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| How Long Covid Exhausts the Body Inflammation and low oxygen levels may cause cognitive problems. LUNGS. Early evidence of oxygen limitations. CIRCULATORY. SYSTEM. Vascular damage and blood clots may trigger fatigue. | |
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| Malawi Declares Polio Outbreak After Girl, 3, Paralyzed Health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was confirmed in a 3-year-old girl in the capital, Lilongwe. It was the first case in Africa in 5 years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). | |
| America's doctor, family get COVID-19 despite safeguards Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says he and his young family have COVID-19 despite their best efforts to avoid infection by getting vaccinated and taking other precautions. By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press. February 18, 2022, 3:06 PM. | |
| Risk for Parkinson's Disease Falls After a Heart Attack FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new study hints that heart attack survivors may have an unusual advantage over other people: a slightly lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. Researchers found that compared with similar people who ... | |
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| A mild US flu season is waning, but is it really over? This winter's mild flu season has faded to a trickle of cases in much of the U.S., but health officials aren't ready to call it over. Since the beginning of the year, positive flu test results and doctor's office visits for flu-like illness are down. | |
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| Endemic FAQ: What It Means for California Nearly two years after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, California moves toward an endemic lifestyle. By Chelsea Hylton • Published 17 mins ago • Updated 17 mins ago. California is the largest state economy to move toward implementing endemic ... | |
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| Coconut Oil vs. Olive Oil: Which Is Better? If you're in search of a healthy everyday cooking oil, you may be comparing coconut oil and olive oil. Olive oil is a non-tropical oil renowned for its impressive fatty acid profile and research-backed health benefits, and extensive research on it is ... | |
| America's doctor, family get COVID-19 despite safeguards Surgeon General Vivek Murthy announced Friday that he and his young family have COVID-19 despite their best efforts to avoid infection by getting vaccinated and taking other precautions. Writing on Twitter, America's doctor said, "When you've been as ... | |
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| Risk of Mental Health Disorders Increases After COVID-19 Researchers also found that after COVID-19 recovery, people are much more likely to develop substance use disorder and cognitive problems, including brain fog, confusion, and forgetfulness. While it's unclear what caused the ... | |
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| COVID-19 Between Vaccine Doses: What Should You Do? The mRNA vaccines are given as 2 doses because it was found that a single dose led to a rather weak immune response. Adding the second dose increases the immune response to the vaccine, making it more effective at protecting you against COVID-19 infection. | |
| Fentanyl test strips help save lives Counterfeit pills are being made to look exactly like prescription drugs such as Oxycontin, Percocet and Xanax. Synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, are now the most common drugs involved in drug overdose deaths in the United States. | |
| Malawi Declares Health Emergency Following Polio Case Discovery Health authorities in Malawi say a 3-year-old girl is paralyzed after contracting polio, the first known case in Africa in more than five years and the first in Malawi in three decades. Authorities say the child was infected by a strain of poliovirus ... | |
| Subvariant May Be More Dangerous Than Omicron: Study Feb. 18, 2022 -- The Omicron subvariant, BA.2, is not only more transmissible than the original Omicron strain, BA.1, but may cause more severe disease, a lab study from Japan says. "Our multiscale investigations suggest that the risk of BA.2 for ... | |
| When Will the COVID Pandemic End? During the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed up to 50 million people worldwide, Americans got tired of being constrained and prematurely gave up on flu prevention measures. Two more waves of the flu pandemic hit the United States, resulting in more deaths. | |
| Pediatric insomnia could persist into adulthood, study finds Childhood-onset insomnia symptoms can be long-lasting, persisting into adolescence and even adulthood, according to a study published in Pediatrics. In a 15-year, longitudinal cohort study, researchers found that the odds of insomnia symptoms worsening ... | |
| Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule Updated for 2022 Routine vaccination is recommended against pneumococcal infection for all adults aged 65 years or older with one dose of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)15 or PCV20; if PCV15 is used, it should be followed by a dose of pneumococcal polysaccharide ... | |
| Surgeon General Vivek Murthy tests positive for COVID-19 "Update: my 5 year old son, my wife Alice, and I have all tested positive for COVID-19," Murthy wrote. "Our son has a runny nose and low grade fever but is otherwise eating, drinking, playing with his sister, and watching his favorite cartoons.". | |
| Women on Estrogen Replacement Less Likely to Die From COVID Feb. 18, 2022 -- Menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with a reduced risk of death from COVID-19 among women, new research suggests. The findings, from a nationwide study using data from Sweden, were published online February 14, ... | |
| COVID-19 Boosters: New MMWR Report Explores Waning Immunity The research found vaccine efficacy in the prevention of visits to urgent treatment centers and emergency rooms fell from 87% at 2 months, to 66% at 4 months, to 31% at ≥ 5 months. graphical illustration of covid-19 virus particle. (Adobe Stock). | |
| Pa. Agriculture Secretary warns about avian influenza "The department's Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services is at the forefront of controlling and eradicating diseases in livestock and poultry. Preventing emerging infectious diseases is critical to preventing economic loss to farmers and the ... | |
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| State officials: Bird flu found at 3rd Indiana turkey farm A strain of avian flu has been found at a third commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana, state officials said Thursday. Laboratory testing of a commercial flock of turkeys in Greene County has come back as presumptively positive for the virus, ... | |
| CDC: NYC Anime Convention Did Not Spread Omicron Widely It wasn't, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded Thursday. Widespread masking, vaccinations and good air flow at the Javits Center prevented the highly contagious omicron variant from spreading widely. Investigators ... | |
| Study finds e-cigarettes are less effective for quitting smoking (WECT) - We all know the health risks of smoking cigarettes, from lung cancer to emphysema there's no shortage of data and research showing the problems smoking can cause. That's why over the past several decades, smoking cessation has been a priority for ... | |
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| State officials: Bird flu found at 3rd Indiana turkey farm INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A strain of avian flu has been found at a third commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana, state officials said Thursday. Laboratory testing of a commercial flock of turkeys in Greene County has come back as presumptively positive ... | |
| OHSU coronavirus (COVID-19) response OHSU: 56; Hillsboro Medical Center: 19; OHSU Hospital and OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center hospitalization details: 43 Not Fully Vaccinated; 15 Fully Vaccinated; 17 Fully Vaccinated with Booster. 9 de-isolated; 66 infectious. 19 Patients in ICU. | |
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| Pa. Agriculture Secretary warns about avian influenza Although the state has not confirmed any cases of the disease, Pennsylvania's Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding is reminding residents who own poultry to stay vigilant and review biosecurity practices,. "While we have not seen HPAI yet ... | |
| Covid-19 moving towards an endemic from a pandemic GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Cases of Omicron driven Covid-19 are dropping fast across much of the Country. According to Mesa County Public Health, a pandemic transitions to an endemic when a disease's growth is no longer exponential in a region. | |
| COVID Can Be Hard on the Heart These complications — including disruptive heart rhythms, inflammation of the heart, blood clots, stroke, coronary artery disease, heart attack, heart failure and even death — can occur among previously healthy individuals who have had mild COVID-19 ... | |
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