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CMS requires nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates
The Biden administration is requiring long-term care and nursing home facilities to report weekly COVID-19 vaccination data for both residents…
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Cleaning up warehouse pollution – Grist
It’s Monday, May 10, and Southern California is cracking down on warehouse pollution. The air pollution agency for more than…
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Industry Voices—Oral surgery’s potential is putting a smile on PE faces
Oral surgery isn’t a prospect that patients usually approach with much enthusiasm. But the specialty is starting to generate excitement…
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Shags under the microscope in new study of toxic pollution around Firth of Forth
Scientists from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and the University of York are to investigate the effects…
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HHS officials tells Congress COVID-19 booster vaccine shot could be needed
A booster shot of COVID-19 vaccination could be needed to help protect Americans from the virus, a top Biden administration…
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Air Pollution From Raising Livestock Accounts for Most of the 16,000 US Deaths Each Year Tied to Food Production, Study Finds – Inside Climate News
Food production, primarily the raising of livestock, causes poor air quality that is responsible for about 16,000 deaths a year…
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Scientists discover how to trick cancer cells to consume toxic drugs: Research could open the doors for a Trojan horse in cancer therapy
New research led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) points to a promising strategy to boost tumors’ intake…
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COVID-19 outbreak at Smithfield Foods meatpacking plant in Missouri likely larger than originally known, OSHA documents say – Investigate Midwest
The COVID-19 outbreak at Smithfield Foods’ Milan, Missouri, plant — the focus of a worker safety lawsuit that garnered national…
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Why is COVID-19 so hard to treat? Growing evidence points to unique infectious profile
A comprehensive review into what we know about COVID-19 and the way it functions suggests the virus has a unique…
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Probing the lack of solar training opportunities in some of L.A.’s historically Black neighborhoods
More than 230,000 Americans work in the solar industry. In California, the country’s solar capital, it’s close to 70,000. But…
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Mild COVID-19 infection is very unlikely to cause lasting heart damage, study finds: Researchers provide reassuring findings to the majority who have had COVID-19
Mild Covid-19 infection is very unlikely to cause lasting damage to the structure or function of the heart, according to…
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Here’s How to Pick the Right Sex Toy Cleaner
If you spent a lot of time trapped indoors over the last year, you might’ve racked up quite the sex…
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China’s ‘Long-Term Time Bomb’: Falling Births Stunt Population Growth
China’s population is growing at its slowest pace in decades, with a plunge in births and a graying work force…
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Oak Street Health projects strong growth in 2021 despite $64M loss in Q1
Oak Street Health’s revenue jumped 47% to $297 million in the first quarter of 2021 as its patient volumes grew with seven new health…
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How proteins control information processing in the brain
A complicated interaction between different proteins is needed for information to pass from one nerve cell to the next. Researchers…
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10 Creative Ways to Use a Blindfold During Sex
Ah, the blindfold: A popular but still often underrated sex hero. If you want to get a little bit more…
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At last, a malaria vaccine has passed important clinical trials
Every second, seven people somewhere on Earth encounter one of humankind’s most prolific killers: a shape-shifting parasite carried in the…
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Employer groups urge hospitals, ASCs to participate Leapfrog safety surveys
National employer groups are urging hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to participate in the Leapfrog Group’s safety grades. The Health Transformation…
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Controlling cholesterol in microglia alleviates chronic pain, opioid-free
Chemotherapy can induce a painful peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), a chronic condition and common adverse effect for cancer patients undergoing treatment.…
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4 Things You Should Know Before Using a Kegel Trainer
If you’re interested in starting a Kegel practice or are looking for ways to elevate your current pelvic floor therapy…
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We Need to Talk About Spider Conservation • The Revelator
Spiders need our help, and we may need to overcome our biases and fears to make that happen. “The feeling…
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Biofourmis hires key Amazon executive as startup looks to expand into clinical care services
Maulik Majmudar spent the last three years at Amazon helping the retail giant build out its Amazon Halo wearable. Majmudar, a…
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Sex cells in parasites are doing their own thing
Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping sickness produce sex cells. In…
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A coronavirus variant first found in India is now officially a ‘variant of concern,’ the W.H.O. said.
