By BY REBECCA ROBBINS AND CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3E5iiI1
Tuesday 30 November 2021
An F.D.A. panel endorses Merck’s Covid pill for high-risk adults.
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South African Company Nears License to Sell J. & J. Covid Shot Across Africa
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Long-Haul COVID Can Include Chronic Fatigue
Nearly half of the post-COVID patients studied showed symptoms associated with chronic fatigue.
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Fauci: Omicron ‘Very Different From Other Variants’
Fauci, speaking at a White House COVID-19 briefing, said there’s a “very unusual constellation of changes” across the COVID-19 genome that indicates it is unlike any variant we have seen so far.
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South African Company Nears License to Sell J. & J. Covid Shot Across Africa
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Pandemic Lockdowns, Cleaner Air Tied to Fewer Heart Attacks
When skies were blue and air pollution was reduced during stay-at-home lockdowns at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were fewer severe heart attacks in the United States, a new study suggests.
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Wearable Fitness Trackers Could Detect COVID Before You Do
Scientists designed an algorithm that detected four out of five infections in a new study.
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Moderna Warns of ‘Material Drop’ in Vaccine Efficacy Against Omicron
The Moderna CEO says existing COVID-19 vaccines will likely be less effective against the new Omicron variant.
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Postpartum Depression Can Harm Women's Finances
Difficulties include trouble meeting medical costs, having utilities shut off, inability to pay bills and even eviction and homelessness.
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Omicron: What Is Known — and Still Unknown
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Pfizer Plans to Seek Booster Approval for 16- and 17-Year-Olds
Pfizer and BioNTech plan to apply for FDA authorization this week for a booster COVID-19 vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds.
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A Pandemic Page-Turner
Talking about dread diseases might not be your idea of fun holiday conversation, but Lydia Kang, MD, co-author of Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World’s Worst Diseases, thinks it should be.
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Regeneron says its antibody treatment may not be as effective against Omicron, but testing is underway.
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Federal Judge Blocks Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate
A federal judge has ruled that the Biden administration cannot enforce a rule requiring virtually all health care workers in 10 states to become vaccinated against COVID-19.
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A panel of F.D.A. advisers is set to discuss Merck’s Covid pill.
By BY REBECCA ROBBINS AND CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3lnhk2t
Counterfeit Covid Masks Are Still Sold Everywhere, Despite Misleading Claims
By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3o6e1i4
Monday 29 November 2021
What We Know – and Don’t -- About the Omicron COVID Variant
Health experts break down what we know -- and don’t yet know -- about the newly-discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant.
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Merck’s COVID-19 Pill May Be Less Effective Than First Hoped
According to an analysis by scientists at the FDA, the experimental pill cut the risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19 by about 30% compared to a placebo.
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The C.D.C. strengthened its booster recommendations as worries mount over the Omicron variant.
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Omicron carries scary mutations. That doesn’t mean they work well together.
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Some Meds You Take May Increase Your Blood Pressure
Trying to manage hypertension? Taking drugs for other conditions might make your blood pressure worse.
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Biden: New COVID Variant ‘Cause for Concern,’ Not Panic
President Joe Biden said Monday available vaccines are expected to provide some protection against the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, and federal health officials are working to gather more information on its potency before the first cases are detected in the United States.
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Mindset Strategies for Peripheral Arterial Disease
Years after he quit smoking, Jim Stocker woke up with a "leg attack." Here’s how he walked through pain and misdiagnosis to get on better footing with peripheral arterial disease.
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Omicron Updates From Around the World
The latest news on the new Omicron coronavirus variant, which has been detected in several countries in recent days.
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Study: We Plan Ahead in Uncertain Social Situations
People tend to plot ahead several moves even when they face an unpredictable opponent and have no hope of controlling the outcome, according to social experiments studying human nature.
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Social Media Tied to Higher Risk of Depression
A new study follows a yearlong look at social media use and onset of depression among nearly 5,400 adults.
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Antiviral Covid Pills Are Coming. Will There Be Enough Tests?
By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3rkQfAD
Antiviral Covid Pills Are Coming. Will There Be Enough Tests?
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Stamping Bar Codes on Cells to Solve Medical Mysteries
By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3o4ouKV
Scientists are studying whether Omicron leads to severe illness.
By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3p2xsaI
Sunday 28 November 2021
Will the Vaccines Stop Omicron? Scientists Are Racing to Find Out.
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Does Omicron cause only mild illness? The jury is still out.
By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3rf2VsO
Saturday 27 November 2021
As Covid Infections Spread, Nursing Homes Lag Behind on the Rollout for Booster Shots
By BY REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/319zDkJ
A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes? For One Man, It Seems to Have Worked.
By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3nYIb6S
Families Cheer, Some Doctors Worry as Nursing Homes Open Doors Wide to Visitors
By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3CXbdb2
Friday 26 November 2021
New Virus Variant Stokes Concern but Vaccines May Still Work
By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3CXNNm7
New COVID Variant of ‘Concern’ Drives U.S. Travel Bans
The World Health Organization on Friday classified a new COVID-19 variant from South Africa as a “variant of concern,” which means it could be more contagious, cause more severe disease and reduce the efficacy of vaccines and treatments.
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Texas Abortion Law Complicates Care for Risky Pregnancies
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Texas Abortion Law Complicates Care for Risky Pregnancies
By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3FQ5o0S
Thursday 25 November 2021
Vaccinations Voluntary for UAW Members
The Big Three automakers and the United Auto Workers say unionized workers will not be required to have COVID-19 vaccinations.
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The Smallest Covid Threats Get Their Shields
By BY JENNIFER STEINHAUER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3l7mX4E
Wednesday 24 November 2021
CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens Played Role in Opioid Crisis
The Ohio case is the first time the retail side of the drug industry has been held accountable in the U.S. opioid crisis
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Poll: 49% of Parents of Kids 5-11 Reject COVID Shot for Them
Among people overall in the WebMD poll, 56% said they were confident or somewhat confident that the vaccine is safe for that age group.
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WHO Warns of 700,000 More COVID-19 Deaths in Europe by March
More than 1.5 million people have already died from COVID-19 in the 53 countries that make up the World Health Organization’s European region. That means the death toll could top 2.2 million by early 2022.
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Abortion Remains Medically Safe for U.S. Women
Data shows that women who receive abortions also do not suffer any enduring mental or physical health problems.
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Tips for Traveling When You Have Peripheral Artery Disease
PAD and travel: How to get around at the airport, in the car, and at hotels.
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Peripheral Artery Disease in the Bedroom
PAD and sex: How peripheral artery disease impacts your sex life and what you can do to reclaim it.
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Coronary Artery Disease: A Champion Swimmer’s Story
After a heart attack revealed that Trip Hedrick had coronary artery disease, the competitive swimmer learned to flow with his new diagnosis.
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Tuesday 23 November 2021
Year’s Second Case of Monkeypox Discovered in Maryland
A Maryland resident who recently returned from Nigeria has monkeypox, the second case of the rare but potentially fatal viral illness found in the United States this year.
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CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Fueled Opioid Crisis, Jury Finds
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