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	health Daily update ⋅ May 8, 2021
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	CNN Here's what known about the coronavirus variants CNN (CNN) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week it had designated a coronavirus variant first seen in India as a "variant of interest," adding it to the growing collection of viral variants it's keeping an eye on. Vaccine makers are so ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN These twins were like two peas in a pod -- except when Covid-19 struck CNN (CNN) Kelly and Kimberly Standard are identical twins. But their individual experiences with the coronavirus were anything but identical. It started in the spring of 2020, when the 35-year-old sisters went to the emergency room together after experiencing fever ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Vaccination rates lag in communities of color, but it's not only due to hesitancy, experts say ABC News Those columns often referenced the infamous 1930s Tuskegee Syphilis Study, during which doctors withheld treatment from Black men with syphilis, as evidence of lingering well-founded mistrust that might drag down vaccination rates in the Black community. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Experts predict 185 million people vaccinated in the US by September but worry about variant in India CNN (CNN) The United States will likely reach its Covid-19 vaccination goals for the summer, but vaccine hesitancy and variants could still cause a surge in the winter, an influential model predicted Thursday. With more variants being identified around the world, ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Woman celebrates 1st Mother's Day after giving birth while in coma due to COVID-19 ABC News "It was a really scary and emotional point because there were so many unknowns," said Torres, who believes she contracted COVID-19 from her husband, who was exposed to the virus at his job. "At first I didn't think that COVID was going to hit me as hard as it ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN CDC website now emphasizes coronavirus spreads in the air CNN (CNN) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday updated its explanations on how coronavirus is transmitted, stressing that inhalation is one of the main ways the virus is spread and placing less emphasis on the risk of picking it up from ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Lots of Sugary Drinks Doubles Younger Women's Colon Cancer Risk: Study U.S. News & World Report By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of colon cancer among young Americans are on the rise, and a new study suggests that drinking too many sugary beverages may be to blame -- at least for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Why Black women are more likely than white women to die of breast cancer Chicago Tribune Standard digital mammography (2D) and digital breast tomosynthesis (3D) are approved by the Food and Drug Administration for breast cancer screening, and researchers still are studying whether 3D prevents more breast cancer deaths. Studies ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: Son Helps Dad After Back Surgery, Then Dad Helps Son After Stroke U.S. News & World Report FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- When 81-year-old Dick Connery had back surgery in 2019, his son Tim Connery became his primary caregiver. Tim moved in temporarily, ran errands and kept his dad company. Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Common Meds May Raise High Blood Pressure Risk WebMD He and his colleagues estimated that this use of prescription drugs known to raise blood pressure could be what stands in the way of 560,000 to 2.2 million Americans from having their blood pressure under control said Vitarello, a researcher at Beth Israel ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Are You Taking a Med That's Raising Your Blood Pressure? U.S. News & World Report By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one in five Americans with high blood pressure use medications that can cause blood pressure to spike, a preliminary study shows. The researchers said the ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD 'Ticks Surprise Us:' 2021 May Be Big Lyme Disease Year WebMD What Is Lyme Disease? Lyme disease is an infection that is transmitted through the bite of a tick infected with a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. Ticks typically get the bacterium by biting infected animals, like deer and mice. Most people who get tick bites ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Gene Tied to Balding May Also Raise COVID Risks for Men U.S. News & World Report By Ernie Mundell, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's long been known that COVID-19 is more fatal for men than women, and new research links some of that excess risk to a gene known to cause a form of hair ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR California Man Arrested In Suspected Fake COVID-19 Vaccine Card Operation NPR A California bar owner has been arrested for allegedly selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards in what's believed to be the first thwarted scheme of its kind. Undercover agents with the state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control bought the bogus cards ... Flag as irrelevant
	Health.com What Is 'Vaccine Shedding'? Why There's Absolutely Zero Chance of Viral Shedding From the COVID-19 Vaccine Health.com Chickenpox; Shingles; Rotavirus; Nasal flu spray; Typhoid. And while this type of vaccine can cause a person to shed the weakened virus (often through their feces), it's extremely rare ... Flag as irrelevant
	Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News ICUs Remain Busy Even as Vaccinations Surpass 50% in Maine U.S. News & World Report PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The number of COVID-19 patients in hospital intensive care units reached alarming levels as Maine raced to vaccinate residents — surpassing a threshold of 50% of eligible Mainers being vaccinated on Friday. Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today CDC's Early Face of the Pandemic Resigns MedPage Today — Move comes as CDC director looks to reorganize group within agency ... Nancy Messonnier, MD, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, and a figurehead of the agency during early phases of the COVID-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Lots of Sugary Drinks Doubles Younger Women's Colon Cancer Risk: Study HealthDay FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of colon cancer among young Americans are on the rise, and a new study suggests that drinking too many sugary beverages may be to blame -- at least for women. Women who drank two or more ... Flag as irrelevant
	Shape Magazine What Exactly Is Herd Immunity — and Will We Ever Get There? Shape Magazine Early in the pandemic, many experts pointed to two factors that could potentially contribute to an end: First, a vaccine for the virus (which now exists , and second, something called herd immunity. Flag as irrelevant
	The Detroit News 'I was so ill': Pregnant women face life-threatening complications from COVID-19 The Detroit News Nakia Hubbard-Heard woke up in mid-April to the deafening sound of alarms, restrained to a hospital bed, breathing with the help of a ventilator and very afraid. The alarms were from an array of medical monitors attached to Hubbard-Heard, 45, who is 28 ... Flag as irrelevant
	AZCentral.com Arizona doctors ordered about 11% of the COVID-19 doses made available this week AZCentral.com The small number of orders comes at a time when vaccine uptake in Arizona has significantly slowed,but a statewide doctors' group expects providers will start to order more doses. Nearly 42% of Arizonans had ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Britain free of coronavirus by August, outgoing vaccine task force chief says -Telegraph Reuters The new coronavirus will no longer be circulating in Britain by August, the government's departing vaccine taskforce chief Clive Dix told the Daily Telegraph on Friday. "Sometime in August, we will have no circulating virus in the UK", Dix said, adding that he ... Flag as irrelevant
	FOX 6 Milwaukee US 'herd immunity' uncertain but vaccination will help restore some normalcy, experts say FOX 6 Milwaukee Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading expert on infectious diseases, said he feels confident in current indications of the enduring efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, but variants of the virus present a worrisome wild card when factoring into the calculation of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pharmacy Times Experts Say COVID-19 Herd Immunity Is Becoming Increasingly Unlikely in the US Pharmacy Times Obstacles such as COVID-19 vaccine rollout disparities, vaccine hesitancy, and continuous virus mutation could make herd immunity impossible. Although COVID ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Vaccination Against COVID 'Does Not Mean Immunity' For People With Organ Transplants NPR Laura Burns was thrilled when she got her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine three months ago. The 71-year-old thought that with vaccination, she might finally be closer to being able to see her family in Europe again. "I have not seen them now for two ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg Covid Kills Pregnant and Post-Partum Brazilians, Leaving Orphans Bloomberg As the disease's toll on the young surges, overwhelming hospitals, some 500 such deaths have occurred in the first four months of this year, according to a group that monitors mothers and babies in Brazil. That's more than the toll of the previous nine months: ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline I'm Fully Vaccinated. When, Where, and Why Should I Still Mask Up? Healthline The latest CDC guidance has relaxed the requirement to wear a mask for people who are fully vaccinated. However, it's still important to wear masks in certain higher-risk situations. Continuing to wear a mask helps protect those around us and ourselves. Flag as irrelevant
	GazetteNET UMass Amherst team makes cancer 'research breakthrough' GazetteNET AMHERST — Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered a mechanism for more effectively delivering medical treatment to specific cells, representing a possible breakthrough in cancer treatment. The research team at the ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: How Social Isolation Can Harm Health as You Age – and How to Prevent It U.S. News & World Report By American Heart Association News, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Barbara Stopfer hasn't had much of a social life since her husband died six years ago. She stopped seeing coworkers, too, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Black Fungus Reported Among Survivors of COVID in India, Some Patients Lose Eyesight Newsweek Black fungus infections—scientifically known as mucormycosis—have been found in at least 40 COVID patients in the western state of Gujarat, according to several major Indian news outlets. Though usually treatable, when left left untreated, mucormycosis can ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Survivors of the intensive care unit (ICU) have a higher risk of self-harm and suicide after discharge than other hospital patients, a Canadian study shows. Flag as irrelevant
