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Coffee Drinking May Cut Heart Disease Risk, Prolong Survival A trio of analyses based on the prospective UK Biobank cohort suggest that regular coffee drinking, especially a daily intake of two to three cups, is not only safe for the heart but may be cardioprotective. People without cardiovascular disease (CVD) ...
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The FDA is expected to authorize 2nd boosters for people 50 and up Anyone 50 years and older could soon be eligible for a second booster dose of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize the additional booster shots without holding a meeting of its ...
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Next US Booster Campaign Faces Delays, Lack of Funds March 27, 2022. The next rollout of COVID-19 booster shots in the U.S. could face delays due to a lack of federal funding and declining interest, according to The Guardian. "We're way behind the eight-ball," Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research ...
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More Evidence COVID Raises Odds for Pregnancy Complications MONDAY, March 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you're pregnant and questioning whether you need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, new research might sway your decision. For mothers-to-be, the coronavirus appears to double the risk of serious pregnancy ...
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As CNY's Covid rate keeps climbing, experts struggle to pinpoint why That's still nowhere near the astronomical levels we saw in January when the original omicron variant was tearing through the country. Then, the cases in Central New York hit 367 per 100,000 people, more than eight times as high as it is now.
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Promising nose spray could prevent and treat COVID-19 A newly discovered small molecule could be sprayed into people's noses to prevent COVID-19 illness prior to exposure and provide early treatment if administered soon after infection, according to a study in mice led by Cornell researchers.
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Bird flu returns to Minnesota poultry farms, first confirmed cases reported in the state since 2015 Thompson says the virus, known as H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI, has been confirmed at two sites, in Meeker County and Mower County. Authorities say the Meeker outbreak was in a commercial ...
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A CRISPR Kitty? Gene Editing Breathes New Life into the Hypoallergenic Cat The ability to edit an organism's genome using CRISPR has provided myriad applications ranging from crop development to novel therapeutics, while editing of various animal species offers hope in areas from de-extinction to xenotransplantation.
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Flu Season Less Severe Than Anticipated At the meeting, the panel acknowledged the benefits of an enhanced influenza vaccine compared with standard egg-based flu shots. Three vaccines are being reviewed: Fluad Quadrivalent (Seqirus), Fluzone (Sanofi Pasteur) and Flublok Quadrivalent (Protein ...
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Catching the flu and COVID-19 at the same time doubles your risk of dying, new study finds The study, which looked at more than 200 patients infected with both SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—and the influenza virus, found patients with co-infection were four times more likely to require ventilation and 2.4 times more likely to die ...
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Ready for jab No 4 or are you suffering from 'vaccine fatigue'? Ready for jab No 4 or are you suffering from 'vaccine fatigue'? Amid fears over new variants and rising infection rates, a second booster dose is being rolled out – but reluctance may hinder ...
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Pageants brought order to Burlington woman's world. Now she uses them to speak out about anorexia. Pageant contestant Margaret Tillotson gets a kiss from her 10-month-old Goldendoodle,. A 22-year-old Burlington woman recovering from an eating disorder is hoping to help others ...
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Will bird flu send poultry prices skyward? Continued spread of virus causes concern, says report. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A highly pathogenic avian flu that has spread to nearly five dozen sites across the United States has already resulted in millions of chickens being destroyed since early February. A flock of more than 5.3 million commercial ...
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ADPH doctor explains CDC's new COVID-19 calculator MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are down in Alabama. The threat of the coronavirus is on the decline, at least for now. "If we've learned anything, we've learned that we can't really predict what's going to happen, ...
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Why do I, and my kids, get so many colds? Should we be isolating ? By Thea van de Mortel, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Brisbane Covid changes how we approach sore throats and runny noses. If you have cold symptoms and return negative rapid antigen tests, isolating isn't mandatory - but it's a ...
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COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Monday Despite several regions having seen a surge in cases, including Montreal, Quebec has no plans to reintroduce public health restrictions from previous waves, Boileau said. The province is still planning to all but eliminate mandatory ...
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Covid-19 news: UK infections approaching a record high "Our latest data show infection levels have continued to increase in England, Wales and Scotland, driven by the rise of the Omicron BA.2 variant," Sarah Crofts from ONS said in a statement.
