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Miami Heat lets dogs out to screen fans for COVID-19 â but what does the science say? Share Updated: 10:33 AM CST Jan 28, 2021 By Jacqueline Howard, CNN
Miami Heat lets dogs out to screen fans for COVID-19 â but what does the science say? Share Updated: 10:33 AM CST Jan 28, 2021
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Show Transcript these military dogs might look like they re ready for a fight, and perhaps they are. But that fight is against the coronavirus. That s because these Austrian canines have been taught to sniff out Cove in 19, all in the hopes of detecting and quarantining those who are walking around with the deadly virus. And initial trials have been a success. Colonel Auto Competition, one of the military leaders overseeing the project, said about the program quote When we got the first active samples of Cove in 19 at the military hospital and presented it to the dog directly out of the ward a few minutes later, the d
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A new study has shown that, while there is limited evidence for overall increased mortality in patients with atopic eczema, those with severe atopic eczema may have a greater risk of dying from several health issues compared with those without eczema, according to a new study in the
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
The research team, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and funded by the Wellcome Trust, compared the risk of dying in over 500,000 adults with atopic eczema with more than 2.5 million without eczema. Patients with severe atopic eczema had a 62% higher risk of dying compared to individuals without atopic eczema, due to several causes - the strongest links of which were seen for infections, lung problems and kidney or bladder disorders.
The Miami Heat is unleashing the dogs.
As AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami reopens to a limited number of fans Thursday, the Miami Heat is bringing out dogs it is billing as “coronavirus detection dogs” to screen guests and employees as they arrive at the facility. The team will be the first in the NBA to use canines to screen the public.
The science isn’t yet clear whether dogs can, in fact, detect coronavirus infection in people. The team has been trying the dogs out on a smaller scale to screen personnel and “we learned a lot during that time,” Matthew Jafarian, Miami Heat’s executive vice president for business strategy, told CNN.
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German authorities have advised that the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab should not be given to those aged 65 or above. We take a look at why, and what experts make of it.
Why has Germany advised the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab should only be used in adults under 65?
The issue boils down to a lack of data on efficacy of the vaccine in this age group. The standing committee on vaccination of the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s disease control agency, said: “There is insufficient data to judge how effective the vaccination is above 65 years.”
Writing in their Lancet study released last year, researchers said there were not enough Covid cases among older adults at the time to explore just how well the vaccine protected them against the disease.
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