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	health Daily update ⋅ July 28, 2022
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	The New York Times US to Distribute 800000 Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine The New York Times Easing a shortfall that has plagued the fight against monkeypox for weeks, the Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday that it had cleared nearly 800,000 additional doses of vaccine for use. The Biden administration said it would announce ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Vitamin D Supplements Do Not Lower Risk of Fractures Medscape Taking vitamin D supplements did not significantly reduce the risk of fractures among adults in midlife and older adults, compared with placebo, according to results from an ancillary study of the Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL). Dr Meryl LeBoff. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Testing is crucial to getting monkeypox under control, but there's a 'shocking' lack of demand CNN Mayo Clinic Laboratories, for example, has the capacity to process 1,000 monkeypox samples a week but has received only 45 specimens from doctors since starting monkeypox testing July 11. Another of the labs, Aegis Sciences Corp., can do 5,000 tests per ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN WHO chief advises men who have sex with men to reduce partners to limit exposure to monkeypox CNN (CNN) The vast majority of cases in the growing monkeypox outbreak are among men who have sex with men, according to the World Health Organization. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus advised members of this community Wednesday to limit ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times HIV Infections Remain Persistently High, UN Reports The New York Times Roughly 650,000 people died of AIDS in 2021, about one every minute, according to U.N.AIDS, the organization's program on H.I.V. and AIDS. Progress against the disease has faltered, and global infections have held steady since 2018. Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News How a case of polio appeared in the US and who may be at risk ABC News There is the potential for secondary spread of the polio virus beyond Rockland County, such as if an infected individual traveled to another unvaccinated community, Schaffner acknowledged. "But we're not there yet," he said. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Reduce dementia risk with these food and activity choices CNN (CNN) Eating more natural, unprocessed food, keeping active and having a good social life are all ways you can fight off dementia as you age, according to two new studies published Wednesday in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Potentially Deadly Bacteria Detected in US Soil for First Time The New York Times The bacteria, Burkholderia pseudomallei, was detected in the Gulf Coast region of Southern Mississippi. Exposure to the bacteria can cause melioidosis, a "rare and serious disease," according to the C.D.C.; about one in every 4,600 people exposed are found ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Prehistoric People Drank Animal Milk, Despite Lactose Intolerance U.S. News & World Report By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). WEDNESDAY, July 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have long suspected that humans evolved to tolerate dairy products in order to reap their health benefits. Now a new study refutes that idea. Flag as irrelevant
	CNET Scientists Aim to Fight COVID With Nasal Vaccine WebMD July 27, 2022 -- Scientists seeking to keep ahead of the evolving coronavirus are looking at new strategies, including developing nasal vaccines. The Biden administration held a summit on the future of COVID-19 vaccines, inviting researchers to provide ... Flag as irrelevant
	Healthline Common Viruses May Be Behind Outbreak of Mysterious Hepatitis Cases in Children Healthline Two teams of researchers, from Glasgow and London, found that COVID-19 lockdown restrictions delayed babies' exposure to adenovirus and adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2), preventing them from developing an early immunity to infection. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Taking this popular vitamin won't protect your bones, study finds CNN (CNN) Taking a higher dose of vitamin D to protect your bones isn't necessary if you are a healthy middle-aged or older adult with no existing bone disease or vitamin D deficiency, a new study found. Vitamin D is needed by the body to fully absorb ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Seattle Times US Nears Top Spot in Global Monkeypox Cases WebMD During the weekend, the World Health Organization declared the global monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. The declaration prompts countries to coordinate an international response and investigate prevention measures, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Bacteria that causes rare, serious illness melioidosis is endemic in parts of Mississippi Gulf Coast, CDC says CNN (CNN) The bacteria that causes a rare, serious disease called melioidosis has been detected in water and soil samples in Mississippi, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Burkholderia pseudomallei was found in the Gulf ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Home Exercise for Leg PAD Patients: 'No Pain, No Gain' MedPage Today People with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) needed exercise training to be intense and painful in order to improve their walking, according to a post-hoc analysis of the LITE trial. Home-based walking exercise conferred several benefits ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Ancient DNA Points to Oral Herpes' Beginnings U.S. News & World Report By By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, July 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While the herpes virus that causes lip sores is common today, it has been difficult for scientists to find traces of it among ancient ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times AI Predicts the Shape of Nearly Every Protein Known to Science The