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	health Daily update ⋅ June 24, 2022
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	The Washington Post WHO weighs declaring monkeypox a global emergency as European cases surge The Washington Post LONDON — The World Health Organization is weighing whether to declare monkeypox an international emergency — a decision that could come as early as Friday. A declaration could escalate the global response as cases rapidly rise in Britain despite ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Scientists Zero In on Origins of the Monkeypox Outbreak The New York Times Even as cases rise, genetic analysis suggests that the virus has been silently circulating in people since 2018. ... People ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A Monkeypox Vaccine Is Now Available for New Yorkers Who May Be at Risk The New York Times Facing a growing outbreak of the monkeypox virus, New York City health officials expanded access to a monkeypox vaccine on Thursday, offering it to a new group of people who may be at higher risk: men who have had multiple or anonymous male sexual ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN CDC vaccine advisers unanimously vote to recommend Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for people ages 6 through 17 CNN All 15 voting members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted yes on the statements: "A two-dose Moderna COVID-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Typhoid Fever Bacteria Becoming More Resistant to Antibiotics Medscape Bacteria that cause typhoid fever are becoming increasingly resistant to common antibiotics worldwide, a new analysis indicates. Resistant strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S Typhi) — almost all originating in South Asia — have spread ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Polio Detected in UK Sewage, Why Experts are Concerned Healthline Traces of poliovirus have been detected in routine sewage surveillance in the United Kingdom. Health officials say the virus identified is vaccine-derived. The risk to the public is low since most people in the U.K. will be protected through prior ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post COVID vaccines saved 20M lives in 1st year, scientists say The Washington Post The effort, though marred by persisting inequities, prevented deaths on an unimaginable scale, said Oliver Watson of Imperial College London, who led the new modeling study. "Catastrophic would be the first ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Advisers to the CDC recommend Moderna's vaccine for children and teens aged 6 through 17. The New York Times Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday voted unanimously to recommend Moderna's coronavirus vaccine for children and adolescents aged 6 through 17 years. Their endorsement was neither a surprise, nor urgently anticipated ... Flag as irrelevant
	Smithsonian What You Need to Know About the History of Monkeypox Smithsonian Mired in misconception, the poxvirus is endemic in certain African countries but was rarely reported in Europe and the U.S. until recently. Simar Bajaj. June 24, 2022 7:00 a.m.. Colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Meningococcal Disease Outbreak in Florida Expands: CDC WebMD "Getting vaccinated against meningococcal disease is the best way to prevent this serious illness, which can quickly become deadly," Jose Romero, MD, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said in the CDC announcement. Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Black Women and Breast Cancer: Your FAQs Answered Healthline discharge; nipple retraction; redness; swollen lymph nodes under your arms. Metastatic breast cancer is cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Metastasized breast cancer can cause symptoms in different areas of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Lyme Disease Becoming More Common: What to Know Before Hitting the Trail Healthline The disease is transmitted through the bites of ticks carrying bacteria that causes the illness. Symptoms such as muscle aches, fever, headache, chills, and swollen lymph nodes typically appear 3 to 30 days after ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times What's the difference between the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for the youngest kids? Los Angeles Times Monica Lopez, a nurse at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, prepares to administer the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to 3-year-old Callum Diaz-Cheng during the hospital's first round of vaccines approved for children 5 and under. Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Monkeypox Outbreak Strain Has Far More Mutations Than Expected MedPage Today There's also evidence of continued evolution and adaptation during human-to-human transmission that's occurring faster than expected, which may account for its apparently increased transmissibility, João Paulo Gomes, PhD, of Portugal's National Institute ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report CDC Backs Moderna Vaccine for Those Aged 6-17 U.S. News & World Report By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Friday gave her sign-off to approving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for kids ... Flag as irrelevant
