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LA County supervisor visited restaurant after voting for outdoor dining ban: report Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl visited an eatery in Santa Monica, Calif., last week, just hours after she voted to ban outdoor dining at restaurants in the county due to COVID-19 safety concerns, according to a report.  via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3llKIU5

Live Updates: Scott Atlas, Trump’s special adviser on the coronavirus pandemic, formally resigns In Atlas’s resignation letter, was dated Dec. 1, he touted the Trump administration's work on the coronavirus pandemic while wishing "all the best" to the incoming Biden administration. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2JgZSwW

Dr. Scott Atlas says data proves him right about schools saying open Dr. Atlas joins 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' for first interview since resigning from White House position via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3qeDvZu

New Jersey indoor pools report no cases of coronavirus since July, study claims The study, which was published by the volunteer group last week, tracked 44 indoor pools in New Jersey since the facilities reopened July 2 with 25% capacity. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3lmXcun

Tucker: Experts lied about coronavirus from the beginning 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' host calls out officials after they finally admit COVID-19 poses little threat to children via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2HSWVBN

WSJ: United Airlines prepared to ship Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat joins 'The Fox Report' with insight via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3ltmffs

Health officials warn of surge in COVID-19 cases after Thanksgiving Fox News correspondent Casey Stegall joins 'Special Report' with the latest on the pandemic via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3mrKmMR

NYC elementary schools to reopen on Dec. 7; middle, high schools still shut Daniela Jampel reacts on 'The Daily Briefing' to de Blasio's decision to reopen institutions via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3mBN6ao

Dr. Slaoui: US could reach herd immunity by May or June with vaccines Operation Warp Speed leader Dr. Moncef Slaoui gives an update on 'Special Report' via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3fTen5L

COVID-19 stimulus talks remain stalemated amid spike in cases Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has the latest on 'Special Report' via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2HSaRvQ

NJ gov imposes new COVID-19 restrictions amid fresh shutdown fears Just Jersey co-owner Paul Miller joins 'Your World' to discuss how his business has been impacted by the pandemic. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2Vk2JHH

Americans face new coronavirus restrictions after Thanksgiving Americans returning home from Thanksgiving break faced strict new coronavirus measures around the country Monday as health officials brace for a disastrous worsening of the out-of-control surge because of holiday gatherings over the long weekend. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/33y7jXh

Moderna to apply for FDA emergency approval of coronavirus vaccine Dr. Bob Lahita tells ‘Your World’ vaccine rollout will be ‘big boost’ for healthcare workers. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/37kxxgZ

Baby spinach recalled over salmonella concerns A company is recalling some of its baby spinach products over concerns it has been contaminated with salmonella, according to a recall notice posted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) website over the weekend.  via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/39rabsQ

Dr. Marty Makary blasts FDA timetable to approve coronavirus vaccine: 'Why are they waiting three weeks?' The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is unnecessarily dragging its feet on reviewing candidates for a coronavirus vaccine, Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marty Makary told "Bill Hemmer Reports" Monday. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3fPNrnB

Moderna said in its phase 3 clinical trials they recorded 196 infections, but only 11 of these were in people who received the vaccine. They added that no safety concerns were raised during the trial. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/36mRrZz

The Prime Minister is battling to quell a Tory revolt as he unveiled a series of concessions in a bid to persuade backbenchers to back a tougher tiers system in a Commons vote tomorrow. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3odp1rb

A spokesman for the Cabinet Office suggested today that care home residents in England will be included in the three household bubble rule over Christmas.. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mo2cjZ

Baroness Dido Harding told NHS bosses her team was investigating the passports. She hoped the NHS Covid-19 app would soon be able to display whether someone was vaccinated. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3fLOSDu

The dog is believed to have caught Covid in April when Mr Johnson was fighting for his life at St Thomas' Hospital in London. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3o8TmqM

Mel Khaled, from Walthamstow in East London, had continued going to work during lockdown because she was not offered furlough by her bosses and didn't want to lose her job. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lg0tvF

EXCLUSIVE: As many as a third of England's local authorities - 51 out of 149 - have seen falls in infection rates over the weeks ending November 15 and November 22, according to Public Health England. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3fNHhEn

Boris Johnson was under mounting pressure today to change the course of his coronavirus lockdown plans after figures showed the UK had 16,022 more cases today - down a fifth from last Friday's number. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3o27MJe

Anger over the whole of Kent being dragged in Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions deepened today after a shocking new map showed nearly half of the county had 'low' infection rates. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3q3ynY1

SAGE - Number 10 's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies - estimates the 'R' is between 0.9 and 1.0 across the whole of the UK, down from 1.0 and 1.1 last week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/33lg8DV

A report by the Office for National Statistics found that there were 28,300 more deaths than expected in England and Wales last winter, which was higher than in 2018-19 but lower than 2017-18. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/37duUxx

