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Your Second Vaccine Dose Is Key Against COVID-19 Variants Experts say these findings are encouraging and that as many people should get vaccinated as possible to stop the virus from reproducing. By now, most of us are very familiar with the new cards issued after ...
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70 Percent Covid Vaccination Rate May Be in Reach, New Poll Suggests The survey found big increases over last month in Latinos getting the shot and in unvaccinated people who say they have made an appointment.
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CDC Approach To Breakthrough Infections Sparks Concerns But critics say that's not enough. NPR Health Correspondent Rob Stein has the story. <<SCRIPT>> The COVID-19 vaccines are very effective. But they're not perfect. People can still sometimes get infected. It's rare. But the CDC says more than 10,000 fully ...
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Here's a look at explaining the Wuhan lab-leak theory. But some scientists have pointed to another possibility: that it escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. As in other laboratories, researchers there sometimes modify viruses to understand and treat them. Why now?
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Why 'Breakthrough' Infections Even After COVID-19 Vaccinations Shouldn't Be Surprising That works out to just 0.01% of vaccinated people with a confirmed infection, an "incredibly low rate," says Dr. Carlos del Rio, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at Emory University. "To me, this is just reassuring evidence that vaccines ...
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Experimental Treatment Offers New Hope Against Lupus By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, May 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental antibody therapy may help ease skin symptoms from the autoimmune disease lupus, a small preliminary trial suggests. Researchers found ...
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A Vaccine Patch Could Someday Be An Ouchless Option Mark Prausnitz is director of the Center for Drug Design, Development and Delivery at Georgia Tech. He works on something called microneedle patches to deliver vaccines. So far, he's developed patch vaccines for flu and measles, but the technology could be ...
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Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus? Vaccine developers often hope that, in addition to preventing illness, their vaccines will achieve "sterilizing immunity," where the vaccination blocks the germ from even being able to get into the body at all. This ...
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In Cases Of Vaccine Failure, CDC To Focus On Those Who Get Hospitalized Or Die ROB STEIN, BYLINE: The COVID-19 vaccines are very effective, but they're not perfect. People can still sometimes get infected. It's rare, but the CDC says more than 10,000 fully vaccinated people have still caught the virus.
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With herd immunity elusive, vaccination best defense against COVID-19, Stanford epidemiologist says Epidemiology expert Julie Parsonnet warns that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has probably made herd immunity unattainable, which makes vaccination all the more important for personal health. May 27 2021.
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COVID-19 Immunity Could Last for Years, Studies Say May 28, 2021 -- Immunity to the novel coronavirus could last for a year — and possibly longer — particularly after COVID-19 vaccination. Two recent studies indicate that most people who contracted COVID-19, recovered and then got vaccinated later may not ...
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Vaccinated consumers will fuel the economy's boom eventually — just not quite yet Since vaccines against the coronavirus first became available last fall, mass vaccinations have been held up as the one and only way to get consumers to bring back the consumer economy. But early financial data shows vaccinated Americans are not ...
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A DNA COVID-19 vaccine, delivered with help of electrical pulse, shows early promise Effective mRNA vaccines by Moderna and BioNTech have proven their worth against COVID-19, but shots using DNA to code for the vaccine antigen still haven't reached the market.
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AHA News: Deep Disparities Persist in Who Gets Exposed to Secondhand Smoke THURSDAY, May 27, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Harmful secondhand tobacco smoke remains more widespread than most people think, experts say, and exposure is particularly high for children, Black adults and people living below the ...
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As vaccination race continues, study finds majority of severe COVID-19 cases had lingering symptoms Mask mandates are being lifted across the U.S. Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are dropping. People are getting vaccinated. All these promising signs suggest the summer of 2021 could be very different from a year ago. Advertisement. Half of the ...
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While state continues to see drop in COVID-19 infections, Iron County lags behind ST. GEORGE — Even as most of Utah continues to see a dramatic decrease in the number of COVID-19 infections, Iron County is one of the areas that is not. Dr. Michelle Hofmann, deputy director of the Utah Department of Health, speaks during a press ...
