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As omicron washes over America, much of the country still isn't using exposure notification apps In the early months of the pandemic, engineers from Google, Apple and a handful of other tech companies got together to build a system to notify people if they'd come in contact with someone who had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Spurred by Omicron, Europe Is Setting Coronavirus Infection Records Every Day The surge of cases is causing chaos as people scramble to obtain tests, businesses grapple with staff shortages and New Year's festivities are thrown into question.
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Why You Should Ditch Your Cloth Masks for 3-Ply Surgical Masks, N95s Usually worn by health care workers and first responders, these masks can filter up to 95% of air droplets and particles, according to the CDC. KN95 and KN94 masks are similar but are designed to ...
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Officials defend shortened isolation period for those with COVID; Fauci warns of large NYE parties: Live updates A USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows recorded U.S. COVID cases this month are already the third-highest of the entire pandemic, and Walensky said she expects even more cases of the highly contagious omicron variant.
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Britain plans field hospitals to meet the Omicron surge. "We do not yet know exactly how many of those who catch the virus will need hospital treatment," Prof. Stephen Powis, the N.H.S. medical director for England, said in a statement. "But given the number of infections we cannot wait to find out before we act ...
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COVID-19 Can Cause Scarring of Kidneys: Study By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 patients are at risk for serious long-term kidney damage, according to the results of a new investigation. The damage appears to come from the virus' ...
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Michigan says it won't follow CDC's more relaxed COVID-19 quarantine recommendations Rather, Michigan health leaders say they will continue to recommend previous, longer quarantine and isolation guidelines, including those for K-12 schools and congregate care settings. "MDHHS will update Michigan's guidance when additional ...
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Federal Officials Say Early Omicron Data Suggests a Less Deadly Wave WASHINGTON — Top federal health officials emphasized on Wednesday that data on skyrocketing coronavirus cases in the United States and from other countries reinforced early signs that the highly contagious Omicron variant was milder and less lethal ...
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ERs Can Boost Efforts to Stamp Out Opioid Addiction Buprenorphine is a medication that stabilizes opioid withdrawal and soothes cravings. Using it can help people with opioid use disorder stay engaged with care, while reducing overdose deaths and other complications of drug use.
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Oregon Reports 1900 Daily COVID Cases, Most Since September As Oregon health officials prepare for a predicted surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations fueled by the omicron variant, the state has reported its highest daily case count — 1,900 — since September. By Associated Press.
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Israel Faces a Severe Blow to Wildlife Amid Outbreak of Avian Flu Thousands of migratory cranes have died and more than half a million chickens have been culled as the country tries to contain a deadly bird virus.
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COVID-Positive or Exposed? What to Do Next New guidance issued Monday by the CDC shortens the recommended isolation and quarantine period for the general population, coming after the agency shortened the isolation period for health care workers. WebMD reached out to two infectious disease ...
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Could Vaping Help Smokers Quit, Even When They Aren't Trying To? By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Some smokers who take up vaping may give up tobacco cigarettes altogether -- without ever intending to, a new study suggests.
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New Clues to How Ovarian Cancer Begins -- and Might Be Prevented In a new study, scientists used stem cells created from the blood samples of women with BRCA mutations and ovarian cancer to fashion a model of fallopian tube tissue.
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Bariatric Surgery Linked to Protection Against Severe COVID-19 Substantial weight loss -- even if achieved through bariatric surgery -- improved COVID-related outcomes among people with obesity, a new study found. People who underwent bariatric surgery prior to the pandemic saw a similar rate of positive COVID-19 ...
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WHO Chief Worried About 'Tsunami' of Omicron, Delta Cases And after 92 of the WHO's 194 member countries missed a target to vaccinate 40% of their populations by the end of this year, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged everyone to make a "new year's resolution" to get behind a campaign to vaccinate ...
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CDC: Nearly 92000 Drug Overdose Deaths in 2020 Synthetic opioids, including fentanyl but excluding methadone, continued to be the primary driver of drug overdose deaths, with fatal overdoses involving such substances accounting for more than 60% of drug fatalities in 2020. The death ...