Medway, East Sussex and Redbridge, in London, were the only three areas in England to record a rise in Covid-19 infections, according to the latest surveillance report from Public Health England. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3q56ij9

A cluster of coronavirus which was first detected in fruit pickers in northern Spain spread across the continent over summer before increasingly rapidly in local communities, driving the second wave. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3m7etsO

Chris Whitty (pictured) refused to back the injection when asked about the controversy surrounding data from its late-stage trials at a Downing Street press conference. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nZtNIr

Kent's infection rates vary widely between its 12 boroughs, with the area with the highest rate having a level four times above that with the lowest rate. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3o0Jyz2

Some 3.2million women in England have been screened for the cancer in the last 12 months, down 240,000 on the 3.43million checked last year. The NHS shut down in March to free up beds for Covid. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mbFM5c

Department of Health figures show daily infections have now been dropping for a fortnight and are 23.4 per cent down on the 22,915 Covid-19 cases recorded last Thursday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mdDxhK

This week's Office for National Statistics report, brought forward to coincide with England's local lockdown announcements today, shows 633,000 people are thought to be infected. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2J40vtE

The decision to save the capital from Tier 3 will be a relief to many in the hospitality industry who will be able to reopen with limitations when the current national lockdown ends on December 2. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39emBnT

Bosses at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital insisting their wards were 'very busy'. They had on average 85 out of 647 beds filled with Covid-19 patients in the week ending November 17. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3m4A6dj

Nottinghamshire health boss Sarah Carter said in a council meeting that the health system was 'poised' to start giving a vaccine to members of the public from December 9, in 13 days' time. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3m8s2s3

Hilda Bastian, an accomplished Australian scientist turned writer who blogs for the British Medical Journal (BMJ), claims data from the Oxford trials has been 'patched together'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/363sphO

Department of Health statistics show UK infections have dropped 7 per cent week-on-week, with 19,609 positive tests confirmed last Wednesday as the outbreak continues to tail off. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3l35BDb

Lawyers at the firm Morgan Lewis said people must give their consent to be vaccinated and it is unlikely this would be considered valid under UK law if they were under pressure from their boss. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2V1bG8F

Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, said today it is 'more likely than not' that Ministers will put his area in the 'very high' level when the national lockdown ends next Wednesday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/33gyPsk

Just 9,854 new infections were recorded in England yesterday, almost half of the number of diagnoses last Tuesday (18,626). from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/33ja3Ym

NHS GPs in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Somerset were told to stop using a batch of gloves delivered this month after officials found they had been used and packed into unopened boxes. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/361aHvy

Councillors in Kent have accused members of the public of not following social distancing rules closely enough while experts said it was hard to prove people behave worse in particular areas. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/33ecg7I

Today's infections marked a fall of 43.6 per cent on the 20,051 recorded last Tuesday and a drop of 27 per cent on yesterday's figure of 15,450. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/33doME6

Indian researchers found the virus droplets evaporate dramatically and turns into a pancake-like film which allows the virus to stay on a surface for several hours. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pZjyWA

Boris Johnson will set out which tiers local authorities will fall into on Thursday, but he has warned many are expected to enter the higher tiers. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nXPN6N

Eminent statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter suggested the Government tried to manipulate Britons rather than genuinely inform them on the true scale of the crisis. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Hx4U7B

Researchers at St. Jude's department of immunology in Tennessee found the combination of cytokines TNF-alpha and INF-gamma creates the cytokine storm. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35XauJM

Speaking to Parliament's Health and Social Care Committee today, Mr Hancock said: 'Why in Britain do we think it's acceptable to soldier on and go into work if you have a runny nose?' from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3fw0SsM

The weekly report from the Office for National Statistics showed that the numbers of people dying of any cause is higher than average in all regions of England and Wales, driven up by Covid fatalities. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/39bcQGX

Care homes in the UK could get a system in which each resident can have up to two regular visitors who will be tested for coronavirus twice a week so they can stop social distancing. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/370593I

An NHS reserve, similar to the one used by the military and the police in case of emergencies, may be set up in the UK under plans being considered by Number 10. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/374rvAS

A rising infection rate in the capital, bucking the trend for most of England, has raised the possibility it could be plunged into the harshest Tier Three restrictions. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3m4k17q

Boris Johnson has given care home residents a glimmer of Christmas hope by vowing to roll-out rapid tests for visitors by the end of the year. Plans will see residents allowed two designated 'key visitors'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/378w9hE

Researchers from Harvard University have found youngsters are willing to sacrifice their own happiness to punish others for bad behaviour. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2J1kDfp

