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	health Daily update ⋅ June 19, 2021
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	CNN It's not just Delta -- other coronavirus variants worry scientists, also CNN And while federal health officials are warning most about the Delta variant -- the B.1.617.2 strain first seen in India -- other variants are also gaining ground in parts of the US. One of them is the Gamma variant, also known as P.1, which spread fast to dominate in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters COVID-19 may cause loss of brain tissue; Delta variant fuels steep infection rise in England Reuters (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN As the pandemic in the US slows, the fight against 'long haul' Covid is on CNN (CNN) Dr. Michael Saag normally cares for Covid-19 patients, but early in the pandemic, he became a patient. Now, he has joined the ranks with lingering symptoms from a condition doctors are still trying to understand. In Saag's case, Covid-19 was never so ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Sickle Cell Plagues Many Black Americans, But There's Hope for Better Treatments U.S. News & World Report By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's been more than six months since Brandy Compton last landed in a hospital emergency room. That's an amazing medical achievement, brought about by ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Coronavirus News Roundup, June 5 to June 18 Scientific American Some positive news for people who have transplanted organs and thus take immune-suppressing drugs: a third dose of a mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 provoked a stronger immune response, at least in the form of antibodies, in organ transplant patients ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR He Lost Nearly Everything To Addiction. Then An Arrest Changed His Life NPR The Massachusetts program launched 25 years ago as a remedy for prison overcrowding. But attitudes about drug users were beginning to shift too. "There was a pivot toward this idea of substance use disorder as a ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Why this tick season may be bad -- and how to protect yourself ABC News It's the peak season for tick nymphs across many parts of the United States, and experts are warning that this could be a particularly bountiful year for the minuscule, potentially disease-carrying bugs. Each spring and summer, Jean Tsao dons a white tick suit ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD COVID May Cause Long-Term Brain Loss, Study Says WebMD "In short, the study suggests that there could be some long-term loss of brain tissue from COVID, and that would have some long-term consequences," former FDA Director Scott Gottlieb, MD, said on CNBC's The News with Shepard Smith. Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Researchers find biological links between red meat and colorectal cancer Medical Xpress A new paper in the journal Cancer Discovery has now identified specific patterns of DNA damage triggered by diets rich in red meat—further implicating the food as a carcinogen while heralding the possibility of detecting the cancer early and designing new ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Fish Oil Supplements May Help Fight Depression WebMD "Using a combination of laboratory and patient research, our study has provided exciting new insight into how omega-3 fatty acids bring about anti-inflammatory effects that improve depression," said lead author Alessandra Borsini, a postdoctoral neuroscientist ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Large TB outbreak may be caused by surgical 'bone repair product' Livescience.com U.S. officials are investigating an unusual outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) infections in people who had spinal surgery. They suspect the culprit is a potentially tainted bone repair product, according to news reports. More than 100 people may have been exposed ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Sickle Cell Plagues Many Black Americans, But There's Hope for Better Treatments HealthDay FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's been more than six months since Brandy Compton last landed in a hospital emergency room. That's an amazing medical achievement, brought about by scientific breakthroughs that have been unfortunately ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Brain scans of coronavirus patients suggest 'significant' grey matter loss over time: study Fox News Biobank. They compared brain scans taken pre-pandemic to scans taken about three years later among 394 coronavirus patients and 388 matched controls. A further analysis included 15 hospitalized patients compared with 379 people who hadn't been ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME Guinea Declares End to Latest Ebola Outbreak That Killed 12 TIME The latest outbreak was the first to emerge in Guinea since a deadly outbreak from 2014 to 2016 killed more than 11,300 people in West Africa. That originated in the same region before spreading to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. Flag as irrelevant
	KOCO Oklahoma City As the pandemic continues to slow, the fight against 'long hauler' conditions persist KOCO Oklahoma City Related video above: COVID-19 long-hauler joins vaccination efforts after near-death experience. Dr. Michael Saag normally cares for COVID-19 patients, but early in the pandemic, he became a patient. Now, he has joined the ranks with lingering symptoms ... Flag as irrelevant
	PBS NewsHour COVID wards are filled with unvaccinated patients, many homebound seniors PBS NewsHour Dr. Leora Horwitz treats fewer and fewer COVID patients at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. Still, she thinks there are too many. And they almost all have something in common. "I've only had one patient who was vaccinated, and he was being ... Flag as irrelevant
