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Health By BY ABBY GOODNOUGH AND CHRISTOPER CAPOZZIELLO from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3szaZlQ via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), your-feed-healthcare, Content Type: Service A day at one mass site in Connecticut shows both the promise and the shortcomings of the approach, which is at the center of President Biden’s plan to bring the pandemic to an end.

Health By BY NOAH WEILAND AND SHARON LAFRANIERE from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3swb4qg via IFTTT Clinical Trials, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization The authorization of a third Covid-19 vaccine will bring millions more doses within days. But health officials worry that some people will see the vaccine as the inferior choice.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3uCNQkb via IFTTT Prisons and Prisoners, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantines, your-feed-science At a federal compound in Connecticut, inmates in precarious health “are like sitting ducks,” one lawyer said.

Health By BY MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2O3Z3cS via IFTTT Hemp, Marijuana, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Law and Legislation, Medical Marijuana, Hashish, Cannabis Foods and Products, Farm Bill (US), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry A once-ignored derivative of hemp has become a hot seller for people looking for a loophole around marijuana laws.

Health By BY MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2PiFhef via IFTTT Hemp, Marijuana, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Law and Legislation, Medical Marijuana, Hashish, Cannabis Foods and Products, Farm Bill (US), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry A once-ignored derivative of hemp has become a hot seller for people looking for a loophole around marijuana laws.

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER AND NOAH WEILAND from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3aXBwTO via IFTTT Clinical Trials, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-science With this last hurdle cleared, formal authorization of the one-dose vaccine is expected on Saturday and distribution within days.

Health By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3ktShsX via IFTTT Protective Clothing and Gear, E-Commerce, Online Advertising, Masks, Vaccination and Immunization Scientists are urging Americans to upgrade their face coverings. But Amazon, Google and Facebook restrict the sale of medical-grade masks. Critics say the rules are outdated.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3pQZkgt via IFTTT Coronavirus Reopenings, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Disease Rates, Shutdowns (Institutional), Vaccination and Immunization, States (US), Deaths (Fatalities), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), your-feed-science Many scientists are expecting another rise in infections. But this time the surge will be blunted by vaccines and, hopefully, widespread caution. By summer, Americans may be looking at a return to normal life.

Health By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3aTISYn via IFTTT internal-essential, Mental Health and Disorders The New York Times would like to hear from parents and adolescents who are dealing with mental health challenges.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3uxA96e via IFTTT your-feed-science, Disease Rates, Vaccination and Immunization, Research, Antibodies, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) The variant contains a mutation thought to help the virus dodge the immune system, scientists said.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3pSfbeo via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Exercise, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Health Clubs Coronavirus cases at fitness centers in Chicago and Honolulu were linked to carelessness about masks and symptoms, federal health officials found.

Health By BY DENISE GRADY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2ZLQcPk via IFTTT internal-essential

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER, NOAH WEILAND AND SHARON LAFRANIERE from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2O1HYzW via IFTTT Clinical Trials, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare F.D.A. studies show the shot strongly protects against severe illness and may reduce spread of the virus. But the drugmaker has fallen short of initial production goals.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2ZNW0YY via IFTTT your-feed-science, Black People, Children and Childhood, Hispanic-Americans, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) A large study found that young people hospitalized with acute Covid-19 infection have symptoms and characteristics that differ from those with a Covid-linked inflammatory syndrome.

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3bBz846 via IFTTT Research, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Genetics and Heredity, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare Two studies confirm that a new coronavirus mutant in California is more contagious, although the scale of its threat is unclear.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3kfRvzE via IFTTT your-feed-science, Diabetes, Tests (Medical), Elderly, Obesity, Diet and Nutrition, your-feed-health A new study indicates that the condition might be less of a worry than once believed.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3pQFstW via IFTTT Sickle Cell Anemia, Leukemia, Bone Marrow, Genetic Engineering, Clinical Trials, DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Two patients in a gene therapy study developed cancer years after treatment. It is not clear whether the therapy was responsible.

Health By BY NOAH WEILAND, KATIE THOMAS AND CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3qJkoXu via IFTTT Clinical Trials, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare The agency’s new guidance will speed the development of vaccines that protect against more contagious variants of the coronavirus.

Health By BY SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3bgxSmM via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Appointments and Executive Changes, Research, Vaccination and Immunization, Cancer, your-feed-healthcare Two leading contenders generate wider debate about the leadership needed to restore morale and scientific integrity to an agency battered by the politicized Trump administration.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3aynKH5 via IFTTT Knees, Clinical Trials, Osteoarthritis, Exercise, Muscles Millions of patients with knee osteoarthritis are told to exercise. A new study casts doubt on what sort of exercise is helpful.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3uhp2y7 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Research, Antibodies, Immune System, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) New studies show that one shot of a vaccine can greatly amplify antibody levels in those who have recovered from the coronavirus.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/37u3dRT via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Research, Antibodies, Immune System, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) New studies show that one shot of a vaccine can greatly amplify antibody levels in those who have recovered from the coronavirus.

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Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3dpXQas via IFTTT Clinical Trials, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Research, Telemedicine, your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-science After the pandemic forced thousands of trials to shut down, researchers found clever ways to conduct human studies remotely — while reaching more people, quickly and cheaply.

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Health By BY CARL ZIMMER AND NOAH WEILAND from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3jZLrv0 via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), United States Politics and Government, your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-science, Genetics and Heredity, Tests (Medical) Scientists say the new investment will help in the next couple of months, but hope that the stimulus package will provide much more.

