JoNel Aleccia

JoNel Aleccia was a senior correspondent for 麻豆女优 Health News until October 2022.

Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving Covid-Infected Lungs

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The first confirmed U.S. case of SARS-CoV-2 being transmitted through an organ transplant has prompted calls for updated transplant protocols and additional testing of samples from deep within donor lungs.

Por qu茅 Estados Unidos subestima las reinfecciones por covid

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Aunque se definen como “raras”, habr铆a muchas reinfecciones por covid. El problema es que Estados Unidos no tiene la capacidad para hacer el an谩lisis gen茅tico necesario para detectarlas.

Why the U.S. Is Underestimating Covid Reinfection

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Hundreds of Americans suspect they contracted covid early in the pandemic and recovered, only to get infected again months later. But because the U.S. does so little genetic sequencing of covid samples, we don鈥檛 know much about reinfection rates.

Patients Fend for Themselves to Access Highly Touted Covid Antibody Treatments

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Months after President Donald Trump credited monoclonal antibody therapy for his quick recovery from covid-19, only a trickle of the product has found its way into regular people. While hundreds of thousands of vials sit unused, sick patients who might benefit from early treatment have been left on their own to vie for access.

Is Your Covid Vaccine Venue Prepared to Handle Rare, Life-Threatening Reactions?

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More than two dozen people who have received the new covid vaccines in U.S. hospitals and health centers suffered anaphylaxis, a potentially fatal allergic reaction. While such severe reactions are rare, experts warn that the drugstores and drive-thru clinics considered integral to the vaccine rollout must be prepared.

At Risk of Extinction, Black-Footed Ferrets Get Experimental COVID Vaccine

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Months before federal officials authorized experimental vaccines to ward off the coronavirus in humans, scientists tried a veterinary vaccine in endangered ferrets. Drugmakers are researching similar efforts for other animals proving vulnerable to the virus, such as farmed minks, in part to guard against virus mutations that could pose new risks to people.

Desaf铆o en hospitales: a qu茅 trabajadores de salud vacunar primero contra COVID

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Se aconseja a los hospitales que cubran a los miembros de su fuerza laboral con mayor riesgo, pero deben decidir exactamente qui茅nes ser谩n mientras no haya dosis suficientes.

Hospitals Scramble to Prioritize Which Workers Are First for COVID Shots

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Even as the federal Food and Drug Administration engaged in intense deliberations ahead of Friday’s authorization of the nation鈥檚 first COVID vaccine, and days before the initial doses were to be released, hospitals have been grappling with how to distribute the first scarce shots. Their plans vary broadly.

Demand for COVID Vaccines Expected to Get Heated 鈥 And Fast

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With two vaccines against coronavirus disease poised for release within weeks, experts say they expect attitudes to shift dramatically from hesitancy to 鈥淏eanie Baby鈥-level urgency.

New Legal Push Aims to Speed Magic Mushrooms to Dying Patients

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A proposal in Washington state would use right-to-try laws to allow terminally ill patients access to psilocybin 鈥 the famed magic mushrooms of America鈥檚 psychedelic 鈥60s 鈥 to ease depression and anxiety.

Time to Discuss Potentially Unpleasant Side Effects of COVID Shots? Scientists Say Yes.

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From the likelihood of achy, flu-like side effects to the need for two doses, weeks apart, consumers need to know now what to expect when vaccines to prevent COVID-19 roll out.

驴Leones, tigres y visones? Analizan a distintas especies en busca de COVID

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Mientras resurgen los casos de COVID-19 en los Estados Unidos, cient铆ficos y veterinarios investigan el virus en animales dom茅sticos y salvajes. Ya han realizado miles de pruebas.

Lions and Tigers and Anteaters? US Scientists Scan the Menagerie for COVID

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Thousands of animals in the U.S. have been tested for the coronavirus, as researchers work to understand its transmission and which other species might be at risk. So far, dozens have tested positive, mostly cats and dogs exposed to sick owners.

Cient铆ficos advierten que se espera demasiado de una vacuna para COVID

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La Casa Blanca y muchos estadounidenses han depositado sus esperanzas de derrotar a la pandemia en una vacuna. Pero cient铆ficos advierten que se espera demasiado, y demasiado pronto.

Scientists Warn Americans Are Expecting Too Much From a Vaccine

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Some argue that vaccines capable of preventing any COVID-19 symptoms should qualify for widespread use, but others want much larger trials to prove the vaccines can reduce hospitalizations or deaths.