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	health Daily update ⋅ October 23, 2021
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	CNN Younger kids could be getting a Covid-19 vaccine within weeks. Here's what happens next CNN (CNN) Some 28 million children ages 5 to 11 in the United States may soon be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, and plans are already underway to help them get it. The US Food and Drug Administration's independent vaccine advisory board will meet ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR People wonder if they should keep calm and carry on in the face of delta plus variant NPR Oh no. Not again. Just when COVID surge in the U.S. has begun to decline, another coronavirus variant has immediately cropped up. This time in the U.K.. Known in the media as "delta-plus," this mutant is raising some concern because over the past few ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline What Is Chemotherapy Hand-Foot Syndrome? Healthline The outlook for many types of cancer has improved in recent years, largely due to improvements in treatment. Chemotherapy is a therapy commonly used to treat cancer. Chemicals in these drugs keep cancer cells from replicating, but they can also cause ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Is the New Aspirin Advice a Medical Flip-Flop, or Just Science? The New York Times When it comes to preventive health, few tenets are as entrenched as daily aspirin. For more than 30 years, many people have relied on the pain reliever for added protection against a first heart attack or stroke. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN The latest on Covid-19 boosters in the US CNN CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky endorsed recommendations for booster doses for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, opening the way for millions more Americans to get booster shots. Walensky also endorsed the mix-and-match approach to ... Flag as irrelevant
	WKRN News 2 Seattle Breast Cancer Awareness Exhibit Features SC Teacher U.S. News & World Report By ASHLEY DILL, Herald-Journal. SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Nancy Crowe chose a lotus flower tattoo to cover up her mastectomy scars because it can symbolize the inner strength and determination to rise above tough challenges in life. Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post FDA review appears to pave the way for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children 5 to 11 The Washington Post The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine appears poised to become available to children 5 to 11 years old within weeks, after a Food and Drug Administration review found the benefits of the shot outweigh the risks in most scenarios, with the possible ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters US CDC signs off on Moderna, J&J COVID-19 vaccine boosters, mix-and-match shots Reuters (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommended the COVID-19 vaccine boosters for recipients of the Moderna Inc and Johnson & Johnson shots, and said Americans can choose a different shot from their ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Covid: Home working likely to be best way to curb virus - scientists BBC News Ministers in England are resisting calls to switch to their winter Plan B that would see measures like compulsory face coverings in certain places. Covid hospital admissions and deaths across the UK ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline The Importance of Breast Cancer Screening and Early Detection Healthline Women who are at higher risk than the general population for breast cancer should begin having regular screenings earlier and should have a breast MRI in addition to a mammogram. This article takes a look at screening methods ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD COVID Vaccine vs. Flu Vaccine: What to Know WebMD Two of the three COVID vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) adopted in the United States are mRNA, or messenger RNA. The shots work by delivering molecules of antigen-encoding mRNA into immune cells, triggering an immune response. They represent nearly 20 years ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times It's OK to mix and match COVID-19 booster shoots. Which one should I get? Los Angeles Times The experts who advised the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week made clear they were not recommending boosters for all; they were recommending that millions of people who are fully vaccinated have access to a booster shot if they want one. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A limited CDC study finds no significant change in hospitalization outcomes during the US Delta wave. The New York Times Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday took aim at the question of whether the Delta variant of the coronavirus causes more severe disease, finding no significant differences in the course of hospitalized patients' ... Flag as irrelevant
	oregonlive.com Coronavirus in Oregon: Cases up as fatigue sets in oregonlive.com A map shows the latest COVID-19 numbers by county across Oregon. The state of the pandemic in Oregon on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. (The Oregonian/OregonLive). Flag as irrelevant
	Health.com Who Should Get an Antibody Test for COVID-19? Here's What Doctors Advise Health.com Commercially available tests screen for two different kinds of antibodies and can tell you how many you have, according to Dr. William Schaffner, MD, professor of infectious disease at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville:. Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters COVID-19 vaccines not linked to pregnancy loss; mixing vaccines may confer greater protection Reuters Healthcare workers in France who got a first shot of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and then the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for their second shot showed stronger immune responses than those who had received two shots of the Pfizer vaccine, in a recent study. Flag as irrelevant
