Rickie Andersen took a brief break from work in March after she fell ill. Her cough, fever and chills were typical covid-19 symptoms, but coronavirus tests were so scarce she could not obtain one to confirm the diagnosis. After Andersen returned to her job as an information systems project manager in the San Francisco Bay Area, she struggled with profound […]
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When Seattle’s largest health care system got a mandate from Washington state to create a mass COVID-19 vaccination site, organizers knew that gathering enough volunteers would be almost as crucial as the vaccine itself. “We could not do this without volunteers,” said Renee Rassilyer-Bomers, chief quality officer for Swedish Health Services and head of its vaccination site at Seattle University. […]
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Deforestation may cause an initial increase in malaria infections across Southeast Asia before leading to later decreases, a study published today in eLife suggests. The results may help malaria control programs in the region develop better strategies for eliminating malaria infections and educating residents on how to protect themselves from infection. Mosquitos spread the malaria parasite to humans causing infections […]
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Kids born in 2020 are one cohort that comes with a built-in story to tell. Pandemic babies, quarantine cuties, whatever you want to call them, there’s no denying that they made their entrance to the world during what the apocryphal old curse would term “interesting times.” The Bump published a list of the year’s top 100 baby names — or […]
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Every three seconds, a new case of dementia is diagnosed somewhere in the world. The term encompasses a group of neurodegenerative diseases that have no cure and which affect memory, cognitive abilities and behavior, and includes Alzheimer's disease. According to World Health Organization (WHO) data, it is estimated that dementia affects about 50 million people around the world. With increasing […]
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Jennifer Garner is getting candid about how her body has changed after welcoming three children. The Yes Day star, 48, opened up about the transformation on Monday's episode of the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, telling host Giovanna Fletcher that some women's bodies are able to "bounce right back" after having kids, but she's just "not one of them." "There […]
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Dear Healthy Men: A few weeks ago, you did a column on how short men face discrimination when compared to taller men. I’m wondering whether the same kind of thing applies to men who are overweight or obese. Although we all know that we’re not supposed to judge books by their cover, the truth is that the size and shape […]
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If past natural disasters have taught us anything about their effects on pregnant women and developing babies, it is to pay close attention, for the added stress will surely have an impact on them. Amanda Venta, associate professor of psychology at the University of Houston, is sounding that alarm as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic in a newly released […]
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Women are up to four times more likely to report worse side-effects from COVID-19 shot than men The CDC looked at 7,000 reactions reported to the agency’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) between December 2020 and January 2021 Of that total, 5,505 reactions, or 78.7% were in women while 1,408 reactions, or 20.1%, were in men Nearly all reports of […]
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