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10 reasons why young, healthy people really need to get vaccinated But many say they don't plan to get vaccinated -- which has bigger consequences than they might think. "We really need to get people 20 to 49 years old vaccinated because they are the ones driving the pandemic right now," said Dr. Carlos del Rio, executive ...
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The variant found in NYC doesn't seem to lead to more severe infections, a preliminary study finds. The coronavirus variant first discovered in New York City does not appear to be leading to more severe infections, or causing re-infections at a significantly higher rate than older forms of the virus, according to a new, preliminary analysis by city health officials ...
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How Food May Improve Your Mood The sugar-laden, high-fat foods we often crave when we are stressed or depressed, as comforting as they are, may be the least likely to benefit our mental health.
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Tracking the Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Several key mutations have emerged during the pandemic. First was D614G, a spike protein mutation that increased binding to human ACE2 receptors. Many scientists consider the variant with this mutation "close to wild type," according to Malaya Kumar ...
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Protein 'signature' linked to severe COVID-19 outcomes identified, Mass General Hospital study says The Gazette is the official news publication of Harvard University, which is affiliated with MGH. According to the article, researchers led by Dr. Marcia Goldberg, an MGH infectious disease expert, and ...
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How Human Challenge Trials Can Accelerate Vaccine Development In 1955, Jonas Salk developed and debuted the inactivated polio vaccine. Within five years, cases of polio in the United States dropped drastically, and childhood vaccinations for infectious diseases like polio became a new standard of care. The Salk vaccine ...
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AHA News: 5 Critical Steps to Help Prevent a Stroke Up to 80% of strokes can be prevented through healthy lifestyle changes and working with health care practitioners to control stroke risk factors. Researchers have identified numerous steps people can take to lower stroke risk, but health experts agree, trying to ...
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Stanford researchers identify blood markers that indicate labor is approaching A new study lays the groundwork for a clinical blood test that could tell women with healthy, full-term pregnancies how close they are to delivery. Stanford Children's Health. For the first time, researchers have found a way to predict when a pregnant woman ...
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Alcohol deaths highest for 20 years in England and Wales Alcohol killed more people in 2020 in England and Wales than in any of the previous 20 years, official data shows. There were 7,423 deaths from alcohol misuse last year - a rise of 20% from 2019, the Office for National Statistics says. Deaths increased from ...
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CDC says coronavirus could be under control this summer in US if people get vaccinated and are careful Coronavirus infections could be driven to low levels and the pandemic at least temporarily throttled in the United States by July if the vast majority of people get vaccinated and continue with precautions against viral transmission, according to a strikingly ...
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Mediterranean diet may prevent memory loss and dementia, study finds (CNN) Not sure what to eat? Why not choose foods that are good for your brain? Meals inspired by traditional foods from the sunny Mediterranean, a new study found, may lower your risk for dementia by interfering with the buildup of two proteins, amyloid and ...
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Kids ages 12 to 15 could be getting vaccinated in less than two weeks, CDC director says The US Food and Drug Administration will likely authorize Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 by early next week, a federal official told CNN this week. Walensky explained that soon after the ...
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Heart Disease Often Comes in Pairs, Spouse Study Shows By Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporters. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Couples share a lot together, but heart disease wouldn't be on any couples' list. However, new research out of China shows that if your ...
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COVID-19 Vaccines Might Not Work As Well For Those With Organ Transplants MARIA GODOY, BYLINE: At 38, Valen Keefer has had a second chance at life, not once but twice - first at age 19, when a hereditary disorder left her in need of a kidney transplant. Then three years ago, her liver started failing. Another transplant saved her life.
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COVID's US Toll Projected to Drop Sharply by the End of July NEW YORK (AP) — Teams of experts are projecting COVID-19's toll on the U.S. will fall sharply by the end of July, according to research released by the government Wednesday.
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What's the Right Amount of Sleep for a Healthy Heart? By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There's a "sweet spot" for the amount of sleep you should get to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke, new research shows. Folks who get six to ...
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Heart Disease Often Comes in Pairs WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Couples share a lot together, but heart disease wouldn't be on any couples' list. However, new research out of China shows that if your spouse has heart disease you're likely at high risk for it, too.
