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Medical Notes: January 9, 2022

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 may flame out as quickly as it rose. Omicron became the predominant strain of new Covid cases in the U.S. in just a few weeks. But in South Africa, where the strain was first found, it’s already in steep decline. What’s more, a …
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Dealing With Lifelong Disease

Life-threatening, lifelong chronic diseases from infancy are at the top of the list of medical challenges. A woman who has dealt with cystic fibrosis her entire life discusses how mindset is often the biggest factor in living a full life with such a disease, …
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Medical Notes: January 2, 2022

A few weeks ago we reported on the challenges facing rural hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. But a new study in the journal JAMA Network Open finds that patients showing up at rural hospital ERs have extremely similar outcomes compared to patients in …
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Saving Preschool Education

Preschool teachers have left the profession in huge numbers, closing some schools and threatening others. With nowhere to safely leave their children, millions of people are unable to return to work, sabotaging economic recovery. Lauren Hogan, Managing …
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Medical Notes: December 19, 2021

The arrival of the holidays and the end of the year are making a lot of us ask where we are in the pandemic… and what we might expect from it in the months ahead. Experts at Johns Hopkins University say we’re a lot better off than we were last year at this …
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The Damage of Too Little Sleep

Getting less than six hours of sleep per night has long been known to be hazardous to health, but the discovery of the mechanisms behind those hazards is leading scientists to strengthen their warnings. The research shows that too little sleep or poor sleep …
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Building the Covid Vaccine

The vaccine for Covid-19 was developed with record speed while still following required safety protocols. Gregory Zuckerman, a noted investigative reporter and contributor to The Wall Street Journal, joins us to discuss the Covid vaccine development process he …
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