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Syphilis is resurging in the US, a sign of public health's funding crisis It was because of the prospect of one such baby that Yang found herself walking through a homeless encampment on a blazing July day in Huron, Calif., an hour's drive southwest of her office at the Fresno County Department of Public Health.
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Parents were confused about kids and COVID. The American Academy of Pediatrics stepped in. Throughout the pandemic, the job of calming jittery families and promoting kid safety has fallen to America's pediatricians. Behind them all is a staid professional organization that's now a household name: the American Academy of Pediatrics, ...
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Long Covid: What to Know About Lingering Symptoms of a Covid-19 Infection extreme fatigue; shortness of breath; cognitive difficulties; a racing heartbeat. Some long-Covid patients have coughs, headaches, joint or muscle pain, chest pain, and dizziness or lightheadedness when standing.
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America Has Lost the Plot on COVID But with vaccines available, not every case of COVID-19 is created equal. Breakthrough cases are largely mild; 10,000 of them will cause only a fraction of the hospitalizations and deaths of 10,000 COVID cases in the unvaccinated.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has now killed 5 million people around the world Global deaths from COVID-19 have now surpassed 5 million, according to the data released Monday from Johns Hopkins University's coronavirus tracker. The U.S. continues to lead the world with the number of confirmed deaths from the virus — where more ...
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Indonesian researchers breed 'good' mosquitoes to combat dengue YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Researchers in Indonesia have found a way to fight disease-bearing mosquitoes by breeding a species of the insect which carries a kind of bacteria that prevents viruses like dengue from growing inside them.
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Brazil Study Shows Climate Change's Deadly Impact on Kidneys By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, Nov. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Global warming may pose a threat to your kidneys, new research suggests. For the study, researchers analyzed data from hospitals in more than 1,800 cities in ...
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Hello November: Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day There is always a plethora of activities and campaigns underway across the globe, led by advocacy organizations as well as Pharma and medtech companies that serve people with diabetes. We look to the hashtags #NDAM and ...
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Want to protect your teeth against cavities this Halloween? Here's how Love eating Halloween candy? You're not alone. About 4% of all candy consumed in the United States occurs on that one day, according to Harry Balzer, the chief industry analyst for the NPD Group, which does market research on eating trends.
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Which COVID-19 booster should I get? Other infectious disease researchers said the same, with varying degrees of confidence. There are practical and theoretical reasons to think so. J&J is based on a different technology than mRNA vaccines, and appears to prime the immune system in a ...
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Breast cancer FAQs: What Florida women — and men — should know about preventive care Your guide to risks, prevention and detection. · Florida women have been diagnosed at an increasing rate since 2005 · CDC: One in 100 breast cancers in the U.S. is diagnosed in a man · Only lung cancer kills American women at faster rate than breast cancer.
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Mosquito Testing Concludes, Residents Asked to Prevent Bites The state Department of Environmental Management said Thursday that the final round of mosquito testing confirmed no new positive findings of either West Nile virus or eastern equine encephalitis. DEM collected 158 samples of mosquitoes from 45 traps set ...
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Dell Seton starts kidney transplant program; pancreas and liver in the works Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas will begin doing kidney transplants as part. Central Texas has not had a pancreas or liver transplant program, but that will start to change ...
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Delaware officials: Season's 1st 2 flu cases confirmed The Delaware Division of Public Health said in a news release that one is the state's first pediatric case of the season, a Kent County child under the age of 5 who was hospitalized. The other is a 26-year-old Sussex County woman was not hospitalized.
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Free COVID-19 vaccine and flu shot clinic to be held in Augusta Saturday "Both of these vaccines will help prevent serious illness from the flu and COVID-19 in children and adults," Lieske Giese, Eau Claire City-County Health Department Director, said. "For young adults aged 12-18 who aren't vaccinated, this is a great ...
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COVID-19 vaccine approved for children 5-11 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer's vaccine for use in children 5- to 11-years-old, and now officials are awaiting final approval by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Western States Advisory group to be able ...
