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The mystery of where omicron came from — and why it matters The discovery of omicron — the new variant of coronavirus with a high number of concerning mutations — has kicked off a frenzy of research. Scientists are racing to figure out how transmissible this variant is and how resistant to vaccines.
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What Can One Life Tell Us About the Battle Against HIV? The story of the past two decades of the fight against H.I.V. can be told through the life of Juliet Awuor Otieno. She was 18 years old and living in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2001, when she learned she was pregnant. On a visit to the doctor, she was tested ...
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Omicron Prompts Swift Reconsideration of Boosters Among Scientists As recently as last week, many public health experts were fiercely opposed to the Biden administration's campaign to roll out booster shots of the coronavirus vaccines to all American adults. There was little scientific evidence to support extra doses ...
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First confirmed US case of Omicron coronavirus variant detected in California In a White House news briefing, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the case was in an individual who traveled from South Africa on November 22 -- before travel restrictions were in place -- and ...
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What the AIDS crisis can teach us about the COVID pandemic response Today is World AIDS Day, an annual opportunity to show support for people living with HIV and honor those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses. It became the world's first-ever international day for global health when it was founded in 1988.
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Rapid COVID-19 Tests Will Soon Be Covered by Insurance SARS-CoV-2 is one of seven types of coronavirus, including the ones that cause severe diseases like Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and sudden acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The other coronaviruses ...
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NBA study finds vaccinated people with breakthrough COVID-19 infections less likely to infect others New research about breakthrough coronavirus infections finds they may be less likely to spread to others because vaccinated people don't shed the virus for as long as the unvaccinated. The study, which involved NBA players, their families and staff, ...
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With omicron already in California, here's what US labs are doing to track cases and stop its spread With the nation's first case of omicron identified in California, public and private labs nationwide are scouring virus samples to learn how far the new coronavirus variant has traveled. While omicron, first identified in South Africa, its neighboring ...
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Even with a new variant, here's why vaccines and boosters are still the best solution (CNN) Doctors don't know yet exactly how well the current Covid-19 vaccines protect people against the new Omicron variant that is now in the US, but what they do know is that people shouldn't wait to get a vaccine or booster.
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Biden marks World AIDS Day by renewing support for worldwide goal of ending the epidemic by 2030 "We can do this," Biden said at a White House ceremony. "We can eliminate HIV transmission. We can get the epidemic under control here in the United States, in countries around the world. We have the scientific understanding, we have treatments, and we ...
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Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19 By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma is a tough disease for kids and their parents to manage well, but not keeping it under control may make these children up to six times more likely to ...
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President Joe Biden's HIV/AIDS strategy to include new emphasis on older Americans WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden unveiled on Wednesday a strategy for combating HIV/AIDS that the administration says will focus on the growing population of people with HIV who are aging, along with other changes. More than half of the 1.2 million ...
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How scientists in San Francisco found the first case of the omicron COVID-19 variant in the United States SAN FRANCISCO — The first case of the coronavirus omicron variant in the United States was confirmed at 4 a.m. Wednesday after an all-night session by scientists here. The city's tightly connected network of public health and university medical center ...
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Will the coronavirus ever stop mutating? Experts explain how Omicron and other variants emerge "It will never stop. As long as the virus is infecting something, it will keep mutating. That's what viruses do. They mutate like everything else on the planet," said Vincent Racaniello, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Columbia University ...
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Biden on World AIDS Day declares racism a 'public health threat' But Biden acknowledged that the country still needs to work to destigmatize HIV/AIDS and noted that LGBT and racial minority groups have "endured the brunt" of the epidemic that's killed more than 36 million worldwide, including 700,000 Americans.
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What's behind the 'dire' COVID-19 surge in Michigan? The surge also comes at a time when non-COVID-19-related patients are being admitted, flu cases are emerging and health systems are understaffed, Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, told ABC News.
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How to choose a booster shot: What to know about mixing vaccines and the omicron variant As a new variant begins circulating, health officials are calling on adults to be as protected as possible through the same health measures that've been used throughout the pandemic to curb COVID-19.