	The Denver Post In northern Colorado's strained hospitals, ongoing COVID fight is "three-dimensional chess, all day every day" The Denver Post A health care worker helps someone into their car at the emergency room entrance at McKee Medical Center on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Loveland. Larimer County hospitals' intensive-care units are at or above capacity, prompting the county to reinstate a ... Flag as irrelevant
	nj.com This NJ county has one of the lowest COVID transmission rates in the US nj.com "I think we took COVID-19 serious from day one," said Union County Commissioner Board Chairman Alexander Mirabella. More than 72% of the county's eligible population has ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Oakland Press Michigan: 7505 new COVID-19 cases, 118 additional virus deaths over past two days The Oakland Press According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), those totals represent testing data collected Thursday and Friday. MDHHS publishes new case, death, and vaccination numbers every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with new outbreak- ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Pfizer's COVID vaccine appears safe and effective for children 5-11, new data shows USA TODAY Over the next two weeks, two government agencies will have to decide whether newly released data from Pfizer-BioNTech is convincing enough to justify authorizing COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 through 11. Because children are unlikely to become ... Flag as irrelevant
	pressherald.com With 575 new infections, Maine exceeds 100000 COVID-19 cases since pandemic began pressherald.com Maine health officials reported 575 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, pushing the state past 100,000 confirmed or probable cases since the start of the pandemic. So far, roughly 1 in 13 Mainers have contracted the virus, although the rates are much ... Flag as irrelevant
	Ottawa Citizen Flu vs. COVID-19: How the 2 Illnesses Compare, According to Experts Health.com The virus is technically called a coronavirus—and coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that typically cause mild to moderate respiratory tract illnesses, like the common cold, according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( ... Flag as irrelevant
	La Crosse Tribune Local breast cancer survivor stresses need for addressing racial disparities in prognosis, care La Crosse Tribune While breast cancer mortality rates have declined over the past three decades, deaths remain high among African American women with the disease, at a startling 42% higher incidence than among caucasians. Antoiwana Williams and Cynthia Bergeron. Flag as irrelevant
	AZCentral.com Heavy summer monsoons lead to worst year of West Nile Virus in Arizona AZCentral.com After a heavy monsoon season, Arizona is experiencing the most cases of West Nile virus since the first data was collected by the Arizona Department of Health Services in 2004. As of Friday, the state reported a total of 699 confirmed and probable ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Explainer-Americans Wonder: Which COVID-19 Booster Is Best? U.S. News & World Report By Julie Steenhuysen. CHICAGO (Reuters) - Americans this week were handed a big decision when it comes to getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday said individuals who qualify could ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Explainer: Is it time to get a COVID-19 booster? Which one? Los Angeles Times A number of factors, including the vaccine you started with and how long it's been since your last dose, help determine when you qualify. Just like the initial shots, boosters are free and will be ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Seattle Times Alaska reports record COVID hospitalizations and over 1000 new cases The Seattle Times Alaska set a record for coronavirus-related hospitalizations and reported 1,024 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, reflecting stubbornly high virus transmission within the state and the ongoing impacts of a surge driven by the highly contagious delta variant ... Flag as irrelevant
	WFMZ Allentown Pa. seeing decline in new COVID cases over the past 3 weeks WFMZ Allentown HARRISBURG, Pa. - New coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania have dropped by nearly a quarter over the past three weeks. State health officials say there were 21,800 new infections reported in the past seven days. That's down from just over 25,000 new cases ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science News What does the first successful test of a pig-to-human kidney transplant mean? Science News Surgeons in New York City successfully attached a pig kidney to a human patient and watched the pinkish organ function normally for 54 hours. While such procedures have been done in nonhuman primates, this is the first time that a pig kidney has been ... Flag as irrelevant
	mlive.com Michigan reports 2-day total of 7505 new coronavirus cases, 118 deaths on Friday, Oct. 22 mlive.com Michigan health officials reported two-day totals of 7,505 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 118 confirmed COVID-19 deaths for Tuesday, Oct. 19 and Wednesday, Oct. 20. Of the newly reported deaths, 69 were late additions identified by the Michigan ... Flag as irrelevant
	Orlando Sentinel Should people with natural immunity be exempt from vaccine mandates? New bill argues yes. Health experts say no. Orlando Sentinel "This is bad science, dangerous policy and saddest of all, ideology tricked out as ethics," said Kenneth Goodman, director of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy and the Florida Bioethics Network. Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine more than 90% effective in kids The Boston Globe Kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the U.S. considers opening vaccinations to that age group. Flag as irrelevant
	Deseret News Here's how often unvaccinated people will catch COVID-19 Deseret News Natural immunity does not last overly long, the study found. The researchers reviewed a model where everyone was either infected with COVID-19 or vaccinated against the virus. "Our results are based on ... Flag as irrelevant
