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Hospitals overwhelmed by covid are turning to 'crisis standards of care.' What does that mean? Ann Enderle checks on a covid-19 patient in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Boise, Idaho, last month.
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A CDC panel is meeting to decide who should get Pfizer boosters. Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting on Wednesday and Thursday to decide which Americans should get booster ...
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Covid vaccines are on the way for younger children. Here's why they're different Knowing this, Pfizer tested varying doses in its trials of children 5 to 11. Kids, it turns out, have a strong immune response even to lower doses. So children ...
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Methamphetamine Deaths Soar, Hitting Black And Native Americans Especially Hard "I believe it's deeply entrenched across the community — not just in Native communities," she tells NPR. A study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA ...
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Does My Mask Protect Me if Nobody Else Is Wearing One? A number of laboratory studies have also documented that a mask protects the person who is wearing it, though the level of that protection can vary depending on ...
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Spreading HIV Is Against the Law in 37 States – With Penalties Ranging Up To Life in Prison The majority of U.S. states still have laws on the books that criminalize exposing other people to HIV, despite the fact that HIV is now a treatable medical ...
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4 Out of 10 Adults With No Known Heart Disease Have Fatty Hearts: Study TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many middle-aged adults with apparently healthy hearts have a "silent" buildup of fatty deposits in their arteries, ...
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Experts eye more travel testing to contain COVID in Hawaii HONOLULU -- Hawaii officials are facing pressure to increase COVID-19 testing for travelers as the islands deal with a record surge of new infections, ...
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People who eat more dairy fat have lower risk of heart disease, study suggests An international team of scientists studied the dairy fat consumption of 4,150 60-year-olds in Sweden -- a country with one of the world's highest levels of ...
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Lung Cancer Symptoms Lung cancer often doesn't cause symptoms in its early stages. But as the cancer grows, you may develop warning signs, such as a persistent cough or ...
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'I Just Cry All the Time': Non-Covid Patients Despair Over Delayed Care In areas inundated with coronavirus patients, hospitals have postponed treatments and surgeries for people with other serious conditions.
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Migraines and More Severe Hot Flashes Could Be Linked WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Women with a history of migraine headaches may suffer severe hot flashes during menopause, and this combo may ...
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Live updates: Minnesota COVID hospitalizations remain near 800 mark, 1642 new cases ST PAUL, Minn — Tuesday, Sept. 21. COVID hospitalizations remain near 800 threshold; State expands hours, daily doses at MOA community vaccination clinic ...
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COVID-19 has now killed as many people in the US as the 1918 Spanish flu Of course, an apples-to-apples comparison doesn't reveal the true picture of either pandemic, as there are many factors that have changed since a century ago.
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Clayton County in-school vaccinations, testing battles COVID-19 spread During a YouTube Live Tuesday, Clayton Schools Superintendent Morcease Beasley said the south metro district's current coronavirus policy does not require ...
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Delta Variant: What to Know "Delta is just so much more transmissible," says Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, a research institute within ...
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Breakthrough COVID-19 cases expected to become more common in coming months Mild cases of COVID-19 among vaccinated individuals are becoming increasingly common as the highly contagious delta variant barrels through communities, ...
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COVID-19: Less masking may mean 'twindemic' with flu in Cincinnati region The concern comes UC Health has already seen some influenza cases as the season gets underway, said Dr. Richard Lofgren, the health system's president and chief ...
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COVID-19: The Unvaccinated Pose a Risk to the Vaccinated A: An unvaccinated person who is infected with COVID-19 poses a much greater risk to others who are also unvaccinated. But vaccines are not 100% effective, so ...
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Alabama now reporting more than 100 COVID deaths per day There is an average of around two weeks between when a death occurs and when it is reported to ADPH, meaning the deaths reported over the last seven days ...
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COVID-19 exacts a painful toll in Maine, shouldered largely by state's eldest They were teachers and musicians, retired firefighters and decorated war veterans, lobstermen, shipbuilders and farmers.
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More Than 90% of Maine COVID-19 Deaths Among People Over 60 PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The vast majority of Maine's deaths from COVID-19 have been people who are age 60 or older. Residents of that age group represent ...
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Hawaii COVID-19 Antibody Treatments Capped Amid Shortage Hawaii health care providers are receiving half the number of monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 that they requested amid a shortage of the drugs.
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The COVID-19 death toll just surpassed another historic American milestone A black and white photo of 1918, nurses load a patient into an ambulance. The 1918 flu pandemic killed 1 in 150 Americans. CDC. SHARE.
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COVID-19 variants are 'evolving to become more airborne,' study says The virus that causes COVID-19. This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus ...
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California now has nation's lowest virus transmission rate FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2021, file photo, a woman waits in the holding area after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic set up in the parking lot of ...