	PBS NewsHour WHO considers declaring growing monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency PBS NewsHour LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency. But some experts say the WHO's decision to act only after the disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Outbreak of bacterial illness among gay and bisexual men in Florida has left at least 7 dead ABC News Federal and state health officials are investigating an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida primarily infecting men who identify as gay, bisexual or men who have sex with men. As of Tuesday, at least 24 cases have been confirmed and seven ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post Moderna vaccine on brink of approval for older children The Washington Post Parents are on the brink of having a second option to vaccinate older children after outside advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday unanimously recommended the agency clear Moderna's two-shot coronavirus vaccine for ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Do these allergy 'hacks' actually work? We had experts weigh in. USA TODAY Dr. Tania Elliott, a board-certified internist, allergist and immunologist, says allergies are an abnormal response to something normally occurring in the environment. Symptoms can include itching, swelling and redness, which is why many look for relief. Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times First suspected case of monkeypox in Riverside County reported Los Angeles Times A medical laboratory technician holds a reactive to test suspected monkeypox samples at La Paz Hospital in Madrid on June 6. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images). Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Long COVID Can Hit Kids, Even Babies U.S. News & World Report By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Even babies aren't immune from the effects of long COVID, Danish researchers report. Their study found that about one in three kids aged 14 and younger who ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livemint Lessons from COVID-19 pandemic, impact on breast cancer care Healio Multiple studies have reported substantial reductions in the rate of screening mammography during the pandemic shutdown period in 2020, with screening mammograms falling between 40% to 90% of their usual volume during that period. We presented ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fortune 7 things doctors who treat long COVID want you to know Fortune Hospitals and medical groups have created specialized post-COVID care clinics to treat these "long haulers" and better understand the mysterious illness. Here are seven learnings doctors working in long-COVID clinics want you ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC CDC panel recommends Moderna two-dose Covid vaccine for kids ages 6 to 17 CNBC CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is expected to sign off on the recommendation later Thursday, the final step before pharmacies and doctor's offices can start administering the shots. There is an elevated risk of heart inflammation ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC New York 'I Have Monkeypox:' NYC Actor Shares Top Symptoms, Key Lessons as Cases Mount NBC New York That's what happened in Hickernell's case. He says a sexual partner told him he felt he may have contracted the virus, which comes from the same family of viruses that cause smallpox, but that the partner was struggling to find available testing in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Chicago How Long Are You Protected From COVID After Infection? NBC Chicago The omicron variant has led to a major shift in "natural immunity," with many who had previously been infected susceptible to reinfection with the new version of the virus. Now, as omicron makes up ... Flag as irrelevant
	Baylor College of Medicine News A potentially more effective treatment for HER2 mutant metastatic breast cancer Baylor College of Medicine News Breast cancers with HER2 mutations respond to the drug neratinib, but the responses are variable and often not durable. Looking to better understand the underlying cause of this variation, a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine ... Flag as irrelevant
	Boston.com Variants BA.4 and BA.5 are spreading in New England. Here's what you need to know. Boston.com These omicron subvariants do seem to be more transmissible. The BA.4 and BA.5 variants have led to increased infections in South Africa and several European countries. The Associated Press. Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay CDC Panel Urges Seniors to Get New, More Potent Flu Shot This Fall HealthDay THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory panel on Wednesday voted to recommend that Americans 65 years and older get the new, more potent flu shots because the regular shot does not ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Southern California COVID Hospital Admissions Are Slowing in LA County. Will We Avoid Mask Mandate? NBC Southern California The pace of COVID-19-positive patients being admitted to hospitals in Los Angeles County has begun to slow, pushing back the estimate of when an indoor mask-wearing mandate might be re-imposed, with such a move possibly being averted if admission ... Flag as irrelevant
	Austin American-Statesman After a week reprieve, Travis County back up to medium level on COVID-19 spread Austin American-Statesman The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses key statistics to set the community spread level on a county-by-county basis. It looks at the seven-day transmission rate, which is the number of cases per 100,000 people. Anything above 200 case ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Scientists Zero In on Origins of the Monkeypox Outbreak The New York Times When the first monkeypox cases were identified in early May, European health officials were stumped. The virus was not known to spread easily among people, let alone infect dozens — and soon hundreds — of young men. The origins of the outbreak are now ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today ACIP Backs 'Enhanced' Flu Vaccine for Seniors MedPage Today The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Wednesday unanimously endorsed a group of influenza vaccines thought to provide better protection for older adults, as well as a new pneumococcal vaccine for children, and an additional ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Southern California is now a mosquito zone. Here's how to defend yourself Los Angeles Times The Greater Los Angeles County Vector District says one thing to do to prevent mosquito bites is to apply insect repellent with one of these active ingredients: DEET, picaridin, IR3535 (the trade name for ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate) or oil of lemon ... Flag as irrelevant
