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	health Daily update ⋅ February 4, 2022
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	Cancer Network American Cancer Society Report Sheds Light on Cancer Statistics and Racial/Ethnic Disparities Cancer Network For World Cancer Day, CancerNetwork® reviews key highlights from the Cancer Facts & Figures 2022 report from the American Cancer Society, with updates in cancer incidence, mortality, and survival across patient subgroups. Cancer Facts & Figures 2022 ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Leukemia Patients 'Cured' 10 Years After Breakthrough Treatment WebMD In CAR T-cell therapy, patients' own T cells are removed, reprogrammed in a lab to recognize and attack cancer cells, and then infused back into the patients. It has transformed treatment of various blood cancers and shows often-remarkable results in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Newfound variant of HIV progresses to AIDS faster and may be more transmissible Livescience.com A newfound variant of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has been uncovered in the Netherlands and appears to cause faster disease progression compared with other versions of the virus. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infects and destroys immune ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com 'Be the bridge': Woman starts group to support other Black women with cancer Today.com After being diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer at 38, Tiah Tomlin searched for other women like her. She tried support groups, but she often was the youngest person or one of few Black women attending. That's when she started thinking about ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News How to prevent early birth? Study explores sugarless gum ABC News Healthy mouth, healthy baby? For years, scientists have been exploring the link between poor oral health and giving birth too early. Now, new research presented Thursday raises the possibility that something very simple and inexpensive might make a ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report AHA News: COVID-19 Linked to Risk of Dangerous Blood Clots in Stroke Patients U.S. News & World Report THURSDAY, Feb. 3, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Older stroke patients who had a history of COVID-19 were more likely to develop dangerous blood clots in the veins than those who did not have the coronavirus-driven disease, a new study from the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Cancer Network NCCN Raises Awareness of Disparities in Cervical Cancer Outcomes for World Cancer Day Cancer Network In observation of World Cancer Day, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is joining other organizations and institutions to close the disparities gap in cancer care by raising awareness of and addressing inequitable care, according to a press ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Highly Virulent HIV Variant Discovered in the Netherlands Medscape In light of the ongoing pandemic and current focus on SARS-CoV-19 virus variants such as Delta or Omicron, the discovery provides a salutary reminder that other viral pathogens, including those responsible for many long-standing endemic diseases, undergo a ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay A Better Clot-Buster Drug When Strokes Attack? HealthDay Researchers found that among nearly 7,900 stroke sufferers, those treated with the drug -- called tenecteplase -- were less likely to suffer life-threatening brain bleeding as a side effect, compared to those given the standard medication alteplase. Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg The US Is Expanding Its Hunt for Early Warnings of Covid in Sewage Bloomberg U.S. public health officials are expanding their monitoring of Covid-19 in sewage, which has become a crucial early warning for surges of new cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week began sharing virus wastewater trends on its ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Gay and lesbian adults had higher COVID vaccination rates than heterosexual adults: CDC ABC News "Adding sexual orientation and gender identity to national data collection systems would be a major step toward monitoring disparities and developing a better-informed public health strategy to achieve health equity for the LGBT population," the authors ... Flag as irrelevant
	Kansas City Star Still feeling sick weeks after testing positive? Here's what to know about long COVID Kansas City Star Some symptoms include tiredness, fatigue, shortness of breath, impaired memory, dizziness, chest pain, irregular heartbeat and depression. Dr. Baweja said that a lot of people who go to University Health describe a reduction in their quality of life ... Flag as irrelevant
	Financial Times Study Identifies Virulent HIV Variant Unrecognized for Years U.S. News & World Report Thursday's report isn't cause for alarm: HIV medicines worked just as well in people with the mutated virus as everyone else and its spread has been declining since about 2010. It was discovered as part of efforts to better understand how the HIV continues ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Study: COVID Vaccination Rates Higher Among Gay, Lesbian Adults U.S. News & World Report Gay or lesbian adults also were more likely to have confidence in the safety of the vaccine, according to the study, with 76.3% reporting they were either completely or very confident in vaccine safety compared with nearly 64% of heterosexual adults. Flag as irrelevant
