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New lineages of the Omicron COVID variant, like BA.4 and BA.5, are helping spark a wave of reinfections, as people who previously caught COVID-19 contract COVID again. Now the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking a new “variant of concern”: BA.4.6. This week, the CDC included the BA.4 spinoff in its
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Lazy late summer days will soon give way to cool autumn nights. This means flu season is around the corner, too. The flu, or influenza, is a viral infection that attacks your nose, throat and lungs. Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not
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Earlier this year, a large study of about 16,000 people found that the COVID-19 vaccine did, in fact, alter menstruation among 42% of participants. After vaccination, cycle length changed temporarily and heavier periods were reported, too. Now, some experts (and many people who menstruate) are wondering how a COVID infection may have the same impact.
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Lilly Simon, a 33-year-old in Brooklyn, does not have monkeypox. She does have neurofibromatosis type 1, a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow at her nerve endings. Those tumors were filmed surreptitiously by a TikTok user while Ms. Simon was riding the subway on a Thursday in late July during her commute. In the
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Statement Highlights: Social isolation and loneliness are prevalent in the US, and they have harmful effects on heart and brain health. Older adults and people in socially vulnerable groups, such as individuals from disenfranchised racial or ethnic groups, people with disabilities, or those who are members of gender or sexual minority groups, may be at
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Dr. Anthony Fauci says the way monkeypox is spreading in the US is “very reminiscent” of “the early days of HIV.” It’s “very troublesome to me, having been there 41 years ago,” he said. Still, he’s hopeful the current monkeypox outbreak won’t end up like the HIV epidemic, and the virus will be brought under
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Like many people, far too many, I lost a loved one to Covid-19. My grandmother came to visit her family a few weeks before she became ill, she was there to show off her new husband, her fifth, having outlived her others. She was perky, sassy, and the happiest I had seen her. She greeted
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In a new study, Columbia University researchers have identified coronavirus mutations in New York City wastewater that seem to appear when severe disease rates begin to rise. The findings may pinpoint subtle, understated variants in the pandemic that are affecting day-to-day outcomes, including hospitalization and death, without doctors noticing. “Wastewater is a pooled sample,” said
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Eating quinoa every day could help to stave off type 2 diabetes, research suggests. Spanish experts tested the effects of the ‘superfood’ by recruiting nine people over the age of 65 who had pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes occurs when blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not yet at the levels to be formally diagnosed as
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The woman who almost died from an ORGASM: 45-year-old’s aorta started leaking during climax with husband… and doctors say the sex was to blame! Woman suffered an artery leak during sex at home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi She hear a ‘pop’ in her chest and felt agonising pain and heat after climaxing Doctors had to put