Amid a deepening crisis in India, the World Health Organization announced Monday that it had designated the B.1.617 variant, which…
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A comprehensive map of the SARS-CoV-2 genome: Researchers have determined the virus’ protein-coding gene set and analyzed new mutations’ likelihood of helping the virus adapt
In early 2020, a few months after the Covid-19 pandemic began, scientists were able to sequence the full genome of…
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Cancer-causing benzene continues to flow from PES refinery complex in Philadelphia | StateImpact Pennsylvania
Susan Phillips Susan Phillips tells stories about the consequences of political decisions on people’s every day lives. She…
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32 hospitals in Medicaid non-expansion states sue HHS for low-income patient supplements
Thirty-two hospitals operating in states that did not pass a Medicaid expansion have filed a lawsuit against Health and Human…
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New material to treat wounds can protect against resistant bacteria: First successful implementation of new antibacterial technology
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new material that prevents infections in wounds — a specially…
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“I’m scared of getting sick from the water”
“You can’t go to the faucet to get water to drink,” said Edward Blackhawk. “You can’t cook.” Contaminants aren’t the…
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Recipe: Avocado Tapenade Bruschetta
This tapenade is jumping with flavors and nutrients of just-picked garden tomatoes, good-quality extra virgin olive oil, and intensifying hard-neck…
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New Strep A human challenge model paves the way to test vaccines against the deadly bacteria
Researchers have successfully developed a new Strep A human challenge model, paving the way to test vaccines against the common…
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At least 1m people facing starvation as Madagascar’s drought worsens
Madagascar’s worst drought in 40 years has left more than a million people facing a year of desperate food shortages.…
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Should I Drive a Stroke Patient to the Hospital or Not?
Q: Is driving a stroke patient to the hospital better than waiting for an ambulance? A: While driving a stroke…
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Smartphone breath alcohol testing devices vary widely in accuracy
Alcohol-impaired driving kills 29 people a day and costs $121 billion a year in the U.S. After years of progress…
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Living near fracking wells is linked to higher rate of heart attacks: Study
Living among fracking wells is linked to higher rates of hospitalizations and deaths due to heart attacks, according to a…
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Summer Lovin’: How to Steer Clear of STDs
It’s been a long, long year of COVID-19-imposed restrictions, including sheltering in place and continued social distancing — and for…
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Vegetarians have healthier levels of disease markers than meat-eaters
Vegetarians appear to have a healthier biomarker profile than meat-eaters, and this applies to adults of any age and weight,…
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In letter, lawmakers try to bypass Wolf, ask RGGI administrator to block Pa.’s entrance | StateImpact Pennsylvania
Rachel McDevitt Rachel McDevitt is a reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania at WITF. Rachel joined WITF in 2017 as the…
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How to Talk to Someone About Vaccine Hesitancy
It’s been long-touted that between 70 to 85% of the population will need to be vaccinated for us to reach…
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Small study shows heart damage after COVID-19 uncommon in college athletes
In a small study, researchers found college athletes who contracted COVID-19 rarely had cardiac complications. Most had mild COVID symptoms…
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Riding Herd on Mental Health in Colorado Ranching Country
[Editor’s note: If you or someone you know is in a crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at…
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FEMA has funding to fight homelessness. No one’s taking it.
Two weeks after the United States began its first coronavirus lockdown in March 2020, then-President Donald Trump instructed the Federal…
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Undetected early heart damage raises risk of death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with impaired first-phase ejection fraction were nearly 5 times more likely to die compared to patients with…
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What the Slowing Vaccine Rates Mean for One Rural Montana County
Katheryn Houghton KALISPELL, Mont. — The covid vaccination operation at the Flathead County fairgrounds can dole out 1,000 doses in…
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What We Know About the Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack
That gave them an enormous competitive advantage over the East Coast refineries that imported oil from abroad or by rail…
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TB immune response discovery could significantly reduce disease harm
A pioneering study by UCL scientists has discovered the presence of a harmful inflammatory protein in patients with symptomatic tuberculosis…
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Masks at the Campfire: Summer Camps for Kids With Medical Needs Adapt to Covid
Olivia Klassen’s face lights up when she talks about summer camp. She loves to do the scavenger hunt with her…
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‘Bicycles kind of saved my life.’ Najari Smith spins a community forward.
The Richmond, California, neighborhood where Najari Smith established his bike shop is not wealthy by any traditional measure. But Mr.…
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How will NC spend its opioid settlement money? – NC Health News
The state of North Carolina reached an agreement with its counties about how it would spend potential settlement money coming…
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Reaching your life goals as a single-celled organism
How is it possible to move in the desired direction without a brain or nervous system? Single-celled organisms apparently manage…
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