Medicine at Gunpoint; Biden's Symptoms Grow; Any COVID 'Virgins' Left?
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Some students in Mexico train for their medical degree at gunpoint. (Los Angeles Times) President Biden's case of COVID-19 now features body aches and a sore throat... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - July 25, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Biden's condition continues to improve with sore throat now predominant symptom, President's physician says
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Biden improves 'significantly,' throat still sore from COVID
President Joe Biden's physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, says Biden continues to “improve significantly” despite a lingering sore throat (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Doctor: Biden likely has highly contagious COVID-19 strain
President Joe Biden likely has contracted a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly through the United States, and now has body aches and a sore throat since his positive test (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

‘The way it’s playing out is unexpected’: UK faces up to changing waves of Covid
As infections soar in the third major wave this year, experts say Covid may never settle into a seasonal cyclePaddling pools are out, beer gardens are brimming. But a startling proportion of the UK population will be cooped up in their bedrooms having the strange experience of nursing a fever and sore throat in July as Covid infections continue to soar in the third major wave this year.For most this will be an unpleasant inconvenience rather than a tragedy. But with a fourth wave expected in the autumn, a fifth potentially kicking off by Christmas and experts saying that Covid may never settle into a seasonal cycle, some a...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 17, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Coronavirus UK news Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology World news Science Vaccines and immunisation Health Society Health policy Politics Public services policy NHS Source Type: news

Sore Throat, Cough Now Top COVID Symptoms: UK Study Sore Throat, Cough Now Top COVID Symptoms: UK Study
A study of COVID-19 patients in the United Kingdom has found that loss of taste and smell were no longer among the most telling symptoms of the virus.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - July 15, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news

Covid: Sore throat now top symptom that could be the virus
That is according to UK data from 17,500 people this week who say they have Covid. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sore throat and cough top symptoms that could be Covid
That is according to UK data from 17,500 people this week who say they have Covid. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hay fever: Can sex improve your runny nose and sore throat? Doctor weighs in
A THEORY has circulated in the online world that sex might be able to reduce hay fever symptoms. A London doctor has weighed in on the claims. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Is the Omicron COVID variant less severe than Delta?, ZOE Health Study
We found that people with an Omicron infection are more likely to have a sore throat and are less likely to experience loss of smell, compared with Delta. Our researchers from both ZOE and King ' s College London also found that the Omicron variant is associated with a lower risk of hospitalization and shorter duration of illness in the vaccinated population than previous variants. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Janssen Presents Study Results Showing Clinical Efficacy for TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) and Long-Term Safety Profile for STELARA® (ustekinumab) for Patients Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Digestive Disease Week® 2022
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, May 24, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced new data from the Phase 2 GALAXI 1 clinical trial of TREMFYA® (guselkumab) in adult patients with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease (CD), and from three separate long-term pooled analyses of adult patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and CD treated with STELARA® (ustekinumab).1,2,3,4 These data are being presented as oral and poster presentations and are among 29 Janssen abstracts presented during the Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) meeting taking place in person and virtually in San Di...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - May 24, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Covid-19 cases that return after antiviral treatment puzzle doctors
The pink line on Erin Blakeney's first positive Covid-19 test was so light that she almost didn't believe it. But there was no denying the fever and sore throat that developed overnight, just a few days after she and her husband attended a large memorial service in late March. The couple wore KN95 masks, but many others in attendance had not, even as the service stretched past 90 minutes. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - April 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Heart disease: Flu-like symptoms including headache and sore throat signs of myocarditis
MYOCARDITIS is inflammation of the heart that can affect its electrical system and muscle, reducing its ability to pump blood. This can potentially cause a rapid heart rhythm, or arrhythmia. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What ’ s The Difference Between The Common Cold, Flu And COVID-19?
cbsoptanon.onScriptsReady(function(cmp){cmp.ot.targetingAllowed(function(a){if(a) AnvatoPlayer("p30").init({"mcp":"cbs","width":"100%","height":"100%","video":"6225308","autoplay":false,"titleVisible":false,"accessKey":"EZqvRyKE7qmqDflDPXIw6U7kKZEA0Vx7","accessControl":{"preview":false},"pInstance":"p30","plugins":{"heartbeat":{"account":"cbslocal-global-unified","publisherId":"cbslocal","jobId":"sc_va","marketingCloudId":"823BA0335567497F7F000101@AdobeOrg","trackingServer":"cbsdigitalmedia.hb.omtrdc.net","customTrackingServer":"cbsdigitalmedia.d1.sc.omtrdc.net","chapterTracking":false,"version":"1.5","customMetadata":{"vi...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Covid-19 Boston, MA Health Healthwatch Syndicated Local Coronavirus Dr. Mallika Marshall Source Type: news

How to spot a Covid sore throat: From time of onset to severity - the symptom explained
AS THE NHS has expanded its list of Covid symptoms, the new guidance could help navigate the high numbers of infections across the country by being able to spot the warning signs. However, sore throat is a common sign linked to a variety of health problems; here's how to spot the one linked to Covid, specifically. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news