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	health Daily update ⋅ July 19, 2022
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	The New York Times Debate Over Monkeypox Messaging Divides NYC Health Department The New York Times The internal turmoil peaked when the health department issued an advisory last week suggesting that having sex while infected with monkeypox could be made safer if people avoided kissing and covered their sores. Several officials at the agency were ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times 'We Were So Blindsided': What New Parents Should Know About Parechovirus The New York Times The C.D.C. is urging clinicians to consider it as a possible diagnosis for any babies with unexplained fever, seizures or sepsis-like symptoms. After Ronan's death in June, Ms. DeLancy chose to share her ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Monkeypox keeps spreading. Here's what authorities are doing to stop it NPR And once again, New York is bearing the brunt of a virus. Much like the COVID-19 pandemic, the state has become an epicenter for the latest outbreak, with almost 500 cases, characterized by painful, itchy poxes and lesions that can last for up to a month. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN With a sniff or a swallow, new vaccines aim to put the brakes on Covid-19 spread CNN That's helped it get past our firewalls, the immunity created by vaccines or left behind after we recover from an infection. Which is why, well into the third year of the pandemic, we're in the midst of another wave of Covid-19 caused by the most immune- ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Fauci to Retire by End of Biden's First Term WebMD July 18, 2022 – Anthony Fauci, MD, is planning to retire by the end of President Joe Biden's current term in office, the infectious disease expert says. Fauci, Biden's chief medical officer, who has also been director of the National Institute of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post WHO: COVID triples across Europe, hospitalizations double The Washington Post LONDON — The World Health Organization said Tuesday that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally. Hospitalization rates have also doubled, although intensive care ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Residents getting vaccinated against monkeypox as South Florida cases continue to climb CBS News WILTON MANORS – Monkeypox is continuing to spread nationally and across South Florida. "I'm trying to get an early step on this," said Adam Northrop, who received the first part of his two-dose Monkeypox vaccine Monday. "I'm hoping it doesn't become a ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Chicago What is Long COVID and What Are the Symptoms? NBC Chicago According to the CDC, COVID symptoms can appear anywhere from two to 14 days after someone is exposed to the virus. You can end isolation after five full days if you are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication and your other ... Flag as irrelevant
	High Blood Thickness Ups Death Risk; Few Problems With Flu-COVID Shots Together U.S. News & World Report Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 whose blood flows less freely than normal are at higher risk of death from complications, a U.S. study showed. The findings indicate that measurement of blood viscosity, or blood thickness, should be a regular part of ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Blood Viscosity Enters the Equation in COVID Mortality MedPage Today People with thicker blood were less likely to survive hospitalization for COVID-19, according to an observational study. As estimates of whole blood viscosity at different shear rates, estimated high-shear and low-sheer blood viscosity (eHSBV and ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Blood Thickness May Play Role in Risk of COVID Death U.S. News & World Report Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who have higher blood viscosity are at greater risk of dying from COVID-related complications, the researchers found. "This study demonstrates ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post Regular coffee drinkers had lower chance of dying in 7-year period The Washington Post Nutritionists often attribute the benefits of coffee to the abundance of antioxidants in coffee beans, which may help reduce internal inflammation and cell damage and protect against disease. Drinking caffeinated coffee also provides an energy boost and ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Could an Experimental Cancer Drug Help Treat Spinal Injury? HealthDay MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A drug in development as a cancer therapy may also help the body regenerate damaged nerves after spinal injuries, new research suggests. Scientists at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom report ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg Why Marburg Virus Is an Increasing Threat in Africa Bloomberg Marburg virus killed two men in Ghana in June, touching off the West African nation's first confirmed outbreak of the highly virulent disease. From the same family as the Ebola virus, Marburg caused occasional outbreaks and sporadic cases mostly in ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Half of Parents Don't Realize Impact of Screens on Kids' Vision U.S. News & World Report By By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Most parents are overlooking simple steps to protect their kids' eyes from overexposure to electronic screens, ... Flag as irrelevant
	KTVZ Why the Omicron offshoot BA.5 is a big deal KTVZ By Brenda Goodman, CNN. Once again, Covid-19 seems to be everywhere. If you feel caught off-guard, you aren't alone. After the Omicron tidal wave washed over the United States in January and the smaller rise in cases in the spring caused by the BA.2 ... Flag as irrelevant
	WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale With a sniff or a swallow, new vaccines aim to put the brakes on Covid-19 spread WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads, it changes. That's helped it get past our firewalls, the immunity created by vaccines or left behind after we recover from an infection. Which is why, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healio Five commercial labs now performing monkeypox testing in US Healio In June, HHS began shipping orthopoxvirus tests to five commercial laboratory companies — Aegis Science, Labcorp, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Quest Diagnostics and Sonic Healthcare — to increase monkeypox testing capacity and access. As of Monday, they all ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay Blood Thickness May Play Role in Risk of COVID Death HealthDay Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who have higher blood viscosity are at greater risk of dying from COVID-related complications, the researchers found. "This study demonstrates the importance of checking for blood viscosity in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Futurity: Research News Poll: Many parents don't protect their kids' eye health Futurity: Research News Half of parents are unaware that screen time can affect children's eye health, suggest poll results. The poll also indicates outdated beliefs about eye risks among parents, and low use of eye protection, like sunglasses. "Many parents may not be aware ... Flag as irrelevant
	San Francisco Chronicle Monkeypox in San Francisco: Protesters blast federal government for response to 'avoidable' outbreak San Francisco Chronicle Several San Francisco LGBTQ advocacy organizations descended on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' regional office Monday to protest what they said was the federal government's anemic response to the growing monkeypox outbreak and the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Hartford Courant Yale study: Vaccine protection against COVID-19 short-lived, booster shots important Hartford Courant According to the university, the study is the "first to quantify the likelihood of future infection following natural infection or vaccination by the Moderna, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, or Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines.". Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill Daily coffee drinkers have better chance at longer life span: report The Hill Previous research has linked coffee consumption with lower odds of developing type 2 diabetes, depression and other diseases. To better distinguish the health impacts of unsweetened, artificially-sweetened and sugar-sweetened coffee, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Nature.com Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a university outbreak setting and implications for public health planning Nature.com Whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 has occurred at an unprecedented scale, and can be exploited for characterising outbreak risks at the fine-scale needed to inform control strategies. One setting at continued risk of COVID-19 outbreaks are higher ... Flag as irrelevant
	WANE Recent rain increasing mosquito numbers WANE David Fiess, Director of Environmental Services for the Allen County Department of Health, says that floodwater, nuisance mosquitos are high right now, as they tend to thrive a week or so after a heavy rainfall event. They are flying in swarms and ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth Dallas Co. Raises COVID-19 Level, Citing Waning Immunity and the Unvaccinated NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth Dallas Co. Raises COVID-19 Level, Citing Waning Immunity and the Unvaccinated. Health officials say many people have either not received their booster shots or never got the COVID-19 vaccine at all ... Flag as irrelevant
	WPLG Local 10 Mosquito-borne illness advisory issued in Miami-Dade after first local case of dengue this year WPLG Local 10 According to the health department, dengue "is a virus spread through mosquito bites by Aedes mosquitoes which also spread the chikungunya and Zika virus. Most people infected with dengue have mild or no symptoms. Those that do develop symptoms typically ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBC Bay Area SF Officials, LGBTQ Community Demand More Action to Combat Monkeypox Outbreak NBC Bay Area "Almost 90% of the infections in the Bay Area are in San Francisco, and about half of the statewide infections are here in San Francisco," said Senator Scott Weiner, who was joined by local health officials, Mayor London Breed and other community leaders ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness waned as omicron mutated, CDC finds Becker's Hospital Review To determine efficacy, the researchers evaluated emergency care visits and hospitalization rates among those with Pfizer and Moderna's two-dose vaccines and subsequent booster shots. Boosters helped bridge the gap but still shrunk in efficacy over ... Flag as irrelevant
	Ghana Business News Marburg virus outbreak in Ghana kills 2 Deseret News Marburg itself is a highly infectious, viral, hemorrhagic fever — a zoonotic disease that shares many similarities to the Ebola virus. The virus originated in fruit bats, can infect primates and spreads between humans through direct contact to bodily ... Flag as irrelevant
	WMUR Manchester Massachusetts opens 11 monkeypox vaccination sites, including a few near New Hampshire border WMUR Manchester As the U.S. tries to manage the current monkeypox outbreak, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced 11 sites around the Bay State offering a vaccine. The closest location to New Hampshire is in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Flag as irrelevant
	Duke Chronicle Oral COVID vaccine shows promising immune response in Duke study Duke Chronicle Langel's work studied the vaccine with hamsters in conditions that mimicked human exposures, showing that the vaccine has the ability to boost mucosal immunity to protect individuals from infection and limit airborne transmission within a community. The ... Flag as irrelevant
	EurekAlert Did gonorrhea give us grandparents? EurekAlert Did gonorrhea give us grandparents? UC San Diego researchers track evolution of gene variant that supports cognitive health in older humans, but may have first emerged to protect against bacteria. Peer-Reviewed Publication. Flag as irrelevant
	UCHealth Is the BA.5 COVID-19 subvariant super contagious? UCHealth BA.5 is a subvariant of omicron, the variant that has out-competed other versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. That's the virus that causes COVID-19. The original virus has evolved over time, which is typical of viruses. Flag as irrelevant
