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New York counties gear up to fight a polio outbreak among the unvaccinated Polio is the disease most people thought we had put behind us here in the United States. But earlier this summer, an individual in Rockland County, N.Y., contracted the virus likely from exposure in this country, and ended up paralyzed.
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White House strategy for monkeypox vaccines causing 'chaos out in the field' A Physician Assistant prepares a syringe with the monkeypox vaccine before inoculating a patient. Some public health experts are criticizing the federal vaccination strategy ...
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Americans are highly vaccinated against polio. Here's why it could still spread According to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 92% of children in the United States have received polio inoculations by age 2. But there's a reason why a single case puts health officials on alert.
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Latest statins guidance keeps more conservative approach to preventing first stroke or heart attack (CNN) The US Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday announced its latest guidelines on the use of statins to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. The recommendations are virtually unchanged from prior guidance but are now supported by additional ...
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An illness is killing dogs in Michigan. Here's what to know. Now, officials say they're becoming confident that the mysterious illness is actually a common virus: canine parvovirus, a gastrointestinal condition that typically affects puppies before they've gotten their vaccines.
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Here's Who Needs a Monkeypox Vaccine, and What We Know About It Also called "dose-sparing," intradermal types of injections aren't new to health care. But the change in medical guidance on how the monkeypox vaccine can be administered reflects a shortage of Jynneos that's plagued the vaccine rollout since it began.
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Study: Electric Signals Boost Short-Term Memory Aug. 23, 2022 -- Electrically stimulating the brain improved immediate recall of words in people over 65, a report published in Nature Neuroscience says. The electrical signals were sent to two parts of the brain involved in storing and recalling ...
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Mysterious parvovirus-like illness infecting dogs in Michigan, killing as many as 60 dogs Parvovirus is highly contagious for dogs and is common in Michigan. A vaccine is available, and the virus is not contagious to other animals or people. Otsego County has seen more than 30 deaths from the ...
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How Skipping Breakfast Can Negatively Affect Your Child's Physical and Mental Health Researchers say breakfast provides physical benefits as well as a psychosocial boost for children. · They add that what a child eats for breakfast and where they eat the morning meal can also make a difference.
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Encore: An animal tranquilizer is making street drugs even more dangerous STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A sedative approved only for use in animals is showing up in illegal street drugs. WBUR's Martha Bebinger says Xylazine may be contributing to overdoses and deaths. And we should warn this ...
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Vaccination in patients with kidney failure: lessons from COVID-19 Infection is the second leading cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Adequate humoral (antibody) and cellular (T cell-driven) immunity are required to minimize pathogen entry and promote pathogen clearance to enable infection ...
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Bird flu kills 700 black vultures, closes animal sanctuary Bird flu has killed hundreds of wild vultures at a Georgia sanctuary that houses more than 1,500 other animals. ByThe Associated Press. August 23, 2022, 12:16 PM. 3:42. On Location: August 19, 2022. Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.
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How Long Do COVID Symptoms Last? Here's What to Expect First and Which Ones Might Linger Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said Tuesday that a cough will likely be the symptom that lingers longest, while a fever will be among the first symptoms to fade. Stay ...
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Walking and other leisure activities can greatly reduce dementia risk, study finds "It's exciting for people to hear that there is a choice they can make for their own brain health," Emily Rogalski, Ph.D., associate director of the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer Disease at Northwestern University, told TODAY.
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Certain Painkillers Raise Heart Failure Risk in People With Type 2 Diabetes WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- People with type 2 diabetes might face a substantially increased risk of heart failure if they take ibuprofen or some other type of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), a new Danish study indicates.
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Bird Flu Kills 700 Black Vultures, Closes Animal Sanctuary LOCUST GROVE, Ga. (AP) — Bird flu has killed hundreds of wild black vultures at a Georgia sanctuary that houses more than 1,500 other animals. No other birds at Noah's Ark have ...
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Monkeys could hold the key to a future vaccine for all COVID variants and the original SARS virus It was administered in a two-dose series to rhesus macaques—a type of "old world" monkey—in hopes of immunizing them against COVID-19, according to an article published earlier this month in Science Translational Medicine.
