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	health Daily update ⋅ June 11, 2021
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	Washington Post FDA advisers debate standards for a coronavirus vaccine for young children Washington Post On Thursday, many members of a panel that advises the Food and Drug Administration on vaccines argued that faster authorization should be an option because of uncertainties about virus variants and a potential fall surge in cases. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Which Groups Are Still Dying of Covid in the US? The New York Times Deaths from Covid-19 have dropped 90 percent in the United States since their peak in January, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the nation reopens and restrictions are lifted, however, the virus continues ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME What We Learned About Genetic Sequencing During COVID-19 Could Revolutionize Public Health TIME Pretty much every day since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Ho and his team have done nothing but find ways to stress SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease. His goal: pressure the virus relentlessly enough that it mutates to survive, so drug ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times How to Reopen Offices Safely The New York Times Although the risk of contracting Covid-19 has fallen significantly in the United States — especially for those who are fully vaccinated — it has not disappeared entirely, and many workers remain nervous about returning to their desks. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN States are scaling back on reporting Covid-19 data, but some experts say it's too soon CNN (CNN) Only about half of US states still provide daily updates on key Covid-19 metrics -- such as new cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations -- a trend that worries some public health experts. Two of the largest scale-backs took effect this week, with ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Lyme Disease-Carrying Ticks Are Turning Up On California's Beaches NPR As temperatures rise in California and people in search of respite head for the beach, there's a new concern beyond damaging sun rays and strong undercurrents: disease-carrying ticks that appear to be spreading all along the Golden State's coast. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN What we know about the Covid-19 Delta variant first found in India CNN (CNN) A coronavirus variant first detected in India in February has now gone global, popping up in dozens of countries and raising fears that the strain may spearhead a wave of infection that could overwhelm health care systems, reverse reopening plans and ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Healthy Levels of Vitamin D May Boost Breast Cancer Outcomes WebMD THURSDAY, June 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer patients who have adequate levels of vitamin D — the "sunshine vitamin" — at the time of their diagnosis have better long-term outcomes, a new study finds. Combined with the results of prior ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not know Scientific American For instance, Chinese government officials suppressed crucial public-health data at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and during the 2002–04 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, according to high-level reports. Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Evidence Ties COVID Vaccines to Heart Issue in Youth WebMD June 11, 2021 -- Swelling of the heart appears to be a very rare side effect that primarily strikes young people after vaccination for COVID-19, a CDC expert reported Thursday, detailing data on cases of myocarditis and pericarditis found through a government ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME 'I Truly Did Find My Calling.' Meet the Young People Shaping Health Care's Post-Pandemic Future TIME Johal, a former combat medic in the U.S. Army, recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York University. His pandemic experience drove him to pursue a career in critical care. Flag as irrelevant
	Science Magazine S biogenesis targeting antibiotic resistance and tolerance Science Magazine Persister cells, which are found in abundance in biofilms, adopt a quiescent state and survive antimicrobial treatments, seeding disease recurrence and incubating new resistance mutations. Building on work implicating the reactive small-molecule hydrogen ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report America Is Losing the War Against Diabetes U.S. News & World Report By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, June 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- After years of improvement, Americans with diabetes may be losing some ground in controlling the condition, a new government-funded study shows. Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com New discovery could help take down drug-resistant bacteria Livescience.com Scientists have found a new way to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The new approach disarms their natural defense mechanism, making existing antibiotics more lethal. The study, conducted in lab dishes and mice, offers a promising strategy for taking down ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Chinese researchers find batch of new coronaviruses in bats CNN One was very similar, genetically to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that's causing the current pandemic, they said -- a viral sample called RpYN06 taken from a horseshoe bat species called Rhinolophus pusillus. Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek More than 100000 US COVID-19 Deaths May Be Uncounted, Many of Them of Blacks or Latinos Newsweek When Denny Gilliam heard from his agency, in April of last year, that New York City was facing urgent nursing staff shortages during a torrent of rising COVID-19 cases, he felt compelled to serve. The former Army and Air Force vet had watched the Berlin Wall ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times The CDC urges parents to get childhood vaccinations up to date following a steep decline last year. The New York Times Vaccinations are required for attendance at most schools, camps and day care centers, but the authors of the C.D.C. study warned that the lag nonetheless "might pose a serious public health threat that would result in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks.". Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD 'Laughing Gas' May Help Tough-to-Treat Depression WebMD For such patients, antidepressants often fail to provide relief. But following three one-hour laughing gas inhalation sessions spread across three months, 85% of patients had significant depression relief that endured weeks post-treatment. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid: Matt Hancock says UK approach helped Wales vaccinate quicker BBC News England has a slower vaccine rollout than Wales because England's "buffer" of supply, Matt Hancock has said. England's health secretary was asked why the country would not follow Wales in getting vaccines "into people's arms" as soon as supply was there. Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Florida Woman Dies From Dengue Fever WebMD THURSDAY, June 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The death of a Miami woman in her 30s from locally acquired dengue fever highlights the need for awareness of a potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus that's now found in the United States. Once only seen in ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Gene Editing Technique Corrects Sickle Cell Disease in Mice U.S. News & World Report By Cara Murez, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, June 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are using mice to study a potential new treatment that could help patients who have sickle cell disease, without some of the risks and side effects ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape More Evidence Links COVID Vaccines to Rare Cases of Myocarditis in Youth Medscape Swelling of the heart appears to be a very rare side effect that primarily strikes young people after vaccination for COVID-19, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expert reported on Thursday, detailing data on cases of myocarditis and ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET Why ticks are on the rise this year and how to protect yourself from Lyme disease CNET Other factors, like people expanding construction into wooded, tick-filled environments may also be contributing to a Lyme increase, Marvel says. Dr. Andres Bran, infectious disease specialist at the University of Missouri Health ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today 'Metabolically Healthy' Obesity Linked With Poorer Health Outcomes MedPage Today A large cohort study in the U.K. provided new evidence that "metabolically healthy" obesity is not so healthy after all. Among 381,363 individuals followed for a median of 11 years, metabolically healthy obese individuals had a significantly higher risk for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters How primates are aiding the fight against COVID-19 in Louisiana Reuters Primates' DNA and physiological features make them ideal models for human comparison when studying diseases, said Skip Bohm, associate director and chief veterinary medical officer at the Tulane center. "Non-human primates are ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN CDC warns about spike in RSV cases across South CNN "Due to this increased activity, CDC encourages broader testing for RSV among patients presenting with acute respiratory illness who test negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19," the CDC said in the alert. Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Drop in childhood vaccinations during pandemic may raise risk of other outbreaks when schools reopen, CDC says Washington Post Routine childhood vaccinations dropped dramatically during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, and although they began rebounding last summer as families rescheduled doctors' visits, many children and adolescents are behind on their shots, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Obesity increases cardiometabolic risks, even with healthy metabolic markers Healio People with obesity and a healthy metabolic profile have a higher risk for heart failure and respiratory disease compared with adults without obesity, according to a study published in Diabetologia. Frederick Ho, PhD, a research associate in the Institute of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Alzheimer's Disease Meta-Analysis Identifies Novel Differentially Methylated Loci GenomeWeb NEW YORK – Through a meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) of Alzheimer's disease, an international team of researchers has identified novel differentially methylated loci associated with the spread of neurofibrillary tangles in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post US urges world to ensure HIV services for LGBTQ community Washington Post UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the world's nations Thursday to ensure equal access to HIV services to those most at risk of getting AIDS -- the LGBTQ community, drug users, sex workers, racial and ethnic minorities and ... Flag as irrelevant
	KABC-TV FDA's vaccine advisers debate urgency of vaccinating kids against coronavirus KABC-TV Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday debated what kind of detailed information the agency would need to consider authorizing the use of coronavirus vaccines in children younger than 12. While a few advisers said it's far too ... Flag as irrelevant
	PBS NewsHour After 40 years of AIDS, progress has been made but major problems remain PBS NewsHour Four decades ago this past week, the first ever cases of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were publicly noted, and hardly noticed. But soon after, cases exploded around the world. It's estimated that roughly 35 million people have died from AIDS in the years since. Flag as irrelevant
