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Covid in Scotland: 'Patchy supply' hampering vaccine rollout - BBC News
Doctors say the "patchy supply" of vaccine to GPs is slowing down efforts to deliver it to patients.
health - BBC News5:41am PST - January 17th, 2021
The delicious fries can have these side effects: Study - Times of India
French fries surely are among the tastiest and most comforting foods. Not just this, potato fries are so addictive that no one can not eat just one.
health - The Times of India5:30am PST - January 17th, 2021

Some states are seeing higher numbers of Covid-19 cases as others ease restrictions - CNN
While some states are seeing improving outlooks in their battle against Covid-19, other parts of the nation are hitting tragic records.
health - CNN1:23am PST - January 17th, 2021

Most hospitalized COVID-19 patients still have symptoms after 6 months - Medical News Today
In a new study, 76% of those hospitalized with COVID-19 were still experiencing at least one symptom of the disease 6 months after discharge.
health - Medical News Today12:37am PST - January 17th, 2021

Greenhouse gas, air pollution cause distinct regional impacts on extreme fire weather: Study - ETEnergyworld.com
The research analysed the climate under various combinations of human influences since 1920, isolating individual effects and their impacts on extreme fire weather risk.
health - The Times of India11:08pm PST - January 16th, 2021

‘I got a burning smell in my nose’: Third-wave Covid-19 patients share their experiences - The Irish Times
Recent sufferers from the virus describe how they got it and how it has affected them
health - The Irish Times10:00pm PST - January 16th, 2021

Coronavirus: 5 signs COVID-19 has impacted your heart - Times of India
As per a JAMA study, nearly 78% of young, healthy recovered COVID patients continue to suffer from signs of heart complications and damage.
health - The Times of India9:30pm PST - January 16th, 2021

Novel Coronavirus May Become Just Like Common Cold In Future, Say Scientists - India Times
On the basis of a study on other similar types of viruses, scientists predict that the novel coronavirus may resemble the mild cold-causing coronaviruses in the future. ReutersThe situation is likely if the virus becomes endemic and mo…
health - The Times of India9:08pm PST - January 16th, 2021

Where did COVID-19 come from? - USA TODAY
As the U.S. marks one year since its first case, questions remain about the origin of the coronavirus that causes the disease. The answers matter.
health - USA Today12:17am PST - January 16th, 2021

Covid-19 and the long road to freedom - RTE.ie
The tide is beginning to turn in the fight against coronavirus here. But it may not always feel that way.
health - RTE11:04pm PST - January 15th, 2021

Covid-19: Is Northern Ireland winning the battle against the virus? - BBC News
While statistics don't reflect the human cost of the pandemic, they do give insights, reports Eunan McConville.
health - BBC News10:38pm PST - January 15th, 2021

EXPLAINER: Why expansion of vaccine to smokers caused a stir - Washington Post
New Jersey made millions of people eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including smokers, a move that prompted gripes about them skipping to the front of the inoculation line
health - The Washington Post5:39pm PST - January 15th, 2021

New, contagious coronavirus variant could worsen pandemic, CDC warns - CNN
The arrival of new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus means the US must double down on efforts to protect people until a large number can be vaccinated, the CDC said Friday.
health - CNN5:36pm PST - January 15th, 2021

How did Ireland jump from low Covid base to world’s highest infection rate? - The Irish Times
Government departed from Nphet advice while many people ‘forgot there was a pandemic’
health - The Irish Times5:00pm PST - January 15th, 2021

Pressure on hospitals from Covid-19 surge is expected to peak in next week - The Irish Times
HSE's chief says it has reached its ICU limit and has started using surge capacity
health - The Irish Times7:10pm PST - January 14th, 2021

The Latest: China says COVID-19 hospitalizations above 1,000 - Sioux City Journal
BEIJING — China says it is now treating more than 1,000 people for COVID-19 as numbers of cases continue to surge in the country’s north.
health - Associated Press6:40pm PST - January 14th, 2021

Is sunshine the ultimate weight loss secret? - Times of India
When your skin is exposed to the UV rays, it starts changing cholesterol present in the body to Vitamin D.
health - The Times of India5:30pm PST - January 14th, 2021

Hotels open their doors to Covid-19 patients as Britain's hospitals are stretched to the limit - CNN
The Best Western Hotel in the London suburb of Croydon would normally be packed with visiting families, out-of-town construction workers, and business travelers.
health - CNN1:54pm PST - January 14th, 2021

7 things we learned from today's Covid-19 briefings - RTE.ie
As officials warn we are at the most challenging point in the pandemic to date, case numbers are climbing in some age groups despite some positive indications that things may be stabilising.
health - RTE1:19pm PST - January 14th, 2021

New drug combo may help people fight meth addiction, study shows - Axios
There are no current FDA-approved drug treatments for meth addiction, which has grown over the pandemic.
health - Axios1:13pm PST - January 14th, 2021

White House task force warns some Covid-19 strains 'may have evolved into a more transmissible virus' - CNN
The White House coronavirus task force again suggested the existence of "more transmissible" strains of Covid-19 and a "much more rapid" spread of the virus in its weekly reports to states, stressing the importance of "aggressive mitigation."
health - CNN3:06pm PST - January 13th, 2021

Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine generates immune response, few side effects, in early trials - CNN International
Johnson & Johnson's experimental coronavirus vaccine generated an immune response in nearly all volunteers, with minimal side-effects, after a single dose.
health - CNN2:06pm PST - January 13th, 2021

Fact check: Genetic materials from mRNA vaccines do not multiply in your body forever - Reuters
A video shared online in which a man discusses mRNA vaccines includes numerous false claims, including that the vaccines become part of recipients’ bodies, that they alter DNA, and that they haven’t been tested.
health - Reuters1:45pm PST - January 13th, 2021

