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Kids with COVID-19 infect others at home more than half the time, CDC finds

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Kids with COVID-19 infect others at home more than half the time, CDC finds

Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Children aged 12 years and younger infected with COVID-19 pass the virus to other members of their households more than half of the time, according to data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Hospital floors frequently contaminated with antibiotic resistant bacteria

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Hospital floors frequently contaminated with antibiotic resistant bacteria

Lies on social media translate to fewer vaccinations, study says

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Lies on social media translate to fewer vaccinations, study says

30% of nursing facilities in COVID-19 'hot spots' wait 3 days for test results

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30% of nursing facilities in COVID-19 'hot spots' wait 3 days for test results

Grocery workers at greater risk for COVID without symptoms

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Grocery workers at greater risk for COVID without symptoms

Grocery workers are likely at greater risk of infection with the new coronavirus, a new study shows.

U.S. shatters record with almost 90K new cases in major COVID-19 spike

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U.S. shatters record with almost 90K new cases in major COVID-19 spike

Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The United States has added close to 90,000 new COVID-19 cases -- the most ever for a single day -- and the top diseases expert says there's "a whole lot of pain" to come unless things change, and quickly.

Mental, physical health has suffered during pandemic lockdowns

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Mental, physical health has suffered during pandemic lockdowns

You might be onto something if you suspect your mental and physical health declined during the COVID-19 lockdown earlier this year.

UPI News Quiz: a rogue planet, land for logging, COVID-19

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UPI News Quiz: a rogue planet, land for logging, COVID-19

A rogue planet, land for logging, COVID-19 -- how well did you follow the headlines this week? Take the UPI News Quiz for Oct. 30, 2020.

Staying active may not be enough to hold off dementia

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Staying active may not be enough to hold off dementia

Experts in healthy aging often cite the importance of leisure activities in maintaining your brain health as you grow older -- but a new study questions whether these pursuits actually protect against dementia.

Study: Postpartum depression can linger for years for some women

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Study: Postpartum depression can linger for years for some women

Many women have depression symptoms after giving birth, but for some postpartum depression hangs on for years, a U.S. government study finds.

Gene editing method may cause chromosome loss in developing embryos

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Gene editing method may cause chromosome loss in developing embryos

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Researchers testing technology to edit DNA during human development have found that the process often eliminates an entire section of genetic material and could threaten the health of the baby.

Asymptomatic kids With COVID-19 may also carry less virus

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Asymptomatic kids With COVID-19 may also carry less virus

Most kids infected with COVID-19 who don't have symptoms have low levels of the virus, compared with symptomatic children, a new study finds.

Future pandemics will be worse without major strategy shift, study says

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Future pandemics will be worse without major strategy shift, study says

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- International experts in a new scientific study warned on Thursday that pandemics like COVID-19 will emerge more often in the future unless more targeted efforts are made to control them.

Mask design limits COVID-19 spread by killing virus in respiratory droplets

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Mask design limits COVID-19 spread by killing virus in respiratory droplets

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new concept for a face mask intended to make wearers less infectious -- a potentially important tool in the fight against COVID-19.

U.S. adds almost 80K new COVID-19 cases; states see deaths spike

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U.S. adds almost 80K new COVID-19 cases; states see deaths spike

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Now well into a new major surge of the COVID-19 era, the United States has added almost 80,000 new cases, according to updated data Thursday from Johns Hopkins University.

Cardiac MRI contrast agents unlikely to produce adverse reactions, study finds

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Cardiac MRI contrast agents unlikely to produce adverse reactions, study finds

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Chemicals used to improve images of the heart during MRIs are unlikely to produce allergic reactions and other side effects in patients who take them, according to a study in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

Study: 1 in 3 people in U.S. prescribed medications they may not need

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Study: 1 in 3 people in U.S. prescribed medications they may not need

More than one-third of older Americans are prescribed drugs they may not need, a new study finds.

Moderna says it has $1.1B for launch of possible COVID-19 vaccine

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Moderna says it has $1.1B for launch of possible COVID-19 vaccine

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. biotech firm Moderna said Thursday said it has received $1.1 billion in deposits as it prepares to distribute its COVID-19 vaccine, if it's approved by health and federal regulators.

Flu vaccine may lower risk for severe COVID-19, study suggests

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Flu vaccine may lower risk for severe COVID-19, study suggests

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- People who received the flu vaccine in the year before testing positive for COVID-19 are nearly 2 1/2 times less likely to be hospitalized with a severe form of the disease than unvaccinated adults.

One-third of prostate cancer tumors in Black men have dangerous gene mutations

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One-third of prostate cancer tumors in Black men have dangerous gene mutations

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- More than one-third of Black men with prostate cancer carry potentially dangerous genetic mutations that cause more severe disease, an analysis published Wednesday by the journal Molecular Cancer Research found.

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