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Coronavirus Today: Will an Omicron vaccine prevent another winter surge? Not me. And neither are the good folks at the Food and Drug Administration. They're looking to head off another disastrous winter by tweaking the formula for the nation's COVID-19 booster shots.
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As New Variant Surges, Officials Warn More Will Follow Without Global Vax Effort SHAPIRO: Dr. Atul Gawande is head of the U.S. Agency for International Development's global health office. He told NPR right now USAID does not have the funding it needs to bring vaccines, tests and treatments to countries that need them.
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Genetically modified pig heart transplanted into deceased recipient, researchers say (CNN) A surgical team transplanted a heart from a genetically modified pig into a deceased human as part of a research study, researchers with NYU Langone Health announced Tuesday. The procedure was the first of its kind and represents an advance in ...
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Latest organ transplant milestone: Pig hearts to brain-dead patients Doctors at NYU Langone Health have taken another step toward making pig organs available for transplant, by successfully implanting pig hearts into two newly deceased people. Brain-dead patients can be used to gather information not safely collected on ...
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Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Genetically altered pig hearts could soon become a viable transplantation alternative for people with life-threatening heart disease, new experiments show.
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Hospital safety was on the right track before COVID-19, AHRQ reports Safety and quality initiatives by health systems reduced adverse events involving infections, medications or surgeries among patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia and major surgical procedures between 2010 and 2019, ...
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Chicago health officials urge vigilance with prevalence of highly contagious coronavirus variants CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago health officials are urging vigilance among residents even as the city's COVID-19 case rate continues to be stable and hospitalization rates remain low. They cited the prevalence of the highly contagious BA.5 subvariant in a ...
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Newly Recognized Dementia Called LATE May Hit 40 Percent of Older People Like amyloid and tau, TDP-43 aggregates into clumps that wreak havoc on the brain, leading to cognitive impairment in a condition known as limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, or LATE.
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Long COVID Patients Turn to 'Blood Washing' Procedure Haroon said that the kinds of experimental treatments that long COVID patients are seeking at private clinics offering apheresis and anti-clotting drugs should only happen in the context of a clinical trial. However, Beate Jaeger ...
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Drinking Alone as a Teen May Foreshadow Future Alcohol Problems New research finds adolescents who drink alone are at much higher risk of developing alcohol use disorder in adulthood. Female teens are at even greater risk. The study looked at 4,000 individuals. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have found ...
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First monkeypox case in Contra Costa confirmed as COVID infections rise "We've seen a significant rise in transmission of COVD-19; this is due to the new variants BA.4 and BA.5, much more contagious variants," county health director Anna Roth told the board.
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Agencies weigh 2nd COVID booster for more people; admin urges shots for those over 50 Scientists at the nation's top health agencies are looking into expanding vaccine eligibility so that more Americans can get a second booster shot during the latest COVID-19 wave, White House officials said on Tuesday. "I know that the [Food and Drug ...
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Monkeypox vaccine appointments remain very difficult to get in New York City It was welcome news for concerned people who think they may have been exposed. But as CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reported, they're still not easy to find. Waiting in line at Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic ...
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Long COVID patients are seeking experimental 'blood washing' treatment abroad, investigation finds Patients are traveling to private clinics in Cyprus, Germany and Switzerland for apheresis—a blood filtering treatment normally used for patients with lipid disorders that have not responded to drugs—and anti-clotting therapy.
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COVID in California: White House urges renewed caution amid BA.5 surge COVID-19 vaccine uptake among babies and toddlers in the Bay Area appears to be far outpacing statewide and national rates of 2.4% and 1.5%, respectively, according to early figures provided by several local health departments.
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NYC Out of Monkeypox Vaccine Again as Pressure Grows on Biden to Act New York City's monkeypox outbreak continues to grow, and the city is once again out of vaccine appointments - raising questions about how much worse things could get in the coming weeks. Cases are now doubling here ...
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Speaker: 'We don't have much time' to stem impacts of climate change on allergy, asthma Although genetic factors may predispose people to atopic diseases, Nadeau said, environmental factors can trigger or exacerbate those risks. For example, she noted, climate change can impact the immune system of those people born with defective skin ...
