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FDA authorizes additional Covid-19 vaccine doses for certain immunocompromised people The FDA amended the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to allow for an additional dose for certain people with compromised immune systems. That group includes "specifically, solid organ ...
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Covid-19 hospitalizations are surging again, but they're different this time Florida and Louisiana are now reporting a record number of Covid-19 hospital admissions, and other states are close. In Mississippi and Arkansas, daily admissions are at more than 87% of their earlier peak, and in Oregon, Alabama and Washington, daily ...
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COVID-19 of the Future: Endemic and Mostly in Young Children? Aug. 12, 2021 -- Researchers predict SARS-CoV-2 could become endemic and primarily infect children, thereby shifting risk from older people to toddlers too young to be previously exposed or vaccinated. ADVERTISEMENT. Experience with similar beta ...
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What's in a name? The term 'breakthrough infection' raises doubts about vaccines, but it shouldn't (CNN) In most cases, a "breakthrough" means a sudden, dramatic or important discovery. With Covid-19, however, the expression has been used to describe an infection that "broke" through the protective immunity of the vaccine -- and this is sometimes ...
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FDA authorizes extra vaccine doses for immunocompromised patients to bolster protection against the coronavirus The action by the Food and Drug Administration means that additional shots could be available as soon as this weekend for patients who have received organ transplants or have certain types of cancer or other illnesses.
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What We Think We Know About Metabolism May Be Wrong A new study challenges assumptions about energy expenditure by people, including the idea that metabolism slows at middle age.
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Your Metabolism Changes As You Age, Just Not When You Think "Energy expenditure is really stable throughout adulthood, from 20 to 60 years old," said lead researcher Herman Pontzer, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University in Durham, N.C. "People often want to blame obesity issues on ...
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The FDA authorized additional vaccine doses for certain immunocompromised people. Here's what to know. A recent study by Johns Hopkins researchers found that vaccinated immunocompromised people are 485 times more likely to end up in the hospital or die from Covid-19 compared to the general population that is vaccinated. Based ...
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Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine protects against Delta variant, study finds Protection against the Delta variant, now dominant across the US, barely waned, the National Institutes of Health-led team found. The team will continue to look for evidence of protection beyond six months.
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Delta variant: 5 things to know about the surging coronavirus strain With the CDC estimating that the delta variant accounts for more than 90% of new COVID cases in the U.S., scientists are still learning more about what makes this variant different from prior versions of the virus. There are dozens of COVID-19 variants.
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Marburg Virus Disease: What to Know This virus, formally known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), is similar to the Ebola virus. It causes you to quickly develop severe illness and fever, which could lead to shock or death. Experts first found Marburg virus disease (MVD) after two large ...
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Moderna Vaccine May Shield More Against Breakthrough Infections Than Pfizer: Study By Robert Preidt and Robin Foster, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Aug. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- People fully vaccinated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appear to have a lower risk of a "breakthrough" infection caused by the Delta ...
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Don't Lose Sight of the Fact That Covid Vaccines Are Working My fellow Americans, get the damn shots. Covid-19 vaccines protect the overwhelming majority of recipients against severe illness from the coronavirus, even its supercontagious delta variant. Yes, some vaccinated people can still carry the disease and pass it ...
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How long will your COVID-19 vaccine last? And will you need a booster? The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to greenlight booster shots for immune-compromised individuals this week, after mounting evidence reveals they may not reach full protection with their original ...
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COVID's future: From pandemic to endemic? With much of the world still susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, experts predict the virus will become endemic. The Harvard T.H. Chan of Public Health asked immunologist Yonatan Grad what it will look like as ...
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Why COVID-19 Might Be Here to Stay—And How We'll Learn to Live With It Experts have long predicted that the pandemic will end with a whimper, not a bang. That is, COVID-19 won't so much disappear as fade into the background, becoming like the many other common pathogens that sicken people, but also can be controlled with ...