	WCNC.com First monkeypox case in North Carolina reported, state health leaders say WCNC.com NCDHHS provided guidance on how to prevent the spread of the virus. No deaths have been attributed to the outbreak thus far. Author: Matthew Ablon (WCNC). Published ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Acupuncture Might Ease Tension Headaches U.S. News & World Report Acupuncture may help prevent tension headaches. Folks with chronic tension headaches who received 20 true acupuncture sessions over two months had fewer headache days than people who received a superficial acupuncture technique, and these improvements ... Flag as irrelevant
	Detroit Free Press Deadly mosquito-borne JCV virus detected in Michigan's Bay County: How to protect yourself Detroit Free Press A deadly mosquito-borne virus has been detected in Bay County, Michigan health officials said Thursday. The Jamestown Canyon virus, which is a virus spread through mosquitoes that have fed on deer or other animals with the virus, was found in a pool of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Newsweek Monkeypox Has Mutated at an Unprecedented Rate with 'Accelerated Evolution' Newsweek Researchers investigating the genetic make-up of the monkeypox virus have said the virus appears to have mutated far, far more than would normally be expected. The work has been outlined in a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine. Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape We Should Vaccinate Gay and Bisexual Men for Monkeypox Now Medscape The United States is underreacting to this outbreak. Given that we have a vaccine available for this infection, we need to move more quickly and forcefully to change its trajectory. A highly effective vaccine (called ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Chicago BA.5 Omicron Subvariant Spreading Quickly, Could Become Dominant Strain of COVID in US: CDC NBC Chicago Those increases paint a troubling picture, as recent studies have suggested that previous coronavirus infections and COVID-19 vaccinations are less effective at preventing infection against the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants. Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Chicago West Nile Virus Reported in 7 Illinois Counties, Chicago Area NBC Chicago "West Nile virus is a serious illness, and we want to remind everyone to protect themselves from mosquito bites at this time of year when so many of us are spending more time outdoors," said IDPH Acting Director Amaal Tokars. Flag as irrelevant
	KTVU San Francisco Health officials warn of monkeypox as summer begins KTVU San Francisco Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties and the City of Berkeley are asking people to protect themselves against the monkeypox virus, which spreads through prolonged skin-to-skin contact and bodily ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Columbian Clark County's COVID-19 cases rise slightly; 7 new deaths push total to 837 The Columbian The rate increased throughout May before trending downward in early June. It began rising again last week. As of Tuesday, 98.7 percent of Clark County hospital beds and 96.3 percent of ICU beds were occupied. Flag as irrelevant
	Honolulu Civil Beat Catherine Toth Fox: How Attitudes Toward Covid Vaccines Have Changed Honolulu Civil Beat The FDA approved vaccines for kids under 5 this week, but the lines may not be long. It seems the trend for getting vaccinated is waning. By Catherine Toth Fox. June 24, 2022 ... Flag as irrelevant
	NDTV UK On Polio Alert: What You Need To Know About The Disease NDTV Poliomyelitis (polio) is a devastating disease that historically has caused paralysis and death around the world. It is caused by polioviruses, small RNA viruses that can damage cells in the nervous system. It is ... Flag as irrelevant
	Wiley Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccines Wiley Immunological memory is the basis of protective immunity provided by vaccines and previous infections. Immunological memory can develop from multiple branches of the adaptive immune system, including CD4 T cells, CD8 T cells, B cells, and long-lasting ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science Antigenic cartography of SARS-CoV-2 reveals that Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 are antigenically distinct Science Here, we used antigenic cartography to quantify and visualize antigenic differences between early SARS-CoV-2 variants (614G, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Zeta, Delta and Mu) using hamster antisera obtained after primary infection. Flag as irrelevant
	KRON4 Bay Area officials warn about monkeypox as summer travel season begins KRON4 SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) –As the summer travel and gathering season gets underway, Bay Area health officials are urging awareness about the threat of monkeypox. The virus is spread through prolonged skin-to-skin contact and body fluids, such as through ... Flag as irrelevant
	mlive.com Free HIV testing available in Grand Rapids next week mlive.com GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Free HIV and STD testing will be available in Grand Rapids next week in honor of National HIV Testing Day, which is Monday, June 27. The Kent County Health Department is partnering with local community organizations to offer free ... Flag as irrelevant
	Dayton Daily News Know your status: Free drive-thru, walk-up HIV testing Monday Dayton Daily News The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) if not treated. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention estimates that 1.2 million people in the U.S. have HIV, and about 13% do not know they have it and ... Flag as irrelevant

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