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Coronavirus cases continue to spike in Oregon; 2331 new cases, nine deaths Nonetheless, public health officials insist that a wave of omicron infections is about to sweep the state, as it already has on the East Coast and across Europe.
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Vaccines and Omicron: Which is Best? Here's What We Know So Far Chicago's top doctor, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said data currently shows both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are performing better than Johnson & Johnson's vaccine at preventing breakthrough infections, but all ...
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Omicron poses added threat to seniors, KU doctors offer advice Doctors at the University of Kansas Health System say that the highly contagious omicron variant poses a risk to senior citizens in the Kansas City area and beyond. Obtaining a booster shot is especially critical for older adults to avoid the worst ...
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CDC Director Defends Not Recommending Coronavirus Tests in Updated Isolation, Quarantine Guidance The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday defended the agency's updated guidance for coronavirus isolation, which many experts criticized for not including a testing recommendation. "Many are asking why do we not require a ...
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COVID-19 Spotted in Texas Deer By Cara Murez, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Dec. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have confirmed that some white-tailed deer in Texas have COVID-19. The scientific community has been alarmed by the prospect of deer becoming new ...
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T Cells Come to the Rescue as Studies Show They Buck Omicron An unsung arm of the immune system appears to protect against severe disease with the omicron variant even when antibodies wane, helping to explain why a record wave of infections hasn't engulfed hospitals so far. T cells, the body's weapon against ...
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Maine hospitals brace for impact of omicron as patients counts remain high COVID-19 hospitalizations remained at near record highs Wednesday as Maine reported 1,325 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 additional deaths. The state's hospitals are getting support this week from federal ambulance crews arriving to help transport ...
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Love Black Coffee & Dark Chocolate? It Could Be in Your DNA By Cara Murez, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Dec. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If you like your coffee black, it could be that your grandpa or your great-aunt did, too. A preference for black coffee and also for dark chocolate seems to lie ...
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NYC EMS Faces Record Staffing Shortage As 911 Calls For COVID-Like Symptoms Surge No, it's not in your head. There are more ambulance sirens blaring around New York City. Daily calls to 911 for fevers and coughs have more than doubled since the start of December, according to data shared by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).
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Omicron in Tennessee: COVID-19 cases up nearly 102% week over week, hospitalizations also rising New COVID-19 cases have surged in Tennessee in recent days, with at least one region of the state recording its highest ever infection levels amid the spread of the highly infectious omicron variant. Tennessee recorded a nearly 102% week-over-week ...
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UK health officials prepare for omicron surge at hospitals LONDON -- England's National Health Service is building temporary structures at hospitals around the country to prepare for a possible surge of COVID-19 patients as the highly transmissible omicron variant fuels a new wave of infections.
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Ireland Smashes Daily COVID-19 Case Record DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland became the latest country to smash its previous record number of daily COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, reporting 16,428 new infections as those requiring treatment in hospital also began to rise, the health department said.
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Hamilton County health commissioner: CDC COVID-19 guidelines trying to ease pandemic burden The federal government changed its guidance about isolating with COVID-19 because the latest variant of the new coronavirus becomes less contagious in a shorter time, Hamilton County's health commissioner said Wednesday. The goal of the new rules, ...
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Washtenaw County reports highest-ever 24-hour COVID case count FILE - Kristin Grant, a microbiologist on the COVID-19 team at the Washington State Department of Health's Public Health Laboratory, loads samples that tested positive for COVID-19 into a machine that prepares them for automated genome sequencing, Tuesday, ...
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3 omicron variant symptoms you won't get from the common cold "They include fever, chills, headache, sore throat, and as it progresses, people will start having cough, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing," Shao said. Related ...
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UK's Health Service Sets Up Temporary Care Hubs For Omicron The U.K.'s National Health Service is setting up so-called Nightingale care hubs to prepare for a potential surge in Covid-19 admissions due to the omicron variant. The temporary structures will be capable of providing diagnostics and emergency care to ...