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West Nile Infection Rate 'Drastically Increasing' Among Mosquitos, Experts Say Levels Are Concerning (CBS4) — West Nile Virus is spreading rapidly through the mosquito population in Northern Colorado, and experts from at least two counties fear it could soon infect humans as well. West Nile testing throughout Larimer and Weld counties in recent weeks has ...
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Do You Need a Booster After the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine? But amid concerns over its effectiveness against the highly contagious Delta variant, a San Francisco hospital is offering people who've received the J&J vaccine a second dose of either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna-NIAID.
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Exercise After the COVID Vaccine: Are There Risks? pain, redness, and swelling at the injection site; fatigue; headache; muscle pain; chills; fever; nausea. The CDC actually recommends exercising your arm to help reduce discomfort at the injection site ...
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Antibody Prevents Malaria in New Trial The small clinical trial is the first to show an antibody capable of preventing malaria in people. The trial was sponsored and conducted by scientists from the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and was ...
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Multiple Coloradans Test Positive For West Nile Virus, Cases Among Mosquitos 'Drastically Increasing' (CBS4) – After weeks of growing concerns of West Nile virus spreading among the mosquito population in northern Colorado, Larimer County health officials have identified human cases of the virus. CBS4's Dillon Thomas has learned at least three people ...
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'We must live our brand': How diabetes educators can meet the moment in challenging times The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it countless challenges and changes in health care delivery; diabetes care and education specialists must adapt to achieve successful health outcomes, according to a speaker. "If there is one thing this past ...
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US works with vaccine makers on booster dose for some -CDC director Speaking at a White House COVID-19 press briefing, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the shots would be available to certain people who are moderately and severely immune compromised, such as people who have had organ transplants and some ...
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What is RSV? This is what the CDC wants you to know Call your healthcare professional if you or your child is having difficulty breathing, not drinking enough fluids, or experiencing worsening symptoms. Here is how RSV is spread: RSV can spread when an infected ...
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Daily Half-Hour Walk Can Greatly Boost Survival After Stroke By Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporters. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Aug. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- After a stroke, survivors can greatly increase their odds for many more years of life through activities as easy as a half-hour's stroll each ...
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Blood clots associated with AstraZeneca vaccine are 'rare but devastating,' study says A new study has given more details about the "rare but devastating" blood clotting complications associated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. In a peer-reviewed paper published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, scientists ...
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COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy Means Healthier Births, Babies: Studies By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Aug. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Since COVID-19 and three vaccines to help prevent it arrived in the United States, questions have swirled about their impact on pregnant women, new moms ...
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Moderna COVID Vaccine Safe, Effective in Teens: Study By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Aug. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- With COVID case counts surging as the school year begins, new research showing that the Moderna vaccine is safe and effective for teens should reassure ...
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Delta predominant in Michigan; 99% of specimens identified as variant in last 4 weeks In the last four weeks, 99 percent of analyzed COVID-19-positive specimens were identified as the delta variant in Michigan, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. There have been 350 cases from 50 counties determined to be the ...
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Extra COVID Vaccine OK'd for Those With Weak Immune Systems WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Thursday said transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to better protect them as the delta variant continues to surge.
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New Clues to What Triggers Dangerous Syndrome in Kids With COVID By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Aug. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- New research offers insight into a rare but dangerous inflammatory disease that can occur in children after COVID-19 infection, researchers report. More than ...
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Increasing COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in Florida, Texas Could Have Saved 4700 Lives Through July By the end of July, the five highest-performing states — Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, and Rhode Island — had fully vaccinated an average of 74 percent of adults and lowered rates of COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths compared with ...
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State health department wants nursing home staff vaccinated by October The health department reported that 12.5% of facilities currently have staff vaccinated at or above 80%. If nursing homes do not meet the percentage expectation by Oct. 1, the health department will require more frequent testing for unvaccinated employees, ...
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COVID-19 surge continues in Maine with 215 new cases Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday that all health care workers must be vaccinated by Oct. 1, adding to a growing number of vaccine mandates. By ...