	TribLIVE Franklin Park woman advocates for women's heart health via National Wear Red Day TribLIVE Franklin Park resident Kim Leo (right) poses for a photo with her mother Ethel Marie Johnson of Sewickley at the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women luncheon at Allegheny General Hospital. Leo shared the story of her heart attack and open-heart ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American COVID Vaccines Can Be Safe for People with Prior Allergic Reactions Scientific American The Omicron-driven COVID surge has caused considerable upheaval during this pandemic winter. Despite the availability and efficacy of COVID vaccines, many people with a history of suspected allergies to the first mRNA COVID vaccine dose— ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio HIV diagnoses among Black adults highest in communities with more social vulnerabilities Healio More than half of Black adults diagnosed with HIV in 2018 lived in communities with the highest social vulnerability index scores, researchers reported in MMWR. According to Andre F. Dailey, MSPH, an epidemiologist in the CDC's Division of HIV ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Stroke Rate Rises Among Young Americans, Even as It Declines for Seniors U.S. News & World Report By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Feb. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Although there's been a marked decline in rates of stroke among older adults over the past 30 years, growing numbers of young Americans are having strokes. Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg NHS Offers 'World's Most Expensive Drug' to Children With Rare and Fatal Genetic Disease Bloomberg The gene therapy treatment, known by its brand name Libmeldy, is used to treat metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), which causes severe damage to a child's nervous system and organs, and results in a life expectancy of between five and eight years. Flag as irrelevant
	KCRA Sacramento Sacramento County 'not out of the woods' after passing the peak of omicron wave, official says KCRA Sacramento COVID-19 cases in Sacramento County are continuing to fall overall but health officials said Thursday that they are still concerned by an outbreak in the jails and the high number of hospitalizations, including cases of kids who need to be hospitalized ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNA Global Diplomatic Failure Made COVID 'Far Worse', Says Leading Expert U.S. News & World Report By Jennifer Rigby. LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's leading infectious disease experts said on Thursday the collapse of global collaboration during COVID-19 made the pandemic "far worse" and continues to put the world at greater pandemic risk than ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune University of Chicago Medicine plans to build $633 million cancer hospital on its Hyde Park campus Chicago Tribune The hope is that patients would be able to get nearly all of their cancer care at the center rather than having to go to multiple locations for tests and treatments, said Dr. Kunle Odunsi, director of UChicago Medicine's Comprehensive Cancer Center. Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill US opioid crisis arose from weak laws and regulations, study says The Hill Nearly 841,000 people have died since 1999 from drug overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in 2019 about 70 percent of all drug overdoses involved opioids. The Stanford-Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid ... Flag as irrelevant
	9News.com KUSA What Colorado's COVID endemic response may look like 9News.com KUSA Health leaders predict COVID will eventually become an endemic in Colorado, meaning in part, that doctors and hospitals will respond to it much the same way as they do other viruses like the flu. Life will look pretty normal, but COVID will still linger in ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News Fourth COVID-19 vaccine prevents severe illness. Do we need it? The Mercury News Long-awaited data is in: A fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine reduces the risk of getting severely ill. But triple-vaccinated people already are so well protected from hospitalization that a fourth dose offers relatively little real-world benefit, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Deseret News New report reveals promising data on possibility of a cure for leukemia Deseret News Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CAR) T therapy genetically modified the body's T-cells, which are the white blood cells that play a role in the body's immune response to foreign particles, to attack cancer. Flag as irrelevant
	Oakland News Now Kids With COVID-Linked MIS-C Have Long-Term Symptoms WebMD The neurological symptoms are wide-ranging, and can include headaches, difficulty falling and staying asleep, daytime sleepiness, brain fog, attention difficulties, social problems, anxiety and depression, all of which can persist for weeks to months. Flag as irrelevant
	AJMC.com Managed Markets Network CAR T Cells Persist 10 Years After CLL Treatment, Hailed as "Cure" AJMC.com Managed Markets Network Researchers, as well as a patient who had chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), hailed the findings as a cure, although more work needs to be done to see if the results persist in a larger group of patients. The longest-known results of the first ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Improving cancer care a huge challenge post-pandemic BBC News It risks an increasing number of late diagnoses which reduces the chances of survival, cancer charities said. It comes as the government is promising to invest in new technologies and equipment to spot ... Flag as irrelevant
	WFLA Study identifies highly infectious HIV variant unrecognized for years WFLA Scientists have found a previously unrecognized variant of HIV that's more virulent than usual and has quietly circulated in the Netherlands for the past few decades. Thursday's report isn't cause for alarm: HIV medicines worked just as well in people ... Flag as irrelevant
	pressherald.com Maine CDC reports 23 more deaths from COVID-19 pressherald.com When the pandemic surges, we don't hold back. Subscriptions support our work on essential stories like this one. Subscribe today. State health officials reported 23 additional COVID-19 deaths on Friday ... Flag as irrelevant
	KKTV 11 News Mask mandates roll back as cases, hospitalizations from Covid decline in Colorado KKTV 11 News Denver, Colo. (KKTV) - Denver County's indoor mask mandate is set to expire tonight as Covid cases and hospitalizations continue the decline they started in mid-January. Pueblo recently ended its mask mandate inside city buildings, and masks will be ... Flag as irrelevant
	KSN-TV 'Go Red for Women' raises heart health awareness KSN-TV WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – You may be seeing red today, a lot of red. That's because February is heart month. The American Heart Association's 'Go Red for Women' campaign encourages people to wear red to raise awareness for heart health issues among women. Flag as irrelevant