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Myocarditis Risk Greater After SARS-CoV-2 Infection Than After COVID-19 Vaccination Vaccine-associated myocarditis was largely restricted to men younger than 40 years, according to the new findings.
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Monkeypox vaccine maker and WHO ink Latin America deal The Danish maker of the only authorised monkeypox vaccine said Wednesday it had signed a deal with the World Health Organization (WHO) to facilitate distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean. "Deliveries of the vaccines are expected to begin in ...
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Type 2 diabetes in kids spiked during COVID pandemic As reported in the Journal of Pediatrics, the investigators note it is unclear whether the virus infection itself was a factor in the rise, and point to the switch to virtual learning and shutdown of sports and school activities as "environmental ...
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Most of Durham's monkeypox cases are in Black men. Most getting the vaccine are white. Durham is one of nine North Carolina counties getting direct shipments of the Jynneos vaccine from the federal government. The vaccine is free and can prevent monkeypox, a virus that causes painful rashes and flu-like symptoms and has so far been ...
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Monkeypox cases are increasing across Washington, here's what to know and how to stay safe Muscle aches. ▫ Respiratory symptoms such as a sore throat, cough or nasal congestion. How does monkeypox spread? A person with monkeypox can give it to others from the time ...
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Demand for monkeypox vaccines in Mecklenburg County outpaces supply CHARLOTTE — Thousands of monkeypox vaccines have been used in Mecklenburg County since the outbreak started. However, far fewer have been given out in South Carolina. On Tuesday, Mecklenburg County Health Director Dr. Raynard Washington said since the ...
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State tracking vultures to keep Henry sanctuary bird flu outbreak from growing A day after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed at popular Henry County animal sanctuary Noah's Ark, state and federal authorities were still trying Tuesday to determine the extent of the disease among the property's fowl.
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Regular physical activity tied to lower risk of COVID, poor outcomes At least 150 minutes (2.5 hours) of moderate physical activity—or 75 minutes (1.2 hours) of vigorous exercise—weekly was linked to a lower risk of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, severe illness, and death during periods dominated by the Beta and ...
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Denton's colleges prepare students, campuses for monkeypox Classes at North Central Texas College began Monday, with students at the University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University starting classes on Aug. 29. UNT opened its residence halls over the weekend, and TWU welcomes students to dorms Tuesday and ...
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Artificial Intelligence Model Detects Parkinson's From Breathing Patterns August 24, 2022 - Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that detects the presence and severity of Parkinson's disease (PD) using nocturnal breathing patterns, which occur while a patient is sleeping, according to a study ...
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At least 82 cases of 'tomato flu' have been reported in children in India. This is what experts know so far What do we know about 'tomato flu'? Its symptoms are similar to dengue fever and chikungunya virus, which are common in the area, but it doesn't appear to be them, ...
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Explained: What is tomato flu — and the enterovirus that may be causing the outbreak? Attention was drawn to the condition, which has been intermittently reported from Kerala earlier, after a correspondence was published in the journal Lancet Respiratory Medicine recently. Researchers believe that it is a different clinical presentation of ...
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Tomato Flu not related to SARS-CoV-2, Centre sent advisory to states The advisory further mentioned that although the Tomato Flu virus shows symptoms similar to other viral infections (fever, fatigue, body aches & rashes on the skin); the virus is not at all related to SARS-CoV-2, monkeypox, dengue, and/or chikungunya.
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Vasan: NYC seeing 'pretty steep decline' in monkeypox cases New York City has seen a significant decline in its daily monkeypox case count in recent weeks, but vaccination disparities remain a cause for concern, health officials said Tuesday. The five boroughs' seven-day average case count fell from a peak of ...
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6 people hospitalized with monkeypox in Mecklenburg, county officials say Mecklenburg County's health department has also continued to vaccinate people at high risk of contracting monkeypox — using a new method, called intradermal vaccination, as of last week. The vaccine, called JYNNEOS, can prevent illness ...
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Long COVID: why it's so hard to tell how many people get it Our understanding of why some people face ongoing symptoms after COVID is still poor. And much like the varying nature of long COVID symptoms, the duration and intensity of symptoms differ from person to person. Notably ...
