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• Could COVID-19 Accelerate Alzheimer's Symptoms?

  

  07/30/2021—Severely ill COVID-19 patients display biological evidence of brain injury and inflammation as well as early markers of Alzheimer's, according to data gathered by an international consortium reviewing the coronavirus' effects on brain health. More

• Nursing Home Staff Closest to Patients Are Least Likely to Get COVID Vaccines

  

  07/30/2021—Aides in long-term care facilities are less likely than other staff to be vaccinated, even though they have the most contact with vulnerable patients and could infect them with COVID-19, a new federal study shows. More

• New Data Details Dangers of Delta Variant, Even for the Vaccinated

  

  07/30/2021—A new internal government document claims the Delta variant appears to cause more severe illness than earlier coronavirus variants and spreads as easily as chickenpox. More

• CDC Now Says Vaccinated Should Be Tested After COVID Exposure, Even Without Symptoms

  

  07/29/2021—People fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should be tested for the virus if they come into contact with infected people, whether or not they have symptoms, say updated testing guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More

• Pandemic Boosted Paranoia and Conspiracy Theories, Study Confirms

  

  07/29/2021—Using online surveys and the same card games, the researchers detected increased levels of paranoia and erratic behavior among the general population in the United States during the pandemic. More

• Why Strokes Can Affect Women, Men Differently

  

  07/29/2021—It is often said that stroke affects men and women differently. Now, scientists say the location of the stroke's damage in the brain may help explain why. More

• More Than Half of Americans Plagued by Back, Leg Pain

  

  07/29/2021—More than half of U.S. adults suffer from pain, with backs and legs the most common sources, according to researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). More

• Pfizer Says 3rd Shot of Vaccine Boosts COVID Protection

  

  07/28/2021—New data show that protection from both doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine decreases slightly over time, but that a third dose significantly boosts levels of antibodies against several variants of the virus, including the highly contagious Delta variant that's now dominant in the United States. More

• Many Black Men Missed Out on Prostate Cancer Care During Pandemic

  

  07/28/2021—Black men in the United States have higher rates of prostate cancer than white men, yet they were far less likely to have surgery for their cancer during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds. More

• Mixed Progress Against Cancers in Teens, Young Adults

  

  07/28/2021—Survival rates have improved for several types of cancer, though gains have been limited for some common kinds, according to a long-term study published online July 26 in the journal Cancer. More

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