The Health Secretary said in a TV briefing today that the Government has officially asked the UK drugs regulator, the MHRA, to consider licensing Pfizer's vaccine. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/36Vyaxu

Chemicals already approved for human use have been combined to make the spray and lab studies show it inhibits the ability of the coronavirus to bind to human cells. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lQSzKn

Healthcare workers and the most vulnerable could start receiving the jabs in just 12 days, according to leaked documents handed to NHS regional leaders yesterday. The documents are dated November 13. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3kRsnxI

Scientists from the University of Georgia claim the MMR jab, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella, prevents people from getting seriously unwell with Covid-19. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2ITaeTo

The American pharmaceutical giant - most famous for making Viagra - claims its vaccine is 95 per cent effective and works in older people most vulnerable to Covid. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/391Ay8k

The chairman of Parliament's Health and Social Care Select Committee said the Government needed to offer people 'proper incentives' to get tested for Covid-19. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3fdXXok

Research among 2,847 key workers from the NHS, police and fire service in June found that 25 per cent of participants had high levels of T-cells which recognised Covid. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lNPXge

Europe has registered more than 29,000 virus deaths in the last week alone making it once again the world's epicentre of the virus, accounting for 28 percent of global cases. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35HRLSo

Oxford University's Professor Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson said there had been 'a troubling lack of robust evidence on face masks and Covid-19'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3fbIuFi

817 over-65 Covid patients were admitted to hospital and became part of the US-wide study. 226 (28 per cent) were delirius, making it the sixth most common symptom. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/32ZB4Ad

Patients given the drug in the REMAP-CAP trial, led by Imperial College London, were 87 per cent more likely to see their illness improve than those not given the drug. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pKtm6I

In a statement today, Denmark's health ministry said there had been 'no new cases of Cluster 5 since September 15' which led it to conclude the strain 'has most likely been eradicated'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/331kvUl

Dr Matías Fosco of Favaloro Foundation University Hospital in Buenos Aires, led the study and said stress, poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle were likely to blame. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35HtU5h

An Office for National Statistics report today found that of the 43,265 fatalities recorded last month in England, 3,367 involved Covid-19 (7.8 per cent). from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3kPhQD7

Professor Andrew Hayward, an infectious diseases expert at University College London, warned opening up society over Christmas would pose a 'substantial' risk to the elderly. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lOqkfo

Mr Johnson has denied his ministers wasted 'mindblowing' amounts of taxpayers' money, claiming that he is 'very proud' of the scramble to buy lifesaving clothing for the NHS. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2UzRs5E

Professor Ian Hall, deputy chair of the SAGE subgroup SPI-M, said: 'The public may be surprised that we were using Wikipedia - but that was really the only data available'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2HeXZ2J

Dr Susan Hopkins, a senior doctor at Public Health England, and deputy chief scientific adviser Dame Angela McLean said three hotspot regions in England had seen rates plateau. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pFqIil

University of Pennsylvania doctors looked at patients with life-threatening brain problems. Half had diabetes, while seven in 10 had high blood pressure. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/36Pjq2T

There have been conflicting reports on the impact of smoking on a Covid patient's prognosis. Now, academics from UCLA found smoking cigarettes resulted in more severe infection. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/32VhK7c

Doctors diagnosed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in a post-mortem on the man in Croatia. They said this had been triggered by the virus, and was the cause of death. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3kLjmWW

The anonymous man, from Turkey, had swelling and pain in his testes. Tests showed he had the coronavirus, therefore the doctors suspected the testicular pain was his first symptom. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/36JqdLC

The unique codes will be given only to those who have been vaccinated, under the plans being considered by ministers, to signal these individuals can attend large gatherings. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2K95l8T

Britons could get up to five days with their families over Christmas under new plans being considered, reports the Sun. 'Bubbles' of up to three households could be permitted, reports the Times. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/32TRH0a

The error, which spanned the six weeks before Britain was plunged under a three-tier lockdown system, meant several university cities were unaware of the scale of the pandemic. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pLxjIr

Number 10 is also encouraging people in Britain to use extractor fans in the bathroom or kitchen to remove parts of the virus. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lHrKIu

The data was taken on August 31, when the UK had an official total of 41,549 Covid-19 deaths and 335,873 cumulative cases, and has just been published. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3kGQ6k0

A Sydney fitness coach has revealed the real reason why you're not building lean muscle, and what you can do about it right now. Sophie Allen, 30, shared the 'fat loss hacks' she swears by. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pDjJXn

Dr Chaand Nagpaul, head of the British Medical Association (BMA), told MPs today NHS staff have reported higher than normal levels of severe stress, anxiety and fatigue this year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38RkKFp

International travel was rapidly shut down following the emergence of Covid-19 to reduce the global spread of the contagion, but many nations then also brought in regional restrictions. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nCdfGt

