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Jan. 12, 2022 — The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that 10 million more COVID-19 tests will go to schools each month in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus and keep in-person classes going. About 5 million free rapid tests and 5 million free PCR tests will go to schools each month. …
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Jan. 11, 2022 Actress Betty White died from a stroke she had six days before her Dec. 31 death at her home in Los Angeles, the Associated Press reported, citing her death certificate. She was 99. The Los Angeles County death certificate said White had a “cerebrovascular accident,” the medical term for a stroke, on …
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Jan. 11, 2022 Actress Betty White died from a stroke she had six days before her Dec. 31 death at her home in Los Angeles, the Associated Press reported, citing her death certificate. She was 99. The Los Angeles County death certificate said White had a “cerebrovascular accident,” the medical term for a stroke, on …
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Jan. 11, 2022 The Red Cross has declared a national blood crisis and is encouraging the public to donate, saying historically low blood supplies are causing some hospitals to change treatments and cancel surgeries. “In recent weeks, blood centers across the country have reported less than a one-day’s supply of blood of certain critical blood …
Jan. 11, 2022 — A couple of days shy of New Year’s Day, residents in the suburbs of Boulder, CO, met a shocking site: a massive wildfire, something practically unheard of in the past. Fire season used to be an actual season, but with climate change, no more. It’s a year-round occurrence. Ultimately, about 600 …
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Taking a closer look at emotions attached to certain behaviors — like picking up a box of doughnuts when you’re sad or the pleasure derived from mindless eating on the couch — can be uncomfortable. “Most people aren’t prepared to go there,” Ferguson says. “The ones that are prepared to go there …
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Jan. 11, 2022 — Many Americans are familiar with the rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 that involve swabbing the nose. But some new evidence suggests a saliva sample could boost the tests’ accuracy. Experts agree on one thing: If you’re going to test both the nose and throat, swab the throat first. In terms of …
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By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Swapping outthe butter or other artery-clogging fats in your diet for heart-healthy olive oil may add years to your life, researchers say. Folks who consume more than 1/2 a tablespoon of olive oil a day are less likely to die from heart disease, …
COMMENTARY By Susannah Schaefer, executive vice chair, president, and chief executive officer of Smile Train As the global health care community considers how to create health care systems that work for everyone – including the most vulnerable among us – a topic that sparks widespread conversation is health equity. Health equity means everyone having …
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Jan. 10, 2022 In a groundbreaking operation that offers hope to people waiting for organ transplants, the heart of a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a 57-year-old man who had end-stage heart disease. The patient, David Bennett Sr., received the heart on Friday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. In a news …
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Jan. 10, 2022 In a groundbreaking operation that offers hope to people waiting for organ transplants, the heart of a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a 57-year-old man who had end-stage heart disease. The patient, David Bennett Sr., received the heart on Friday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. In a news …
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A meat company is recalling 28,356 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with an E. coli strain known as O157:H7. Source: https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20220110/meat-company-recalls-thousands-of-pounds-of-ground-beef?src=RSS_PUBLIC