New York Times In 2020, an artificial intelligence lab called DeepMind unveiled technology that could predict the shape of proteins — the microscopic mechanisms that drive the behavior of the human body and all other living things. A year later, the lab shared the ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Vitamin D Supplements Won't Help Your Bones, Large Study Finds U.S. News & World Report By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, July 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who take vitamin D supplements to improve their bone health and ward off fractures are just wasting their time and money, a major new study has ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bloomberg What the UK Is Getting Right in the Battle Against Monkeypox Bloomberg The UK government also needs to better publicize where and when vaccines are available, said Greg Owen, lead for pre-exposure prophylaxis at the Terrence Higgins Trust in London. It's particularly a challenge ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape At Least 27M COVID Patients May Have Long-term Loss of Smell, Taste: Study Medscape Researchers found that loss of smell may be long-lasting in 5.6% of patients, and 4.4% may not recover their sense of taste. At 30 days after infection, only 74% of patients reported smell recovery and 79% of patients reported taste recovery. After 180 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Clean House, Healthy Mind? Chores May Lower Dementia Risk Medscape Participating in certain physical and mentally stimulating activities may be protective against dementia, new research suggests. In a large prospective cohort study, individuals who regularly engaged in strenuous exercise had a 35% less risk of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com 66-year-old likely cured of HIV after stem cell transplant Livescience.com After receiving a stem cell transplant, a 66-year-old man may be the fifth person to be cured of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported Wednesday (July 27). The patient, who wishes to remain anonymous, is the oldest person yet to undergo ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC US to release 786000 additional monkeypox vaccine doses as outbreak spreads CNBC Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said the federal government will announce allocations of the 786,000 vaccine doses to local authorities on Thursday. The doses couldn't be released until the Food and Drug Administration cleared them ... Flag as irrelevant
	al.com Back to school 2022: Do Alabama schools require vaccines for students? al.com Alabama state law requires children to be current on vaccinations before enrolling in childcare centers and schools. Required vaccines include diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, Haemophilus influenzae type b, polio and chickenpox. Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today CDC: Bacteria Causing Deadly Disease Found in US Soil for First Time MedPage Today The CDC has detected Burkholderia pseudomallei -- a bacteria that can cause the rare and sometimes deadly melioidosis disease -- in environmental samples along the Gulf Coast region. This marks the first time B. pseudomallei has been found on U.S. soil ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Smoking, vaping increases risk of death from COVID, study finds ABC News People who reported use of tobacco products prior to their hospitalization were 39% more likely to be put on mechanical ventilation than non-smokers. What's more, they were 45% more likely to die. Flag as irrelevant
	Pharmacy Times Study: Lowest Mortality Risk Found Among Adults Who Exceed Current Physical Activity Guidelines Pharmacy Times Adults who exercise 150-600 minutes a week have a significantly reduced risk of overall mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, according to research published in Circulation. This frequency of exercise represents 2 to 4 times the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medical Xpress Study casts more doubt on use of high-dose vitamin D pills Medical Xpress More research suggests it's time to abandon the craze over vitamin D. Taking high doses of "the sunshine vitamin" doesn't reduce the risk of broken bones in generally healthy older Americans, researchers reported Wednesday. Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Prehistoric roots of 'cold sore' virus traced through ancient herpes DNA Phys.Org Ancient genomes from the herpes virus that commonly causes lip sores—and currently infects some 3.7 billion people globally—have been uncovered and sequenced for the first time by an international team of scientists led by the University of Cambridge. Flag as irrelevant
	Prevention.com Who is eligible for the monkeypox vaccine? Prevention.com "The monkeypox outbreak is a rapidly evolving situation," explains Richard Watkins, M.D., an infectious disease physician and professor of medicine at the Northeast Ohio Medical University. "The CDC is probably wary about potential ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hill These lifestyle habits could reduce risk of dementia The Hill For the study, more than 501,000 people with an average age of 56 from a U.K database filled out questionnaires asking how often they participated in various physical activities, household and job-related tasks and mental activities, like social visits ... Flag as irrelevant
	mlive.com Non-opioid pain med prescriptions are on the rise, says UM study mlive.com Prescription rates for non-opioid pain medications have been on the rise in recent years amidst an opioid epidemic, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan. Researchers analyzed insurance data claims from more than 15 million U.S. ... Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net World Hepatitis Day 2022: Why Accelerating the Fight Against Hepatitis Cannot Wait News-Medical.net Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It can cause chronic infection and puts people at high risk of death from cirrhosis and liver cancer. Infection ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Smell, Taste Dysfunction May Persist in 27 Million COVID Cases MedPage Today Long-lasting smell or taste dysfunction may affect about 27 million people globally who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection, a meta-analysis with parametric cure modeling showed. An estimated 5.6% and 4.4% of COVID-19 patients may develop persistent ... Flag as irrelevant