	Nature.com Longitudinal phenotypic aging metrics in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging Nature.com In the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA), we collected longitudinally across the adult age range a comprehensive list of phenotypes within four domains (body composition, energetics, homeostatic mechanisms and neurodegeneration/neuroplasticity) ... Flag as irrelevant
	MD Magazine Combatting "Skyrocketing" Skin Cancer Rates with UV Safety Measures MD Magazine If you're interested in the benefits of ultraviolet (UV) safety measures, look no further than Australia, a country which, as Howard Edington, MD, of Alleghany Health Network explained in an interview with HCPLive, struggled with high skin cancer rates ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Many parents overlook simple ways to reduce children's risk of eye injuries News-Medical.net Some experts have pointed to the combination of increased screen time and less time outdoors as factors that may put children at higher risk for developing myopia, or nearsightedness, which can lead to serious eye problems in the future. Flag as irrelevant
	San Francisco Chronicle Listen: Why LGBTQ protestors say monkeypox is a "public health failure" San Francisco Chronicle Members of the LGBTQ community say the inattention is reminiscent of another public health crisis: the HIV/AIDs crisis of the 1980's. On this episode of Fifth & Mission, San Francisco AIDS Foundation CEO Dr ... Flag as irrelevant
	Neuroscience News Verbal Insults Trigger a 'Mini Slap to the Face' Neuroscience News Summary: EEG and skin conductance studies reveal verbal insults elicit strong P2 effects in brain waves, increasing sensitivity in the brain to negative words. Verbal insults trigger a cascade of consecutive and overlapping processing effects, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pharmacy Practice News Led by New Omicron Variants, COVID-19 Rising Again Pharmacy Practice News By Marie Rosenthal. The Department of Health and Human Services extended the public emergency declaration to October as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are on the rise. As of July 13, 2022, the seven-day average of daily new cases (124,048) ... Flag as irrelevant
	Ghana Business News What is Marburg? Behind the virus causing an outbreak in Ghana. The Daily Briefing Marburg virus, a rare but serious infectious disease, was recently detected in the West African country of Ghana for the first time, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has been quick to act against the outbreak since "without immediate and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Daily Local News 25 million kids missed routine vaccinations because of COVID Daily Local News GENEVA (AP) — About 25 million children worldwide have missed out on routine immunizations against common diseases like diptheria, largely because the coronavirus pandemic disrupted regular health services or triggered misinformation about vaccines, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Florida Phoenix Monkeypox outbreak: Cases climb to 180 in FL; federal health officials expand testing through labs Florida Phoenix The federal government on Monday expanded testing capacity for the monkeypox virus through another large commercial laboratory, as Florida cases of the rare disease that can cause a characteristic rash and other symptoms continue to increase. Flag as irrelevant
	Study Finds Verbal insults hit our brains like a 'mini slap in the face' Study Finds Study authors in the Netherlands wanted to examine the unique connection between emotion and language. They studied 79 women using electroencephalography (EEG) and skin conductance recordings to measure how the brain responds to three different kinds of ... Flag as irrelevant
	ThePrint French lab scientists couldn't make bat virus mutate to become like SARS-CoV-2. Why it matters ThePrint Scientists at Pasteur Institute in France conducted experiments with bat virus similar to SARS-CoV-2 & tried to spur evolution of a mutation that could cause it to adapt to human cells. Flag as irrelevant
	Today.com Missouri resident dies after contracting 'brain-eating amoeba' in Iowa lake Today.com A Missouri resident has died after being infected with a so-called "brain-eating amoeba" after swimming in the Lake of Three Fires in southern Iowa, health officials said. The swimmer was exposed to a single-celled organism called Naegleria fowleri, ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Decline in mental health during pregnancy throughout the COVID-19 lockdown period News-Medical.net Several researchers have reported significant stress accompanying the lockdown restriction imposed on large populations to hinder the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), during the first year of the coronavirus ... Flag as irrelevant
	Marshalltown Times Republican DNR weighs options for brain-eating amoeba Marshalltown Times Republican State officials are considering whether to test more lakes, put up warning signs and launch a public-awareness campaign after a Missouri resident who swam at a southern Iowa lake recently died after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba. Flag as irrelevant
	The Record North Shore West Nile mosquitoes found in Glencoe — a regular sign of summer. Abatement district offers advice The Record North Shore The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District is reminding residents to remain vigilant after recently collected mosquitos tested positive for West Nile virus in Glencoe and Northbrook. Mosquito traps collected on July 11 in the communities tested ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net How effective is the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines in the elderly and long-term care residents? News-Medical.net In a recent study published in the Lancet Regional Health – Europe, researchers evaluated the efficacy of the fourth dose of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine in residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Study: Effectiveness of a fourth ... Flag as irrelevant

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