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CDC reports first human case of H5 bird flu in the U.S.

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: May 2, 2022

This is the first case of H5 bird flu in humans in the United States and only the second case in the world.

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COVID-19 again the third-leading cause of U.S. deaths

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: April 25, 2022

The overall number of COVID deaths in 2021 increased around 20% over 2020, when around 384,000 people died from the virus.

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30% of COVID patients in study developed long COVID

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: April 21, 2022

Older age and socioeconomic status were not associated with long COVID – a surprise because those characteristics are often linked with severe illn...

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U.S. life expectancy dropped by 2 years in 2020: Study

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: April 15, 2022

Peer countries now have a life expectancy that’s 5 years longer than in the United States.

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COVID cases rising in about half of states

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: April 11, 2022

“If we look more closely at the local level, we find a handful of counties where we are seeing increases in both cases and markers of more severe d...

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More than half of U.S. abortions now done with pills: Report

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: February 25, 2022

In 2017, the last time such a survey was done, 39% of abortions were performed by medication.

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Federal sex education programs linked to decrease in teen pregnancy

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: February 23, 2022

“This work shows that more wide-reaching sex education programs – those not limited to abstinence – are successful in lowering rates of teen births...

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Subvariant may be more dangerous than original Omicron strain

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: February 22, 2022

While BA.2 spreads faster than BA.1, there’s no evidence the subvariant makes people any sicker.

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Thirty-seven percent of COVID-19 patients lose sense of taste, study says

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: February 17, 2022

“Reports of taste loss are in fact genuine and distinguishable from smell loss.”

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Omicron death rate higher than during Delta surge

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: February 11, 2022

“Even if on a per-case basis fewer people develop severe illness and die, when you apply a small percentage to a very large number, you get a subst...

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Moderna launches clinical trials for HIV vaccine

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: January 31, 2022

The vaccine is designed to prompt white blood cells to turn into antibodies that can neutralize HIV.

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35% of employers to proceed with vaccine mandate, poll shows

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: January 27, 2022

“What is more attractive -- to have a mandate or not? Most are not exactly sure what to do.”

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Omicron survives longer on plastic, skin than other COVID variants

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: January 26, 2022

The study found that the variants had more resistance to ethanol than the original strain of COVID.

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Two studies detail the dangers of COVID in pregnancy

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: January 20, 2022

Most of the birth problems occurred with first and second trimester infections and occurred even if the pregnant person didn’t have respiratory com...

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Lack of high school education vaccine hesitancy predictor

Author:: Ralph Ellis

Publish date: January 10, 2022

“COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is a public health threat.”