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	health Daily update ⋅ July 15, 2021
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	The New York Times Delta Variant Widens Gulf Between 'Two Americas': Vaccinated and Unvaccinated The New York Times The spread of the variant has prompted a vigorous new vaccination push from the Biden administration, and federal officials are planning to send medical teams to communities facing outbreaks that now seem inevitable. Infections, hospitalizations and ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The importance of being vaccinated CNN (CNN) We've all heard it said over and over again: We're now in the phase of the pandemic when it's a race between vaccinations and the variants. It has been neck and neck for a while, and honestly, I was ready to cheer a vaccine victory. We nearly dropped ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Red State, Blue State, Twin Outbreak: Behind Wyoming and Colorado's Anomalous COVID Spikes Medscape The Platte County, Wyoming, visitor center and Chamber of Commerce are on the southern edge of Wheatland, an agricultural town in the High Plains known for its proximity to good fishing spots. Thirteen residents of the county have died of covid-19, according ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Millions of children worldwide missed routine vaccinations during the pandemic, study suggests CNN Unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children are vulnerable to outbreaks of disease, and public health officials around the world are worried. "Routine immunization services faced ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times As Delta Spreads, Virus Cases Rise in New York City The New York Times Still, with some 64 percent of adults in the city fully vaccinated, epidemiologists said it was unlikely that the Delta variant would create conditions anywhere near as devastating as the past two waves of Covid-19. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Tapping into the Brain to Help a Paralyzed Man Speak The New York Times When the man, known by his nickname, Pancho, tries to speak, electrodes implanted in his brain transmit signals to a computer that displays them on the screen. His first recognizable sentence, researchers said ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times New NYC data looking at first half of the year shows how few fully vaccinated people were infected. The New York Times The study underscored that the real-world performance of the vaccines can meet and even exceed trial results in preventing virus cases, hospitalizations and deaths, the city said. Only 1.1 percent of the 500,300 virus cases ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR The Pandemic Has Worsened Childhood Vaccination Rates Around The World NPR India represented the largest increase in children not receiving their first diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) vaccine from 2019 to 2020. In 2020, India reported more than 3 million children didn't receive their ... Flag as irrelevant
	KFXL Fox Nebraska Nebraska Resumes Reporting Some Coronavirus Statistics U.S. News & World Report OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two weeks after Nebraska quit publicly reporting daily coronavirus statistics, the state launched a new website Wednesday to provide weekly updates on some of the information. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Drug Overdoses Killed A Record Number Of Americans In 2020, Jumping By Nearly 30% NPR "This is the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month period, and the largest increase since at least 1999," Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, tells NPR. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Stroke Prevented His Speech, But Brain Implant Brought It Back U.S. News & World Report By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, July 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have developed an implant that allowed a man with severe paralysis to "speak" again by translating his brain signals into text. The achievement is ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Catt Sadler warns 'don't let your guard down' after getting sick from Covid-19 while fully vaccinated CNN Catt Sadler posted that she has gotten sick with Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated. (CNN) Catt Sadler is sounding the alarm that people ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN US is 'losing time' in vaccination race as Delta variant becomes more pervasive, expert says CNN (CNN) Covid-19 vaccination rates are down and cases are on the rise, exacerbated by the more transmissible Delta variant -- and an expert says the key to winning the race against the spread is getting more Americans vaccinated. "We're losing time here. Flag as irrelevant
	AZCentral.com Are play dates safe? What about flights? A guide for parents of unvaccinated kids AZCentral.com The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has eased pandemic restrictions for fully vaccinated people. But as cases rose in Los Angeles County, the local health department reinstated indoor mask recommendations on June 28 – regardless of vaccination ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Movable Lump in Breast: Is It Cancer? Healthline tenderness; swelling; nipple discharge. Fibrocystic changes are not cancerous, nor do they require treatment. These changes usually go away after menopause. Fibroadenomas. Fibroadenomas are benign tumors made up of fibrous ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Mississippi health officer warns about Covid-19 surge that has put 7 children in intensive care CNN (CNN) Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs warned residents about a surge of Covid-19 cases in the southern state on Tuesday and said that seven children are in the state's ICUs, including two children on a ventilator. "Please be safe and if you ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Medics fear surge in winter viruses plus Covid BBC News A surge in flu and other