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Drinking alone in young adulthood linked with alcohol problems later in life Drinking alone in adolescence and young adulthood may be a "red flag" for alcohol problems later in life, especially for women, a new study has found. Girls who drank alone were at particular risk of developing symptoms of alcohol abuse, dependence and ...
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Study identifies kids with cancer at risk of developing lethal infections New research published in Clinical & Translational Immunology has identified the child cancer patients at greatest risk of developing life-threatening infections, a crucial step towards the development of an early diagnostic test.
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Highly vulnerable to monkeypox, San Francisco is 'literally begging' feds for vaccine San Francisco's LGBTQ community, led by a city supervisor, is calling on the federal government to greatly step up distribution of vaccines against monkeypox, a highly infectious virus now spreading mostly through male-to-male sex.
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Free monkeypox vaccine offered at Pride Center in Wilton Manors MIAMI - More monkeypox cases are continuing to pop up in South Florida. We're seeing the majority of them in Broward County and to get ahead of the problem, the Pride Center in Wilton Manors is offering free monkeypox vaccines.
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Mayor Adams presses top Biden aides on monkeypox vaccine 'supply constraints' as NYC runs out of doses — again In a statement Wednesday morning, Adams said he and his health commissioner, Dr. Ashwin Vasan, pleaded for more help in the call with Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle ...
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NYC Monkeypox Vax Site Crashes Minutes After City Opens More Appointments The city's Health Department announced at 1 p.m. via Twitter that a limited amount of monkeypox vaccine appointments were available at clinics in Central Harlem, Chelsea and Corona. But when those looking to book an appointment clicked on the link the city ...
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COVID-19 Boosters Protective Against Infection, Severe Disease in People With SLE People with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who get a booster dose of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine have a significantly lower risk of breakthrough COVID-19 infections, according to a new report published in The Lancet Rheumatology.
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Study Shows Flies, Cockroaches Do Not Transmit Coronavirus While airborne transmission is the most significant form of transmission, the virus (or at least viral RNA) has been observed on surfaces and can infect domestic dogs and cats as well as humans. But many ...
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What you need to know about monkeypox in states near New Mexico NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The usually rare monkeypox disease continues to spread, and New Mexico just announced the state's first probable case. But our neighbors have had cases for some time. Here's how the situation is playing out in nearby states.
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Honey to heal wounds has a long history A recent review acknowledges that " … honey is used mainly in topical cutaneous wound care because of its potent broad-spectrum antibacterial and wound healing activities" (Drug Resistance Updates, May 2022). These scientists ...
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Could Fasting Diets Lower COVID Severity? By By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A fasting diet might be the ticket to avoiding a COVID-19 hospitalization, a new study suggests.
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Adding Table Salt to Food May Lead to Shorter Life Expectancy, Study Shows The next time you find yourself at the dinner table, you might want to think twice before reaching for the salt shaker. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. A new study found that adding salt to a meal after it was already prepared decreased life ...
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Urgent call for better use of existing vaccines and development of new vaccines to tackle AMR The World Health Organization today released the first-ever report on the pipeline of the vaccines currently in development to prevent infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens. WHO's analysis points to the need to ...
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Monkeypox is now considered 'community spread' in Austin-Travis County The virus can be transmitted by person-to-person contact including: Direct contact with the infectious rash, scabs or body fluids; Respiratory secretions during prolonged, face-to-face ...
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West Nile Virus detected in mosquitos in Longmont The city will begin spraying Longmont neighborhoods after West Nile Virus-positive mosquitoes were caught in three traps.
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COVID-19 Reinfections May Increase the Risk of Serious Health Problems Researchers say COVID-19 reinfections may increase the risk of hospitalization and deaths from the disease. They point out that vaccinations do lower the risks, but there is still the possibility of serious illness with each reinfection.