	KEYT Why some people might want to get a COVID-19 shot in their thigh instead of their arm KEYT In breast cancer surgery, for example, the lymph nodes would be removed from the armpit or the shoulder. With fewer lymph nodes to drain fluid in a particular part of the body, such as in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution Study: Protection from dementia may be found with Mediterranean diet Atlanta Journal Constitution Alzheimer's is a form of dementia that has gradually worsening symptoms over time, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Memory loss is mild in the early stages. In the late stages, however, people with Alzheimer's are unable to hold a conversation and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Vox How the world missed more than half of all Covid-19 deaths Vox 50 beds seen at a care facility for patients suffering from Covid-19 at Rakab As Covid-19 cases reach new highs, fueled by surges in places like India, scientists warn ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Fear of Losing Health Insurance Keeps 1 in 6 in Their Jobs WebMD FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many American workers remain in jobs they'd rather leave -- simply because they don't want to lose their health insurance, a new Gallup poll reveals. That's the situation for 16% of respondents in a nationwide poll of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters CDC reviewing higher COVID-19 death toll from independent group, considering revising official count -Walensky Reuters The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reviewing an estimate of global COVID-19 deaths from the University of Washington that is more than double the official count to determine if the CDC figures should be revised, CDC Director ... Flag as irrelevant
	seattlepi.com 'No longer a five alarm fire': Coronavirus cases leveling off in King County; uncertainty remains seattlepi.com Cleveland Hughes wears Seahawks gear as he gets the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from Andrea Barnett during opening day of the Community Vaccination Site, a collaboration between the City of Seattle, First & Goal Inc., and Swedish Health Services at the ... Flag as irrelevant
	KTVZ CDC website now emphasizes coronavirus spreads in the air KTVZ The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday updated its explanations on how coronavirus is transmitted, stressing that inhalation is one of the main ways the virus is spread and placing less emphasis on the risk of picking it up from surfaces. Flag as irrelevant
	pressherald.com Maine CDC reports 289 COVID-19 cases, one death pressherald.com The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday reported 289 cases of COVID-19 and one new death as the state's adult population passed the 50 percent milestone for full vaccination this week. Mainers 16 ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Failing Kidneys Could Bring Higher Dementia Risk U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Chronic kidney disease may carry an increased risk of dementia, according to a Swedish study. In people with chronic kidney disease, the bean-shaped organs ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Colorado identifies Indian coronavirus variant in at least 5 residents Fox News Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Health officials in Colorado have identified five cases of a coronavirus variant first discovered in India. The ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD CDC: 'Sharp Decline' In COVID Cases Possible by July WebMD May 7, 2021 -- The CDC said computer modeling shows "a sharp decline" in the number of new COVID-19 cases could occur by July. But that scenario could be upended by a slowdown in vaccinations, relaxation of safety measures, and a rise in variants, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	WDJT CDC website now emphasizes coronavirus spreads in the air WDJT "Keep the air clean, avoid getting exposed on your mucus membranes and keep your hands clean." People more commonly catch the virus when they are standing close to someone who is infected and particles fly ... Flag as irrelevant
	pressherald.com Younger patients making Florida's COVID hospital rates among highest in US pressherald.com The intensive care unit leader and pulmonologist at one public hospital said COVID patients are averaging between 30 and 50 years old, many of them healthy and without conditions such as obesity or diabetes. By Ben ConarckMiami Herald (Tribune News ... Flag as irrelevant
	Stanford Medical Center Report 5 Questions: Roshni Mathew on advantages of COVID-19 vaccination Stanford Medical Center Report Roshni Mathew, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, discussed the race to inoculate as many people as possible against COVID-19 to prevent the emergence of variants that could increase disease rates. May 7 ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Mediterranean Diet Could Ward Off Dementia WebMD THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A diet rich in vegetables, fruits, olive oil and fish -- the so-called Mediterranean diet -- may protect the brain from plaque buildup and shrinkage, a new study suggests. Researchers in Germany looked at the link ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com How Effective Is The Coronavirus Vaccine In CT? New Data Released Patch.com So-called "vaccine breakthrough cases" occur when a person who has completed their vaccine series becomes infected with the COVID-19 virus. Subscribe. Flag as irrelevant
	The Weather Channel Novel Coronavirus' Unique Infectious Profile Makes COVID-19 Difficult to Treat: Lancet The Weather Channel According to the review, there is growing evidence that the virus infects both the upper and lower respiratory tracts. The review suggests that it is unlike "low pathogenic" human coronavirus sub-species, which ... Flag as irrelevant
	Columbus Telegram Spring time is tick time Columbus Telegram I have never had confirmed Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, but have been laid out with severe fevers, chills and a heavy antibiotic regimen three different times in my life of woodland and wetland adventures. Flag as irrelevant
	The Province COVID-19 kills pregnant and post-partum Brazilians, leaving orphans Tyler Morning Telegraph As the disease's toll on the young surges, overwhelming hospitals, roughly 500 such deaths have occurred in the first four months of this year, according to a group that monitors mothers and babies in Brazil. That's more than the toll of the previous nine months: ... Flag as irrelevant

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