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Covid-19 News

• CDC launches website to help consumers find free COVID-19 testing sites
• Statement from Deirdre Lawrence Kittner, PhD, MPH, Director, CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health on the passing of Brian Hayden, <em>Tips From Former Smokers</em>® participant
• Transcript for Vaccine Telebriefing
• Ebola Outbreak Over in Uganda
• CDC Announces Negative COVID-19 Test Requirement from Air Passengers Entering the United States from the People’s Republic of China

NYTimes – Well Blog

• Are Saunas Good for You? What to Know About Health Benefits
• How to Find the Right Couples Therapist
• The Life-Changing Magic of a Urologist
• ¿Tomar café en ayunas hace daño al estómago?
• Don’t Call Me by My Real Name

New England Journal of Medicine

• Colonoscopy Screening and Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality
• Antiretroviral Therapy and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in People Living with HIV
• Randomized Trial of a Bionic Pancreas in Type 1 Diabetes
• Covid Vaccines — Playing the Long Game
• Extracorporeal CPR in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest — Still on Life Support?

ScienceDaily – Mind & Brain

• Supplementation with amino acid serine eases neuropathy in diabetic mice
• Special vascular cells adjust blood flow in brain capillaries based on local energy needs
• More steps, moderate physical activity cuts dementia, cognitive impairment risk
• Head injury is associated with doubled mortality rate long-term, Penn study finds
• Pop-up electrode device could help with 3D mapping of the brain

ScienceDaily – Health & Medicine

• Body phenotypes say a lot, but not everything, about a person's health
• Supplementation with amino acid serine eases neuropathy in diabetic mice
• Wearable sensor uses ultrasound to provide cardiac imaging on the go
• Expert analysis refutes claims that humans are colonized by bacteria before birth
• Scientists discover the evolutionary secret behind different animal life cycles

ScienceDaily – Public Health Education

• Education about genetic causes of eating behavior affects attitudes toward people with higher weight
• Proposed menthol ban in U.S. would cut littering by 3.8 billion cigarette butts annually
• More than a million smokers likely to quit after U.S. bans menthol cigarettes
• Study finds association between cigarette tax and reduced infant deaths
• A spouse's education can positively impact their partner's overall health

World Health Organization

• Suspension of supply of COVID-19 vaccine (COVAXIN®)
• WHO, Qatar, FIFA leaders agree actions to promote health at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
• Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air: new WHO data
• WHO’s training for caregivers of children with autism goes online
• Egypt and Nigeria medicines regulators achieve high maturity level in WHO classification and WHO launches list of regulatory authorities that meet international standards

ScienceDaily – Living Well

• More steps, moderate physical activity cuts dementia, cognitive impairment risk
• Residential green space is associated with higher birth weight
• New mosquito repellents that work better than DEET
• Hypertension drug could be repurposed to delay aging, animal study suggests
• Young chimpanzees and human teens share risk-taking behaviors