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Record number of deaths in Washington, Oregon in 2021 Oregon recorded 40,226 resident deaths in 2020 and is on track to tally 44,000 to 45,000 deaths in 2021, according to preliminary Oregon Health Authority data. The fatal COVID cases only account for about half ...
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Wisconsin passes 10000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths The Wisconsin Hospital Association reported Wednesday that more than 1,700 patients remain hospitalized with COVID-19. All regions, with the exception of southern and southeastern Wisconsin in the Madison and Milwaukee areas, have five or fewer intensive ...
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Utah doctor: 'Clearly this infection is coming fast and hard at us' SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Health on Wednesday reported 3,303 new COVID cases and seven more deaths since the day before. This is the highest single-day total of new cases since January. "Today we are reporting a very high number of ...
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COVID-19 directly damages, creates scar tissue on the kidneys, study finds (StudyFinds.org) – Although studies show COVID-19 is capable of infecting a patient's kidneys, the virus's exact impact on the organs has been unclear – until now. A team of German and Dutch scientists report COVID-19 causes direct cellular damage ...
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State health officials to keep quarantine, isolation guidelines The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced it plans to keep the state's current COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidelines, including for K-12 students, even as U.S. health officials cut some restrictions.
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Oregon reports 9 more COVID-19 related deaths, 2331 new cases Weekly report shows 25% jump in daily cases but fewer hospitalizations (lowest since July), deaths. PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — There are nine new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state's death toll to 5,640, the Oregon Health Authority ...
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Shelby County Health Department issues updated health directive amid soaring omicron cases Omicron is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. and in Shelby County. Thousands of new cases were reported over Christmas break, the active case number passed the 9,000 mark and hospitalizations for COVID-19 have been climbing — albeit at a ...
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KU doctors: Testing is only way to tell if symptoms are Covid KANSAS CITY, Mo. — University of Kansas Health System doctors answered many questions people have about the omicron COVID-19 variant in a live-streamed video update Wednesday. One of the most questioned items was how to tell symptoms of omicron, ...
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Maine reports 1091 cases of COVID-19 and 15 deaths Maine reported 1,091 more cases of COVID-19 Thursday and 15 additional deaths as public schools, colleges and hospitals brace for a surge in cases fueled by the fast-spreading omicron variant. A backlog in ...
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US Health Officials Say COVID-19 Deaths and Hospitalizations 'Comparatively' Low Despite Omicron Surge By Ahmed Aboulenein and Alexandra Alper. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations are "comparatively" low as the highly infectious Omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director ...
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Snohomish Health District temporarily closed COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites due to weather "Even though the individual consequences may be none or minimal, overall the societal consequences and the impact on an already ailing and exhausted healthcare system. And the schools and other aspects of our critical infrastructure can really be ...
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Sonoma County returns to indoor masking for all, revoking exemption for vaccinated people "Increasingly, we are seeing the virus that causes COVID-19 spread among people who are fully vaccinated," Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase said in a news release. "The vaccine works.
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Local doctors encourage vaccinations, boosters and masks as cases of omicron rise in Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Rising cases of COVID-19 and longer lines at testing sites are worrying many healthcare workers as the Kansas City area continues through the holiday season. According to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Steven Stites, at the the ...
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FDA Allows COVID Convalescent Plasma for Some Outpatients In its updated EUA, the agency restricted the use of high-titer COVID-19 convalescent plasma to immunocompromised patients, but stated that "these patients may be treated in outpatient or inpatient settings." ( ...
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Omicron variant is 'not the same disease' as previous COVID-19 variants, Oxford University scientist says "The incidence of severe disease and death from this disease (Covid-19) has basically not changed since we all got vaccinated and that's really important to remember," he told the BBC. " ...
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Lane County COVID-19 update, Dec. 29: 132 cases reported, infectious count jumps 28% Lane County reported 132 confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, raising the countywide case count to 32,033. The death toll remained at 353 for a third day.
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More Evidence Omicron May Be Weaker Than Prior Variants A growing body of data further strengthened the case for Omicron being a less severe variant than Delta, said Anthony Fauci, MD, chief medical advisor to President Biden, during a White House COVID-19 Response Team phone briefing on Wednesday.
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