	Kansas City Star 'Laughing gas' could help treat people with severe depression, study finds Kansas City Star Inhaling a single, low dose of nitrous oxide, better known as "laughing gas," helped "rapidly relieve" symptoms of severe depression in people whose condition does not respond to medication, according to a new study. And to the researchers' surprise, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	KEYT Uncovering the origins of the virus that sparked a pandemic KEYT The second theory is that it leaked out of a lab in Wuhan, where there are, in fact, laboratories that study and manipulate coronaviruses very similar to SARS-CoV-2. Related to the lab ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News What we know about the Covid-19 Delta variant first found in India The Mercury News The B.1.617.2 strain, officially known as the Delta variant, is worrying health officials across the world, including in the United States. The Delta variant now accounts for more than 6% of sequenced virus samples in the US, according to data from the US Centers ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald 'Laughing gas' could help treat people with severe depression, study finds Miami Herald And to the researchers' surprise, the effects lasted longer than two weeks; the experimental treatment was expected to last for about 24 hours. Although laughter is supposed to be the best medicine, participants in ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Skeletons reveal the cost of medieval fashion for pointy shoes CNN Known as poulaines, pointy leather shoes were the height of fashion in 14th century Britain. Medieval men and women about town, however, suffered for their fancy footwear: They got bunions. The painful condition is common today, especially among women. Flag as irrelevant
	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Researchers Take a Closer Look at Colon Cancer's Link to High-Fat Diet Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News The CDC states dietary components high in saturated fats such as red meat are thought to be risk factors for colon cancer. Now, researchers from Arizona State University (ASU) have taken a closer look at how high-fat diets can trigger a series of events that ... Flag as irrelevant
	INQUIRER.net WHO, UNICEF Declare End of Polio Outbreak in the Philippines U.S. News & World Report Philippine health officials announced that polio had re-emerged in the country in September 2019, nearly two decades after the WHO had declared the Southeast Asian nation free of the viral disease, which can cause paralysis and death. There is no known ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth North Texans Battling Swarms of Mosquitoes After Weeks of Rain, Flooding NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth After weeks of near-continuous rain and flooding, North Texas is finally starting to dry out. But with the break from the wet weather comes millions of mosquitoes. "You will see more mosquitoes as the rains stop, but where you will see the mushrooming of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pharmacy Times COVID-19 Vaccines Safe, Effective in Patients With Cancer Pharmacy Times "This study confirms that there is no need for patients to wait for vaccination until they finish their chemotherapy or immunotherapy," said Balazs Halmos, MD, MS, director of the Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program at Montefiore, in a press release. Flag as irrelevant
	Newsday Keeping the ticks away: Experts warn of potential risk as more embrace outdoors Newsday Some experts believe the tick population — which can carry Lyme disease and other illnesses — has increased in recent years, so pandemic-weary Long Islanders are being urged to take special care this summer and avoid these minuscule critters, some as ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Post US deaths from heart disease and diabetes spiked during the pandemic New York Post The death rates — posted online this week by federal health authorities — add to the growing body of evidence that the number of lives lost directly or indirectly to the coronavirus in the US is far greater than the officially reported COVID-19 death toll of nearly ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Myocarditis and COVID Vaccines: Where Do We Stand? MedPage Today That guidance stated that, since April, there's been an increase in reports of myocarditis and pericarditis after getting the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, but that there hasn't been a similar reporting pattern following the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid: Hancock's vaccine buffer claims 'simply untrue' says first minister BBC News Mr Hancock told MPs England had a slower rollout due to its "buffer" of supply. He said UK ministers needed to make sure there was always enough supply for second ... Flag as irrelevant
	FOX 6 Milwaukee Studies suggest serious COVID-19 infection can lead to diabetes FOX 6 Milwaukee Diabetes occurs when an individual's blood sugar — or glucose — is too high. Blood glucose is the body's main source of energy and comes from food. Insulin is the important hormone made by the pancreas that helps ... Flag as irrelevant
	oregonlive.com Coronavirus in Oregon: 370 new cases, 10 deaths oregonlive.com Oregon health officials announced 370 new coronavirus cases Thursday and 10 newly reported deaths. Gov. Kate Brown is planning to hold a press conference Friday at 11 a.m. to talk about the state of the pandemic and the vaccine drive in Oregon, where ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News CDC warns about spike in virus infection spreading across the South The Mercury News "RSV can be associated with severe disease in young children and older adults. This health advisory also serves as a reminder to healthcare personnel, childcare providers, and staff of long-term care facilities to avoid reporting to work while acutely ill — even if ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Montana 104 new COVID-19 cases in Montana NBC Montana Total Doses Administered: 833,934 · Total Montanans Fully Immunized: 407,607 · Total COVID-19 cases in Montana: 112,690 · Total recovered cases: 110,409 · Total number of hospitalization: 5,381 · Total active hospitalizations: 61 · Total Tests: 1,406,212 · New ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Delta variant: NI reduces time between Covid-19 vaccine doses BBC News The gap between the first and second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine is to be cut in Northern Ireland. Currently, there is a gap of about 10 to 12 weeks between the two doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech. This will now be reduced to a maximum ... Flag as irrelevant

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