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What are the effects of non-nutritive sweeteners on the human gut microbiome? Dietary strategies for obese and hyperglycemia patients involve the replacement of dietary sugar, which increases weight, with NNS. These strategies presume NNS to be metabolically inert and incapable of eliciting a post-prandial glycemic response. Though ...
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NS reports first monkeypox case in a resident On Aug. 18, health organizations including the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia, Community-Based Research Centre and Sexual Health Nova Scotia urged the government to take action on addressing monkeypox. The letter was also signed ...
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Monkeypox: New treatment trial launched by Covid researchers The drug, which could help speed up recovery for those infected by monkeypox, is being trialled by a team of scientists at Oxford University after it received £3.7 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
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Cedars-Sinai Doctors Make Advancement in Sudden Cardiac Death Research Genetic testing identifies coronary artery disease patients who are at highest risk for sudden cardiac death. KEY TAKEAWAYS. Typically in sudden cardiac death, there is the sudden onset of erratic electrical activity in the heart that decreases the ...
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Myocarditis risk significantly higher after COVID-19 infection vs. after a COVID-19 vaccine Date: August 22, 2022; Source: American Heart Association; Summary: Among almost 43 million people in England who received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, the risk of myocarditis was substantially higher in the four weeks after COVID-19 infection ...
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Study finds cure for food allergies, but nobody wants to take it Researchers found lab tests on a bacterial compound called butyrate showed promise against allergic reactions. The compound works by helping to grow good gut bacteria and restoring the gut's protective barrier, ...
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A Systematic Review of Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 This review offers a critical assessment of the acute and long-term neurological effects of the COVID-19 virus. Some neurological problems include headache, dizziness, myalgia/fatigue, meningitis, ischemic/hemorrhagic stroke, and myelitis.
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Students moving into college dorms as Monkeypox cases climb NORFOLK, Va. - College students are moving back to campus, but now with a new virus to worry about, Monkeypox. "We're very excited to come back to campus," said Jalynn Gray, a rising junior and orientation leader at Old Dominion University.
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Nova Scotia confirms 1st case of monkeypox in a resident The Health Department said in a news release Tuesday the person caught the viral disease while travelling outside the province and developed symptoms once they returned. Public Health said it identified only one low-risk contact.
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Long COVID symptoms that can severely affect your sexual health. Check 2 signs here Three years into the COVID pandemic, though we know much about the coronavirus and its behaviour, there is much still unknown about it including the long-term effects. Some long COVID or post-COVID symptoms are known to be fatal like heart and nerve ...
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Experts predict flu season to be severe, but remains preventable DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Doctors warn this flu season that's right around the corner could be the most severe we've seen in years. Some doctors believe COVID-19 best practices like masking and social distancing have made our immune system less exposed to ...
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West Nile Virus detected in Twin Falls county. Here's how to protect yourself. TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Pest experts from the Twin Falls County Pest Abatement District confirmed mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus in the Magic Valley. The samples were taken Saturday and returned positive Monday. The mosquitoes were pulled from just ...
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Unrelated People Sharing Similar Faces Also Have Similar DNA In a new study, researchers have found that strong facial similarities are associated with shared genetic variants and lifestyle traits. The findings are published in the journal Cell Reports.
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First trial of antiviral monkeypox drug that could speed recovery begins in UK The trial, known as Platinum, will explore whether Tecovirimat – a drug originally developed for smallpox – may reduce the length of time it takes for skin lesions and ulcers to heal.
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At-Home Sensors Can Spot Parkinson's Disease A new study shows that a device that passively monitors breathing during sleep can not only detect Parkinson's, but also track the progression of the disease over time. The researchers used an artificial intelligence tool to sift through mountains of ...
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News Alert: New Confirmed Case of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo "We know that deep mistrust by communities and lack of acceptance has been a significant gap in past responses and efforts to contain Ebola outbreaks in DRC. Community mobilization and engagement are essential to containing the spread of the virus and must ...
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Clinical trial of antiviral to treat monkeypox begin Scientists at the University of Oxford have started a clinical trial of an antiviral drug they're hoping could reduce the length of symptoms for monkeypox. Tecovirimat was first created to treat smallpox, but the same team of researchers behind the ...
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