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	health Daily update ⋅ June 26, 2021
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	CNN 'Please get your second shot,' top health official urges as Delta variant remains a pressing threat CNN (CNN) America is in a far better place now than it was six months ago in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, with overall cases and deaths down, according to the latest data. It shows that vaccines are effective, experts say, although they have some ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Cases of type 2 diabetes among children more than doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, research finds CNN Dr. Daniel Hsia, an associate professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and colleagues looked at the hospitalization rate for new onset type 2 diabetes among children at Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital. Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD For Some Vaccinated People, Masks Remain Comforting WebMD June 25, 2021 – When the CDC announced in May that fully vaccinated Americans can largely ditch their masks, many of us were eager to shed those familiar pieces of cloth we had been wearing for more than a year. And yet, it seems some people are not ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report How Gay Neighborhoods Used the Traumas of HIV to Help American Cities Fight Coronavirus U.S. News & World Report People in gay neighborhoods developed community organizations and systems to deliver health care and mental health services, provide social support for LGBTQ+ people and support LGBTQ-friendly businesses. Public health organizations like New York ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Could a DNA Blood Test Spot a Range of Hidden Cancers? U.S. News & World Report By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Could a new one-and-done blood test designed to detect as many as 50 different types of cancer become a diagnostic game changer? Yes, say researchers, who ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Vaccine-linked heart condition tends to resolve quickly; Delta variant fuses cells to infect more efficiently Reuters Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS. June 25 (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN East Asia was hit by another coronavirus epidemic 20000 years ago, new study shows CNN (CNN) Over the past 20 years, people have faced a series of outbreaks caused by coronaviruses, including SARS, MERS, and Covid-19. But humans may have faced the disease millennia ago, new research suggests. A team of researchers from Australia ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape UK COVID-19 Update: Hancock: 'I Let People Down', NHS 'Engine' Burnout, A&E 'Winter in June' Medscape These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today. Hancock: 'I Let people Down'. England's Health Secretary Matt Hancock issued a statement via the Department of Health after pictures appeared in The Sun newspaper of him breaking ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Supplements for Weight Loss: Do They Work? Healthline Most herbal and dietary supplements don't lead to weight loss, a review of existing studies has found. Researchers looked into data for green tea extract, guar gum, and acupuncture, among many others. Only 16 studies showed a difference in weight between ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Fact check: Claims about WHO guidance for vaccinating children are missing context USA TODAY Some social media users are sharing purported guidance from the World Health Organization that children should not be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The WHO, founded in 1948 as an agency of the United Nations, advises countries on how to ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR He Inherited A Devastating Disease. A CRISPR Gene-Editing Breakthrough Stopped It NPR Patrick Doherty had always been very active. He trekked the Himalayas and hiked trails in Spain. But about a year and a half ago, he noticed pins and needles in his fingers and toes. His feet got cold. And then he started getting out of breath any time he ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD 23% of COVID-19 Patients Report Long-Haul Symptoms WebMD A study of almost 2 million COVID-19 patients found that 23.2% of them sought treatment for COVID-related symptoms a month or more after being diagnosed. "Many patients recover from COVID-19 within a few weeks, but some exhibit persistent or new ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Could a DNA Blood Test Spot a Range of Hidden Cancers? HealthDay FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Could a new one-and-done blood test designed to detect as many as 50 different types of cancer become a diagnostic game changer? Yes, say researchers, who report the method appears accurate and reliable ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio 'New paradigm' for screening? Blood test shows accuracy for early cancer detection Healio A blood-based test demonstrated efficacy and high specificity in detecting multiple cancer types with diverse biological features, paving the way for a new screening option, according to research published in Annals of Oncology. Developed by GRAIL Inc., the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Blood Test for Many Cancer Types as Supplement to Screening Medscape The new results are from the Circulating Cell-free Genome Atlas (CCGA) study and were published in Annals of Oncology. The Galleri test, under development by Grail, uses next-generation sequencing to ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News Teen boy dies a few days after receiving second COVID vaccine shot The Mercury News After a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel this week deemed COVID-19 more dangerous to kids than the vaccine to prevent it, Michigan health authorities reported to the agency that a 13-year-old boy died within days of receiving the shot. Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC WHO urges fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks as delta Covid variant spreads CNBC "People cannot feel safe just because they had the two doses. They still need to protect themselves," WHO official Dr. Mariangela Simao told reporters. Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Vaccine-linked heart condition tends to resolve quickly; Delta variant fuses cells to infect more efficiently 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. Vaccine-associated myocarditis tends to resolve quickly. Cases of ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Liver Cirrhosis Much More Deadly for Black Americans U.S. News & World Report By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans with cirrhosis — late-stage liver disease — are much less likely to receive a liver transplant and more likely to die than white patients, new ... Flag as irrelevant