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This new COVID vaccine could bring hope to the unvaccinated world The bet paid off. The first two vaccines to emerge successfully out of clinical trials, made by Pfizer-BioNTech and by Moderna, were both made of RNA. They both turned out to have efficacy rates about as good as a vaccine could get.
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Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine is Highly Effective Against Variants, Studies Find Two studies showed the vaccine to be more than 95 percent effective at protecting against severe disease or death from the variants first identified in South Africa and the U.K..
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Covid-19: Lisburn woman waiting more than a year for heart surgery Linda Murray, 62 and from Lisburn, has been suffering with a mitral valve prolapse for eight years and was due to have a repair procedure last January. However, the operation was ...
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Indiana Reaches 2M Vaccinated but New Shots Rate Sluggish Indiana's rate of COVID-19 vaccination shots has remained sluggish in recent weeks while coronavirus-related hospitalizations have slowly climbed to their highest number since February. State health department statistics updated Wednesday ...
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First case of rare blood-clotting condition linked to J&J vaccine diagnosed in Utah A male patient was recently diagnosed with vaccine-induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia, also known as VITT, at the University of Utah Hospital, U. health officials said in a Wednesday news release. The patient, ...
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CDC Report Predicts Sharp Decline in Coronavirus Cases by July "What we learn from this report is that we are not out of the woods yet, but we could be very close," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a press briefing on Wednesday.
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UK COVID-19 Update: 'Significant' Pandemic Burden on Female Staff, Porton Down Investment These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today. 'Significant' Pandemic Burden on Female Staff. There was a significant worsening in the physical and mental wellbeing of female health and care workers in England during the pandemic, ...
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Earswitch to allow people with MND to communicate again using hidden, tiny ear muscle A revolutionary assistive technology being developed by GP Dr Nick Gompertz with a team of researchers at the University of Bath hopes to offer people with conditions such as Motor Neurone Disease (MND) new ways of communicating via a computer.
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Five critical steps to help prevent a stroke "People understand that smoking causes lung cancer, but they don't understand it also damages the brain and blood vessels," Bushnell said. "In terms of stroke prevention, quitting smoking is the lowest hanging fruit.".
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Covid-19: NI records 102 new cases, no further deaths Another 102 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24-hour reporting period. That takes the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Northern Ireland since the pandemic began ...
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Drug Saxenda Aids Weight Loss — But You Should Exercise, Too By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The weight-loss drug Saxenda can keep extra pounds off — but combining it with exercise brings a bigger payoff, a new clinical trial finds. The study found that ...
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Nix Nut-Free Classrooms, New Allergy Guidelines Urge Rather than site-wide food bans or allergen-restricted zones, allergy training, action plans, and available epinephrine to treat suspected anaphylaxis are recommended to address allergic reactions to food at child care centers and schools, according to new ...
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Relatives' Colonoscopy Results Could Affect Your Colon Cancer Risk By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Having close relatives with colon polyps — which can be precursors of cancer — could mean that you have a higher risk for colon cancer, researchers say.
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First genetically modified mosquitoes released in US The biotech firm Oxitec has released its genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys, with the goal of suppressing wild, disease-carrying mosquito populations in the region. This is the first time genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in ...
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Saxenda Boosted Weight Loss, Especially With Exercise Liraglutide (Saxenda) in combination with exercise yielded significant long-term weight loss in adults with obesity, a head-to-head trial found. After 8 weeks on a low-calorie diet, adults on liraglutide (3 mg/day) who also engaged in a ...
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Will Covid-19 vaccines protect you against variants? 9 questions about variants, answered. Nurses April Gravley, left, of Clemson, South Carolina, and Jenni Casseday of Covid-19 vaccines remain the best tool to contain the spread of new variants of the virus.
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Coronavirus in Oregon: 1 death, 808 cases with 'faint signs of good news' The Oregon Health Authority on Wednesday reported one COVID-19 death and 808 coronavirus cases, extending a week-long plateau trending slightly downward. Oregon is averaging just under 800 cases a day, which remains higher than all but the peak ...
