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The FDA, On 2/27/2021, Issued An Emergency Authorization For The Johnson & Johnson (JJ) 66.1% Efficacy Covid-19 Vaccine For Adults Aged 18 And Older. This Will Be The Third Vaccine Approved In The USA And The First Single-Shot Vaccine. The JJ Vaccine Also Does Not Have Tedious Cold Requirements Like Those Of Moderna And Pfizer/BioNTech.

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4 Persons, In Oregon, USA, Who Received The Complete COVID-19 Vaccine Dose, Tested Positive For COVID-19. This Makes Oregon One Of The First States To Identify “Breakthrough Cases,” In Which Folks Considered Immune Are Now Sickened With Mild Cases Of COVID-19. But Health Officials Are Not Surprised By This Given The Vaccines ~95% Efficacy.

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A New Study, A First Of Its Kind, Which Focuses On The Health Impact Of Cannabis On Blood Pressure, Heart Rate And Metabolism In Hypertensive Adults That Are 60 Years And Above, Shows That Cannabis May Reduce Blood Pressure In Older Adults. The Study Is Very Pertinent As Older Adults Have Become The Fastest Growing Users Of Cannabis.

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The World’s First Successful Face And Hand Transplant, After 23 Hours Of Surgery, Was Performed, On 22-Year-Old Joe Dimeo, By Doctors At The NYU Langone Medical Center. Mr. Dimeo, At Age 20, Sustained Third-Degree Burns Over ~80% Of His Body Due To A Car Accident. The August 2020 Operation Involved 80 People Across 6 Surgical Teams.

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A New Study Is Indicating That Infant Mortality Rate Drops By 1.8% Annually In Big Cities In The USA, For Every One Dollar Increase In Minimum Wage. The Study Is Based On Previous Studies That Have Consistently Shown That Increase In Minimum Wage Improves Standard Of Living, Alleviating Conditions That Lead To Infant Mortality.

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The U.S. FDA Has Approved The First Long-Acting Monthly 2-Shot Drug Combo That Can Replace Daily HIV Pills. The Combo, Called Cabenuva, Comprises Rilpivirine, Sold As Edurant By Johnson & Johnson, And A New Drug, Cabotegravir, From ViiV Healthcare. The Combo Are Given As Separate Shots Once A Month. 2 Months Dosing Is Also Being Tested.

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A Paralyzed Mice, With Spinal Cord Injury, Was Made To Work After 2-3 Weeks Of Receiving An Innovative Treatment, Which Involves Injecting Designer Protein Into The Brain To Stimulate The Paralyzed Nerve Cells To Establish Neural Link That Was Considered, Until Now, Irreparable In Mammals. A Lot More Testing Is Needed Before Use On Humans.

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Researchers In Isreal May Have Developed A World-First Treatment For Cancerous Cells. The Treatment, Referred To As “A More Elegant Chemotherapy With No Side Effect,” Is Said To Be Done Using A Nobel Prize-Winning Technology, CRISPR Cas-9, To Physically Cut The DNA In Cancerous Cells. The Treatment, Applied Thrice, Was Successful In Mice.

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Scientists Have Figured Out That ~30-40 Minutes Per Day Of “Moderate To Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity Can Offset The Negative Health Impact Of 10 Hours Of Daily Sitting. This Result Is Based On The Statistical Analysis Of Results From 9 Previous Studies Involving 44,370 People, From Different Countries, Wearing Fitness Trackers.

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AstraZeneca And The University Of Oxford Have Stated, In A Relatively Unclear Report, That Their COVID-19 Vaccine Is, On Average, 70% Effective Against Covid-19, Less Than Those From Moderna, And Pfizer And BioNTech. But AstraZeneca Vaccine, Compared To Others, Seem Easiest To Mass Produce And Store, And It’s Also The Cheapest, At $3 To $4 Per Dose.

Scientists, In A First Of Its Kind, May Have Discovered A Way To Reverse Aging In Folks Over 64 Years By Using Oxygen Therapy (Breathing Pure Oxygen In Pressurized Chamber) To Target Cells And DNA Linked To Aging. The 3 Months Experiment Period Indicates That Folks Gained 25 Years Younger At The Cellular Biological Level. Hmm!

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Mordena Just Announced That Their Vaccine, mRNA-1273, Is Effective Against COVID-19 As It Was Able To Reduce The Risk Of The Virus Infection By 94.5%. This News Comes A week After Pfizer And BioNTech Announced The Result From Their Study. Regardless, Experts Urge More Study To Better Understand The Efficacy Of The Vaccines.

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Pfizer And BioNTech Have Stated That Their COVID-19 Vaccine Was Very Effective And Exceeded Expectations. The Vaccine Results Showed That Folks Injected Twice, 3 Weeks Apart, Experienced >90% Fewer Cases Of Symptomatic Covid-19 Than Those Given A Placebo. But Experts Have Indicated The Hurdles To Cross Before Approving The Vaccine.

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Researchers May Have Developed A Cheap And Effective Way To Measure Chronic Cortisol Level, Which Could Help To Effectively Diagnose Depression And Stress-Related Conditions Like Addison’s Disease. The Method, Which Uses Ear Wax, Is Said To Be More Effective Than Hair, Blood, Urine, And Saliva Tests, Which Track Short Term Cortisol Levels.

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A New Study, For The First Time, In An Attempt To Detect Work Stress In Real-Time, Has Shown That Workplace Interruptions Can Increase Cortisol Levels In The Body. But What Was Interesting Is That The Perceived Stress Mood Did Not Change, As The Increased Cortisol Levels Was Even Associated With The Feeling Of Being Less Stressed.

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Researchers Study People With Similar Symptoms To Find A Biological Explanation For The Symptoms. But Now, Researchers Working Backward, Have Discovered A Deadly Genetic Disease In Men, “VEXAS,” By Studying “2,500 People’s Genes For Variations That Could Be Linked To Wide-Ranging Symptoms Of Their Undiagnosed Inflammatory Conditions.”

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Treatment, Remdesivir, For Covid-19. Remdesivir Is Sold Under The Brand Name Veklury, Which Has Been Used Under Emergency Use Authorization Since May 2020. Remdesivir Is “Indicated For Adults And Pediatric Patients (12 Yrs And Older And Weighing At least 40 kg) Treatment Requiring Hospitalization.”

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A New Study Seem To Support The Claim That Over-The-Counter Products Like Mouthwash, Oral Rinses, Baby Shampoo, A Neti Pot Can Inactivate Greater Than 99.9% Of The Human Coronavirus After A 30 Seconds To 2 Minutes Contact Time. These Items Seem To Be Promising Methods Of Reducing Transmission While We All Wait For A Coronavirus Vaccine.

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Though The Clinical Trial Is Not Complete, There Seem To Be Light At The End Of The Tunnel As Hundreds In A City In Eastern China Are Queuing To Get A Coronavirus Vaccine, Which Has Been Rolled Out To The Public With The Backing Of The Chinese Government. Anyone Can Get The Vaccine If One Pays The $60 (£45) Injection Fee. Fingers Crossed.

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Two New Studies Seem To Indicate A Relationship Between The Degree Of Vulnerability To COVID-19 And Blood Types. According To The Study, People With Blood Type O Seem Less Vulnerable Relative To Those With Blood Types A, B, Or AB. And Also, People With Blood Types A Or AB Seem To Show The Greatest COVID-19 Disease Severity. Hmm!

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