Coronavirus Cases, Hospitalizations Keep Climbing

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4, 2020 — On the heels of days of staggering coronavirus case counts, more than 90,000 new infections were reported among Americans on Election Day. All of the country’s five highest days of new COVID-19 cases have been recorded since Oct. 29, confirming fears that another surge has taken hold and will only worsen, CNN reported. The nationwide […]

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Physical distancing polices not enough to protect lower-income people

A new Boston University School of Public Health study of the first four months of America’s coronavirus epidemic, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, shows that physical distancing (also called “social distancing”) policies had little effect on lower income people still needing to leave their homes to go to work—but does show them staying home when they could. “If […]

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Coronavirus surges across Midwest strain staffing, intensive care capacity

Fox News Go As the U.S. broke past 100,000 new daily coronavirus cases on Wednesday, some states across the Midwest reported grappling with strained staffing and nearing intensive care capacity, per news reports. Across Minnesota, for instance, state director of infectious disease Kris Ehresmann said 92% of beds in intensive care units (ICUs) were full, per the Duluth News Tribune. Jan […]

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Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people. The mutation “could pose a risk that future (coronavirus) vaccines won’t work the way they should,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told a press conference. […]

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Weight Training Helps Ease Anxiety in Young Adults, Study Finds

A new study has found that lifting weights may help reduce anxiety. According to the study  published in Scientific Reports last month, researchers found that weight training "significantly reduced anxiety symptoms" in the young men and women who participated in the study. Researchers recruited 28 physically healthy young adults who also all scored in a healthy range on anxiety questionnaires. They […]

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Could we see a COVID-19 vaccine before Christmas?

Pharmaceutical corporations Pfizer and BioNTech said that a COVID-19 vaccine is getting closer to being ready for the masses — and it’s a “strongly effective” one, at that. According to CNN, the vaccine that is in the works has the capability to be 90 percent effective. That’s because, of the 43,000 volunteers who received either two doses of the vaccine […]

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Nighttime BP, Circadian Rhythm of BP May Affect Cardiovascular Risk

TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 — Elevated nighttime systolic blood pressure (BP) and a disrupted circadian pattern for BP are associated with an increased risk for certain cardiovascular events, such as heart failure, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in Circulation. Kazuomi Kario, M.D., Ph.D., from the Jichi Medical University School of Medicine in Shimotsuke, Japan, and colleagues conducted […]

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