Moderna today confirmed it will charge governments placing 'smaller volume' orders for the jab between $32 (£24) and $37 (£28) per dose, after the US secured a deal for $15 (£11) per dose. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lSt0IZ

Researchers at the University of California Irvine believe our repetitive schedules, due to being stuck inside, have affected the ability to recall memories because day-to-day is hard to distinguish. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/36I6hsG

University of Exeter researchers found the high biodiversity seen in peatlands and habitat loss creates the perfect conditions for diseases to jump into people. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2KgCJuC

My heart sank when the news of lockdown 2.0 was first announced. It's not just the lack of contact with friends that concerns me, but the effect it's going to have on my body. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nnSeiC

The jabs will have to be manufactured at an unprecedented scale and pace, transported to every corner of the globe and, ultimately, injected into arm after arm after arm. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lBYH9f

New research shows that since 2009, annual cases of infective endocarditis - an infection of the heart which kills more than a third of those affected within a year - have soared by 86 per cent. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nrCGKK

New research suggests the jabs significantly reduce back pain for all the women who have them, and can provide relief for several hours. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Kbt7kE

At the age of 37, Marie (now 69) was one of the first to benefit from the screening programme when it was introduced in 1988, and she believes it has kept her alive. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3kwW9I0

A small ring that clips on to an inhaler and whistles when patients use it correctly could slash the number of potentially fatal asthma attacks. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/36LJSdM

Student Dasha Karzunina assumed at first that the red, painful eye she had developed while revising for her university exams was a simple infection. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38ShGbU

DR MARTIN SCURR: What has really distressed you is that the spot produced thread-like material when you squeezed it, which you thought was a worm. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lEBbYW

From a soup that promises to strengthen your immune system, to another that could help you to sleep better - can these new winter warmers be as healthy as they sound?  from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lPgNEw

Professor Paul Hunter, an epidemiologist at the University of East Anglia, said the pre-lockdown blowout fuelled a mini-Covid resurgence after weeks of plateauing infections. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2UzMgPd

The Office for National Statistics report shows that deaths from Covid-19 made up one in every six fatalities in England and Wales in the first week of November, up from one in eight the week before. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3f6w95a

Dr Soham Bandyopadhyay said it was unfair and avoidable that those who celebrate Diwali in the UK - hundreds of thousands of Hindu and Sikh people - cannot see family because of lockdown. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/36IYXgj

Researchers at the University of Granada and the Andalusian School of Public Health in Spain found owning a dog increased risk by a similar amount as continuing to go into work in person. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2IGlkel

Researchers at The University of Manchester believe a 'high proportion' of the 10,000 'non-Covid' excess deaths were actually caused by Covid-19 due to where outbreaks occurred in England. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nxO5IK

At a virtual press conference today, Professor Allyson Pollock, clinical professor of public health at the University of Newcastle, said: 'The evidence for screening is not there. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lAXhLX

The Office for National Statistics' records show the average age of parents in England and Wales have been rising consistently since the 1970s. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2UwrBvn

Piers Morgan started the interview by saying: 'Good morning to you, Health Secretary. First question: given that we live in a democracy, where the hell have you all been for the past 201 days?' from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3f4TVyu

The Government is piloting rapid testing in 20 care homes in low-infection areas in Hampshire, Devon and Cornwall to see if it is safe to let family members visit vulnerable residents indoors. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/35yQDQJ

Younger patients with 'long Covid' can suffer damage to multiple organs, according to a study. More than 60,000 Britons are thought to be affected by long-lasting symptoms of Covid-19. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/38LrWmr

In a video posted from his No11 flat, the PM said he was 'fit as a butcher's dog' but was following Test & Trace rules after standing close to Ashfield MP Lee Anderson last week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lzZ5F8

Professor Danny Altmann, an immunologist at Imperial College London, said people who have already had coronavirus 'should not be blasé' about the risk of catching it a second time. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3nxqDM1

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New infections across the country hit a record high for the third consecutive day with 153,496 cases on Thursday. Hospitalizations have also reached a single-day high with more than 67,000 patients. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3eV815o

A document released by the SAGE today at least 1,000 clusters of two or more coronavirus cases had occurred in educational settings in England since September. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3lAl7ru

Chris Whitty said in October the tiered system was 'not enough to get on top' of the autumn epidemic. But a top SAGE scientist admitted today they were 'having the effect they needed to'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2IoIy8P

The UK's former chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies says the country was ill-prepared for Covid-19, and government officials told her a coronavirus from Asia wouldn't travel this far. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2IC1AIf

EXCLUSIVE: Professor John Ashton, the former director of public health in the North West, said Dame Sally Davies was trying to 'gloss over her part to play' in the 'tragedy' of the Covid-19 pandemic. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2K7bxhN

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