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Why Aclaris Therapeutics Stock Skyrocketed More Than 200% Today
Shares of Aclaris Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ACRS) surged on Tuesday, following the release of promising data regarding its experimental treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. As of 12:20 a.m. EST today, the pharmaceutical company's stock price was up 212%.
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Los Angeles Lifts Cremation Restrictions as COVID Deaths Surge
More than 2,700 bodies were being stored but could not be cremated due to air-quality regulations, according to the executive order
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Study: More children hospitalized due to COVID-19
Studies show more children are going to the hospital to be treated for severe COVID-19 symptoms, and others aren't able to access mental health services they'd normally receive at school. Dr. Dyan Hes,
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2,000-Year-Old Grave of Child and Puppy Found in France
Save 84% off the newsstand price! Some 2,000 years ago, a small child in Roman Gaul—now France—died and was buried alongside what archaeologists say was probably a pet puppy. As Kim Willsher reports for the Guardian,
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Tuesday Already?
January 19th already, too. This new year is flying by and maybe that's because 2020 seemed to take forever. Even though we are still locked down, there is, hopefully, light at the end of the tunnel but before we start to take off the masks and party like it's 2019 (remember the good old days),
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Louisiana coronavirus: 1,806 more confirmed cases, 49 deaths reported Tuesday; see latest data
The Louisiana Department of Health reported 1,806 more confirmed coronavirus cases and 49 more confirmed deaths in its noon update Tuesday.
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Study: As more legal pot stores open, more young adults start using
As more states legalize marijuana and more shops begin to sell it, more young adults are using pot and developing drug-use disorders, a new study finds.
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Limited COVID-19 vaccine supply postpones another Washtenaw County vaccination clinic
The state shipped the Moderna vaccine to the Washtenaw County Health Department instead of the Pfizer vaccine, officials said.
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Washtenaw County postpones COVID-19 vaccine clinics because of shortage
The Washtenaw County Health Department postponed some of the COVID-19 vaccine clinics it scheduled for this week because of a shortage of vaccines.
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Tallahassee takes aim again at no-fault automobile insurance
The latest effort to end Florida’s no-fault auto insurance system will get its first Senate hearing next week.
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COVID-19 in Minnesota: 6 newly reported deaths, 922 newly reported cases by MDH
The Minnesota Department of Health on Tuesdayreported sixnew deaths from COVID-19 and 922newly reported positive COVID-19 tests...
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Hundreds of health care facilities were hit by ransomware last year amid pandemic
At the University of Vermont Medical Center in October, a cyberattack knocked out 5,000 computers on the hospital's IT network, disrupting everything from its financial systems to its radiology services and sleep studies.
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Washington state taps Starbucks, Microsoft and Costco to aid vaccine efforts
Washington state has announced a new robust public-private partnership to boost its vaccine distribution efforts.
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New surgeon general report calls for business investment to improve community health
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams discussed his new report on community health and economic prosperity and argued on Tuesday that when businesses invest in housing, good paying jobs and childcare,
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Site to administer 2K COVID-19 vaccines in Montgomery County
The Lone Star Family Health Center has received 2,000 COVID-19 vaccinations from the Department of State Health Services that it will administer with the help of the Montgomery County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management beginning Wednesday.
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Many health care workers are refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine
"We have a lot more work to do to get health care workers to take the vaccine," one expert said of worker resistance to shots.
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Youth mental health first aid training free and open to all
As youth cope with social isolation, learn how to recognize and respond to signs of mental health problems.
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Pandemic could be WHO's Chernobyl moment for reform: review panel
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) The COVID-19 pandemic could be the catalyst for much-needed reform of the World Health Organization just as the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 forced urgent changes at the U.N. nuclear agency, an independent review panel said on Tuesday. The panel, set up to investigate the global response to the coronavirus, said the []
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Ezra Klein column: Biden’s COVID-19 plan is maddeningly obvious
I wish I could tell you that the incoming Biden administration had a genius plan for combating COVID-19, thick with ideas no one else had thought of and strategies no one else had tried. But it doesn’t.
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COVID-19's Collateral Damage: Reduced Colorectal Cancer Care
The COVID-19 pandemic adversely impacted the detection and management of colorectal cancer (CRC) across England, according to a population-based study. The number of people being referred to hospitals with suspected lower gastrointestinal cancer,
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Minnesota reports 6 COVID-19 deaths, 200,130 first-dose vaccinations
Case trends are positive for Minnesota as it prepares to expand limited COVID-19 vaccination to seniors, teachers.
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Palm Beach, Monroe county Publix sites get COVID-19 vaccine
Dade, Broward, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Orange, Seminole and Duval do not have COVID-19 vaccines available at Publix pharmacies yet.
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Florida leads the country in cases of highly infectious ‘UK variant’
Even with relatively scant monitoring for evolved strains of the virus, known as “variants,” federal officials say Florida now leads the country in known cases of the so-called “U.K. variant,” or B.1.
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Wisconsin to offer coronavirus vaccine to everyone over age 65
Everyone over age 65 in Wisconsin will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting on Monday, a group of 700,000 people.
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Arizona reports over 6,400 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death as hospitals remain 92% full
Arizona has been a national hot spot for spread of the virus, but hospitalization numbers stayed below previous records reached last week.
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