Weight loss story: "Running and homemade food helped me lose weight" - Times of India
A doctor by profession, 44-year-old Dushyant Singh was worried about the risk of COVID-19 because of being overweight. The pandemic made him realize the true value of good health and so, by cutting out sugar and junk food, he was able to shed almost 25 kilos.…
health - The Times of India10:30am PST - January 13th, 2021

Covid-19: Holohan calls for ‘resilience’ as 63 deaths and 3,569 cases reported - The Irish Times
Chief medical officer says ‘early signs of progress’ emerging but ‘long, long way to go’
health - The Irish Times9:58am PST - January 13th, 2021
RT @DrOlufunmilayo: Dear doctors and health workers in Nigeria: now is the time to tell each other the bitter truth. We need to do better.…

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @berlamundi: The Ghana Health Service has indicated that the most recent severe cases of Covid19 are relatively youthful persons with no…

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @astaines: We need airport quarantine immediately. The current spike was driven by 1) Opening up too soon 2) Continued failure to suppor…

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @Lolwah_Alkhater: Minister of Health Dr. Alkuwari @AJEnglish discusses Qatar’s efforts to manage COVID-19 peak, why Qatar, alongside Si…

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021

RT @Reuters: Portugal's health system on brink of collapse as COVID-19 cases surge https://t.co/fILLQrQTcR https://t.co/KAIjuw0idv

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
And never feel you're complaining @mynlcorner - you are not. Sharing the realities and truths on Canadian mental health supports (and the lack there of and the oddities in the system... ) will benefit many, many others. Advocacy like this - an an act of public service here. https://t.co/slYhHhK9Qj

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
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2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @IndyaMoore: Dear #MTLeg. Please vote no on HB 112 and HB 113. These bills harm trans youth and hurt all of us. Montana and about 10 ot…

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @btschanels: bts have tackled so many issues about students mental health through their music. baepsae talks about how younger generatio…

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @mjfit: Six core strength movements that make sure you don't plateau. https://t.co/EULY9MYMXZ

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @SecPompeo: In August 2020, @SecAzar visited Taiwan to highlight our health cooperation amid the global COVID-19 fight. Taiwan's Preside…

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @DI_Leaders: Mental Health in the Workplace for Ethnic Minorities: Harder to Reach or Easier to Ignore? Free 40 min online conversation…

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @AbdulGaffar____: Every hard working middle class is one accident or health issue away from opening gofundme, untop tax and probably eve…

2:38pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @_joekh_: Everyone please. My dads health is in a critical situation. Please pray for us.

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
Satellite images show the destruction of @UN facilities, a health-care unit, a high school and houses at two camps sheltering #Eritrea|n refugees in #Tigray.' #Ethiopia's war on Tigray is far from over. @JoeBiden #BidenActNow #TigrayGenocide @UN https://t.co/dCEWSWVurV

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @sabrinaamorenoo: Virginia has reported nearly 10,000 new COVID cases today. Health department officials have said that it’s not a dat…

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
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1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
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1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @peterjukes: Lest we forget. All summer long major British pundits were banging on about how Britain should follow the ‘Swedish experime…

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @NinjaTea0161: 3 documenteries that will change your life on Netflix - Cowspiracy - What The Health - Game Changers My meat eating / d…

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @thehill: Video shows migrants break through Guatemala's border security lines today, entering Guatemalan territory through the El Flori…

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @DrOlufunmilayo: A young man got shot. Police were called- they delayed. When they show up, they watch him bleed away. Hospitals were…

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @blindoldfreak: @_HEALTH_ Fuck that guy.

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @TimothySandefur: How “social justice” works in practice: “Because of federal & state mandates, hospitals & other health care providers…

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
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1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @mvankerkhove: Agree! We have used “Public health and social measures” in our @WHO guidance for #COVID19 PHSM are the fundamentals to…

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @kary_cee: @Urchin_DeLacey @mlnwan @HumBadger @SeattlePD @B20e @MayorJenny @meetjoenguyen I'm in Australia. Our police in NSW are fining…

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @ajplus: Texas police fatally shot a Black pastor during a mental health check. Patrick Warren Sr. was 52. "There's no reason that a me…

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
Health Insurance was top priority ever since I was getting kicked off of my parents in December of 2020. Needed the best.

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @cgtnamerica: A new coronavirus variant is recently detected in Brazil, which has further increased pressure on the country’s weak healt…

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @Haleetnotgay: Nobody: Malay parents: "mental health is an illusion u just need God"

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @michaelmina_lab: I do not want the public to lose trust that PCR works as a diagnostic tool. BUT as a public health tool to find infect…

1:01pm PST - January 17th, 2021
$15 x 40 x 52 = $31,200 Gross $25,728 after taxes. That’s no days off. Sick, holiday, or vacation. That’s no health insurance paid for. But is it liveable? Can you feed yourself and pay rent while you are working? Yes. Why are you arguing against this?

9:48am PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @NewYorkStateAG: The Trump administration has chosen to leave inadequate air pollution standards in place, posing a danger to both publi…

9:48am PST - January 17th, 2021
Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream https://t.co/DB0rIIalKL

9:48am PST - January 17th, 2021

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9:48am PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @doctor_oxford: Does the government know something the WHO, FDA & Pfizer don't - or are they seriously willing to consider gambling with…

9:48am PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @NariHeshmati: WA @acog #OBGYN Members, Join us on Wed Jan 27th for our "Virtual" Legislative Day! Learn “lobbying 101”, find out about…

9:48am PST - January 17th, 2021
RT @DANAHLEYA: putting my career, my mental health and my enjoyment before anything else this year

9:48am PST - January 17th, 2021