	WEAU Doctors discuss COVID-19 Omicron subvariant WEAU EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The COVID-19 Omicron subvariant is in Wisconsin. Known as BA.2, it was recently discovered in Dane County. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services' Bureau of Communicable Diseases Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ryan Westergaard ... Flag as irrelevant
	FOX31 Denver Is it time for Colorado to start managing COVID like the flu? FOX31 Denver DENVER (KDVR) — Cases and COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to plummet in Colorado on the backside of a record-breaking omicron wave. The latest state models project 80% of Coloradans will have protection against the virus by mid-month, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Hyde Park Herald UChicago Medicine plans to greatly expand cancer treatment capacities with $663 million center Hyde Park Herald The University of Chicago Medicine plans to build a $663 million, 500,000 square foot, 128-bed clinical cancer center in its Hyde Park campus, having filed a request with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board (HFSRB) seeking approval ... Flag as irrelevant
	UPI.com Most Americans are within an hour of an acute stroke center UPI.com Nine in 10 Americans -- 91% -- live within an hour of lifesaving stroke care, researchers say. Advertisement. That's up from about 80% a decade ago, due to an increase in hospitals with specialized staff, tools and resources, as well as expanded use of ... Flag as irrelevant
	WDBJ7 National Wear Red Day brings awareness to heart disease in women WDBJ7 Things that increase the risk of heart disease include smoking, diabetes, and stress. Advertisement. According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease still remains the biggest health ... Flag as irrelevant
	Anchorage Daily News Boosters increase vaccinated Alaskans' odds of fending off symptomatic COVID-19 during omicron, research shows Anchorage Daily News Being up-to-date on vaccinations — which means getting all recommended doses, including a booster dose if eligible — is particularly important as virus case counts soar from the highly transmissible omicron variant. And ... Flag as irrelevant
	silive.com Study finds lower COVID-19 vaccination rates among people living with HIV silive.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — People living with diagnosed HIV infection in New York were less likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19 than the rest of the general population, according to a new collaborative study between the city and state health ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian People in England surviving cancer for longer, NHS reports The Guardian Growing numbers of adults and children in England are surviving for longer after being diagnosed with cancer, with increases in lifespan seen in almost all types of the disease. Survival for one year and five years rose among adults diagnosed between ... Flag as irrelevant
	FOX21News.com Colorado Department of Health believes COVID-19 infections in decline FOX21News.com According to CDPHE data, where the state's infection rates once stood around 29% now are trending below 16%. While the omicron variant called BA2 is still of concern, researchers are releasing evidence that there is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccine are ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science Divergent SARS CoV-2 Omicron-reactive T- and B cell responses in COVID-19 vaccine recipients Science The severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) is spreading rapidly, even in vaccinated individuals, raising concerns about immune escape. Here, we studied neutralizing antibodies and T-cell ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Indian Express World Cancer Day 2022: Recognising and understanding the inequities in cancer care in the country The Indian Express "This year's theme focuses on the inequity in the distribution of cancer care. These barriers could be cultural, educational, financial, socio-economic, geographical and gender or age-related discrimination," said Dr Shilpi Sharma. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Libmedly: World's 'most expensive' drug recommended for NHS use BBC News The gene therapy Libmedly is used to treat an extremely rare condition, MLD, which causes severe damage to a child's nervous system and organs. Around four babies are born with the disorder ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News World Cancer Day: 'Hope exists', says mum who had cancer while pregnant BBC News Charlotte Ralph, from Fleet, Hampshire, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma shortly before finding out she was pregnant. She later gave birth to a daughter, before finding out cancer treatment had ... Flag as irrelevant
	University of Wisconsin-Madison COVID questions: You tested positive. What's next? And, advice on boosters University of Wisconsin-Madison A positive COVID test means that you have COVID-19 and need to begin isolation procedures. When am I safe to go out again? For all people in isolation: You cannot ... Flag as irrelevant
	GOV.UK Health and Social Care Secretary to launch new 10-year 'national war on cancer' GOV.UK A new call for evidence to inform an ambitious 10-Year Cancer Plan to make the country's cancer care system the 'best in Europe'; As the NHS tackles the COVID-19 backlog, renewed focus will be placed on innovative cancer treatment and early diagnosis ... Flag as irrelevant
	NICE First gene therapy for rare genetic neurodegenerative disorder in children, recommended in NICE draft guidance NICE Gene therapy atidarsagene autotemcel (also called Libmeldy and made by Orchard Therapeutics) will be available for some children with the rare, life-limiting inherited neurodegenerative condition metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). Flag as irrelevant
	10TV Ohio Department of Health provides an update on the COVID-19 pandemic 10TV Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff is joined for Friday's briefing by Patty Manning, chief of staff at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Dr. Joseph Gastaldo, medical director of infectious diseases at OhioHealth. Flag as irrelevant

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