Thursday, October 29, 2020

Safety For Thanksgiving Dinner

 Is It Safe To Host Thanksgiving Dinner During The COVID-19 Pandemic by Jodi Helmer.  HuffPost.  October 29, 2020.  

5 Lifestyle Changes That May Protect Your Brain From Alzheimer's And Dementia

These Lifestyle Changes May Protect Your Brain From Alzheimer's And Dementia by Corrie Pikul.  Boston Globe.  October 29, 2020.  

Medical Advances And Less Crowded Hospitals Have Lead To Lower Covid Death Rates

Death Rates Have Dropped For Seriously Ill Covid Patients by Roni Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times. October 29, 2020.  

Excess Deaths Raise Total Coronavirus Death Toll To Nearly 300,000 Through Early October

The Pandemic's Real Toll?  300,000 Deaths, And It's Not Just From The Coronavirus by Roni Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times.  October 20, 2020.   

Presidential Elections May Be Bad For Your Health

 Presidential Elections May Be Bad For Your Health by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times.  October 20, 2020.  

Why Have Non-Covid Hospital Admissions Dropped By Half

 Where Have All The Hospital Patients Gone?  by Pauline W. Chen, M.D.  The New York Times.  October 20, 2020.  

Microwaves? Brain Damage? Diplomats' Condition Leads To Dispute With Trump Administration

 U.S. Diplomats And Spies Battle Trump Administration Over Suspected Attacks by Ana Swanson, Edward Wong and Julian E. Barnes.  The New York Times.  October 19, 2020.  

Herd Immunity Theory Draws Fire From Scientists

A Viral Theory Cited By Health Officials Draws Fire From Scientists by Apoorva Mandavilli and Sheryl Gay Stolberg.  The New York Times.  October 23, 2020.   

Thursday, October 22, 2020

W.H.O. Will License Its Covid Material to Wikipedia; Aims To Combat Misinformation

 Wikipedia and W.H.O. Join To Combat Covid Misinformation by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  October 22, 2020.  

The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years Of Potential Life In The U.S., Study Finds

The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years Of Potential Life In The U.S., Study Finds by Katherine J. Wu.  The New York Times.  October 22, 2020.  

Medical College Of Georgia Plans Expansion Of Student Body To Serve Rural Georgia

 Medical College Of Georgia Looking To Grow In Augusta, Across Georgia by Tom Corwin.  Savannah Now--Savannah Morning News.  October 22, 2020.  

Opinion: Gender Harassment In Medicine Is "The Huge Mass Below The Surface, Largely Unseen But Nonetheless Ruinous"

 The Gender Harassment We Experienced Sank Our Medical Careers by Holly G. Atkinson, And Anandaraja, and Stella Safo.  STAT.  October 21, 2020.  

High-Dose Flu Vaccines Running Low In Metro Atlanta

 Flu Vaccine Shortages Already Showing Up Across Parts Of The Metro by Nicole Carr.  WSB-TV.  October 21, 2020.  

"Close Contact" Defined To Include Multiple Short Burst Over 24-Hour Period

CDC Rewrites Definition For Coronavirus "Close Contact" by Ed Pilkington.  The Guardian.  October 22, 2020.  

Thursday, October 15, 2020

We Don't Chose What We Like; We Like What We Chose

 Babies' Random Choices Become Their Preferences.  Johns Hopkins University.  Science Daily.  October 2, 2020.  

Not Just Obamacare: How Supreme Court's Conservative Majority Could Remake American Health Care

 Not Just Obamacare:  How Supreme Courts Conservative Majority Could Remake American Health Care by Susannah Luthi.  Politco.  October 15, 2020.  

Stress And The Heart: Lessons From The Pandemic

 Stress And The Heart:  Lessons From The Pandemic by Alyson Kelley-Hedgepeth MD.  Harvard Health Publishing.  October 14, 2020.  

College Leaders Called Upon To Take A More Humane Approach To Students During COVID-19

 An Open Letter To University Leadership by Julia Marcus, Stefan Baral, and More Than 100 Other Scholars.  Insider Higher Education.  October 15, 2020.  

