Most patients who had been hospitalized with Covid-19 still suffered a variety of symptoms — including fatigue and sleep difficulties — six months after infection, a Chinese study has found.
Appalachian Trail Conservancy recommends that hikers delay long expeditions to 2022 due to Covid-19
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For those who have hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT) on their bucket list for the year, Covid-19 may prove to be an unexpected complication. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), the organization responsible for...
Peru orders lockdowns amid crippling second Covid-19 wave
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Peru has announced new lockdowns for 10 of its 25 regions, including the capital Lima, as Covid-19 cases rise and hospitals reach a breaking point. The lockdowns will start on January 31. The country is also racing ...
NBA reporter and analyst Sekou Smith dies from Covid-19
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Sekou Smith, a NBA reporter and analyst for more than two decades, has died from Covid-19. He was 48. Smith worked for NBA TV and wrote for NBA.com since 2009. "We are all heartbroken over Sekou's tragic passing," T...
Biden’s pick for UN ambassador to call for re-engagement with UN to counter Chinese influence
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Washington President Joe Biden's nominee for US ambassador to the United Nations plans to voice her support for the country's re-engagement in the multilateral institution in order to counter Chinese influence during...
Bill and Melinda Gates: Covid-19 will change how the world thinks about health forever
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The authors are co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This article is adapted from their 2021 Annual Letter. The views expressed here are those of the authors. View more opinion on CNN. At this time ...
How older adults with chronic illnesses can assess whether to get the Covid-19 vaccine
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(KHN)As public demand grows for limited supplies of Covid-19 vaccines, questions remain about the vaccines' appropriateness for older adults with various illnesses. Among them are cancer patients receiving active tr...
Florida sheriff accuses ‘Paramedic of the Year’ of forging Covid-19 vaccine paperwork
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Police arrested a man recently honored as a local 2020 Paramedic of the Year after Polk County, Florida, law enforcement officials alleged he "set up the circumstance" that led to the theft of three Covid-19 vaccine...
Wisconsin pharmacist to plead guilty to tampering with Covid-19 vaccine vials
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The Wisconsin hospital pharmacist who in December allegedly removed 57 vials of Covid-19 vaccine from cold storage because he believed the vaccine could harm people has signed a plea agreement "acknowledging that he...
California revamps Covid-19 vaccine delivery system amid criticism over slow rollout
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California is revamping its coronavirus vaccine delivery system amid criticism over the slow and inefficient rollout of doses, the California Department of Public Health announced Tuesday. The new system aims to si...
Gorilla at the San Diego Zoo gets monoclonal antibody therapy after being infected with Covid-19
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A gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California has recovered from Covid-19 after receiving monoclonal antibody therapy and other treatments. Winston, an elderly silverback gorilla, and eight other gorill...
‘Bizarre’ dinosaur Spinosaurus behaved like a giant, flightless stork, study says
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Paleontologists have long been puzzled about how the Spinosaurus -- a giant dinosaur and aquatic predator -- would have behaved. Now, they believe it would have been less like an otter, and more like a huge, flightl...