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FOX 25 Fights Cancer: Doctor talks "revolution" in the fight against lung cancer And while there is a variety of ways someone can be diagnosed with the disease, doctors say there is still one main driver. "By in large, lung cancer is a disease of smoking ...
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NJ reports 1008 COVID cases, 1 death. Number of counties with 'high' transmission continues to shrink. The state's seven-day average for confirmed positive tests rose slightly to 1,150. Even so, the average is maintaining a downward trend, having decreased 1% from a week ago and 32% from a month ago.
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Tony Holohan: Rest assured it is safe for children to return to school Ireland's chief medical officer has moved to reassure parents ahead of the return of schools on Monday as cases of Covid among primary children soar. Dr Tony Holohan said the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) will continue to monitor the ...
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A Hard Sell: School Vaccination Mandates In The Covid Era Parents were fine with sweeping school vaccination mandates five decades ago – but Covid-19 may be a different story. By James Colgrove / About 3 hours ago. Reading time: 6 minutes. The ongoing battles over COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S. are likely ...
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Covid-19 vaccine: Jabs offered to 12-15-year-olds at 800 schools More than 800 secondary schools in England will be visited by health teams from Monday to offer the coronavirus vaccine to children aged 12 to 15. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the vaccines "will help keep children in the classroom".
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Flu, cancer, HIV: after Covid success, what next for mRNA vaccines? Pre-pandemic, the technology was viewed with scepticism – a clever concept, but not guaranteed to deliver. Now there is growing confidence that mRNA vaccines could have far-reaching applications in tackling diseases from flu to malaria.
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The ability of natural flavonoids to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 In the past two decades, human coronaviruses have caused the SARS-CoV-1 epidemic in 2003, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) epidemic in 2012, and the recently ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the ...
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Dengue hemorrhagic fever: All you need to know about this rare complication This year, dengue cases led to severe symptoms and hospitalisation, all due to the new D2 strain of the virus. Besides, overlapping symptoms of dengue with COVID-19 made it more complex to detect the correct diseases earlier and start treatment at the ...
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Study finds inhaled microspheres reduce SARS-CoV-2 infective effectiveness The rapid outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 is continuing to spread worldwide. An estimated 15% of patients, ...
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Covid: Extra support for Suffolk to tackle rising cases Stuart Keeble, Suffolk's director of public health, said the challenge was to address high infection rates and related admissions to hospitals "at exactly the same time that NHS is trying to catch up on delayed treatments".
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Structural and molecular contributions to understanding antibody recognition of pathogenic viruses Viral infections may have enormous global impacts, as evidenced by the recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). History has many other examples, such as the Ebola ...
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Tony Holohan reassures parents as children go back to school and 1963 new Covid cases reported Another 1,963 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland. This is significantly lower than the near 3,000 cases reported on Saturday. At 8am today, 500 Covid-19 patients were in hospital, of whom 93 were in intensive care.
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Northampton holds drive-thru flu vaccine clinic on Halloween Yet, as covid guidelines become restrictive, health leaders are expecting a breakout in flu cases. "This year with less restrictions in place and us wanting to gather with friends and family, rejoice a bit ...
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Is it safe to get a flu shot and a COVID vaccine at the same time? Expert explains COVID-19 isn't the only respiratory disease you need to aware of this time of year. With flu numbers often on the rise in this time of year, peaking between December and February, according to the Centers for Disease Control, healthcare providers are ...
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Real-life SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant secondary attack rate on naval ship The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has seen multiple waves of transmission occurring in different regions worldwide. Many viral mutations have also been reported, resulting in the emergence of several new strains of the virus.
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It's Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Most Kyians don't know about lifesaving lung cancer screening The 2021 Lung Health Barometer surveyed 4,000 Americans nationwide about lung health and lung cancer. Some key findings show that: • 29% of Americans know that lung cancer is the leading cancer killer of ...
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Pregnant and breastfeeding women's perceptions and concerns about COVID-19 vaccines Although severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination is one of the most important ways of fighting the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the recommendations for vaccination for pregnant and breastfeeding women are not consistent.