respiratory viruses could put pressure on people's health and the NHS this winter, warns a report by leading medics. They say testing for flu, Covid and a respiratory virus common in children and the elderly - called RSV - may help ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Why a New mRNA-Based Flu Vaccine May Be the Most Effective Yet Healthline Moderna has begun human trials for a potential new influenza vaccine. · The new vaccine uses mRNA technology, the same technology used to create the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Drug overdose deaths hit record high in 2020; Hospitalizations in children rising in 2 states: COVID-19 updates USA TODAY "7% of deaths in vaccinated worrisome — we are allowing too much circulating delta to reach our most vulnerable," he added. At the University of Mississippi Medical Center, pediatric admissions for coronavirus- ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Guillain-Barré and Vaccines: What You Need to Know The New York Times The link between the rare neurological disorder and the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine may be real, but the risk appears to be very small. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report As COVID Rises, a Vexing Hunt for Nursing Home Vaccine Stats U.S. News & World Report With COVID-19 on the rise again and many nursing home staffers unvaccinated, families still lack easy access to crucial Medicare immunization data that will help them pick the right facility for their loved one. By Associated Press. |. July 14, 2021. Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Lung disease weakens cells for virus attack; anemia tied to readmission Reuters July 14 (Reuters) - Here 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. Lung diseases worsen COVID-19 by altering airway genes. Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline FDA Now Says New Alzheimer's Drug Should Have Limited Use. What Are the Implications? Healthline The Food and Drug Administration is limiting the use of the drug Aduhelm to treat Alzheimer's disease. It's now being recommended only for people in the early stages of the disease. Medical professionals and officials at the Alzheimer's Association say they ... Flag as irrelevant
	oregonlive.com COVID surges at summer camps in low-vaccination areas. Will the same thing happen in schools? oregonlive.com The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri and Kansas, in what some fear could be a preview of the upcoming school year. In some cases the outbreaks have ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Could poop transplants help treat COVID-19? Livescience.com Poop transplants may have helped two patients with risk factors avoid severe COVID-19, a new case report suggests. An illustration of clostridioides difficile bacteria. (Image credit: Jennifer Oosthuizen/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images). Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY COVID vaccine by J&J comes with rare nerve syndrome warning. Here's what to know about it USA TODAY Even though the Food and Drug Administration updated the warning label on Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine to include an increased risk of a rare neurological disorder, health experts say Americans shouldn't worry. The odds of developing ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today PURE Study Points Finger at Processed, Fatty Foods in IBD MedPage Today Eating ultra-processed food and fried food was associated with a greater risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the large multinational PURE study found. More ultra-processed food was related to a greater risk of developing incident IBD (HR 1.82, 95% CI ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Dementia Comes 5 Years Later for Some MedPage Today In contrast, those with the lowest late-life cognitive activity levels developed dementia at age 89, they wrote in Neurology. "Our study shows that people who engage in more cognitively stimulating activities ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Device Taps Brain Waves to Help Paralyzed Man Communicate U.S. News & World Report In a medical first, researchers harnessed the brain waves of a paralyzed man unable to speak — and turned what he intended to say into sentences on a computer screen. It ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post Drug overdose deaths soared to a record 93000 last year The Washington Post Deaths from drug overdoses soared to more than 93,000 last year, a staggering record that reflects the coronavirus pandemic's toll on efforts to quell the crisis and the continued spread of the synthetic opioid fentanyl in the illegal narcotic supply, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Wyoming and Colorado's Anomalous COVID Spikes U.S. News & World Report (Rae Ellen Bichell/Kaiser Health News via AP). By Rae Ellen Bichell. WHEATLAND, Wyo. — Brandon Graves said COVID-19 arrived in ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD Pfizer COVID Vaccine 78% Effective in Pregnant Women WebMD In addition, none of the patients reported severe adverse reactions to the vaccines. "Vaccination compared with no vaccination was associated with a significantly lower risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection," the authors ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC News US COVID-19 Hot Spots Dominate Where Vaccination Rates Are Low NPR So for the latest updates, we're going back now to member station reporters in those states who've been following this for us. Rebecca Smith is with KBIA in Missouri, and Shalina Chatlani is with the Gulf States Newsroom in New Orleans. Good morning to both ... Flag as irrelevant