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Selling a buffalo for a brain scan: India's COVID-19 crisis reveals deep fractures in its health system The fracture lines in India's health system have been developing for years. After decades of under-investment in healthcare and preventative health, India has one of the most privatized health systems in the world. As a consequence, healthcare costs are a ...
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Too much, too little sleep linked to elevated heart risks in people free from disease People who clock six to seven hours of sleep a night had the lowest chance of dying from a heart attack or stroke when compared with those who got less or more sleep, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 70th ...
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Earswitch to allow people with MND to communicate again using hidden, tiny ear muscle A revolutionary assistive technology being developed by GP Dr. Nick Gompertz with a team of researchers at the University of Bath hopes to offer people with conditions such as Motor Neurone Disease (MND) new ways of communicating via a computer.
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Nevada's COVID-19 Vaccine Website Adds New Live Chat Feature Nevada has added a live chat feature to the state's main COVID-19 vaccine web site as part of its latest effort to reach out to more Nevadans and reverse a steady decline in daily vaccinations over the last three weeks. By Associated Press. |. May 5, 2021.
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Doctors successfully treat rare J&J blood clot, case report shows Doctors have successfully treated a patient who developed very rare blood clots after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in early April using an alternative to heparin, which is a blood thinner experts advised against using, according to a new ...
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What Causes Miscarriages? Pregnancy loss can be mentally and physically taxing. Women often have feelings of sadness, anger, isolation and guilt. Often, women blame themselves for the loss, which may lead to feelings of hopelessness and depression.
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Covid vaccines can take on new coronavirus variants, studies show The first nationwide study of coronavirus vaccination, done in Israel, showed Pfizer/BioNtech's vaccine works far better after two doses. Two shots of the vaccine provided greater than 95% protection from infection, severe ...
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First Detailed Look at COVID Vaccine Skin Reactions A review of 414 skin reactions associated with the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines showed a variety of rashes, eruptions, and injection-site inflammation. Less commonly, patients had episodes of zoster (shingles), herpes simplex flares, and rosacea-like reactions.
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Northamptonshire care home rated inadequate as CQC finds safety risks A care home for people with dementia and disabilities has been rated inadequate by health inspectors who found risks to residents' safety. Bell Lodge in Daventry in Northamptonshire was put into special measures after a visit from the Care Quality ...
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COVID-19-related Loss of Smell and Taste Linked to Viral Staying Power in the Human Nose SARs-CoV-2 infects olfactory sensory neurons and enters the central nervous system through a process called retrograde invasion. [Source: Pierre-Marie Lledo/Institut Pasteur]. Using noninvasive nasal brush ...
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Targeted methods to control SARS-CoV-2 spread "I understand why government leaders quickly enacted strict social distancing mandates as the COVID-19 pandemic was rapidly spreading in 2020," said lead author John Drake, director of the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases and Distinguished ...
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COVID-19 India FAQs: Should I Take Vaccine Even After Infection? How Long Should I Wait Post Recovery? A Delhi resident gets vaccinated. (IANS). Advertisement. The ongoing second wave of COVID-19 in India has shown ...
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Jackson Hospital gets ready to vaccinate kids ahead of federal approval. Here's the plan The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine could be available to children over 12 years old by the end of next week, pending federal approval. And Jackson Health System — Miami-Dade County's public hospital — says it is ready to start administering doses. Pfizer is now ...
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In a COVID coma, this mom didn't hold her newborn until the baby was 4 months old Why did you name me Alessandra Rose? How much did I weigh when I was born? There will be other questions, too. Mommy, why does your leg have a long scar on ...
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Nearly 10 Million Cancer Screenings Missed During Pandemic The investigators analyzed data on three types of cancer for which early screenings are most beneficial — breast, colon and prostate — and found that 9.4 million screenings for these cancers did not occur in the United States due to COVID-19.
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Mecklenburg shifts focus from herd immunity goal to boosting COVID vaccine totals Mecklenburg County is no longer focused on reaching a specific herd immunity threshold and will instead emphasize vaccinating as many residents as possible against COVID-19, Public Health Director Gibbie Harris said. Harris' comments on Wednesday ...
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