	KXAN.com Unvaccinated people will likely catch COVID every 16 months on average, study finds KXAN.com The findings contradict the notion that recovering from COVID-19 will guarantee a lifetime of protection from the virus. The study looked at post-infection data from six coronaviruses that are close relatives to COVID- ... Flag as irrelevant
	KATU Many parents eager to get their 5- to 11-year-olds vaccinated KATU PORTLAND, Ore. — For parents who may be worried about spreading COVID to your unvaccinated young children, that could soon change. The Pfizer vaccine is expected to be approved for emergency use for kids between the ages of 5 and 11. Flag as irrelevant
	WDRB Local doctors warn delaying breast cancer screenings could lead to more severe diagnosis WDRB Medical Oncologists Dr. Brian Dong with U of L Health and Dr. Laila Agrawal with Norton Healthcare say they both saw fewer patients keeping up with routine screenings in the height of the pandemic. In recent months ... Flag as irrelevant
	AZCentral.com 'Harshest' year in history: Pinal County reports first 2 deaths from West Nile virus AZCentral.com According to the release, Arizona has experienced one of the worst West Nile virus seasons after "a heavy monsoon that allowed the mosquitoes that spread the disease to proliferate." The number of fatalities in Arizona ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Seattle Times FDA says Pfizer COVID vaccine looks effective for young kids The Seattle Times Federal health regulators said late Friday that kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections in elementary school children and caused no unexpected safety issues, as the U.S. weighs beginning ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Post West Nile virus cases have tripled in NYC amid mosquito season New York Post Mosquitoes infected with the virus were identified as recently as Wednesday in Long Island City and Middle Village in Queens, and in New Dorp on Staten Island. "This is actually one of the worst mosquito seasons ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Detroit News Michigan adds 7505 cases, 118 deaths from COVID-19 over two days The Detroit News The latest figures from the state Department of Health and Human Services push the overall totals to 1,104,634 confirmed cases and21,862 deaths since the virus was first detected in the state in March 2020. Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Does exercise hold the key to a therapy for the ageing brain? ABC News Moving your body is important for heart health, wellbeing, and maintaining a healthy weight. But exercise also has benefits for your brain, and potentially even your vision. Physical activity is often prescribed as ... Flag as irrelevant
	TAPinto.net Union County Among Lowest in Nation for COVID-19 Transmission Rate TAPinto.net UNION COUNTY, NJ - According to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Union County is the only county in New Jersey designated in the lowest tier for community transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and also the only county in ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS Denver Medical Breakthrough: Doctors Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney To Human Recipient CBS Denver "The sad truth is that nearly half of the people who are waiting for a transplant are going to get too sick or die before an organ is available," said Dr. Robert Montgomery of NYU Langone Health. Flag as irrelevant
	The Auburn Plainsman Well Red hosts Turn the Page on Breast Cancer event The Auburn Plainsman Since 1985, the month of October has been recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During this time, organizations internationally campaign to raise funds for research and spread awareness on breast cancer. According to the Center for Disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Sydney Morning Herald People who fast-tracked AstraZeneca warned not to skip booster The Sydney Morning Herald The hundreds of thousands of people who brought forward their second AstraZeneca dose to within eight weeks of the first during Sydney's Delta outbreak should not delay their booster shot, GPs have warned. According to data from the Australian ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS46 News Atlanta Atlanta Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk set for this Saturday CBS46 News Atlanta ATLANTA (CBS46) — The annual tradition of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is returning in 2021. The walk is scheduled for this Saturday, Oct. 23 at Atlantic Station. Registration for those who signed up is at 7 a.m. and the walk kicks off at 9 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Okanogan Valley Gazette Tribune Keto Strong Review (Scam or Safe) Customer Service Listen Up Okanogan Valley Gazette Tribune Ketosis is a pretty fast way of burning fat, this is a fact well-known. But getting your body in a state of ketosis can be quite difficult at times, this is where Keto Strong comes into play. Keto Strong is a diet pill designed to help you get your body in ... Flag as irrelevant
	ITV News Covid: 1 in 45 people estimated to be infected as Wales records highest case rate since July 2020 ITV News Wales had the highest estimated case rate of countries in the UK in the week to October 16, according to the latest data from the Office for National statistics (ONS). Around one in 55 people ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS New York Groundbreaking pig kidney procedure could change future of transplant surgeries KTVZ ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Human organs for transplantation are scarce. Dr. Robert Montgomery of NYU's Langone Transplant Institute says nearly half of the patients waiting for a transplant become too ... Flag as irrelevant
	Covington News Congressman hosting Conyers vaccine event with free gift cards Covington News CONYERS, Ga. — U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, is hosting a free COVID-19 vaccination event tomorrow — Saturday, Oct. 23 — from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1733 Lake Rockaway Road in Conyers. The Rockdale County Board of Commissioners will be handing out ... Flag as irrelevant

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