13 Hand Sanitizer Mistakes You're Probably Making

13 Hand Sanitizer Mistakes You're Probably Making by Nicole Pajer.  HuffPost.  October 15, 2020.   

Boost In Childhood Obesity Likely As A Result Of COVID-19

The Kids Aren't All Right:  COVID-19-Fueled Stress Eating, Inequities, Lack Of Fitness Expected To Boost Obesity, Experts Say by Jayne O'Donnell and Adrianna Rodriguez.  USA TODAY.  October 14, 2020.   

Tribute To Social Distancing: The Only 3 Counties In The USA With No COVID-19 Cases

 These Are The Last 3 Counties In America With No COVID-19 Cases:  How Did They Avoid The Virus? by Jorge L. Ortiz.  USA Today.  

Experts Say Spread For Herd Immunity Would Endanger The Third Of The Population That Are Prone To Develop Serious Side Effects From Covid; Also It is "Nonsense" Says Dr. Fauci.

Dr. Fauci Says Letting The Coronavirus Spread To Achieve Herd Immunity Is "Nonsense" And "Dangerous" by Noah Higgins-Dunn.  CNBC.  October 15, 2020.   

Anthropologist Seeks To Build Trust, Overcome Doubts, And Combat Misinformation About Vaccines

She Hunts Viral Rumors About Real Viruses by Jenny Anderson.  The New York Times.  October 13, 2020.   

Faced With Possibly 400,000 Deaths By Inauguration Day, Biden Drafts Far Reaching Plans

 Biden's Covid Response Plan Draws From F.D.R.'s New Deal by Abby Goodnough and Sheryl Gay Stolberg.  The New York Times.  October 14, 2020.  

Opinion: State Powers To Confront Epidemics Is Under Legal Attack

 Republican Judges Are Quietly Upending Public Health Laws by John Fabian Witt.  The New York Times.  October 15, 2020.  

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Superspreader Events And People

 Covid Superspreader Events Emerge As Focus Of Concern by Denise Chow.  NBC News.  October 7, 2020.  

Half Of US States Report Increased Covid-19 Cases

Half Of US States Are Reporting Increased Covid-19 Cases And Some Leaders Push New Measures by Christina Maxouris.  CNN.  October 7, 2020.   

Mistrust Of Vaccines Runs Deep In African-American Communities Creating Challenges For Coronavirus Clinical Trial

"I Won't Be Used As A Guinea Pig For White People" by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  October 7, 2020,   

Charting A Coronavirus Infection

 Charting A Coronavirus Infection by Katherine J. Wu And Jonathan Corum.  The New York Times.  October 5, 2020.  

Opinion: Widespread Adoption Of Imperfect Solutions May Be The Fastest Way To Get A Handle On Pandemic

 Against Covid-19, Imperfect Measures Do the Most Good by Joshua T. Schiffer.  The New York Times.  October 4, 2020.  

Friday, October 2, 2020

Pandemic Is Reducing Freedom Worldwide

 COVID-19 Is Also A Crisis For Democracy And Human Rights by Michael J. Abramowitz & Jeremy Rosner.  RealClear Poltics.  October 2, 2020.  

Study Finds Female Doctors Work Harder For Less Money

Study Finds Female Doctors Work Harder For Less Money by Maggie Fox.  CNN.  October 1, 2020.   

COVID-19 Dreams: Symptoms Of Stress

Covid-19 Pandemic And Lockdowns Leave Their Marks On People's Dreams, Study Suggests by Erika Edwards.  October 1, 2020.   

How Vaccine Should Be Rationed Upon Introduction

 First Doses Of US Vaccine Must Be Strictly Rationed, Says Report by Kiran Stacey.  Financial Times.  October 2, 2020.  

Defiance Does Not Work Against COVID-19

Defiant, Now Infected:  Trump Is A Morality Tale by Frank Bruni.  The New York Times.  October 2, 2020.   

Negative Test Results Only Means That In A Moment The Swab Did Not Pick Up Any Viral Particles

Biden Tested Negative.  He Could Still Have The Coronavirus by Melinda Wenner Moyer.  The New York Times.  October 2, 2020.   

Colleges That Are Beating COVID-19 Are In Small Towns, Have Minimal Greek Life, Enforce Social-Distancing and TEST

Colleges Learn How To Suppress Coronavirus:  Extensive Testing by Shawn Hubler,  The New York Times.  October 2, 2020.