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CDC reports first human case of H5 bird flu in the U.S.
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- Ralph Ellis
This is the first case of H5 bird flu in humans in the United States and only the second case in the world....
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COVID-19 again the third-leading cause of U.S. deaths
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- Ralph Ellis
The overall number of COVID deaths in 2021 increased around 20% over 2020, when around 384,000 people died from the virus.
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30% of COVID patients in study developed long COVID
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- Ralph Ellis
Older age and socioeconomic status were not associated with long COVID – a surprise because those characteristics are often linked with severe...
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U.S. life expectancy dropped by 2 years in 2020: Study
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- Ralph Ellis
Peer countries now have a life expectancy that’s 5 years longer than in the United States.
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COVID cases rising in about half of states
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- Ralph Ellis
“If we look more closely at the local level, we find a handful of counties where we are seeing increases in both cases and markers of more severe...
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More than half of U.S. abortions now done with pills: Report
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- Ralph Ellis
In 2017, the last time such a survey was done, 39% of abortions were performed by medication.
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Federal sex education programs linked to decrease in teen pregnancy
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- Ralph Ellis
“This work shows that more wide-reaching sex education programs – those not limited to abstinence – are successful in lowering rates of teen...
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Subvariant may be more dangerous than original Omicron strain
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- Ralph Ellis
While BA.2 spreads faster than BA.1, there’s no evidence the subvariant makes people any sicker.
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Thirty-seven percent of COVID-19 patients lose sense of taste, study says
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- Ralph Ellis
“Reports of taste loss are in fact genuine and distinguishable from smell loss.”
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Omicron death rate higher than during Delta surge
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- Ralph Ellis
“Even if on a per-case basis fewer people develop severe illness and die, when you apply a small percentage to a very large number, you get a...
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Moderna launches clinical trials for HIV vaccine
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- Ralph Ellis
The vaccine is designed to prompt white blood cells to turn into antibodies that can neutralize HIV.
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35% of employers to proceed with vaccine mandate, poll shows
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- Ralph Ellis
“What is more attractive -- to have a mandate or not? Most are not exactly sure what to do.”
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Omicron survives longer on plastic, skin than other COVID variants
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- Ralph Ellis
The study found that the variants had more resistance to ethanol than the original strain of COVID.
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Two studies detail the dangers of COVID in pregnancy
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- Ralph Ellis
Most of the birth problems occurred with first and second trimester infections and occurred even if the pregnant person didn’t have respiratory...
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Lack of high school education vaccine hesitancy predictor
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- Ralph Ellis
“COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is a public health threat.”