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COVID surge leads Jefferson Parish to reopen Alario Center for testing and vaccines Fueled by a more than tenfold increase in demand, Jefferson Parish officials are moving a parish testing and vaccine site back to the Alario Center from a nearby park, where it had gone earlier this summer due to diminished need. Jefferson Parish's current ...
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Pennsylvania's weekly covid cases at highest point in nearly 3 months In the past week, Pennsylvania has recorded 11,747 cases of covid-19 — the most in nearly three months. The cases — 8,927 of which were confirmed through a PCR test and 2,820 counted as probable — represent a significant increase since as recently as ...
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COVID surge leads BayCare to suspend elective surgeries at Pinellas, Pasco, Polk hospitals BayCare Health System put a hold on all elective surgeries and procedures at it hospitals in Pinellas, Pasco and Polk counties as the surge in COVID-19 cases shows no sign of slowing down. The hospital chain had already suspended some elective ...
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US Works With Vaccine Makers on Booster Dose for Some -CDC Director By Michael Erman. (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working with vaccine makers Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc to allow certain vulnerable people to receive a third booster shot of their COVID-19 vaccines to improve their immune response, ...
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COVID-19 surge continues in Maine with 215 new cases State health officials reported 215 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the third consecutive day of at least 200 cases as the highly transmissible delta variant continues to work its way through Maine. One additional ...
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Delta variant spreads like 'wildfire,' 'outsmarts us at every turn' says health expert NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Health experts continue to sound the alarm as the COVID-19 delta variant spreads like wildfire — urging people to take the virus seriously and get vaccinated or mask up. Dr. Wendelyn Inman, an infectious disease expert at ...
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How deadly is the coronavirus delta variant? Although this variant is more transmissible, whether it causes more severe disease and death is still unclear. A nurse checks on a patient in the ICU Covid-19 ward at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on Aug. 4, 2021. (Image credit: ...
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Michigan agency urges employers to have all workers wear masks The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday warned state employers to take the delta variant of COVID-19 seriously and heed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus. For areas ...
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New Mom in Chicago Area Pushes For Pregnant Women to Receive COVID Vaccine The CDC is urging pregnant women to get vaccinated, as hospitals across the country see disturbing numbers of unvaccinated mothers-to-be becoming seriously ill with the virus. Published 7 seconds ago. As the city of Chicago was in the middle of a second ...
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Orange County reports sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations: What to know Health officials are again calling on residents to get vaccinated. "Very few of us are going to get out [of the pandemic] without either getting COVID illness or getting vaccinated," said Dr.
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COVID cases continue to grow The number of COVID-19 cases continued to surge locally on Thursday, prompting local health officials to again urge residents to get vaccinated and take precautions against the virus. Warren County Health Services reported 16 additional cases along with ...
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See How Vaccines Can Make the Difference in Delta Variant's Impact Some of those infections have been reported in fully vaccinated people in so-called breakthrough cases. As the sheer number of those vaccinated increases, so will the raw number of breakthrough cases, especially with the Delta variant circulating. But experts ...
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Dr. Fauci reveals a huge change for pregnant women and the COVID-19 vaccine Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has confirmed that pregnant women should get the COVID-19 vaccine. Does Fauci want pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Fauci appeared on NBC News' ...
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Washtenaw County Walk to End Alzheimer's returns for in person event ANN ARBOR, Mich. – More than 190,000 people live with Alzheimer's disease in Michigan and over 460,000 people care for them, according to the Alzheimer's Association. On October 10, join community members fighting against ...
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Maine will be one of the 1st states to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for health workers The mandate would come through a change to state rules that dictates needed vaccinations for workers in health care settings, including hospitals, nursing homes and residential care facilities, home health agencies, among others. Those requirements were ...
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How do vaccinated people spread Delta? What the science says The findings underscore the importance of protective measures such as wearing masks indoors to reduce transmission. Researchers stress that COVID-19 vaccines are protective against serious illness and death, but the data on Delta transmission show that ...
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