	AJMC.com Managed Markets Network Study Finds Genomics, Precision Medicine May Exacerbate Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer AJMC.com Managed Markets Network New research presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting is painting a clearer picture of what drives differences in mortality and outcomes for patients with prostate cancer. Black men with prostate cancer have higher ... Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times Father gives daughter life-saving gift as living organ donor Seattle Times CARRIERE, Miss. (AP) — Sitting poolside with his wife and two daughters, Rhett Shaffette says he's already received the best gift this Father's Day. His 12-year-old daughter is thriving, eight months after getting a portion of his liver. She received the transplant ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hindu BusinessLine Expert: Variants Mean More in US Must Get Vaccine WebMD "Vaccines are our only way out of this," Paul Offit, MD, a member of the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, said on CNN. "Unless we vaccinate a significant percentage ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Detroit News Michigan adds 162 cases, 14 deaths from COVID-19 The Detroit News The figures bring Michigan's total number of cases to 893,164 and deaths to 19,612 since the virus was first detected in March 2020, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. Case rates and hospitalizations ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fort Worth Star-Telegram After heavy rains in North Texas, officials warn of mosquito-borne diseases Fort Worth Star-Telegram Bikman said that Haltom City has an approach similar to Tarrant County, including regularly testing samples from traps for the West Nile and St. Louis Encephalitis viruses, using larvicide in areas where mosquitoes breed. Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Southern California California Now Has a Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record Tool NBC Southern California Californians can access the same vaccine record from their paper CDC vaccination cards, through a digital portal. By Associated Press and Maggie More • Published 5 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago. Pause. 1:55. Can I Go to a Concert When California ... Flag as irrelevant
	LA Daily News Here's how to use California's new COVID vaccine verification system LA Daily News Vaccinated Californians now have a new way to show they are inoculated against the coronavirus without carrying around a flimsy paper card. The Golden State on Friday launched a new digital tool that lets residents access their COVID-19 vaccine record ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection much greater than that captured with swab diagnostics Medical Xpress The true prevalence of COVID-19 is still unknown due to the high proportion of subclinical infection. Measuring seroprevalence may be crucial to improve knowledge about the impact of COVID-19 in rheumatic patients. Data shared at the 2021 EULAR ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald Your pee could tell you if you have a brain tumor — with great accuracy, study says Miami Herald A urine test developed by researchers at the Nagoya University in Japan can pinpoint a person who has a brain tumor — regardless of its size or malignancy — with 100% accuracy, according to a new study. Decorated with 100 million zinc oxide nanowires, ... Flag as irrelevant
	KTVZ As the pandemic in the US slows, the fight against 'long haul' Covid is on KTVZ His brain fog persisted. He was easily out of his breath. His heart raced. These symptoms lasted six weeks post-infection. Saag felt good enough to go back to work ... Flag as irrelevant
	Moneycontrol.com Guinea declares end to latest Ebola outbreak that killed 12 ABC News "I commend the affected communities, the government and people of Guinea, health workers, partners and everyone else whose dedicated efforts made it possible to contain this Ebola outbreak," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. Flag as irrelevant
	Futurity: Research News What parents should know about kids and the COVID-19 vaccine Futurity: Research News As vaccines become available for younger people, Nathan Price has answers about COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and the risk of side effects in children. A rise in adolescent hospitalizations in March and April led the US Centers for Disease Control and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe About 70 percent of parents, other caregivers experienced mental health problems during the pandemic, CDC study finds The Boston Globe A new study has confirmed what might come as no surprise to parents and other unpaid caregivers: The coronavirus pandemic has taken a heavy toll on their mental health. The survey, published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ... Flag as irrelevant
	mlive.com 24% of Michiganders have acquired natural immunity to COVID. Why doctors say vaccination is better. mlive.com That suggests 2.4 million Michigan residents have had COVID-17, which is three times more than the 800,000 cases confirmed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as of April 20. Since then, the state confirmed another 93,000 cases. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News CDC warns on uptick in RSV cases after low activity during COVID-19: What to know about respiratory illness Fox News Nearly all children are expected to have had an RSV infection by their second birthday. However, due to low numbers over the last year, the agency is warning that older infants and toddlers may be at an increased risk of severe illnesses since they did not have ... Flag as irrelevant
