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Is it allergies, the flu or the coronavirus? How to tell the difference
(CNN)The coronavirus has infected more than 100,000 people worldwide. With all of the news of event cancellations, empty flights and health precautions (wash your hands!), it’s natural that people may get a little anxious every time they feel a tickle in their throat or the beginnings of a bad cough. If you have a nasty case of the flu or coronavirus, you may get worse when you expect to get better. This is a sure sign to seek medical care. “What would increase the suspicion of coronavirus would be if…
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A Wuhan evacuee was released from quarantine in Texas and later tested positive for the coronavirus
(CNN)A person in San Antonio, Texas, who had previously tested negative twice for the coronavirus, and was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is now back in quarantine after a subsequent test came back positive. Government officials say facemasks aren’t necessary The San Antonio case highlights numerous complaints about testing procedures, including a flaw in test kits distributed by the CDC, a change in CDC criteria for diagnosing the virus and the limited number of labs able to perform testing. Pence: More coronavirus deaths in US ‘possible’…
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African countries are at severe risk if outbreaks aren’t detected early and contained, says Africa CDC head
Johannesburg (CNN)Public health experts have consistently warned that the novel coronavirus outbreak presents a unique public health threat to the African continent. Nkengasong, a former senior official of the US CDC, and his colleagues have been working on a diagnostics and containment strategy to combat the disease. Nkengasong spoke to CNN about the risk posed by coronavirus to African countries. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity. CNN: Nigeria faced a stiff test and it seems, at this stage, that they passed. What is the danger facing Africa now…
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The health benefits of a random act of kindness
(CNN)This year, “Random Acts of Kindness” Day falls on Monday, but the foundation behind it wants you to consider being kind every day. Studies have shown that putting the well-being of others before our own without expecting anything in return — or what is called being altruistic — stimulates the reward centers of the brain. Those feel-good chemicals flood our system, producing a sort of “helper’s high.” Volunteering, for example, has been shown to minimize stress and improve depression. That’s not all: The same activity can also reduce the risk…
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Women who have general anesthesia during C-sections are more likely to experience postpartum depression, study finds
(CNN)Women who have general anesthesia during C-sections are significantly more likely to experience severe post-partum depression resulting in hospitalization, suicidal thoughts or self-harm, according to a study published last week. General anesthesia increased odds of postpartum depression The researchers used hospital discharge records of cesarean delivery cases from New York state hospitals between 2006 and 2013. Out of the 428,304 cases they examined, 34,356 women — or 8% — received general anesthesia during delivery. General anesthesia induces sleep, meaning that mothers won’t be able to see, feel or remember anything…
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The US has at least 11 confirmed cases of Wuhan coronavirus, which has killed more than 420 people in China
(CNN)While the Wuhan coronavirus keeps spreading within the United States, health officials are trying to rush testing capabilities across the country. “The process is extremely expedited, and our colleagues at (the US Food and Drug Administration) have been working with us closely ever since we made the plan that we were going to do this in this way,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Her comments Monday came a day after officials confirmed three new cases of infection in California. That…
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China’s unprecedented quarantines could have wider consequences, experts say
(CNN)With Chinese authorities warning the coronavirus outbreak is accelerating, placing millions of people in more than a dozen Chinese cities under intense travel restrictions might seem like a good idea. The shutdown of Wuhan, a city of more than 11 million people where the virus originated, is “utterly incredible,” Howard Markel, professor and director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan, told CNN.
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Its Day of the Triffids for todays Britain, but with antidepressants as the monster
Controversial look at dependence on drugs in sci-fi film by Austrian director Jessica Hausner has divided critics An award-winning science-fiction thriller billed by critics as a modern Day of the Triffids takes a provocative approach to Britains growing dependence on mood-lifting chemicals and antidepressants. Little Joe, released in UK cinemas in February, and starring Ben Whishaw, Emily Beecham and Kerry Fox, has odd, disturbing story of a newly bred plant designed to spread joy. On set in a vast greenhouse laboratory, the acclaimed Austrian director Jessica Hausner first told her…
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From renewables to Netflix: the 15 super-trends that defined the 2010s
It was the decade of austerity, fracking, populism and internet lies. But not everything about the 2010s was terrible The plastics backlash Garbage, including plastic waste, is seen at the beach in Costa del Este, Panama City. Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images It was once the height of metropolitan chic: the dash into Starbucks for a skinny decaf caramel latte en route for work, the takeaway cup a mark of upward mobility. Those were the days of Sex and the City, when the culture of doing everything on the…
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Uniform Teeth raises $10 million for its teeth-straightening operations
Uniform Teeth, the teeth straightening startup that helped me figure out I needed a root canal, has just raised a $10 million round of funding led by Canaan Partners. This brings Uniform Teeth’s total funding to $14 million. With the new funding, Uniform Teeth plans to open two more locations, one in Seattle and one in Chicago, early next year. Uniform Teeth currently operates two locations in San Francisco. By the end of next year, Uniform Teeth plans to open more locations throughout the U.S. The startup takes a One…
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Animal magic: how my pet saved me
From Wolfy the lurcher to Trixie the hamster, these affectionate animals helped five people get their lives back on track I put myself on peternity leave and we hung out: Kate Spicer, 49, journalist, and Wolfy the dog, 9, London There were a lot of things that were a bit awry about my life. The main problem was that I went out and didnt come home. Id go on these benders that were incredibly destructive to my wellbeing. And then when I was working, Id never leave the house. Id…
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