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Travel Alert: 6 Midwest States At ‘Tipping Point,’ Per Harvard-Brown Covid-19 Tracker

[Forbes] The Covid-19 epicenter has shifted to the U.S. Midwest. With the country’s coronavirus epicenter now hovering over the Midwest, the number of states “at a tipping point” for COVID-19 infections has jumped from one to six in the past week. Americans who live in 33 states — two-thirds of […]

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If You’ve Just Had Covid, Exercise Might Not Be Good for You

[Wired, Getty Images] A growing number of studies are raising concerns about the coronavirus’ long-term effects on the heart. Athletes especially need to heed the warnings. From the images of cloudy chest scans and gasping patients hooked up to ventilators, we’ve been conditioned to think of Covid-19 as a respiratory disease. But it’s […]

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Redefining Covid-19: Months after infection, patients report breathing difficulty, excessive fatigue

(CNN) It’s been five months since Lucy Gahan contracted Covid-19, and her life still hasn’t returned to normal. Gahan, a clinical psychologist in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom,hasn’t been able to return to work. The disease causes what she calls “storms,” disabling periods when she feels shortness of breath, numbness in her […]

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‘So much for honor’: Despite COVID cases, college students partied Labor Day weekend away

[USA TODAY] Partying students would be dismissed without tuition refunds. Northeastern University had made that clear Friday, kicking out 11 first-year students who broke COVID-19 rules to gather in a Boston hotel room. Yet by that night, a few dozen students from Northeastern and Boston University found their way to the Charles River, their […]

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Leading US drugmakers will sign a pact to produce a safe coronavirus vaccine amid concerns about shots being rushed to market before the presidential election

[Business Insider, Reuters] Two drug companies at the forefront of the US race to develop a coronavirus vaccine, Moderna and Pfizer, are expected to join a pledge that promises to put safety before speed. In an early draft obtained by the Wall Street Journal, the companies promise to only seek emergency FDA […]

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Fauci warns these 7 states are at risk for COVID-19 surge over Labor Day weekend

[The New York Post] Residents of seven Midwest states need to be on high alert for catching COVID-19 over Labor Day weekend, Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned. “There are several states that are at risk for surging, namely North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois,” Fauci, the director of […]

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and family tested positive for COVID-19

[NBC NEWS] “I could tell you that this has been one of the most challenging and difficult things we have ever had to endure as a family,” Johnson said Wednesday. Actor and former wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said Wednesday that his family recently tested positive for the coronavirus and are now […]

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