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6 Tips for Addressing Sexual Pain and Rebuilding Intimacy After Breast Cancer Cancer treatment impacts everyone differently. In my case, my ovarian suppression medication and long-term hormone blocking therapy had the biggest impacts on my sexuality. Both drugs work to shut down ovarian and estrogen production ...
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The Benefits of Vaccinating Kids against COVID Far Outweigh the Risks of Myocarditis Parents who are considering whether to vaccinate their child against COVID may have heard about the risk of a rare side effect called myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart tissue that has occurred in some teenagers and young adults who have ...
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Seniors who are obese run higher cancer risks Kidney cancer: People who are overweight or obese are nearly twice as likely as normal-weight people to develop renal cell cancer, the most common form of kidney cancer. The association of renal cell cancer with obesity is independent of its association ...
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Vaccine reduces transmission in breakthrough cases People who are vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 but get breakthrough infections may be less likely to spread the virus because they shed it for a shorter period than unvaccinated people who are infected, according a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School ...
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Does Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy Affect T2D Risk? Results of a cohort study showed that transfeminine individuals may be at a higher risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with cisgender females, but revealed little evidence that gender-affirming hormone therapy impacts diabetes risk.
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HIV Rates Fall Among Gay White Americans, But Not Minorities By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Some progress has been made in the U.S. fight against HIV, with new infections falling among white gay and bisexual men over the past decade.
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Scientists identify reaction that may cause rare blood clots after AstraZeneca Covid vaccine The study suggested that the shot's viral vector — the vaccine ingredient used to transport the coronavirus' genetic material into a recipient's cells — could be the issue. Medical experts have continued to say that the benefits ...
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The 5 Best Options for At-Home HPV Tests HPV (human papillomavirus) is a common type of sexually transmitted infection (STI). Certain strains of HPV can cause genital warts, cervical cancer, and other types of cancer. Early detection of HPV ...
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Scientists find clues to what triggers rare blood clots in AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine The very rare but sometimes deadly clots led to pauses in the vaccine's rollout early this year in Europe, and had public health experts worried it could fuel hesitancy, even as they stressed that the benefits of the vaccine far outweighed any risks.
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How the faltering global vaccination effort paved the way for alarming variants With the emergence of the omicron variant in November, the pandemic has surprised us anew — and offered a reminder of how badly the world has stumbled in the fight against the coronavirus despite vaccines now being available for almost a year.
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What to Do When You Can't Afford ADHD Coaching ADHD coaching can help you improve coping skills and work toward your goals. It doesn't have to cost you a fortune. Although the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can vary from person to person, the condition is generally ...
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Covid: Trigger of rare blood clots with AstraZeneca jab found by scientists They think this kicks off a chain reaction, involving the immune system, that can culminate in dangerous clots. The vaccine is thought to have saved about a million lives from Covid.
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For Men, Vaping May Be a Downer in the Bedroom By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Vaping can be tough on the lungs, but new research warns of another possible danger to men: It may more than double the risk for erectile dysfunction.
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Does a patient need to know which variant of COVID-19 infected them? That approach could change if the omicron strain resists those treatments, called monoclonal antibodies. "I think we still need to wait for the full information about how effective the monoclonal antibody cocktails are to ...
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Researchers searching for omicron variant in North Carolina By Keely Arthur, WRAL reporter. Raleigh, N.C. — Scientists in the Triangle are racing to detect the omicron variant, with many of them believing it may already be here. They just need the data to prove it. As physicians who treat patients with COVID-19 ...
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Is it a cold, the flu or COVID? We asked an infectious disease specialist how to tell the difference. With cold and flu season underway, we asked a local doctor how to tell the difference between the common cold, influenza and COVID-19. "There are lots of differences, but also a huge amount of overlap," says Dr. Frank Rhame, an Allina Health infectious ...
