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Health By Christina Jewett and Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/sldGEMN via IFTTT your-feed-healthcare, Drunken and Reckless Driving, Research, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Deaths (Fatalities), Alcohol Abuse, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), internal-storyline-no Spikes of fatalities linked to drinking that began with the Covid pandemic were not an anomaly. An estimated 178,000 people died in 2021 from similar causes.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/AYnbfS0 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Disease Rates, Vaccination and Immunization, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Elderly, Statistics, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials Federal health officials presented data hinting at a link to Guillain-Barré syndrome, but said the connection was still uncertain.

Health By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rD193cH via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Nursing Homes, Shortages, Elder Care, Labor and Jobs, Inspectors General, Protective Clothing and Gear, Vaccination and Immunization, Medicare, Medicaid, your-feed-healthcare Infection control lapses, severe staffing shortages and lowering vaccination rates have continued to plague many facilities beyond the pandemic.

Health By Benjamin Ryan from NYT Health https://ift.tt/IARX2Ph via IFTTT Marijuana, Stroke, Heart, Research, your-feed-healthcare A new study analyzed several years of surveys on increases in marijuana and cannabis consumption.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kGt2wVa via IFTTT Long Covid, Memory, Intelligence and Intelligence Tests (IQ), Chronic Condition (Health), Research, Brain, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Medicine and Health, your-feed-healthcare People with long Covid symptoms scored slightly lower on a cognitive test than people who had recovered. But patients who had recovered scored as well as those who had only short-term Covid symptoms.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/7SGQPMX via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Elderly, Disease Rates, Immune System, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Scientific advisers to the C.D.C. recommended boosters for Americans ages 65 and older.

Health By Benjamin Ryan from NYT Health https://ift.tt/jciPRx6 via IFTTT Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Rates, Birth Control and Family Planning, Condoms, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Medicine and Health, your-feed-healthcare, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sex, internal-storyline-no Some H.I.V. experts worry that the public health focus on prevention medication has accelerated a decline in condom use.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner and Ariana Drehsler from NYT Health https://ift.tt/A4IDBoe via IFTTT your-feed-science, Kawasaki Disease, Heart, Doctors, Children and Childhood, Babies and Infants, Aneurysms, Deaths (Fatalities), your-feed-healthcare For 40 years, Dr. Jane Burns has been working to find the cause of Kawasaki disease, an illness that can lead to aneurysms and heart attacks. Her work has brought together a most unlikely team.

Health By Reed Abelson from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8Co0B1h via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Drugstores, Computer Security, E-Commerce, Hospitals, Cyberattacks and Hackers, your-feed-healthcare For nearly a week, people have been waylaid at pharmacies after a unit of the nation’s largest insurer was shut down by a possible ransomware assault.

Health By Ted Alcorn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/SdiXIYQ via IFTTT Medical Devices, Waste Materials and Disposal, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Recycling of Waste Materials, Insulin, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Plastics, Hypodermic Needles and Syringes, your-feed-healthcare For eco-conscious consumers of personal medical devices, recycling options are limited. Some companies are trying to change that.