Month: April 2021

Singapore: People who have recovered from Covid-19, especially those with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions, may be at risk of developing blood clots due to a lingering and overactive immune response, according to a study. The study, led by researchers from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, found that recovered Covid-19 patients had twice the normal number of circulating endothelial cells (CECs) that had been shed from damaged blood vessel walls. The elevated levels of CECs indicate that blood vessel injury is still apparent after recovering from viral infection. The recovered Covid-19 patients also continued to produce high levels of cytokines -- proteins produced by immune ...

(NEXSTAR) — Sexually transmitted diseases are at an all-time high, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. There were more than 2.5 million reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis — the most commonly reported STDs — in 2019. That’s a nearly 30-percent increase in reportable STDs between 2015 and 2019. The STD caseload has been rising steadily for six years. Each previous year was reported as the all-time high for the year before. The sharpest increase was in cases of syphilis among newborns, which quadrupled between 2015 and 2019, the CDC said. Syphilis can be passed from mother to child in-utero. “Less than 20 years ago, gonorrhea rates in the U.S. were at historic lows, syphilis was clos...

The researchers gathered data, too, about each person’s known risk factors for severe Covid, including their age, smoking habits, weight, and any history of cancer, diabetes, organ transplants, kidney problems and other serious, underlying conditions. Then the researchers crosschecked numbers, with arresting results. People in the least-active group, who almost never exercised, wound up hospitalized because of Covid at twice the rate of people in the most-active group, and were subsequently about two-and-a-half times more likely to die. Even compared to people in the somewhat-active group, they were hospitalized about 20 percent more often and were about 30 percent more likely to die. What You Need to Know About the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause in the U.S. Of the other common r...

THAN 1 IN A MILLION."> TONIGHT -- THE STATE IS REPORTING ANOTHER 378 áNEW COVID-19 CASES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE... WITH áACTIVE CASES RISING TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE MID- FEBRUARY. 123 GRANITE STATERS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE HOSPITAL -- THAT'S AN COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations rise, with no new deaths reported Updated: 10:33 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021 Current cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations have increased in New Hampshire, while no new deaths were reported Tuesday.Health officials said 378 new positive test results for COVID-19 have been reported, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 3.4%. There are currently 3,413 ...

For some Americans, their only option for a coronavirus vaccine was the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and a setback in the rollout of the treatment is causing some to lose hope in inoculations all together.   That’s the case for 58-year-old Karilynn Buchan of Park Forest, Illinois. We met her in December 2020 during the filming of NBC 5’s four-part docuseries: “Vaccinated State.” During the interviews for the series, Buchan explained how she was allergic to the ingredients in Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines, which use mRNA technology and contain polyethylene glycol, known as "PEG." The Johnson and Johnson vaccine uses a more traditional approach to activate an immune response, and was the only option for Buchan that didn’t come with a high risk of a severe...

For some Americans, their only option for a coronavirus vaccine was the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and a setback in the rollout of the treatment is causing some to lose hope in inoculations all together.   That’s the case for 58-year-old Karilynn Buchan of Park Forest, Illinois. We met her in December 2020 during the filming of NBC 5’s four-part docuseries: “Vaccinated State.” During the interviews for the series, Buchan explained how she was allergic to the ingredients in Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines, which use mRNA technology and contain polyethylene glycol, known as "PEG." The Johnson and Johnson vaccine uses a more traditional approach to activate an immune response, and was the only option for Buchan that didn’t come with a high risk of a severe...

For some Americans, their only option for a coronavirus vaccine was the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and a setback in the rollout of the treatment is causing some to lose hope in inoculations all together.   That’s the case for 58-year-old Karilynn Buchan of Park Forest, Illinois. We met her in December 2020 during the filming of NBC 5’s four-part docuseries: “Vaccinated State.” During the interviews for the series, Buchan explained how she was allergic to the ingredients in Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines, which use mRNA technology and contain polyethylene glycol, known as "PEG." The Johnson and Johnson vaccine uses a more traditional approach to activate an immune response, and was the only option for Buchan that didn’t come with a high risk of a severe...

For some Americans, their only option for a coronavirus vaccine was the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and a setback in the rollout of the treatment is causing some to lose hope in inoculations all together.   That’s the case for 58-year-old Karilynn Buchan of Park Forest, Illinois. We met her in December 2020 during the filming of NBC 5’s four-part docuseries: “Vaccinated State.” During the interviews for the series, Buchan explained how she was allergic to the ingredients in Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines, which use mRNA technology and contain polyethylene glycol, known as "PEG." The Johnson and Johnson vaccine uses a more traditional approach to activate an immune response, and was the only option for Buchan that didn’t come with a high risk of a severe...