protective effects against the novel coronavirus due to a process called "trained immunity." Rob Kozak, a clinical microbiologist at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto who helped ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay COVID Drove 23% Spike in US Deaths In 2020 HealthDay FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 was the major cause of a nearly 23% increase in U.S. deaths during the last 10 months of 2020. Researchers noted that the rate of excess deaths in the United States -- those above the number that would ... Flag as irrelevant
	EurekAlert How well do COVID-19 vaccines work over the longer term? EurekAlert COVID-19 vaccines were designed to reduce the likelihood that infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus would lead to severe outcomes, such as hospitalization and death. In that sense, all of the currently approved vaccines -- Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com LA County COVID-19 Cases Creep Up; Vaccine Eligibility Expands Patch.com LOS ANGELES, CA — As Los Angeles County inches toward a new round of reopenings on Monday, the tally of new daily coronavirus cases climbed slightly on Thursday. A one-day increase could be a mere reporting anomaly, but health officials are ... Flag as irrelevant
	SFGate 'Breakthrough' COVID cases after vaccines are rare, expected SFGate NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Over 120 fully vaccinated people in Louisiana have tested positive for COVID-19 more than two weeks after their last dose of the vaccine, according to officials with the Louisiana Department of Health. That there is a small number of ... Flag as irrelevant
	HSPH News Can herd immunity stop COVID-19? HSPH News In an April 1, 2021, article in the Boston Globe, Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, was among experts ... Flag as irrelevant
	KSL.com Dunn: Utah's had 97 'breakthrough' COVID-19 cases, but the vaccine is still working KSL.com Dr. Angela Dunn, state epidemiologist for the Utah Department of Health, confirmed Thursday that there have been 97 confirmed breakthrough cases among the 521,000 fully vaccinated Utahns at that time, which represents less than 0.02% of the number of ... Flag as irrelevant
	fox2now.com Which vaccine has the fewest side effects? fox2now.com Kimberly Rohr said she received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, while Madison Collett got the Pfizer-BioNTech and James Shaver was given Moderna. Three different vaccines, three different reactions. "I did develop ... Flag as irrelevant

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