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Campuses Battle Severe Flu Outbreaks Thousands of students have already come down with influenza this fall as the virus tears through college and university campuses, even as health centers are working to keep COVID-19 cases at bay. After a nearly ...
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The definition of 'fully vaccinated' is changing to three Covid-19 doses Waning vaccine immunity and rising infections due to the Delta variant has prompted wealthy nations to reconsider the definition of "fully vaccinated" -- which usually means two Covid-19 jabs. UK Prime Minister Boris ...
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Coronavirus spreads in deer and other animals. Scientists worry about what that means for people (CNN) Scientists have found SARS-CoV-2 spreads like, well, a virus among white-tailed deer and other wild animals in the United States. People are the likely source, but that doesn't mean the virus can't evolve among these animals and then spill back ...
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Some 'frustrated' states don't wait for FDA, expand Covid-19 vaccine booster eligibility to all adults (CNN) Some states are not waiting. At least four so far -- Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico and West Virginia -- have expanded eligibility for Covid-19 booster shots to everyone 18 and older, six months after their second dose, ...
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Drug overdose deaths top 100000 annually for the first time, driven by fentanyl, CDC data show (CNN) America's drug epidemic is the deadliest it has ever been, new federal data suggests. More than 100,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States during the 12-month period ending April 2021, according to provisional data published ...
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FDA Plans to Authorize Pfizer Boosters for All Adults This Week WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is aiming to authorize booster doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for all adults as early as Thursday, a move that would expand the number of Americans eligible for additional shots by tens of ...
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Key decisions on Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine boosters for all adults could come this week On Tuesday, the agency confirmed its vaccine advisers, the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, will not be convened to consider the booster EUA decision -- which means the FDA's authorization decision could come any time.
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Covid Outbreak in Party Town Shows How the Pandemic Could End "Our data really puts a different perspective on the Provincetown cohort," said Dan Barouch, a Harvard Medical School professor and head of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess' Center for Virology and Vaccine Research. "Initially, it was viewed as evidence of ...
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His sudden seizures were a mystery. Then doctors saw a tapeworm in his brain from 20 years ago. After he arrived at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the man, who was reported to be in good health and had no history of related symptoms, suffered another seizure.
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How Coffee and Tea Can Help Lower the Risk of Stroke, Dementia Researchers say people who drink a moderate amount of coffee and tea per day have a lower risk of stroke and dementia. Experts say this is one of a number of benefits of daily consumption of coffee or tea. They say these beverages contain flavonoids ...
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AHA News: Is 10000 Steps Really a Magic Number for Health? TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- It's a worthy, healthy goal to take 10,000 steps each day, but that magic number didn't come from doctors or physical trainers.
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Most Americans Still Plan to Take COVID-19 Precautions During Holidays A new survey found roughly half of Americans will require guests to wear masks at holiday gatherings. Last year, almost 70 percent said they would require masks. Experts say keeping celebrations small, and following pandemic precautions like masking ...
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Your morning cups of coffee and tea could be associated with lower risk of stroke and dementia "Our findings suggested that moderate consumption of coffee and tea separately or in combination were associated with lower risk of stroke and dementia," the authors of the study said in a release.
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Public health leaders hope stories about long Covid will motivate more young people to get vaccinated (CNN) Katelyn Van Dyke was on winter break in January, visiting her boyfriend's family, when she got sick with Covid-19. For the 20-year-old computer science major at the University of Missouri, Covid-19 has been anything but a brief or easy illness.
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300 Minutes a Week of Moderate Exercise May Help Ward Off Cancer More than 46,000 cancers in America each year, or about 3 percent of cases, could be prevented by meeting physical activity guidelines.
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Evolution of genetic testing for breast cancer spurs questions about best criteria to use Genetic testing for breast cancer has evolved substantially since its inception nearly 30 years ago, according to a speaker at Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium. "Back in the mid-90s, we had certain beliefs about genetic testing — we thought mutations, ...
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Antibody tests can show whether you need a COVID-19 booster shot, some experts say — but the FDA disagrees We should test people for COVID-19 antibodies and recommend boosters when levels fall below a threshold, instead of assuming "one size fits all," he wrote. Antibody levels can determine how quickly you react ...