	E&E News Sewage reveals spread of monkeypox virus E&E News Researchers are once again turning to the nation's sewers to track and confirm the spread of a contagious virus — but this time, it's monkeypox. Stanford University researchers have been monitoring wastewater for Covid-19 at 10 treatment plants in ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Early Europeans Could Not Tolerate Milk but Drank It Anyway, Study Finds The New York Times In many ways, humans are weird mammals. And our relationship with milk is especially weird. In every mammalian species, females produce milk to feed their young. The nursing babies digest the milk with the help of an enzyme called lactase, ... Flag as irrelevant
	WTTW News As Chicago Surpasses 300 Monkeypox Cases, Officials Urge Testing WTTW News "(Monkeypox virus) is not a 'gay disease'," said CDPH Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, in a statement. "There's nothing inherent in the biology of the virus that limits it to men who have sex with men. The virus spreads through tight-knit social networks; ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthLeaders Media Monkeypox Vaccine Puts Bavarian Nordic on the Spot HealthLeaders Media As the only biotech with an approved vaccine for monkeypox, can Bavarian keep up with demand? KEY TAKEAWAYS. WHO declares global health emergency for monkeypox outbreak. Vaccine maker Bavarian ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBC.ca New Brunswick is ready to fight monkeypox, says Public Health CBC.ca Province has 140 doses of vaccine, continues to develop guidance, communications, says Dr. Yves Léger. Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon · CBC News · Posted: Jul 28, 2022 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago. A hand holds the monkeypox vaccine and a syringe. Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Scientists uncover and sequence ancient herpes virus genomes that commonly cause lip sores News-Medical.net Latest research suggests that the HSV-1 virus strain behind facial herpes as we know it today arose around five thousand years ago, in the wake of vast Bronze Age migrations into Europe from the Steppe grasslands of Eurasia, and associated population booms ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS News Study: For the longest life, exercise more than the recommended CBS News A longer life may mean scheduling in even more than the recommended amount of weekly exercise, according to a new study. Adults should get 150 to 300 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous physical activity a week, ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian Marburg virus disease: what is it, what are the symptoms and how worried should we be? The Guardian Two people have died in Ghana from the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as Ebola for which no treatment yet exists. It is the first declared outbreak of Marburg virus disease ( ... Flag as irrelevant
	MedPage Today Fractures Not Prevented With Daily Vitamin D MedPage Today Vitamin D supplements flopped for preventing fractures in low-risk adults over the age of 50, according to an ancillary study of the VITAL trial. Over a median 5.3-year follow-up, participants taking 2,000 IU per day of supplemental vitamin D3 did not ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Hindu ICMR invites bids to develop vaccine for monkeypox virus The Hindu The institution has invited an Expression of Interest (EOI), proposing to handover the strain to industry partners for development of indigenous vaccine and diagnostic kits for the disease, said senior Health Ministry officials on Wednesday. Flag as irrelevant
	Science SARS-CoV-2 S2–targeted vaccination elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies Science The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the potential pathogenicity of coronaviruses (CoVs), as well as the gaps in our understanding of immune-mediated protection against this type of infection. Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian UK scientists take 'promising' step towards single Covid and cold vaccine The Guardian Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London have discovered that a specific area of the spike protein of Sars-CoV-2 – the virus that causes Covid-19 – is a good target for a pan-coronavirus jab that could offer protection against all the Covid-19 ... Flag as irrelevant
	WLOX 'Anyone can get Monkeypox': State health officials raise awareness about new virus WLOX JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - State health held a press conference Tuesday to raise awareness about the new Monkeypox virus that's easily transmissible to anyone. "No matter your gender, no matter your sexual orientation, anyone can get Monkeypox," ... Flag as irrelevant
	wreg.com Mississippi health experts address first case of monkeypox reported in state wreg.com Health officials said the specimen was tested at the Mississippi State Department of Health Public Health Laboratory. An investigation to identify persons who may have encountered the patient while they were infectious is ongoing. According to State ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Guardian US to distribute 800000 doses of monkeypox vaccine after weeks of delay The Guardian The announcement comes amid growing criticism that authorities have been too slow in deploying the vaccine, potentially missing the window to contain what could become an entrenched infectious disease. Flag as irrelevant
	The Lancet Expanding community engagement and advocacy in chronic viral hepatitis The Lancet The voices of people with viral hepatitis, including those of family members and communities with lived experiences of viral hepatitis, support the development of inclusive, effective, and sustainable health service and policy delivery. Flag as irrelevant

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