Ralph Ellis February 10, 2022 With the Omicron variant now accounting for almost 100% of COVID-19 cases in the United States, the seven-day average of daily COVID-related deaths hit 2,600 recently, the highest rate in about a year, The Washington Post reported. That’s higher than the approximately 2,000 daily deaths last autumn during the Delta surge, but less than...
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Older adult opioid overdose death rates on the rise
JANUARY 11, 2022 by Northwestern University Credit: CC0 Public Domain A common stereotype for an “older adult” might include early-bird specials, dentures and tickets to the matinee show. A new Northwestern Medicine study that analyzed 20 years of fatal opioid overdose data in adults 55 and older paints a much different picture. Between 1999 and 2019, opioid-related...
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THE NEW VARIANT OF CORONAVIRUS MAY BE 30-40 PERCENT DEADLIER
BY VICTOR TANGERMANN / A DAY AGO According to UK researchers, the fast spreading B117 variant of the coronavirus may be responsible for increasing the death rate by 30 to 40 percent, The Guardian reports. In a publicly filed document, the UK’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) announced that “preliminary analyses” showed “that there may...
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Study proves hepatitis C drugs reduce liver-related deaths by nearly half
OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS – Aug. 9, 2019 – A new study from the UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center demonstrates that antiviral drugs for hepatitis C reduce liver-related deaths by nearly 50% in patients with a history of liver cancer. The finding builds on a December 2018 study by the same researchers who...