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Covid and flu mix: People with 'flurona' are more likely to die, new study warns A new study undertaken by the UK and the Netherlands has found, that patients infected simultaneously by flu and Covid are at higher risk of severe illness and death. Here's what you need to know about flurona ...
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Bromsgrove: Clinical trials cancer patient hails drug A cancer patient has hailed "a wonder drug" after getting a treatment targeting a gene that controls how the disease grows. Terri Hurdman, 49, said she was left exhausted and out of breath by walking even short distances. But according to an NHS trust, ...
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Vital Signs: When, how and why to get screened for colorectal cancer Because most cases of colon cancer take years to develop, we have an opportunity with regular screenings to not only catch cancer at an early, curable stage, but with colonoscopy, we can also remove the precancerous polyps and prevent cancer from ...
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Mystery brain illness turns four-year-old Lexie into 'newborn baby again' Devastated parents Emilia Blanaru and Mark Forsyth, who are separated, said the devastating illness turned their daughter "into a newborn baby again". But the determined toddler, who was flown more than 100 miles ...
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Patients with both Covid-19 and flu at double the risk of dying: Study As the world grapples with the aftermath of coronavirus and cases of Omicron fall in most countries, a new study hints at concerning post-Covid complications. Researchers have said that people who were hospitalised with coronavirus should be routinely ...
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The effects of severe COVID-19 on the lungs after one year While short-term lung damage has been reported in patients hospitalized with pneumonia caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), there is little data on the more chronic sequelae of this condition. A new research paper ...
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Latest Iowa bird flu case forces killing of 250000 chickens DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials have confirmed another case of bird flu in a flock of commercial pullet chickens. The outbreak in Franklin County is the seventh such outbreak found in Iowa this month, according to a news release ...
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Fewer than half of immunocompromised in England have had booster jabs – new data The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) announced in November that immunocompromised people – the group the NHS call severely immunosuppressed – who have weakened immune systems should have a booster dose three months after their third ...
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How Covid worsened mental health crisis in India NEW DELHI: India is slowly but surely emerging from the dark shadows of the Covid pandemic that disrupted our lives like never before. Life is limping back to the pre-Covid normal. The restrictions are on their way out. Markets, offices, restaurants ...
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Former Alexandria mayor, county sheriff encourages colorectal cancer screenings ANDERSON — In September 2020, Ron Richardson, former Madison County sheriff and mayor of Alexandria, was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. By the time he was diagnosed, the cancer had already spread to his liver and lungs.
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Shanghai launches rolling lockdowns As coronavirus outbreaks spread across China, Shanghai is introducing new rounds of lockdowns to be rolled out sequentially across the city's neighborhoods, the city government announced Sunday night, as part of an effort to test its entire population ...
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'Rise of the BA.2 variant is worrisome': Quebec urges caution as it warns of 'possible' 6th COVID wave Interim public health director Dr. Luc Boileau held a rare Sunday press conference issuing a warning to Quebecers, saying several indicators of another wave are on the rise as experts closely monitor an upsurge in spread, but that "it is still too soon to ...
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Quebec likely heading toward 6th wave, says public health director Quebec's interim public health director said all signs point to Quebec heading toward a sixth wave of COVID-19. At a news conference Sunday, Dr. Luc Boileau came short of confirming another pandemic wave of infections, but said the spike in cases in ...
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Quebec's public health director urges prudence amid rising COVID-19 cases Dr. Luc Boileau told a news conference while authorities had expected an increase due to the lifting of most COVID-19 restrictions just over two weeks ago, but experts have been closely monitoring several indicators that seem to indicate an upsurge in ...
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A TMPRSS2 inhibitor acts as a pan-SARS-CoV-2 prophylactic and therapeutic Attractive pharmacological targets to impede viral entry include type-II transmembrane serine proteases (TTSPs), such as TMPRSS2, whose essential role in the virus lifecycle is to cleave the viral spike protein to expose the fusion peptide for cell entry5, ...
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Death toll of Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria rises to 123 ABUJA, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria this year has risen to 123 amid ongoing measures by the government to reduce infections across the country, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said Sunday.