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Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/37jH7kY via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Meatpacking Plants and Slaughterhouses, Infections The agency has not fully reckoned with airborne transmission of the coronavirus in settings like hospitals, schools and meatpacking plants, experts said.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3dkMqo3 via IFTTT Clinical Trials, Vaccination and Immunization, Research, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), your-feed-healthcare Immunizing teenagers is a critical part of slowing the pandemic and reaching herd immunity. But enrolling them in clinical trials poses challenges that are very different than wrangling adults.

Health By BY ROBERT D. MCFADDEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2Zjw8Uu via IFTTT Defibrillators, Deaths (Obituaries), Nobel Prizes He created the first effective heart defibrillator and co-founded a physicians group that campaigned against nuclear war, earning a Nobel Peace Prize.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3pjuLQ8 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Hospitals, Children and Childhood, Youth, Heart The condition, which usually emerges several weeks after infection, is still rare, but can be dangerous. “A higher percentage of them are really critically ill,” one doctor said.

Health By BY AMOS ZEEBERG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3qtaYPB via IFTTT your-feed-science, Tests (Medical), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Genetics and Heredity, Malaria, DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid), Mosquitoes, Third World and Developing Countries, your-feed-health From a small lab in Cambodia, Dr. Jessica Manning is on the lookout for emerging diseases.

Health By BY VERONIQUE GREENWOOD from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3jQhflX via IFTTT Tests (Medical), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Viruses, your-feed-healthcare Scientists want to build a weather system for viruses. It would require a big financial investment, plus buy-in from doctors, hospitals and blood banks.

Health By BY VERONIQUE GREENWOOD from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3pqCsE1 via IFTTT Tests (Medical), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Viruses, your-feed-healthcare Scientists want to build a weather system for viruses. It would require a big financial investment, plus buy-in from doctors, hospitals and blood banks.

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3rTZ3La via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Evolution (Biology), Viruses, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare Scientists don’t know yet whether the mutation makes the variants more contagious, but they are concerned that it might.

Health By BY JAMES GORMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3jLoBHt via IFTTT Wildlife Trade and Poaching, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Politics and Government, Bats, Animals, your-feed-healthcare An interview with Peter Daszak, an animal disease specialist, just after his return from an investigative research mission to Wuhan, the site of the original Covid outbreak, and surrounding areas.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI, KATE TAYLOR AND DANA GOLDSTEIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2NmQbyE via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Reopenings, Education (K-12), Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Disease Rates, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Organized Labor, Hygiene and Cleanliness Amid an acrid national controversy, the agency proposed detailed criteria for returning students to classrooms.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3d6FriM via IFTTT your-feed-science, Clinical Trials, Disease Rates, Children and Childhood, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Parenting, Immune System, Research, Teenagers and Adolescence Pfizer and Moderna are testing their vaccines on children 12 and older and hope to have results by the summer.

Health By BY SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3rPYdPd via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicine and Health, your-feed-healthcare For now, the government has been relying on a patchwork of programs that officials say are hampered by limited size and gaps in data collection.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3d1xQBO via IFTTT your-feed-science, Protective Clothing and Gear, Vaccination and Immunization, Filters, Deaths (Fatalities), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Reopenings With the vaccine rollout moving slowly and contagious coronavirus variants spreading, the agency said masks still offered powerful protection — if worn correctly.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3q8qpMU via IFTTT Obesity, Diabetes, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials, Weight In a clinical trial, participants taking semaglutide lost 15 percent of their body weight, on average.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2MW9gI3 via IFTTT Obesity, Diabetes, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials, Weight In a clinical trial, participants taking semaglutide lost 15 percent of their body weight, on average.

Health By BY KATIE THOMAS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3a9rQFn via IFTTT your-feed-science, Clinical Trials, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), your-feed-healthcare After ending its own Covid-19 vaccine trials, the company said that it is actively discussing with governments how to help its competitors make their shots.

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Health By BY REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/371FqIX via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), United States Politics and Government, your-feed-healthcare In the rush to immunize people against Covid, federal and state health officials have overlooked the role of doctors, physicians say.

Health By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3tL0Wvj via IFTTT Workplace Hazards and Violations, Shortages, Protective Clothing and Gear, Masks, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Defense Production Act, Factories and Manufacturing, Government Contracts and Procurement Health workers are still being forced to ration protective masks, but small U.S. manufacturers can’t find buyers, and some are in a danger of going under.

Health By BY REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3rDadDD via IFTTT Health Insurance and Managed Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Law and Legislation, United States Politics and Government, Hospitals Hospitals, doctors, insurers and employers say the Affordable Care Act can help the country achieve universal coverage

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3q6MlYZ via IFTTT your-feed-science, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Antibodies, Immune System, Colds New research casts doubt on the idea that prior infections with garden-variety coronaviruses might shield some people, particularly children, amid the pandemic.

Health By BY ALLYSON WALLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3q3p9L0 via IFTTT Nursing and Nurses, Lighting, Innovation, Start-ups The device, a wearable night light that can minimize disturbances for sleeping patients, is the brainchild of a University of Pennsylvania senior and a neonatal I.C.U. nurse.

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3d49hUK via IFTTT Clinical Trials, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), Research, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare, Antibodies Scientists are working on a shot that could protect against Covid-19, its variants, certain seasonal colds — and the next coronavirus pandemic.