	KY3 CDC reports uptick in RSV cases KY3 (EDITED NEWS RELEASE) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued this health advisory to notify clinicians and caregivers about increased inter-seasonal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity across parts of the southern United ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fresno Bee Mosquito found with West Nile virus prompts spraying in southeast Fresno neighborhood Fresno Bee Spraying was planned for Friday evening, when the common house mosquitoes that can carry the virus are active, said Ramirez, the district's science education coordinator. Many people who contract ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC News California allows digital record of coronavirus vaccination Kansas City Star SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California workers who've been vaccinated against COVID-19 can unmask as the state relaxed its COVID-19 safety rules and planned Friday to unveil an electronic verification system that Gov. Gavin Newsom denies is a "vaccine ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report California Offers Digital Record of Coronavirus Vaccination U.S. News & World Report SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Friday started offering residents a digital record of their coronavirus vaccinations that they can use to access businesses or events that require proof they got the shots. Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Patients in Bind as Brain Cancer Drug Price Rises to $1000 Per Pill HealthDay FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The maker of the expensive brain cancer drug Gleostine has removed it from the Medicare drug rebate program, a move that could have dire consequences for some patients. The drug from NextSource ... Flag as irrelevant
	KCBD TTUHSC Doctor Warns of Threat from Mosquito Virus KCBD LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - During the Pandemic, people didn't go to the doctor as much. Most were more likely to treat themselves at home. Dr. Ron Warner, DVM, Ph.D., an infectious disease specialist at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, says that ... Flag as irrelevant
	Seattle Times Rabid dog imported into US sparks multi-state investigation Seattle Times Health officials say a dog brought to the U.S. from Azerbaijan that ended up with a family in Chester County, Pennsylvania began acting strangely. It later tested positive for rabies and was euthanized. At least 12 people were exposed to the animal. Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Man's 'Extreme' Kidneys Are So Big They Are 'Crushing' His Heart Newsweek Warren Higgs, 54, has polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous fluid-filled cysts in the kidneys. The cysts cause the organs to become enlarged and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fontana Herald-News Father's Day message: Men, take care of your health Fontana Herald-News Because many men often don't see a doctor until in the later stages of physical/mental ailments, they are often playing Russian roulette with their health. It is important to know that catching a disease in its early stages can be the difference between life and ... Flag as irrelevant
	KCRA Sacramento Californians can now access their COVID-19 vaccine records online KCRA Sacramento California officials on Friday announced a way for residents to access their COVID-19 vaccine records digitally. The records, which can be used to gain access to businesses or events that require proof of full vaccination, can be found by going to ... Flag as irrelevant
	WLS-TV Biden announces 300M COVID-19 vaccine doses given in 150 days WLS-TV WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden marked another milestone in his quest to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control and help Americans return to a more normal way of life. Biden announced that 300 million COVID-19 shots have been administered ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Ipswich: 'It's surprising we have the lowest Covid rate' BBC News With just five Covid cases per 100,000 in the week up to 12 June, the Suffolk town of Ipswich has the lowest rate in England. The town has previously had one of the highest rates in the country. The BBC visited Ipswich Waterfront to ask people what the town was ... Flag as irrelevant
	Globalnews.ca COVID-19: 3 cases in London-Middlesex; Lambton extends second dose re-bookings to those 60-plus Globalnews.ca Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and Testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton. Three new COVID-19 cases have been reported in London and Middlesex, local health officials said Friday. Flag as irrelevant
	KMBC Kansas City Delta variant blamed for southwest Missouri virus increase KMBC Kansas City Frustrated health officials in the Springfield area are imploring residents to get COVID-19 vaccinations as the faster-spreading Delta variant pushes case numbers and hospitalizations higher. Random testing of virus samples have determined that the Delta ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald Fauci wants COVID 'crushed' before return to research: 'It ain't over till it's over' Miami Herald Dr. Anthony Fauci is waiting for COVID-19 to be "essentially crushed" before returning to his longtime work studying infectious diseases at the National Institutes of Health, he said in an interview with McClatchy on Friday. "It ain't over till it's over," Fauci, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sports Grind Entertainment Cuba decided to make its own COVID-19 vaccines. Now it needs syringes Tyler Morning Telegraph Cuba, which says it has developed five COVID-19 vaccine candidates and immunized about 2 million people in the island of 11 million, apparently didn't plan for a crucial part of its vaccination campaign: syringes. As COVID-19 cases have spiked in recent ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca Why COVID-19 may now feel like a 'bad cold' — with headache, runny nose among most-reported symptoms CBC.ca This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Flag as irrelevant
	Outbreak News Today Africa: Guinea Ebola outbreak declared over Outbreak News Today By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews. Guinean health authorities today declared the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak over today. The outbreak in Guinea was declared on February 14 this year. Cumulatively 23 cases, 12 deaths (CFR: 52%), and 10 ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Sun How to cope with, treat migraines Joplin Globe The first time Kimberly Grizzle experienced a full-blown migraine, she misinterpreted it for a life-ending stroke. "It seared my brain," the Carl Junction resident said. "(I thought) I was about to die." She's never forgotten that moment: it was a beautiful summer day ... Flag as irrelevant

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