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Are Your Symptoms From COVID-19 or Seasonal Allergies?
In the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, it might be hard to tell if you’ve come down with COVID-19, spring allergies or a cold, which all have some similar symptoms. Fever and dry cough are common symptoms...
- Posted June 4, 2020
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Kids Breaking Fewer Bones During Pandemic, But More Fractures Happening at Home
There’s been a nearly 60% drop in broken bones among U.S. children during the coronavirus pandemic, but the rate of fractures that occur at home has climbed, a new study finds. The researchers analyzed data on 1,735...
- Posted June 4, 2020
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How to Get Better Sleep While Working at Home
For many, work-at-home orders aimed at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic have had an unintended side effect: sleep loss. “We’ve seen a significant increase in reports of stress-related insomnia in recent months,” said Julio Fernandez-Mendoza of the Penn...
- Posted June 4, 2020
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Pandemic Has Left Nearly 43 Million Americans Without Work
As the U.S. coronavirus case count eclipsed 1.8 million and the death toll passed 107,000 on Thursday, America’s jobless rolls swelled to nearly 43 million. That’s close to one-quarter of the country’s work force. The U.S. Labor...
- Posted June 4, 2020
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No Evidence Marijuana Raises Stroke Risk
Whether pot use increases the risk of stroke has been hotly debated, and now a new study adds to evidence that it doesn’t. “Our observational study looked specifically at recent cannabis use by reviewing drug testing data...
- Posted June 4, 2020
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Health Highlights: June 3, 2020
U.S. Cancer Deaths Dropped Over 20 Years COVID-19 Drug Studies Questioned Coronavirus Pandemic Creates Shortage of Antidepressant Zoloft
- Posted June 3, 2020
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Living Near Oil, Gas Wells Tied to Low Birth Weight Infants
Pregnant women who live near active oil and gas wells may be at risk for having low birth weight infants, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed nearly 3 million births to Californians living within six miles of...
- Posted June 3, 2020
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Dogs Do Want to Rescue Trapped Owners, Experiments Show
Lassie desperately trying to get Timmy out of the well isn’t a myth — your dog really wants to save you, a new study suggests. “It’s a pervasive legend,” said researcher Joshua Van Bourg, a graduate student...
- Posted June 3, 2020
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Case Study Examines What’s Behind Severe Kids’ Illness After COVID-19
Four of the earliest U.S. cases of a rare inflammatory syndrome in kids with COVID-19 are described in a study that offers insight into the condition. The four children — aged 5, 10, 12 and 13 —...
- Posted June 3, 2020
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Many Protests Happening in Cities With High Numbers of New COVID-19 Cases
A new review shows that protests have now unfolded in every one of the 25 U.S. communities with the highest concentrations of new COVID-19 cases, stoking fears of a spike in new infections. The Associated Press analysis...
- Posted June 3, 2020