	OCRegister Pancreatic cancer patients from around the world flock to Hoag Hospital for clinical trial OCRegister Olav Ruud was out of options. Since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a year earlier, he had part of his pancreas removed, followed by two rounds of chemotherapy. And yet scans were showing two new tumors. The retired commodities broker started ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Second COVID Vaccine Dose Missed by Over 10% of Americans U.S. News & World Report By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than 1 in 10 Americans have missed their second dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a troubling trend as the more infectious Delta variant ... Flag as irrelevant
	Outbreak News Today Study confirms the low likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 on hospital surfaces is infectious Outbreak News Today "Our team was the first to demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 virus sequences could be identified from environmental swabs collected from hospital surfaces," said Angela Haczku, a respiratory immunologist and senior author on the study. Flag as irrelevant
	FactCheck.org The Facts – and Gaps – on the Origin of the Coronavirus FactCheck.org But without identification of a near-identical virus in a bat or other animal, scientists cannot be completely certain. Stepping into that void is speculation that a naturally occurring or lab-manipulated virus may have inadvertently infected a researcher, who then ... Flag as irrelevant
	Vanity Fair The 16 Best Face Sunscreens for Weightless, Everyday Protection Vanity Fair Finally, there's the matter of which category of sunscreen to use: mineral or chemical. (That's determined by the UV filters involved; one group is not necessarily better than the other.) "Mineral sunscreens work by sitting on top of the skin to deflect and scatter ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Mosquito sample in Lake Bluff tests positive for West Nile virus, first believed to be found in Lake County this year Chicago Tribune Officials said it's not known at this point if the batch in Lake Bluff, discovered June 16, is the only positive one of the 40 mosquito traps in the county. Advertisement. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report As COVID Rules Ease, Common Colds Rebound Across America U.S. News & World Report By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Infectious disease expert Ravina Kullar's husband has a cold. So does her sister-in-law. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Clinic's waiting rooms are becoming ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Over 2 million likely had long-COVID in England, study estimates Fox News Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A new study projects more than 2 million adults in England likely experienced persistent symptoms in the months ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Profound Brain Changes Found in Patients Who Died of COVID-19 Medscape "We know that up to a third of SARS-CoV-2-infected people show brain symptoms including brain fog, memory problems, and fatigue, and a growing number of people have such symptoms long after they seemingly recovered from virus infection," said Wyss- ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Survey: Over Half of Public Health Workers Experienced Mental Health Problems During COVID-19 Pandemic U.S. News & World Report The mental health conditions included depression (32.0%), anxiety (30.3%), post-traumatic stress disorder (36.8%) and suicidal ideation (8.4%). The prevalence of mental health conditions among public health workers was higher than previous reports on the ... Flag as irrelevant
	nj.com Delta variant symptoms in children: What are they? Are they different from other COVID strains? nj.com Experts say it is too early to tell, but the variant appears to be transmissible among all age groups that are unvaccinated, including children. Dr. Andrew Miller, an anesthetist and president of ... Flag as irrelevant
	West Hawaii Today Hawaii health officials stress the importance of getting vaccinated West Hawaii Today "(On Thursday), our molecular biologist in charge of the whole genome sequencing reported a batch of 45 results of whole genome sequencing, and she found that we had nine cases of the Delta variant … ," Dr. Edward Desmond, administrator of the State ... Flag as irrelevant
	KMBC Kansas City COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES: Missouri reports 890 new cases; positivity rate climbs to 7.4% KMBC Kansas City The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Wednesday the state has 317,017 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and there have been 5,139 deaths since the outbreak started. Overall, the state said 43.7% of the population has been vaccinated with at ... Flag as irrelevant
	KEYT 'Please get your second shot,' top health official urges as Delta variant remains a pressing threat KEYT To be sure, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said there's a low chance people who are fully vaccinated may get infected with virus variants. And any illness could be ... Flag as irrelevant
	Boston.com Ashish Jha says US vaccination level 'will not be enough' to prevent a spike from Delta variant Boston.com "The Delta variant is currently the greatest threat in the U.S. to our attempt to eliminate COVID-19," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, said at the press conference earlier this week. Flag as irrelevant
