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A strain of avian flu that has infected cattle elsewhere in the United States hasn’t been found in Pennsylvania. But even if it does arrive locally, experts said it won’t affect the meat or milk supply and will likely only cause a cold for cattle. “It poses no issue in
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For Sean Carey, long covid proved fatal. Carey contracted an early strain of covid in July 2020 when he and his wife, Meghan, lived in Daytona Beach, Fla. “He had pain that was too inhumane to live with,” his wife said. “He had tremors that were like lightning bolts going
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Covid-19 stole Lisa Merlo’s lungs, limbs — and nearly her life. But it wasn’t done. The 57-year-old West Deer resident continues to cope with the disease’s latest attack on her body: long covid. Merlo said she was told she had a 20% chance of living after a covid diagnosis in
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Students in the inaugural class of Duquesne University’s medical college will learn the intricacies of human anatomy through the time-tested method of dissecting cadavers. But they will also slip on a high-tech headset with eyewear and instantly see before them a hologram of the human body. They can walk around
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Mashup Score: 6Hospitals seeing 'exponential' rise in flu cases in Western Pa. - 4 month(s) ago
After a holiday season filled with travel, family gatherings and relatives breathing on each other, respiratory illnesses are on the rise in Western Pennsylvania — with flu cases spiking the fastest. Area hospitals are seeing an “exponential increase” in flu diagnoses, said Dr. Graham Snyder, medical director of infection prevention
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Mashup Score: 6Holiday gatherings mean rise in covid, flu, RSV in W.Pa. - 4 month(s) ago
Covid-19 struck Beth Green just in time for Christmas, upending her annual holiday gatherings. She planned on hosting her extended family at her Derry Township home on Dec. 23. She was especially excited because it’s difficult to get two of her adult sons together with their hectic schedules. Green, an
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Mashup Score: 2UPMC to reinstate medical mask policy - 5 month(s) ago
Pittsburgh health care giant UPMC is requiring facial masks at its facilities as it sees an increase in cases of covid-19, flu and other illnesses. “UPMC is seeing an increase in cases of respiratory viruses, including covid, influenza and RSV,” according to a statement from UPMC. “To protect the health
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Mashup Score: 8Flu on the rise, while RSV infections might be peaking - 5 month(s) ago
NEW YORK — Flu is picking up steam, while RSV lung infections that can hit kids and older people hard might be peaking, U.S. health officials said Friday. Covid-19, though, continues to cause the most hospitalizations and deaths among respiratory illnesses — about 15,000 hospitalizations and about 1,000 deaths every
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Pharmacies, clinics, and primary care providers are offering the 2023-2024 updated covid booster and this year’s flu vaccine—and it’s both safe and convenient to get both vaccines at the same time, according to medical experts. In fact, you can get both shots in the same arm, said Dr. Graham Snyder,
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Mashup Score: 4Tracking of covid-19 cases shifts as virus rides periodic waves - 6 month(s) ago
Over the past few years, checking the number of weekly covid-19 cases on a health department online tracker became second nature for a lot of people concerned about how the virus impacted their communities. The type of data available is now a lot different in much of Pennsylvania. “The covid-19
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“Through our Pennsylvania animal health and diagnostic labs, we test animals with illness suggestive of the flu and we also recently tested a large lot of cattle for export, and no (avian flu) was found” https://t.co/6IpMumPchQ