	Kansas City Star Can Kansas City region's hospitals handle the new COVID wave? Delta raises alarms Kansas City Star Missouri is experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations due in part to the spread of the delta variant. Read our latest coverage. Expand All. Hopes of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com Pinterest is banning weight loss ads. Health experts say it's a 'positive step' Today.com Healthy eating advocates explain how diet and weight loss messaging can negatively influence own self-image. Illustration of a scale in a browser with warning signs near it. Experts say that the emphasis on a "conventionally fit and thin body" in weight loss ... Flag as irrelevant
	Press-Enterprise Southern California coronavirus cases, hospitalizations climb in month since reopening Press-Enterprise It's been a month since the masks came off. People are gathering in large numbers again to watch movies in the park, sing along at concerts and listen to the crack of a baseball bat at Dodgers and Angels games. In short, life is getting back to normal as ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post US overdose deaths hit record 93000 in pandemic last year The Washington Post NEW YORK — Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday. That estimate far eclipses the high of about 72,000 drug overdose deaths reached the previous year and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe Public health officials warn excessive rainfall will bring more mosquitoes The Boston Globe The state Department of Public Health provided the background advisory on the Culex mosquitoes in an e-mail message. The message identified gutters, bird baths, and empty flower pots as examples of the types of locations where residents should look for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Why Hospitalizations for Methamphetamine-Related Heart Failure Are on the Rise Healthline Experts say methamphetamine addiction is more difficult to beat than with other drugs, and the addiction can cause loss of income as well as serious health ailments. Methamphetamine-related hospitalizations for heart failure in California ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American 'Inflammation Clock' Can Reveal Body's Biological Age Scientific American The inflammatory ageing clock (iAge), reported on 12 July in Nature Aging, is one of the first tools of its kind to use inflammation to assess health. Other age clocks have used epigenetic markers, chemical groups that tag a person's DNA as they age and are ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Georgia Sees Rise in Coronavirus Cases, Hospitalizations U.S. News & World Report ATLANTA (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Georgia has risen substantially over the past few weeks, mirroring a national trend that has public health experts worried. Flag as irrelevant
	San Francisco Chronicle In major step, UCSF scientists translate unspoken words of paralyzed man into writing San Francisco Chronicle Neurosurgeon Edward Chang performs brain surgery at UCSF. Chang's work has created the foundation for the technology that translates the unspoken words of a completely paralyzed man into written speech. Barbara Ries / Courtesy UCSF ... Flag as irrelevant
	PEOPLE.com 'One in a Million': Anne with an E's Miranda McKeon on Getting Diagnosed with Breast Cancer at 19 PEOPLE.com The 19-year-old McKeon, though, did schedule a doctor's appointment right away, where they did an ultrasound and took a biopsy of the lump. "I think they ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Daily News Drug overdose deaths hit all-time high during pandemic last year, CDC finds New York Daily News Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. jumped 29% last year to a record 93,000 — an increase reflecting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the nation's opioid crisis and the alarming spread of fentanyl, the federal government reported Wednesday. Flag as irrelevant
	cleveland.com Health officials say coronavirus Delta variant is in Ohio, but can't pinpoint numbers cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Health experts say COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are on the rise in Ohio because of the Delta variant, though they don't have numbers specifically on the variant. "The Delta variant is here and is rising rapidly," Dr. Bruce ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio J&J vaccine provides durable immunity, including against variants Healio Data now published in a major journal show that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine generated strong activity against SARS-CoV-2 for at least 8 months, including against variants of concern. The results were published in a correspondence today in ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News Electronic implant lets man send texts straight from his brain The Mercury News Bravo clinical trial testing session with trial participant, Bravo1, and Chang Lab researchers David Moses, PhD (postdoctoral fellow). During the session, the participant's cortical activity is recorded while he attempted to produce words and sentences. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report As COVID-19 Cases Increase, Vaccine Hesitancy Still High in Some States U.S. News & World Report More than a quarter of respondents in Wyoming – the site of a recent spike in COVID-19 cases – are hesitant about getting vaccinated, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. By Elliott Davis. |. July 15, 2021. By Elliott Davis. |. July 15, 2021, at 8:00 a.m.. More. Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Summer setback: COVID deaths and cases rising again globally ABC News COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally in a dispiriting setback that is triggering another round of restrictions and dampening hopes for an almost normal summer of fun. By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and MARIA CHENG Associated ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Will COVID-19 Vaccines Work if I Have a Weak Immune System? U.S. News & World Report About 3% of U.S. adults have weakened immune systems. Among them are people with HIV or AIDS, transplant recipients, some cancer patients and people with autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and lupus. Flag as irrelevant

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