All posts by LadyLively

  • Will COVID Pandemic’s Environmental Benefit Last?

    It has been the sole silver lining in the coronavirus pandemic — cleaner air and water on the planet. But will it continue? A new study says that isn’t yet clear. “The pandemic raises two important questions...

    • Posted July 15, 2020
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  • Trump Administration Bypasses CDC on Collection of Coronavirus Hospital Data

    (HealthDay News) As 64,000 new U.S. coronavirus cases were reported Tuesday and states struggled to control the spread of the virus, the Trump Administration stripped the country’s leading public health agency of the ability to collect hospitalization...

    • Posted July 15, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: July 15, 2020

    CDC Will No Longer Receive Hospitals' COVID-19 Data Baby May Have Been Infected With Coronavirus During Pregnancy: Study CDC Has "Toxic Culture" of Racism, Employees Say Squirrel With Bubonic Plague Found in Colorado Town Most U.S. Parents Think Reopening Schools is...

    • Posted July 15, 2020
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  • Global Population Will Peak by Mid-Century, Shifting Economic Power

    The world’s population is shifting, with a new analysis predicting it will peak in 2064 at around 9.7 billion people and fall to 8.8 billion by the end of the century. The United States will have population...

    • Posted July 15, 2020
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  • Lockdown Led to Less Sex, Lower Use of HIV-Preventing Drugs: Survey

    About one-third of people prescribed drugs to prevent HIV stopped taking the medications when they were forced to stay home due to the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey finds. The reason, they said: They weren’t having sex....

    • Posted July 14, 2020
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  • Prisoners Nearly 6 Times More Likely to Get COVID

    The rate of COVID-19 in U.S. prisons is nearly six times higher than in the general population. And the COVID death rate among prisoners is likely tripled, researchers report. “While these numbers are striking, we actually think...

    • Posted July 14, 2020
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  • What If a COVID-19 Vaccine Arrived and Many Americans Said No?

    With several potential COVID-19 vaccines now in clinical trials, U.S. policymakers need to plan for the next hurdle: Ensuring Americans actually get vaccinated. That’s according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security....

    • Posted July 14, 2020
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  • More States Roll Back Reopenings as Coronavirus Cases Climb

    California and Oregon rolled back their reopenings on Monday, two of several states across the country that are struggling to get surging coronavirus case counts under control. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the statewide closure of...

    • Posted July 14, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: July 14, 2020

    Most U.S. Parents Think Reopening Schools is Risky: Survey No COVID-19 Deaths in NYC For First Time in Months Coronavirus Antibodies May Last Just Months: Study Layoffs Cost 5.4 Million Americans Their Health Insurance Shutdown of U.S Economy Saved Up To...

    • Posted July 14, 2020
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  • What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19

    People with sickle cell disease are at increased risk for severe complications from COVID-19, an expert says. “Many patients experience a pain crisis, also known as a vaso-occlusive crisis, early in COVID-19 infection before respiratory symptoms develop,”...

    • Posted July 13, 2020
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