Health

Severe undercoverage of COVID-19 cases in the United States, in other countries estimated via the model

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[ad_1] Chart illustrating the adjusted underreporting of new daily cases Credit: Images by Jungsik Noh via GitHub (https://github.com/JungsikNoh/COVID19_Estimated-Size-of-Infectious-Population) (CC-BY 4.0, creativecommons.org/ licenses / by / 4.0 /) A new machine learning framework uses test results and reported death rates to calculate estimates of the actual number of current COVID-19 infections in all 50 U.S. states … Read more

Facebook at BAN claims ‘artificial’ and ‘dangerous’ Covid-19 vaccines as it launches election campaign to promote vaccination

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[ad_1] Facebook is expanding the list of ‘false’ and ‘debunked’ coronavirus and vaccine claims that will justify the platform’s ban, while launching the world’s largest ‘authoritative’ vaccination campaign world. Within the framework of the community standards policy, the posts “Demystified claims” that Covid-19 is “Artificial or manufactured”, or that vaccines are ineffective, unsafe, unsafe or … Read more

Distinction of mental disorders due to differences in gene reading

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[ad_1] Press release Monday, February 8, 2021 NIH researchers “dive deep” into the brain’s transcriptome. A new study suggests that differences in the expression of genetic transcripts – reads copied from DNA that help maintain and build our cells – may hold the key to understanding how mental disorders with shared genetic risk factors cause … Read more

The things that happened when I started it

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[ad_1] I had a poor diet high in processed foods, red meat, and sugar, and low in vegetables and whole grains. Worse yet, I grazed all day, munching rather than sitting down to eat. In July 2019, I made a radical change, cutting out all meat (except fish) and adopting a Mediterranean diet rich in … Read more

Facebook says it will remove all false vaccine claims

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[ad_1] Photo: Samuel corum (Getty Images) For years, anti-vaccine conspiracy theories found a welcome home on Facebook. The social network considered the issue to be free speech and the anti-vaxxer groups it hosted to be about as dangerous as the Flat-Earthers. But now that providing the public with accurate vaccine information is a matter of … Read more

New variants raise concerns about re-infections of COVID-19 virus

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[ad_1] Evidence is mounting that COVID-19 may not protect against new infection with some of the new variants. People can also get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mount a weak defense the first time around, new research suggests. One of the big questions of the pandemic is the duration of … Read more

Global warming triggers pollen earlier

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[ad_1] When Dr Stanley Fineman started out as an allergist in Atlanta, he told patients they should start taking their meds and prepare for the dripping, sneezing onslaught of pollen season around St. Patrick’s Day. That was about 40 years ago. Now he’s telling them to start around Valentine’s Day. In the United States and … Read more

Coronavirus Texas: Pharmacies in the Houston area begin to offer locations for COVID-19 vaccines

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[ad_1] HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – Houstonians actively seeking appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine were surprised to see some availability at local pharmacies. This good news comes even as the COVID-19 variants found in South Africa and the UK are now confirmed in the Greater Houston area. The Houston Department of Health said the two cases … Read more

Most Americans say they will continue to take health precautions after COVID-19 pandemic

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[ad_1] Dr Iahn Gonsenhauser, head of quality and patient safety at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, says that while some restrictions on things like social gatherings can be lifted as We are moving towards recovery, other COVID-19 health precautions like wearing masks are expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Credit: The Ohio State … Read more