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Ad campaign features testimonials from young 'long haulers' to motivate vaccine-holdouts One video is of Katelyn Van Dyke, 20, of Mt. Zion, Ill., who contracted the infection during a 15-minute visit with her sick boyfriend last November. Diagnosed with long covid in early January, she had such memory loss that she cannot remember their first ...
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Women with long COVID may need rehab to improve physical activity Women with long COVID experience heart-rate irregularities after physical exertion, which could constrain their exercise tolerance and their free-living physical activity, according to a study published in Experimental Physiology.
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Rare case of woman's body ridding itself of HIV A woman from Argentina appears to have rid herself of HIV without drugs or treatment - the second documented case of its kind in the world. Doctors believe the patient's immune system cleared the virus on its own. Tests on more than a billion of her ...
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COVID vaccine can be bundled with a child's routine shots, doctors say "You can't overwhelm the immune system with these vaccines," said Dr. Margaret Fisher, a pediatric infectious disease specialist in New Jersey and chair of the AAP Global Immunization Advocacy Project.
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Antibiotic-resistant infections could be a new 'hidden pandemic,' UK experts warn There was a reduction in the prescription of antibiotics during the pandemic in most cases. One in five people in the U.K. with a bloodstream infection in 2020 had an antibiotic-resistant one, according to the ...
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Oral Factor XIa Inhibitor Sets the Stage for aSafer Anticoagulant Larger doses of oral milvexian corresponded with better prevention of postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) -- defined as asymptomatic deep-vein thrombosis on venography, symptomatic VTE, and all-cause deaths -- up to 6 weeks after surgery.
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Cannabis Use During Pregnancy Linked to Having Child with Higher Levels of Anxiety, Stress Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the City University of New York sampled pregnant women's placentas. The researchers found changes in immune system genes, which may explain why the children had greater anxiety later in life.
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Anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists say you can "reverse" vaccines with Borax Once a vaccine is in you, there is no way to get it out. This is the message from public health experts after a viral TikTok video circulated misinformation about how to "remove" a COVID-19 vaccine from one's body. The post's creator, osteopathic ...
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The COVID Cancer Effect As the novel coronavirus swept through Boston last March, Toni Choueiri was worried. He was concerned not only about the rapid rise in COVID infections but about the swift shutdown in cancer screenings. In Boston—and around the nation—colonoscopy ...
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The COVID vaccine has been popular with families of younger children now able to get it Officials from the FDA said the agency will work with Pfizer and the CDC to continue monitoring the safety of the vaccine. "We certainly recommend it," said Dr. Patrick Gavigan, a pediatric infectious ...
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Some 'frustrated' states don't wait for FDA, expand Covid-19 vaccine booster eligibility to all adults Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico and West Virginia have expanded eligibility for Covid-19 booster shots to everyone 18 and older, six months after their second dose. FREDERIC J.
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Hidden pandemic of antibiotic-resistant infections, health officials warn Cold symptoms will be more common this winter, with social mixing - but taking antibiotics is not the answer. This could encourage harmful bacteria to evade treatment and put everyone's health at risk ...
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What to Know About COVID-19 Pills and What They Mean for the Pandemic Fight What is the latest on pills from both Merck and Pfizer? Pfizer on Tuesday submitted its application to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization of its COVID-19 treatment pill, saying it reduces ...
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COVID-19 Vaccine in 5- to 11-Year-Old Children: What You Need To Know As of today, 193 million people ages 12 and over have been safely vaccinated in the U.S. Although younger children are less likely to die or be hospitalized from COVID-19, recent statistics show why pediatricians and University of Utah Health experts ...
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Drinking tea and coffee could lower your risk of stroke and dementia, study suggests Over 10 to 14 years, the peer-reviewed study published in PLOS Medicine followed over 360,000 participants to estimate the associations between coffee and tea consumption and incident stroke and dementia. Researchers found those who drank ...
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Stem Cell Therapy Boosts Outcomes for Some Heart Failure Patients By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Heart failure patients who fit a specific profile can benefit from injection of stem cells delivered directly into their heart muscle, a new study finds.