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Covid booster jabs offered at NHS walk-in clinics in England From Monday, anyone in an eligible group who had their second dose of a coronavirus vaccine at least six months ago can turn up at one of hundreds of sites to get their top-up without making an appointment. The walk-in centres are also offering ...
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Virus detective: searching for Zika, dengue and SARS-CoV-2 In this picture, I'm looking into a digital microscope to observe the structural damage that SARS-CoV-2 does to cells from an African green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus). I'm inside NB3, the maximum-biosecurity laboratory here at the University of São ...
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October reports 770 of 854 dengue cases in Chandigarh October has been the most favourable season for the dengue mosquitoes as there were rains during this month. "This has been an unusual season. There are few studies which suggest that Covid has resulted in low immunity and therefore, most of the people are ...
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Indiana coronavirus updates for Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021 Psaki said she is only exhibiting mild symptoms. FDA delays decision on Moderna COVID shot for children under 18. It may be a few months yet until children will be eligible to ...
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Covid-19 vaccination lowers risk of several outcomes after breakthrough infection, study finds A team of researchers studied breakthrough infections in more than 10 000 people. · They found that just a single mRNA jab was protective against several outcomes, including blood clots and seizures.
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The DMV prepares to vaccinate kids against COVID-19 D.C. is preparing to vaccinate roughly 46,000 newly eligible children from the ages of 5 to 11, after the two-dose pediatric Pfizer vaccine was authorized by the FDA on Friday. Driving the news: This vaccine, which was studied in more than 3,000 ...
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Covid: Can you get a booster jab at a walk-in site without an appointment? Boosters are now being given at walk-in vaccination sites across England with no appointment needed as the NHS aims to ramp up uptake ahead of a "challenging" winter. From Monday, anyone eligible who had their second dose of a coronavirus vaccine at ...
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UK Covid 31 October – 74 deaths and 38009 cases – see hospitals and vaccination data Between 22 October 2021 and 28 October ...
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Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez reveals breast cancer battle Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez revealed a months-long battle with breast cancer in an op-ed for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The councilmember discussed how seeing the unveiling of a historical marker for LGBTQ+ icon Gloria Casarez in early October ...
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Man who felt sick at work told he was suffering from 'silent killer' Shaun Walsh, from Huyton, was 43 when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told he needed immediate treatment in order to save his life. Shaun counts himself lucky that he noticed his symptoms ...
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Before you judge unvaccinated patients, read this A lot of effort was required to counter the mountain of bizarre vaccine misinformation spread widely via social media, including by politicians. Many of our patients were concerned about the lack of research on long term side effects of the vaccines.
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Health Officials: Get Your Flu Shot In normal years, an estimated five to 20 percent of Pennsylvanians get the flu and about 120 to 2,000 resident die from influenza and its complications. This flu season comes again comes as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic.
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'We have a new challenge now' - Suffolk health leader on high Covid rates Other measures to be introduced include fast-tracking decisions to government, enhanced measures in schools, national teams supporting local outbreak teams with surge testing and additional volunteers being recruited. The UK Health Security Agency's ...
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Quebec reports 567 new COVID-19 cases, one more death Health officials issued a release saying hospitalizations fell by eight to 236, while the number of patients in intensive care dropped by five to 62. Of the latest reported infections, 353 were among people who were ...
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Long Covid: Dedicated clinics launched for North's patients THE first dedicated assessment and treatment clinics for patients with long Covid have been launched across the North of Ireland. Patients are to be given advice on managing the condition and referred to other services where necessary.
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Halloween candy & kids: Dentists discuss enjoying the treats without hurting your teeth WASHINGTON (7News) — With Halloween in the books, kids are going through the candy they've collected. 7News is On Your Side talking to dentists about ways children can enjoy their sweet treats without harming their teeth.
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Lung Cancer Awareness Quiz Did you know? About one in 15 men and one in 17 women will get lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Lung cancer is the third most common cancer, after skin cancer, prostate cancer (men) and breast cancer (women).
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