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Health By BY AZEEN GHORAYSHI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/341t2Ke via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Research New estimates from researchers at Columbia University suggest that the surge in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant could reach an apex by Jan. 9.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3JtLZWh via IFTTT your-feed-science, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Aduhelm (Drug), Alzheimer's Disease, Elderly, Medicare, your-feed-healthcare Medicare officials are trying to determine whether to cover Aduhelm, which the F.D.A. approved despite unclear evidence that it helps patients.

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER AND AZEEN GHORAYSHI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3sMXe6d via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Animals, Mice, Research, Lungs, Immune System, your-feed-science Compared with earlier variants, Omicron may cause less damage to the lungs, new animal research suggests.

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3sIzTmd via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Clinical Trials, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Research, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Two shots of the vaccine reduced the risk of hospitalization from the fast-spreading variant by 85 percent, a clinical trial found.

Health By BY TOBY BILANOW from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3mJodf3 via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Medicine and Health, Emotions, Psychology and Psychologists Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES AND NOAH WEILAND from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3eA7XZG via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES AND NOAH WEILAND from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3eBEwGA via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Return to Office The contagious new variant has companies and government officials wondering whether Americans can really be considered vaccinated without booster shots.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3qvautr via IFTTT Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantines, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Vaccination and Immunization, Tests (Medical)

Health By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3pD1mnA via IFTTT Children and Childhood, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Hospitals

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3JpA7oh via IFTTT Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantines, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Vaccination and Immunization, Tests (Medical)

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3z7gwEr via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantines, Tests (Medical), Vaccination and Immunization Without rapid testing, some experts fear new U.S. guidelines may mean infected people leave isolation while still contagious. The C.D.C. director said masking was a better option.

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3sDavy7 via IFTTT Coronavirus Delta Variant, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Research, Antibodies, Disease Rates

Health By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3mEcsGY via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Children and Childhood, Hospitals, Vaccination and Immunization More children are being treated for Covid, but a combination of factors, including low vaccination rates, most likely explains the increase.

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3HivbQ7 via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Research, Antibodies, Disease Rates, your-feed-science In the lab, antibodies produced during an Omicron infection protected against Delta. If Omicron dominates in the real world, that could lead to a less dire future.

Health By BY SABRINA IMBLER AND EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/32K6zRd via IFTTT Delta, not Omicron, was the dominant variant in the United States in the week ending Dec. 18, the C.D.C. said.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3EwY5dG via IFTTT Sickle Cell Anemia, Tests (Medical), Discrimination, Genetics and Heredity, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Race and Ethnicity, Blood, Black People, Volunteers and Community Service, Babies and Infants An inexpensive blood test can warn couples if they face one in four odds of having a baby with the disease. No one ever told Lametra Scott and Rickey Buggs about it.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER AND ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3Fz5WZz via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantines, Vaccination and Immunization, Hospitals Hoping to prevent further disruptions to daily life, the C.D.C. reduced the period that certain infected Americans must sequester.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER AND ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3pvJn21 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantines, Vaccination and Immunization, Hospitals Hoping to prevent further disruptions to daily life, the C.D.C. reduced the period that certain infected Americans must sequester.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3pusaX6 via IFTTT Age, Chronological, Women and Girls, Retirement, Poverty, Personal Finances In a troubling picture, American women are looking at a rockier road to secure retirement than their male counterparts.

Health By BY CLAY RISEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3syhsAM via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Medicine and Health, Diet and Nutrition, Exercise He showed that while a healthy lifestyle won’t help us live much longer, it can stave off chronic disease and disability until our final years.

Health By BY AZEEN GHORAYSHI AND REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3erdJwh via IFTTT Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Vaccination and Immunization, Hospitals, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Disease Rates, Quarantines The agency issued revised guidelines as Omicron cases climb and hospitals grapple with worker shortages that have left wards understaffed.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3JfmVSD via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Vaccination and Immunization, RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) A new study found that booster protection against symptomatic Omicron fades within 10 weeks.

Health By BY DEBORAH SCHOCH from NYT Health https://ift.tt/30SIoj0 via IFTTT Anxiety and Stress, Families and Family Life, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Christmas, Psychology and Psychologists Some people are resigned to another season of restrictions and plan to forge ahead with celebrations. Others are trying to overcome a sense of perpetual fear.

Health By BY REBECCA ROBBINS AND CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/32nQ3Xt via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Molnupiravir (Drug), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Paxlovid (Drug) The F.D.A. said the drug should be prescribed mainly when other treatments were “not accessible or clinically appropriate.”

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Health By BY ALYSSA LUKPAT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3mnUfNJ via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Content Type: Service, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Preventive Medicine, RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) With all the uncertainty around the Omicron variant, vaccine guidelines are evolving.

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER AND EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3yPZAlK via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Paxlovid (Drug), Hospitals, Vaccination and Immunization The data offer a rare bit of good news. Still, hospitalizations are likely to increase simply because the variant is so contagious.