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Hawaii Anti-Vaccine Leader Has Regrets After Getting COVID Chris Wikoff told Hawaii News Now this week that he helped start the Aloha Freedom Coalition last October. He said he believed government shutdowns and mandates ...
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As US COVID deaths surpass 1918 Spanish flu, pandemic parallels evident in the Lehigh Valley Published: Sep. 22, 2021, 6:30 a.m.. Spanish influenza headlines, Easton Express, October 1918. Headlines from the Easton Express document ...
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West Nile Virus at High Levels in Arizona Due to Wet Monsoon Health officials recommend wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants to help prevent mosquito bites on arms and legs and eliminating standing water where ...
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Maine hospitals 'in for a bumpy ride' with record COVID-19 patients stretching capacity It is happening while some hospitals are taking stark measures to keep providing care to vulnerable patients. Rumford Hospital last Monday needed to move ...
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Pa. officials order providers to be ready to give COVID-19 booster shots Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam on Tuesday issued an order that ensures vaccine providers are prepared to administer COVID-19 booster ...
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UF researchers on quest to understand, prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease Adam Woods, associate director the Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory, conducts scans on a patient. Welcome to From Florida, a podcast where you'll learn how ...
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Between COVID-19 and the flu, health care professionals bracing for the winter ahead, expert says The US is battling rising death tolls and strained hospital resources under the Covid-19 pandemic, and all that could be made more difficult by the upcoming ...
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Here's what my 'mild' breakthrough COVID-19 case was like: Q&A Like so many Americans, I had loosened up on wearing masks all the time and physical distancing after getting fully vaccinated. We had flown across the country, ...
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Were the COVID-19 vaccines developed too fast? What about long term effects? Doctors weigh-in As COVID-19 case numbers climb and vaccination rates remain largely flat, there is a renewed push to vaccinate those who remain hesitant.
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CDC: Unknown food linked to growing Salmonella outbreak; 2 cases in Michigan The CDC is investigating a growing outbreak of Salmonella infections in at least 25 states, including Michigan. As of Sept. 15, the CDC identified 127 ...
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Mass. reports 4568 more COVID-19 cases among vaccinated people among those fully vaccinated. The breakthrough deaths represent a tiny fraction of all vaccinated people and emphasize the protection the vaccines provide ...
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Cleveland Clinic Mercy, Akron General scheduling fewer elective surgeries The Cleveland-based health care system, which has 13 hospitals in Northeast Ohio, said it's experiencing its highest volume of patients with COVID-19 since last ...
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California's COVID-19 Transmission Rate Is Lower Than Other States LOS ANGELES — California is seeing lower coronavirus transmission than other U.S. states as virus cases and hospitalizations for COVID-19 decline following ...
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Maine surpasses 1000 deaths from COVID-19 as hospitalizations keep rising At the same time, the number of patients in Maine hospitals, including those in intensive care units, reached new record highs Tuesday as the delta variant ...
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West Nile virus has killed one, infected 14 in bad NJ season. How to protect yourself Heavy rains and flooding have made it a bad year for West Nile virus in New Jersey, with one death and 14 infections reported so far during the peak season ...
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Are my symptoms COVID or the flu? How do I know the difference between viruses? body aches; fevers; headaches; fatigue. This is why health officials advise getting tested for COVID-19 if you experience ...
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Another respiratory virus, primarily affecting young children, is surging in Michigan Dr. Rosemary Olivero, a pediatric infectious disease physician at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, said cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or ...
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New COVID Variant With Unique Mutations Detected in Kentucky Nursing Home Experts have have shed new light on a variant of COVID-19 discovered in a nursing home in Kentucky, which has infected at least 45 residents and health care ...
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Mom who nearly died of COVID-19 meets newborn weeks after birth MCHENRY, Ill. (WLS) - An Illinois mother who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant with her third child is encouraging pregnant women to get vaccinated after ...
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West Nile Virus detected in mosquito sample from Jefferson County "Standing water is definitely a spot where mosquitos tend to hang out and breed, so we want to eliminate that as much as possible," said Brianne Zwiener, ...
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Oregon reports 1707 new COVID-19 cases, 30 deaths Cases and hospitalizations are both trending downward. ... PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported 1,707 new confirmed and presumptive cases ...
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Monoclonal antibody COVID treatments in Baton Rouge area: Where to get them, how they work Reclining chairs and infusion equipment for administering monoclonal antibody treatment to COVID-19 patients are in the process of being set up inside a ...
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Schumer calls for CDC funding as 'mosquitos take record bite out of NY' NEW YORK (WWTI) — Top lawmakers are calling for increased funding to combat viruses spread by mosquitoes. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-NY, ...
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Doctor cleared of COVID-19 vaccine theft sues Harris County A doctor who was fired after Harris County public health officials accused him of stealing vials of COVID-19 vaccine to administer to family and friends is ...
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