Health Trotter

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180 cases are traced to a church camp and conference that didn’t require vaccinations or testing, the C.D.C. says.

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Loopholes Leave Gaps in Mandated Coverage for Mental Health

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Rising Heat Is Making It Harder to Work in the U.S., and the Costs to the Economy Will Soar With Climate Change

August 31, 2021 at 08:42PM Rising extreme heat will make it increasingly hard for workers to do their jobs, shaving hundreds of billions of dollars off the U.S. economy each year. That’s according to a report published Tuesday by the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, a Washington D.C.-based think tank focused on climate adaptation. It’s a stark warning about the costs of failing to act on climate change. Productivity losses due to heat currently cost the U.S. an estimated $100 billion a year, the report claims. As days of extreme heat become more frequent in the years ahead, that figure is projected to double to $200 billion by 2030—around 0.5% of GDP. By 2050, annual losses are projected to hit $500 billion, around 1% of GDP. These national losses are expected to come primarily from the southeast and midwest. But the effects will be felt across most of the country, with annual losses of at least 0.5% of economic activity projected fo

An Experimental H.I.V. Vaccine Fails in Africa

By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/38pIuz1

A study confirms a small risk of blood clots after vaccines, but not as high as the risk Covid brings.

August 30, 2021

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Demand Surges for Deworming Drug for Covid, Despite No Evidence It Works

August 30, 2021

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What to Know About Boosters if You Got the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

August 29, 2021

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How the Delta Variant Infiltrated an Elementary School Classroom

By BY SABRINA IMBLER AND EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3jo4Jvf

The Delta variant carries a higher risk of hospitalization, a study finds.

By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3sUSARy

A new study found half of hospitalized Covid patients had lingering symptoms one year later.

By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3yhmHUA

Yes, We Can Grow 1 Trillion Trees to Help Fight Climate Change

August 27, 2021 at 07:38PM We are in a planetary emergency. Horrific heat waves and fires blaze across North America, Turkey and Russia. Extreme floods wreak destruction and cause death from Europe to Africa to Asia. Ocean temperatures and the amount of carbon in our atmosphere have reached unprecedented highs. July was the hottest month in recorded history. Our planet, as the United Nations recently warned , is flashing a “code red for humanity.” There is no single solution to a crisis this large. Nations must fulfill the commitments they made under the Paris Agreement. Industries need to decarbonize, and businesses—especially the Fortune 1000—need to achieve net zero emissions. We need to empower a new generation of ecopreneurs —entrepreneurs focused on protecting our planet—to unleash innovative climate solutions. In our own lives, we need to adapt our lifestyles and consumption patterns. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] None of these climate solutions are mutually exclu

The Biden administration is being criticized for falling short on its pledge to provide vaccines to the world.

By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/38haNPX

A new study found half of Covid patients had lingering symptoms one year later.

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California’s Wildfire Problem Could Be Solved by a Few Legal Changes

August 26, 2021 at 06:30PM A version of this story first appeared in the Climate is Everything newsletter. If you’d like sign up to receive this free once-a-week email, click here . It’ll take billions of dollars, tens of thousands of new forestry workers, and a systematic rethink of the way we build homes and manage the land to solve some parts of California’s wildfire crisis. Other aspects might be fixed with a paper and pen. As a series of conflagrations burn through much of California, displacing thousands and filling skies with smoke, it might seem strange to say that changes to a few statutes could make a difference. Indeed, the lion’s share of the problem of West Coast wildfires is systemic, with decades of overgrowth in California forests combining with hot, dry weather exacerbated by climate change to create the perfect storm for the blazes that have consumed more than a million acres in the state this year. Easy answers have been hard to come by, with disagreeme

The Biden administration is being criticized for falling short on its pledge to provide vaccines to the world.

By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/38goC14

Villagers in Siberia, Facing Wildfires and a Warming Climate, Battle to Protect their Homes

August 26, 2021 at 05:00PM This summer, as a haze of wildfire smoke descended on the village of Magaras in the East Siberian region of Yakutia, crews of local residents set out into the taiga forest to defend their land from the encroaching flames. There was little in the way of protective clothing to go around, and no radios or GPS transponders, let alone firefighting aircraft to stop the blazes around this settlement of around 1,000 people. Locals made do with shovels, axes, and small fire-fighting pumps that they carried on their backs, along with their tractors, some dating back to the Soviet era, which they used to cut ditches into the vegetation in an attempt to hold back the fires. There was little choice but to undertake this dangerous work themselves, the local volunteers said. If they stood by and waited for government help to arrive, it would be too late. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] A hot, dry summer has fueled massive blazes in this East Siberian region over

Breakthrough Covid Cases: Uncommon and Often Mild, but Not Always

By BY EMMA GOLDBERG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3BaFuTp

A study finds that myocarditis is more common after Covid than after vaccination.

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Study finds that myocarditis is more common after Covid than post vaccination.

By BY EMILY ANTHES AND NOAH WEILAND from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3gyPNZA

Heart Problem More Common After Covid-19 Than After Vaccination, Study Finds

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Second Dose of J. & J. Vaccine Gives Strong Boost, Company Reports

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Second Dose of J. & J. Vaccine Gives Strong Boost, Company Reports

By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3ybFpg9

Vaccines prevented fewer infections as Delta emerged, federal researchers find.

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Overweight Adults Should Be Screened for Diabetes at 35, Experts Say

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I’m Supposed To Be in a Wedding. Will I Risk Bringing COVID-19 Home to My Kids?

August 24, 2021 at 08:02PM Welcome to COVID Questions, TIME’s advice column. We’re trying to make living through the pandemic a little easier, with expert-backed answers to your toughest coronavirus-related dilemmas. While we can’t and don’t offer medical advice—those questions should go to your doctor—we hope this column will help you sort through this stressful and confusing time. Got a question? Write to us at covidquestions@time.com. Today, A.S. in Wisconsin asks: My best friend is getting married in September and I’m in the wedding. I just found out at least one of the groomsmen has refused to be vaccinated, and the couple is not requiring vaccines or COVID-19 tests from their guests. I have been vaccinated, but I have young children who are not. I will not bring my children, but am I putting them at risk by attending? How do I balance wanting to support my friend but also protecting my family? As I read your question, you’re asking two different things: First, there

UAE Unlikely to Set Net-Zero Emissions Target Before COP26