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“Is COVID-19 transmitted through breast milk? Study suggests not likely - Science Daily” plus 1 more

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“Is COVID-19 transmitted through breast milk? Study suggests not likely - Science Daily” plus 1 more Is COVID-19 transmitted through breast milk? Study suggests not likely - Science Daily Posted: 19 Aug 2020 12:00 AM PDT As the novel coronavirus continues to spread around the world, so do the concerns of breastfeeding mothers. Although there have been no documented cases to date of an infant contracting COVID-19 as a result of consuming infected breast milk, the critical question of whether there is potential for this form of transmission remains. In a recent study, researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and University of California Los Angeles collaborated to find the answer. The study, published August 19, 2020 in the online edition of JAMA , examined 64 samples of breast milk collected by the Mommy's Milk Human Milk Research Biorepository from 18 women across the United States infected with sever...

63 Signs You May Have Long COVID | Eat This Not That - Eat This, Not That

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63 Signs You May Have Long COVID | Eat This Not That - Eat This, Not That 63 Signs You May Have Long COVID | Eat This Not That - Eat This, Not That Posted: 16 Jan 2021 12:00 AM PST A few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, health experts noticed that some people who battled the virus—mild, moderate, and severe infections included—weren't recovering from it. In fact, they reported lingering symptoms that increased in severity after their initial infection had cleared. For long haulers, "it is certainly clear that for around 10% of patients, symptoms can last long after the acute illness," F. Perry Wilson , a Yale Medicine physician and clinical researcher and associate professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, explains to Eat This, Not That! Health . "Many people have described the symptoms as coming and going, often triggered by things like exercise or stress." Now, a new study published on MedRX sheds l...