Health By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3ySrQ7t via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Nursing Homes, Labor and Jobs, United States Defense and Military Forces, Hospitals, Reserves (Military) In Minnesota, an ambitious initiative is training hundreds of Guard members to become certified nursing assistants and relieve burned out nursing home workers.

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Health By BY REBECCA ROBBINS AND CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3ejwB0u via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Paxlovid (Drug), Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Molnupiravir (Drug), Clinical Trials, your-feed-science The first-of-its-kind treatment, Paxlovid, has been found to be highly protective against severe illness. It could be available within a few days.

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Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT, CARL ZIMMER AND REBECCA ROBBINS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3Fk44DD via IFTTT

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN AND EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3FjEgrf via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Hospitals, Holidays and Special Occasions, Nursing and Nurses Public health experts fear that the highly contagious variant cannot be stopped without harsh measures that the public will no longer tolerate.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN AND EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3FjlArD via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Hospitals, Holidays and Special Occasions, Nursing and Nurses Public health experts fear that the highly contagious variant cannot be stopped without harsh measures that the public will no longer tolerate.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT, CARL ZIMMER AND REBECCA ROBBINS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3FlhWh9 via IFTTT

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT, CARL ZIMMER AND REBECCA ROBBINS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/32c63fc via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Antibodies, Hospitals The single remaining monoclonal antibody therapy effective against the variant is now in short supply in the U.S., imperiling an option that doctors and hospitals have relied on.

Health By BY JOHN ELIGON, ISMAIL ALFA AND KC NWAKALOR from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3mishD1 via IFTTT Sickle Cell Anemia, Tests (Medical), Stroke, Blood, Genetics and Heredity, Deaths (Fatalities), Children and Childhood, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) About 150,000 babies are born each year in Nigeria with sickle cell, a deadly disease. Tens of thousands of them die annually before their fifth birthdays.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3Ejvpoe via IFTTT your-feed-science, Aduhelm (Drug), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Alzheimer's Disease, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), your-feed-healthcare A group of Alzheimer’s experts and health advocates called on the F.D.A. to withdraw its approval of the drug, the latest of several setbacks for the treatment.

Health By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3GZaokC via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) The vaccine will be the fifth to become available in the E.U., which already has ample supplies.

Health By BY CASSANDRA WILLYARD from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3FiIRdw via IFTTT Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Vaccination and Immunization, your-feed-science, your-feed-health Waiting eight weeks or more between doses may boost immunity. But as Omicron slams the United States, waiting also comes with risks.

Health By BY AMY KLEIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3Fg177e via IFTTT In Vitro Fertilization, Tests (Medical), Pregnancy and Childbirth, Infertility, Clinical Trials, Research, Reproduction (Biological) I.V.F. patients are faced with a growing list of costly “add-ons.” For one such test, some say more robust research is needed to support its effectiveness.

Health By BY KAREN BROWN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3qevuEz via IFTTT Mental Health and Disorders, Schizophrenia, Names, Personal, Psychology and Psychologists, Multiple Personalities, Depression (Mental), Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, your-feed-health, your-feed-science Many people with or connected to the mental illness approve of updating the name, a new survey shows. But some experts are not convinced it’s the answer.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3mjue27 via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Antibodies A 50-microgram dose increased antibodies by roughly 37-fold, and a full dose of 100 micrograms was even more powerful, the company said.

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Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3p92K0P via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Preventive Medicine, Immune System, Disease Rates, RNA (Ribonucleic Acid), Research They do seem to offer significant protection against severe illness, but the consequences of rapidly spreading infection worry many public health experts.

Health By BY AMY KLEIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3shQ75I via IFTTT In Vitro Fertilization, Tests (Medical), Pregnancy and Childbirth, Infertility, Clinical Trials, Research, Reproduction (Biological) I.V.F. patients are faced with a growing list of costly “add-ons.” For one such test, some say more robust research is needed to support its effectiveness.

Health By BY REBECCA ROBBINS AND CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/327OT2a via IFTTT Blood Clots, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) The agency’s advisers cited concerns about the increased incidence of a rare but potentially serious blood clotting condition among those who received the company’s shot.

Health By BY NOAH WEILAND AND EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3E4xkNd via IFTTT Tests (Medical), Quarantines, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Education (K-12), Vaccination and Immunization, Parenting, Children and Childhood Two new studies show that unvaccinated children exposed to the virus are safe to stay in school if they remain asymptomatic and get tested twice over the course of a week.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3oYSc4m via IFTTT Suits and Litigation (Civil), Appeals Courts (US), Pain-Relieving Drugs, Opioids and Opiates, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), OxyContin (Drug) The ruling said the company’s owners, members of the Sackler family, could not receive protection from civil lawsuits in return for a $4.5 billion contribution.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3yzXdDF via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, your-feed-health, your-feed-science The variant will spread quickly through the United States, experts say. What happens after that is less certain.