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Experimental Treatment Offers New Hope Against Lupus THURSDAY, May 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental antibody therapy may help ease skin symptoms from the autoimmune disease lupus, a small preliminary trial suggests. Researchers found that a higher-dose version of the drug spurred a ...
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COVID Rates Tumble Further As More In King County Are Vaccinated Daily case counts have fallen 64 percent since the peak of the fourth wave, as more young people and middle-aged adults become immunized. Lucas Combos's ...
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Sunscreen and Skin Cancer: What to Know as We Head Outdoors Once Again Experts say that your skin may burn more easily in sunlight if you've spent a lot of time indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic. They note that skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. They recommend using sunscreen with an SPF ...
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Study Shows How to Safely Hold an Indoor Mass Gathering There was no COVID-19 transmission following an indoor music event with appropriate public health precautions, Spanish researchers found in a randomized trial. When the use of masks, adequate air circulation, and rapid testing were all employed, 0% of ...
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Deep disparities persist in who gets exposed to secondhand smoke Harmful secondhand tobacco smoke remains more widespread than most people think, experts say, and exposure is particularly high for children, Black adults and people living below the poverty line. One of the biggest hurdles is smokers often ...
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What Breakthrough Infections Can Tell Us Breakthroughs can offer a unique wellspring of data. Ferreting them out will help researchers confirm the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, detect coronavirus variants that could evade our immune defenses, and estimate when we might need our next round ...
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Potential new sunscreen is coral-safe and provides more UVB/UVA protection A new study published in Scientific Reports has found that methylene blue, a century-old medicine, has the potential to be a highly effective, broad-spectrum UV irradiation protector that absorbs UVA and UVB, repairs ROS and UV irradiation induced DNA ...
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At least 10 COVID deaths to be added to Carroll County data after reporting issue discovered Around a dozen COVID-19 related deaths will be added to local pandemic data as the state recently found an issue dealing with how coronavirus deaths have been reported. "We're going to see a number of deaths in Carroll County," Ed Singer, county health ...
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Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them? By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, May 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patients facing relatively simple outpatient surgeries are nonetheless being told to undergo a number of preoperative tests that just aren't necessary, ...
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Cancer-causing chemical found in 78 sunscreen products An independent testing lab has detected the chemical benzene, a known human carcinogen, in 78 sunscreen products and is now calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to recall the products. The lab, Valisure, checks medications and health ...
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Why health experts say you need a vaccine even if you had COVID-19 The most vulnerable people are those with no previous infection or vaccine, but new studies on vaccines and variants show that people who have had the virus but no vaccine are at more risk than those who are fully vaccinated.
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Fact check: Nobel Prize winner did not say COVID-19 vaccine recipients have 'no chance of survival' A May 22 viral Facebook post with more than 1,000 shares claims Nobel Prize winning virologist Luc Montagnier said that there is "no chance of survival" for recipients of the coronavirus vaccine. "There is no ...
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Maine CDC reports 122 additional COVID-19 cases, no new deaths The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported an increase of 122 COVID-19 cases on Thursday and no new deaths. The additional 122 cases bring the total since the beginning of the outbreak last year to 67,416. Advertisement. The number ...
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Having OCD May Triple a Person's Odds for a Stroke By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, May 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder, a common mental health condition known as OCD, may have more than triple the risk of having a stroke, ...
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Oregon reports 21 more COVID-19 deaths, 433 new cases; case count tops 200000 Highest daily death tally in nearly two months; cases reach 'grim milestone,' masks, vaccinations urged. PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- There are 21 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state's death toll to 2,660, the Oregon Health Authority ...
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UK authorizes use of J&J vaccine as virus cases edge up LONDON (AP) — British government regulators on Friday authorized another coronavirus vaccine for use in the U.K. amid concerns about rising COVID-19 cases as a variant of the virus first identified in India spreads around the country. The Medicines and ...
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New research could pave the way for safer and more efficient COVID-19 testing International research led by Monash University and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity has achieved a proof of concept for a new, fast, portable saliva screening test that uses an infrared light technology to confirm infection with SARS-CoV-2 ...
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This COVID-19 antibody test can predict if you'll have severe disease A simple blood test available in labs around the world can reveal the bad antibodies within the first few days of the disease, potentially as early as one day after symptoms appear, according to UC Irvine professor Gregory Weiss, who oversaw the research.
