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Bayfield’s Pine River Shares distributes hundreds of Thanksgiving meals
‘This is the biggest event we’ve ever done’
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Thanksgiving could make or break U.S. coronavirus response
A person wearing a face mask crosses Broad Street on Nov. 18 in Philadelphia. As governors and mayors grapple with an out-of-control pandemic, they are ratcheting up mask mandates and…
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FDA allows emergency use of antibody drug Trump received
The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020 authorized the use of the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. drug to try to prevent patients with mild-to-moderate disease from worsening and…
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Pfizer, BioNTech seek emergency use of COVID-19 shots in U.S.
Pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York. Pfizer said Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, it is asking U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the…
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Health experts clash over use of certain drugs for COVID-19
Health officials around the world are clashing over the use of certain drugs for COVID-19, leading to different treatment options for patients depending on where they live. The World Health…
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U.S. adult smoking rate looks unchanged, vaping rate higher
About 14% of U.S adults were cigarette smokers last year, for the third year in a row. Meanwhile, the adult vaping rate still appears to be rising, according to a…
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Bayfield family faces tic syndrome, stigma head-on
Affliction turns 10-year-old’s life upside down in 48 hours
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CDC: Wearing a mask could keep you from catching virus
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield puts his mask back on after speaking at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on a “Review of Coronavirus Response Efforts”…
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U.S. allows 1st emergency use of a COVID-19 antibody drug
On Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration cleared emergency use of Bamlanivimab, the first antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19. The drug is for…
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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective
The first patient enrolled in Pfizer’s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. On Monday, Nov. 9, Pfizer said an early peek…
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Surprised by her own cancer diagnosis, Durangoan urges women to schedule screenings
Goodman put off mammograms, then she learned the bad news
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More U.S. patients to have easy, free access to doctor’s notes
Britta Bloomquist of Duluth, Minn., receives an infusion to treat a rare type of arthritis called ankylosing spondylitis. Bloomquist has been reading her clinical notes for years, first struggling through…
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2nd study testing a COVID-19 antibody drug has a setback
Scientists work with a bioreactor at a company facility Oct. 2 in New York state, for efforts on an experimental coronavirus antibody drug. Antibodies are proteins the body makes when…
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U.S. suicide rate fell last year after decade of steady rise
The U.S. suicide death rate fell slightly in 2019, the first annual decline in more than a decade, according to new government data. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Associated Press file It’s a…
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New guidelines address rise in opioid use during pregnancy
On Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidance aimed at improving care for women and newborns affected by the mothers’ opioid use.Associated Press file The…
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AstraZeneca, J&J resuming U.S. tests of COVID-19 vaccines
A volunteer receives an injection at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg, as part of Africa’s first participation in a COVID-19 vaccine trial developed at the University of…
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UN: Europe’s pandemic restrictions are absolutely necessary
People wearing face masks walk past a sign saying “Mask duty – Cover your mouth and nose!” in a pedestrian zone in the city center of Munich, Germany, Thursday, Oct.…
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2nd COVID-19 vaccine trial paused over unexplained illness
The company said in a statement Monday evening that illnesses, accidents and other so-called adverse events “are an expected part of any clinical study, especially large studies,” but that its…
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Antibody drugs are no cure but seem promising for COVID-19
Vials are inspected at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ facilities in New York state for efforts on an experimental coronavirus antibody drug. Antibodies are proteins the body makes when an infection occurs; they…
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WHO warns against pursuing herd immunity to stop coronavirus
At a media briefing on Monday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health officials typically aim to achieve herd immunity by vaccination. Tedros noted that to obtain herd immunity from…
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2 million stillbirths every year, pandemic might worsen toll
The U.N. health agency said that last year three of every four stillbirths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa or Southern Asia. It defined a stillbirth as a baby born with no…
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How long could I be contagious before a positive virus test?
an answer to a question about contact tracing
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High demand for flu shots? Experts hope to avoid ‘twindemic’
A flu vaccine is administered to National Foundation for Infectious Diseases staff members in Bethesda, Md., on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020.Federica Narancio/Associated Press “There’s considerable concern as we enter the…
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U.S. panel tackles race, poverty in virus vaccine priorities
A woman receives an injection in September during Phase 3 testing for the Janssen Pharmaceutical-Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the United States. On Oct. 2, a U.S. advisory panel made…
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COVID-19 cases rising among U.S. children as schools reopen
A teacher leads her students into an elementary school in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, as hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are…
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Too much candy: Man dies from eating bags of black licorice
A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life. Eating a bag and a half every day for a few weeks threw his essential nutrients…
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CDC changes, then retracts, web posting on how virus spreads
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield puts his mask back Sept. 16 after speaking at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on a “Review of Coronavirus Response…
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CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield speaks Sept. 16 at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on a “Review of Coronavirus Response Efforts” on Capitol Hill…
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Study hints antibody drug may cut COVID-19 hospitalizations
Drug company Eli Lilly & Co. said Wednesday that partial results from a study testing an antibody drug in mild to moderately ill COVID-19 patients give hints that the drug…
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Experts: Revamped OxyContin hasn’t curbed abuse, overdoses
On Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said there’s no clear evidence that a reformulated version of the painkiller OxyContin designed to discourage abuse…