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Major medical groups urge Americans to get COVID vaccine
(HealthDay)—Want to live like you did in the carefree days before the pandemic?
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Study shows young COVID survivors can get reinfected
(HealthDay)—Being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 is not a foolproof shield against reinfection, a small preliminary study warns.
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Pharmacologist offers plan to solve disparities in designing medicine
In a new perspective piece published in the Feb. 5 issue of Science, pharmacologist Namandje Bumpus, Ph.D.—who recently became the first African...
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Studies use mathematics to analyze the semantics of dream reports during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people's behavior everywhere. Fear, apprehensiveness, sadness, anxiety, and other troublesome feelings have...
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Study reveals how air pollution may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease
Tiny particles of air pollution—called fine particulate matter—can have a range of effects on health, and exposure to high levels is a known risk...
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Unusual 2019-2020 flu season linked to more transmissible strain
The 2019-2020 flu season in the U.S. was unusual in a number of ways. Cases picked up in August rather than the more typical fall and early winter...
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Pilot program offers plan for improving mental health care for resident physicians
A pilot program to offer mental health services offered resident physicians at the University of Colorado School of Medicine provides a model for...
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COVID-19 health threat increases psychological distress among Black Americans
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate communities worldwide, Black Americans who face racial discrimination in hospitals and doctor's...
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Best of both worlds: A hybrid method for tracking laparoscopic ultrasound transducers
Laparoscopic surgery, a less invasive alternative to conventional open surgery, involves inserting thin tubes with a tiny camera and surgical...
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Hard-hit Portugal sees drop in virus infections
Portugal, hit by the world's highest per capita COVID-19 death rates and infections in recent weeks, is now seeing a decline in cases, the health...
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No French Covid lockdown for now: PM
The French government said Thursday that it would hold off from imposing a new COVID lockdown, as new infection numbers have stabilised and a...
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Merkel says Germany past 'crest of 2nd wave,' urges patience
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Germany is over the peak of its latest surge in coronavirus cases but she wants to wait for data on the...
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US rushes to catch up in the race to detect mutant viruses
Despite its world-class medical system and its vaunted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. fell behind in the race to detect...
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Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responders into responders
Researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) demonstrate that changing the gut microbiome can transform...
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Human immune cells have natural alarm system against HIV
Treatment for HIV has improved tremendously over the past 30 years; once a death sentence, the disease is now a manageable lifelong condition in...
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Surviving COVID-19 survivor's guilt
COVID-19 has been cruel to Michelle Smith.
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Upstate New York DA's discomfort wasn't jet lag—it was a heart attack
David Soares finished a set of weightlifting during an early morning workout at a friend's home gym in Albany, New York, when he found himself...
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Dutch latest to limit AstraZeneca vaccine to under-65s
The Netherlands on Thursday became the latest European country to limit AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine to people aged under 65, despite the EU...
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Austria sounds alarm over virus variant in Tyrol region
Austria's government said Thursday there was an "acute and serious" situation regarding the South African coronavirus variant in the western Tyrol...
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School gardens linked with kids eating more vegetables
Getting children to eat their vegetables can seem like an insurmountable task, but nutrition researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have...
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New combination therapy offers chance of healing hepatitis B
Around 260 million people, more than three percent of the global population, are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV); in the long...
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Dialysis patients have four-fold greater risk of dying from COVID-19
People undergoing long-term dialysis are almost 4 times more likely to die from COVID-19 and should be prioritized for vaccination, found a new...
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New guidance on how cardiac patients with diabetes can exercise more safely
Cardiac patients who also have diabetes will be able to do their rehabilitation exercises more safely, thanks to the world's first guidance on the...
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COVID-19 vaccine safe and effective in animal models
Researchers at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have developed a COVID-19 vaccine that has proven safe and effective in...
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Study shows flu vaccine lessens COVID-19 symptoms in children
Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have discovered that children who receive a seasonal flu shot are less likely to...