	FactCheck.org Misinformation About WHO's COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Children FactCheck.org A World Health Organization advisory group has concluded that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine "is suitable for use by people aged 12 years and above," and is specifically recommending it for children ages 12 to 15 who are at high risk of severe COVID-19. Flag as irrelevant
	AJMC.com Managed Markets Network HIV Testing Rates Remain Low Despite CDC Recommendations AJMC.com Managed Markets Network Despite gains in HIV testing rates among individuals 13 years and older, total testing rates remain at suboptimal levels among both commercial insurance and Medicaid beneficiaries. HIV testing must increase at least 3-fold in order to achieve the 2025 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution FDA approves 'gamechanger' weight-loss drug Atlanta Journal Constitution Wegovy (semaglutide) is a weekly injection for chronic weight management in adults who are overweight or obese with at least one weight-related condition, such as high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes or high cholesterol. It is for use in addition to a reduced- ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Countries hosting dangerous pathogen labs lack biosecurity Livescience.com Theories about a laboratory origin for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have spotlighted biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratories. The Wuhan Institute of Virology, located near the market where the first detected coronavirus superspreader event ... Flag as irrelevant
	Orlando Sentinel Florida reports 217 COVID deaths, more than 11k cases in last week Orlando Sentinel The state Department of Health reported 11,048 new coronavirus cases this week among Florida residents to bring the cumulative total to 2,321,929. With 217 more fatalities, 37,772 Florida residents are now dead. Flag as irrelevant
	pressherald.com State reports 35 new cases of COVID-19, 2 additional deaths pressherald.com The seven-day daily case average now sits at 27, the lowest it's been since last September. It's down from 62 cases two weeks and from 148 cases this time last month. During the springtime peak in April, the daily average got as high as 470. Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Lyme Disease Expected to Increase This Summer: What You Can Do Healthline That's because experts are expecting an increase in tick-borne illness this summer for many reasons. "First, people have spent the last 12 to 15 months staying indoors and the negative psychological effects of social ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report How to Safely Use the Right Flea and Tick Product for Your Pet U.S. News & World Report SATURDAY, June 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When choosing and using flea and tick products for your pets, there are a number of things to consider, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. Work with your veterinarian to select the right product for ... Flag as irrelevant
	WLNS Mosquito Batch Tests Positive for Jamestown Canyon Virus U.S. News & World Report The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services says a mosquito batch in Bow has tested positive for the Jamestown Canyon virus, the first time it has been detected in mosquitoes in the state. By Associated Press. |. June 25, 2021. Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald Millions of older adults may have undiagnosed dementia, study says. Why that matters Miami Herald A survey of Americans at least 65 years old who show signs of cognitive decline similar to those of dementia found that only 10% have received a formal diagnosis of the condition, with disparities seen across race, gender and education level. This means ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Shortage of Mental Health Beds Keeps Kids Trapped Inside ERs WebMD Melinda, like a growing number of children during the covid-19 pandemic, had become increasingly anxious and depressed as she spent more time away from in-person contact at school, church and her singing lessons. Flag as irrelevant
	American Medical Association Dr. Bailey to Senate: Doctors are nation's best vaccine ambassadors American Medical Association The need for tailored messages delivered from trusted sources of information—along with convenient access—are seen as keys to overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, experts told U.S. senators at an in-person hearing of the Health, Education, Labor ... Flag as irrelevant
	Atlanta Journal Constitution Study shows potential dangers of artificial sweeteners Atlanta Journal Constitution Researchers suggest saccharin, sucralose and aspartame can cause healthy gut bacteria to become diseased and invade the gut wall. Numerous studies have been done on artificial sweeteners, with some showing they can alter the number and type of ... Flag as irrelevant
	mlive.com Benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh risk of rare reactions in adolescents, doctors say mlive.com Benefits of COVID-19 vaccines continue to outweigh risks, including rare cases of heart inflammation in younger individuals, according to federal regulators and more than a dozen health care associations. Earlier this week, the CDC's advisory group of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Boothbay Register Maine CDC Head: State Can Top 70% Vaccinated for COVID-19 U.S. News & World Report Maine is approaching getting 70% of its eligible residents fully vaccinated for coronavirus, and the director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he sees that figure as more of a floor than a ceiling. By Associated Press. |. June 25, 2021. Flag as irrelevant
	Santa Fe New Mexican 40 years after onset of AIDS crisis, survivors see parallels in pandemic Santa Fe New Mexican "It was very misunderstood and stigmatized," said state Rep. Roger Montoya, an HIV survivor who lived in New Mexico during the height of the epidemic. "There was this ... Flag as irrelevant

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