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San Francisco officials request 35000 monkeypox vaccine doses as supply runs out "Fatigue, body aches, flu-like symptoms, so maybe feeling like you're going to start developing a cold, so that's essentially what starts at the beginning," said Jorge Roman, Clinical Director of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
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DC residents can pre-register for monkeypox vaccine appointments District residents can now pre-register for monkeypox vaccination appointments online, DC Health said Tuesday. According to the agency, individuals who have pre-registered will get an email invitation to make an appointment once they're available.
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SF AIDS Foundation hosts town hall meeting on monkeypox SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – With monkeypox cases rising, San Francisco's LGBTQ community is calling on the federal government for more vaccines. The San Francisco AIDS Foundation, together with the city's Department of Public Health, held a virtual town ...
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Guardians of the oral and nasopharyngeal galaxy: IgA and protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection In early 2020, a global emergency was upon us in the form of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. While horrific in its health, social and economic devastation, one silver lining to this crisis has been a rapid mobilization of ...
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New York City's monkeypox vaccine website crashes due to sky-high demand All available monkeypox vaccine appointment slots have been booked. Due to overwhelming traffic, as soon as appointments went online this afternoon, the site delivered error messages for many people who were unable to make appointments.
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NYC's monkeypox vaccine website crashes (again) during launch, leaving many without appointments At 12:55 p.m., Kevin Heard was refreshing the New York City health department's monkeypox website, waiting for a link to the Affiliated Physicians webpage to appear. It would allow him to schedule a vaccine appointment.
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Regular tiny doses of psychedelic mushroom found to improve mood, mental health Taking tiny amounts of psychedelic mushrooms can improve mood and mental health, according to a new study that adds to growing evidence of the therapeutic potential of microdosing. The research, published last month in the journal Scientific Reports, ...
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Omicron's Nasty New Variants and Better Boosters to Battle Them: COVID, Quickly, Episode 34 Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to Covid Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series! Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update on the COVID pandemic. We bring you up to speed on the science behind the most urgent questions about the virus and the ...
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Evolutionary characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, researchers compared the mutations in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant with others to highlight their evolutionary differences. In addition, the authors ...
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Scientists explore antigenic imprinting in SARS-CoV-2 The tendency of the body's immune system to selectively use immunological memory, based on a past infection whenever a variant of a pathogen (for example – a virus or bacteria) is encountered, is referred to as 'antigenic imprinting'.
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Doggybone DNA COVID-19 vaccine can effectively neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants Various types of vaccines that attack different targets have been developed so far against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections. Among these, nucleic acid vaccines like the doggybone DNA vaccines (dbDNA vaccines ) have ...
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JAMA Study: US Hospital Adverse Events Drop Significantly There is great news to share about hospital patient safety nationally over the last decade reports UConn School of Medicine's Dr. Mark Metersky and a collaborative team of researchers in JAMA with the largest medical record-based study ever finding a ...
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Sleep Provides a Major Key to the Mystery of Consciousness Summary: During sleep, the brain analyzes auditory input but is unable to focus on the sound or identify the noise; therefore no conscious awareness of the stimuli occurs. Source: Tel Aviv University. A new discovery from Tel Aviv University may ...
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Can a protein-rich diet help you lose weight? If you're trying to lose weight and doing a lot of exercise, there's definitely going to be some amount of muscle breakdown. So, a high protein diet is advised to decrease muscle breakdown and increase fat breakdown, says Dr Kajal Pandya Yeptho, Chief ...
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Riverside County receives 1000 post-exposure vaccines for monkeypox Riverside County Public Health has received slightly more than 1,000 post-exposure vaccines for monkeypox, which would help protect 500-plus people most at risk of infection, said county spokesperson Jose Arballo Jr. The Jynneos vaccine, approved in ...
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Nipah Vaccine Candidate Gains US NIH Pandemic Preparedness Support The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced yesterday that it launched a phase 1 clinical study evaluating an investigational messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine to prevent infection with the Nipah virus.
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Health Officials Close Iowa Beach After Swimmer Contracts Brain-Eating Amoeba An Iowa lake is closed for swimming after a confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, surfaced. The single-celled living organism can lead to a fatal brain infection known as primary ...
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