Month: January 2021

“Kettering Health Network’s goal is to provide easy access to the COVID-19 vaccine,” said Brenda Kuhn, chief clinical officer for Kettering Health Network. “This vaccine brings hope of a return to normalcy, and we are grateful for the support of state and local partners as we take this next step and continue responding to the needs of our community.” ExploreWarren County coronavirus vaccine clinic full. Here’s how to schedule.The health care agency will be working with Butler, Greene, Miami and Montgomery counties and will offer vaccine clinics in Greene and Montgomery counties. The clinics will be available for people ages 80 and older.

Emily Mitchell's family has found some closure following her sudden passing at age 36. Two weeks after the pregnant influencer—she founded the popular Instagram account and blog The Hidden Way—became unresponsive during breakfast, her cause of death has been revealed. "A few days ago we learned from the state Medical Examiners Office that the official cause of death was a pulmonary embolism," her husband Joseph Mitchell wrote on the family's GoFundMe reads. "Although it is challenging to wrap our heads around how this could have happened, we know all first responders and medical personnel did everything they could to help, and therefore we are certain that it was simply her time; the Lord was calling her home." The family also thanked people for their support during this difficult t...

Researchers have discovered a third new variant of the coronavirus in the U.S. and say it could end up being the most easily transmissible one yet. A team from Southern Illinois University Carbondale traced the earliest appearance of new variant, called 20C-US, to Texas in May 2020. The variant carries several mutations, including to the spike protein, which the virus uses to enter and infect human cells. Scientists say the variant has not spread significantly beyond the country's borders, and that is most highly prevalent in the Upper Midwest.  What's more, it could be responsible for at least 50 percent of all American cases, meaning it is very widespread.  The researchers predict that 20C-US may be the most dominant variant of the coronavirus in the U.S. at this moment.   20C-US is now...

Today, some 32 million Americans have food allergies, a number that's higher than ever before. The CDC reports that 1 in 13 children—or about two students per classroom—has a food allergy. The question is, what's causing this epidemic? In a paper published today in the journal Cell, four Yale immunobiologists propose that an exaggerated activation of our food quality control system is largely to blame for the heightened prevalence of food allergies. (Related: The 7 Healthiest Foods to Eat Right Now.) Prior to this research, a prevailing theory suggested an absence of natural pathogens—such as parasites in the modern environment—may be causing our bodies to become hypersensitive to certain foods. After all, our immune system evolved over time to deal with such natural threats, and now that...

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