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CDC offers new COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation (Q&I) Calculator for the public However, it is unknown if the BA.2 subvariant or other emerging variants may escape the immune's systems response from either a previous COVID-19 infection or vaccine-induced protection. If so, mitigation measures such as masking and physical distancing ...
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Bullaburra family's fight for wonder drug, Trikafta to be included on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is successful Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt may be retiring at the next election, but he will be remembered for his parting gift to cystic fibrosis sufferers by getting a life-saving drug on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. The Noble family from Bullaburra ...
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COVID-19 roundup: Diabetes risk rises, kids antibodies last 6 months A year after infection with the coronavirus, when antibodies in the blood are barely detectable, the immune system continues to "remember" the virus and should respond to some extent upon ...
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First use of mRNA COVID vaccine to treat persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection The immunocompromised patient, who repeatedly tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 for well over six months, was seen to finally clear the virus from his system following two doses of an mRNA vaccine. Viral ...
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New potential therapy developed in response to bladder cancer A study led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer, US has found that a combination of immunotherapy, chemotherapy and an anti-inflammatory drug may improve the immune response in patients by activating cells to muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
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CDC Findings: 2021-22 US flu vaccine efficacy is concerningly low The currently available flu vaccines protect the population against the four most common influenza viruses in circulation: A(H1N1)pdm09, A(H3N2), B/Victoria lineage and B/Yamagata lineage. In the US, all flu vaccines are quadrivalent, and vaccination ...
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Stealth Omicron in Milton Keynes: Rates of contagious BA2 variant as Covid cases rise The highly contagious coronavirus strain BA.2 is now responsible for more than nine out ten infections across Milton Keynes, research shows. By Data Team. Monday, ...
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What are the past, present and future effects of Covid-19 on our health? Whether you or your loved ones have been hit by Covid-19 infections, felt your mental health suffer or had your non-Covid-19 medical concerns caught up in the NHS backlog, the effects of the virus have infiltrated all areas of health and healthcare.
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COVID: Will immunity from vaccines wane completely over time? WHO explains what happens after that With COVID cases surging again globally again, World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of three important facts to look at - the emergence of new variants, withdrawing COVID rules too soon and also, waning of immunity acquired from the vaccines over ...
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Study finds new type of UV light makes indoor air as safe as outdoors The study was published in the journal, 'Scientific Reports'. Disinfecting indoor air with far-UVC light is a new approach to safely and efficiently destroy airborne viruses in occupied spaces.
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Stealth Omicron rates in Scarborough are highest in Yorkshire as Covid cases rise The analysis by the Wellcome Sanger Institute comes as coronavirus infections and hospitalisations surge across the UK, with researchers saying the contagious subvariant is a key reason for the spike.
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China is locking down most of Shanghai, its largest city, to fight COVID BEIJING — China began its most extensive coronavirus lockdown in two years Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the economic toll of the nation's "zero-COVID" strategy.
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China locks down Shanghai, its biggest city, as Omicron fuels record surge in COVID cases The 25 million residents of China's financial capital will be locked down in two stages, starting with the eastern half, which falls under the restrictions from Monday for five days. The lockdown will then shift to the other half of the city.
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Male birth control: A 99% effective pill in mice could soon expand options for men Although vasectomies can sometimes be reversed, the reversal surgery is expensive and not always successful. "Scientists have been trying for decades to develop an effective male oral contraceptive, but there are still no approved pills ...
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7 things you should know about Alzheimer's disease TYLER, Texas (KETK) — The Alzheimer's Association has released their annual "Facts and Figures" report for 2022, covering many topics regarding the affects of the disease on individuals, caregivers and the nation as a whole.
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Committee orders 18-month suspension from practice for doctor linked to anti-vaccine group Healing the Divide General practitioner Jipson Quah (pictured) and his assistant Thomas Chua Cheng Soon were granted bail on Jan 31, 2022.
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COVID fourth jab: Australians over the age of 65 are set to roll up their sleeves from April 4 Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said it was part of a plan to increase vaccine protection ahead of winter. The rollout of "winter boosters" will begin on April 4, coinciding with the rollout of this year's influenza vaccination program.
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