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Addressing post-COVID anxiety in kids and teens Experts say Mental Health Awareness Month is a good time to address post-COVID anxiety with loved ones.
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Simple thumb test can help indicate hidden aortic aneurysm The self-conducted test, proposed by experts affiliated with the Aortic Institute at Yale New Haven Hospital, requires holding up one hand as if signaling someone to stop. More On:.
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Unvaccinated Shouldn't Rely on General COVID Protection Although the U.S. is hitting major vaccination milestones and COVID-19 cases are dropping, those who aren't vaccinated still face high infection risks, medical experts told CNN. "The work ahead of us ...
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Nature Papers Discuss Ways to Consider Dropout, Missing Data; Simulation of SARS-CoV-2 Proteins First, the authors suggest that observed scRNA-seq counts reflect two distinct factors — the variation in actual expression levels among cells and the imperfect measurement process — and that carefully distinguishing between these contributions can help to ...
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As demand drops, some COVID-19 vaccination sites are closing The Tinley Park Convention Center mass clinic opened Jan. 25 with help from Illinois National Guard troops and Nancy Rivera, Cook County Health's northwest cluster regional operations director. "I'll never forget how happy ...
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Nearly half of COVID patients left hospital with loss of physical abilities, study finds A small study out of Michigan found that 45% of COVID-19 patients hospitalized during the first months of the pandemic experienced "significant functional decline" upon returning home that required medical equipment such as canes, wheelchairs or shower ...
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Covid-19 cases and deaths in the US will fall over the next four weeks, forecast predicts Many states are offering incentives for people to get the vaccine. The latest is California, which is enticing residents with a whopping $116.5 million in freebies, touting it as the nation's biggest vaccine incentive program.
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Thousands of Unknown Viruses and Bacteria Are Living in Our Subways New research out this week confirms that our subways aren't just jam-packed with people—they're also filled to the brim with viruses, bacteria, and other microbes. Using samples from transit stations in 60 countries, scientists have created a microbial atlas of ...
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Inhalable Nanobodies Effective Against Treating Severe COVID-19: Study Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, US, tested the nanobodies—which are similar to monoclonal antibodies but smaller in size, more stable and cheaper to produce—for inhalation treatment against coronavirus infections in a pre- ...
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Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 891 cases, 42 deaths CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois public health officials reported 891 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 42 related deaths Thursday. There have been 1,379,279 total COVID cases, including 22,718 deaths in the state since the pandemic began.
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Thursday COVID-19 Roundup: LA County, State Offering Vaccine Sweepstakes, Giveaways; SCV Cases Total 27934 Starting tomorrow, Friday, May 28, through next Thursday, June 3, at all the Los Angeles County-run vaccination sites, L.A. city sites and the St. John's Well Child and Family Center sites, everyone 18 and older getting their first vaccine or bringing a first-time ...
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COVID-19 Vaccines May Give Protection for Years: Studies Both studies looked at people who had been exposed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) about a year earlier, The New York Times reported. Cells that remember the virus persist in the bone marrow and may produce antibodies ...
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OU Health Closing Public Coronavirus Testing as Demand Drops "At one point, we were conducting more than 800 tests in one day," OU Health assistant vice president Erin Walker said in a statement Wednesday. "As COVID-19 cases continue to decline in Oklahoma, our community testing numbers have gone down to less ...
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Wisconsin COVID-19 outlook good but threat not over, officials say Heading into Memorial Day weekend, Wisconsin is seeing fewer daily COVID-19 cases and deaths than a year ago, with nearly half of residents at least partially vaccinated against the coronavirus and some others immune from prior infection. But disease ...
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Oregon tops 200000 coronavirus cases, reports 21 deaths Oregon on Thursday topped 200,000 identified coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic as state officials reported 21 deaths amid fallout from the spring surge. The deaths announced Thursday are the most reported in a single day in nearly two ...
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Microbial gene discovery could mean greater gut health One important set of reactions relates to fat absorption via bile acids. Our livers make these acids to help digest fats and fat-soluble vitamins as they travel through the small intestine. Near the end of the small intestine, microbes convert the acids into new forms, ...
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