Month: April 2021

ALL RIGHT, BILL. THANKS BACK TO THOSE RISING RATES OF COVID-19 HERE IN THE METRO DOCTORS WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE CASES ARE CONNECTED TO THE NEW VARIANTS AS KETV, NEWSWATCH 7 QUINNICIA FRASER REPORTS. THE STATE IS TEAMING UP WITH CHI HEALTH AND CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY TO GET SOME ANSWERS. DOCTORS KNOW THE UK VARIANT A MORE CONTAGIOUS STRAIN OF COVID-19 IS HERE IN THE OMAHA METRO. IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE B-117 IS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT IN OUR REGION, BUT JUST HOW PREVALENT THAT’S WHY NEBRASKA HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTED WITH CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY AND CHI HEALTH TO TEST FOR VARIANCE. IT’S ACTUALLY EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO DO THIS AND SO IT’S IT’S WONDERFUL TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE DHHS WITH THIS. OLD DATA, DR. MAUREEN TIERNEY IS THE ASSIS...

Around a third of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 after several months of a concerted push to immunize the country. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Around a third of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 after several months of a concerted push to immunize the country. Da...

The white arrow points to suspected cancer metastases from the spine of a skeleton unearthed from a medieval cemetery. Photo: Jenna Dittmar/University of Cambridge Cancer may have been a bigger menace in medieval times than previously assumed, new research this week suggests. The study, based on X-ray and CT scans of preserved bones, estimates that around one in every 10 residents of medieval Britain died with cancer in their body. The first recorded accounts of cancer date back to Ancient Egypt more than 5,000 years ago. But it’s long been thought that cancer remained relatively rare in humans until modern times, in large part due to our longer lifespans. Other trends that began to emerge in the 18th century, like exposure to more environmental pollutants as industrialization expande...

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