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Visual explainer: How stress, including COVID-19, can trigger hair loss There's no doubt the COVID-19 pandemic has left many people stressed. Grieving the loss of a loved one, job anxiety or surviving the coronavirus are traumatic events that can shock your body's immune system, which can lead to hair loss.
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Vaccine to prevent, slow Alzheimer's disease begins trial at Brigham and Women's In this file photo, a woman receives a nasal vaccine for the flu. Brigham and Women's Hospital is about to start a clinical trial for a new nasal vaccine that could slow or prevent the spread of Alzheimer's disease by bolstering the immune system.
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Alzheimer's disease preventative nasal vaccine to be tested at Boston hospital The first human clinical trial for the intranasal vaccine is intended to prevent and slow the progression of the disease. In an interview with Fox News, Weiner discussed the mechanism of Alzheimer's disease, pointing out that ...
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Here are the side effects you can expect from a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients are eligible for a booster two months after their first dose. Adults who received Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna are eligible six months after their second dose if they are 65 or older, have an underlying health condition, ...
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14 kids received wrong COVID vaccine dose at East Bay Sutter clinic Fourteen children received an incorrect dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine over the weekend at a Sutter Health pediatric clinic in Antioch, the health system reported. Instead of receiving the appropriate dose for 5 to 11-year-olds, the affected kids ...
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'What we're experiencing today is unprecedented,' Spectrum Health says as patient levels climb GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Spectrum Health is in "unprecedented" territory as COVID-19 cases climb and other patients suffering from serious medical problems continue to come to the hospital in large numbers, officials with the Grand Rapids-based healthcare ...
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Maryland parents notified children were given wrong dosage of Pfizer vaccine at school clinic Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Nearly 100 students were given an incorrect dosage of the Pfizer vaccine last week at a school clinic in Montgomery County, Maryland. Parents began being notified Monday night ...
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NYC sanitation workers suspended without pay over alleged fake COVID vaccine cards The city's Department of Investigation is looking into the allegations, with spokesperson Diane Struzzi adding: "DOI is aware of allegations involving the issuance of bogus vaccination cards and declines further comment.".
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Case of monkeypox confirmed in Maryland A case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Maryland, and health officials say no special precautions are recommended at this time for the public. Monkeypox is in the same family of viruses as smallpox but generally causes a milder infection, ...
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How women can reduce their risk of early delivery this World Prematurity Day ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – November 17th is World Prematurity Day. According to March of Dimes, about 1 in 10 babies is born prematurely each year in the United States. We don't always know what causes preterm labor and premature birth but we do know ...
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Hospital capacities 'worse now' than doctors have seen in months GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Dr. Andrew Jameson of Mercy Health said he's "super worried" about the situation at St. Mary's hospital right now. Last week, he was at the hospital for infectious disease services and saw just how sick people are.
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Where can I get the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine for my child in central Wisconsin? The pediatric Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has the same active ingredients as the vaccine given to adults and adolescents, but it is one-third of the adult dose. Smaller needles, designed specifically for children, also are used, according to the CDC.
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Bird flu cases reported in Europe and Asia, raising alert for global poultry industry The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) told Reuters that an outbreak of another strain of bird flu, H5N1, infected a flock of 7,000 birds. According to the CDC, avian influenza — or ...
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Bird flu cases reported in Europe and Asia, raising alert for global poultry industry According to the CDC, avian influenza — or bird flu — typically impacts aquatic birds worldwide and can also infect domestic poultry. Like COVID-19, there are several strains of the virus that have been reported globally.
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Hospitalizations among adolescents reach capacity as UW Medicine begins youth vaccine rollout COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths have remained stagnant statewide in recent weeks, UW Medicine reported during a Nov. 5 virtual town hall. The health care system currently has 53 COVID-19 patients, with 29 in the ICU, while Harborview Medical ...
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Boosters for all adults in US closer with panel meeting set An influential U.S. advisory panel will discuss expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all adults Friday, a move that could make the shots available as early as this weekend. By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer.
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Global leaders call for cervical cancer elimination on Day of Action New HPV vaccine prequalification aims to rectify gross inequities in access to lifesaving tools; New R&D recommendations for artificial intelligence-based screening technologies; New investments and commitments by the French government's L'Initiative ...
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