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Prince Harry thanks doctors, scientists for their work in fight against AIDS: 'My mother would be deeply grateful' Prince Harry marked World AIDS Day by honoring the lives of those lost to the pandemic, a health crisis that was important to his late mom, Princess Diana. He also applauded the work of doctors and scientists in the fight against HIV and brought ...
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Study: Many People with HIV Fail to Achieve Durable Viral Suppression The researchers analyzed data from 148 International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS(ieDEA) treatment sites in 31 countries on 5 continents to properly estimate the proportions of children, adolescents, and adults who were virally suppressed 1, 2, ...
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ICU Beds Full As Officials Warn Of New Coronavirus Variant With the continued resurgence of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, still driven by the delta variant of the virus, hospital intensive care units are full in the state's western and northwestern regions, the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) reported Tuesday.
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Vaping could more than double erectile dysfunction risk for some men After tracking erectile dysfunction risk among nearly 25,000 men aged 20 and older, investigators found that even vapers with no history of heart disease or other health issues typically associated with impotence saw their risk shoot up more than twofold.
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North Dakota again urges COVID-19 vaccination as US identifies first omicron variant case "Even though we don't fully understand what omicron may bring, we do understand that being vaccinated helps to protect people, and it's likely that it's going to provide some protection against omicron as well," Department of Health Disease Control ...
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Unvaccinated, Pregnant Women Experiencing Concerning Complications DENVER (CBS4) – Doctors at one of Colorado's most skilled neonatal intensive care units is urging pregnant women to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves, their babies, and others as rare incidents have caused concern.
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Will Kids Need Boosters? When asked if there were any plans to ask for authorization of a booster for those children, Pfizer spokesperson Jerica Pitts told MedPage Today in an email, "We have not finalized any plans for a booster study in this age group and happy to keep you ...
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New COVID wave hits Kansas as post-holiday data show worsening pandemic: 'We're just asking for trouble' Kansas doctors are urging masking and vaccination as the coronavirus pandemic worsens with a new wave. All of Kansas continues to experience substantial or high community spread of the coronavirus as public health indicators ...
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DHS reports 4534 new COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin Vaccination numbers can change on a rolling basis as the state gets more data each day. DHS has a county-level dashboard to assess the COVID-19 activity level in counties and Healthcare Emergency Readiness Coalition ...
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Symptom Comparison: Cold, Flu, and COVID-19 In general, a cold has slower onset of symptoms and typically affects nasal sinuses. This is opposed to the flu, in which the symptoms tend to develop quickly while affecting the respiratory tract and tends to include body aches, fatigue, and fever.
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Obesity among adults and children on rise in India; what makes obesity an emerging health crisis India is racing towards a global health crisis that has been overlooked for many decades. While diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular illnesses and even as recent as COVID-19 have received the attention they deserve, obesity has been ignored ...
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Men who vape are twice as likely to have erectile dysfunction: study Stick this in your e-cig and smoke it. New research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has suggested a correlation between vaping nicotine and impotence, as findings indicate male e-cigarette users are more than twice as likely to ...
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Maine health officials monitor new variant as delta drives record COVID-19 hospitalizations As a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus variant officially reached the U.S. on Wednesday, Maine officials stressed that the delta variant continues to pose a more urgent threat as more people than ever are in hospitals and on ventilators and ...
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Amarillo health officials concerned about rise in COVID hospitalizations On Wednesday, the city of Amarillo held its first COVID-19 news conference since before the Thanksgiving holiday. Members of the panel voiced concern over the increased number of patients that are requiring hospitalization. For the third straight day, ...
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Covid-19 variants may not evolve to be less dangerous, says Neil Ferguson People should not assume that Covid will evolve to become a milder disease, a senior scientist has warned, adding that the threat posed by the Omicron coronavirus variant will not be clear until the end of December. Prof Neil Ferguson, head of the ...
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Monroe County, Michigan health officials monitoring Omicron situation Both county and state health officials say the best way to combat the latest mutation of COVID-19 is to continue following precautions such as social distancing, wearing masks and getting vaccinated. A press release issued Monday by the Michigan ...
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