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  • Japan Confirms First Case Of New Coronavirus In Person Who Traveled To Wuhan

    Reuters (1/16, Gallagher) reports Japan “confirmed its first case of infection from a newly-identified coronavirus that has killed one person and infected at least 40 more in China.” The article says that the “patient returned from Wuhan this month with a...
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  • Florida House Panel Advances Legislation Preventing Life Insurers From Accessing DNA Test Data

    The AP (1/16, Calvan) reports that Florida lawmakers “advanced a proposal Thursday that would bar life insurers from using information from commercially available genetic tests to deny policies or set premiums based on markers that might be discovered thr...
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  • Study Suggests Fitbits Could Help Health Officials Predict Flu Outbreaks In Real-Time

    CNN (1/16, Kim) reports a new study suggests that wearing a Fitbit “may help health officials stop the flu from spreading.” Researchers working at the Scripps Research Translational Institute “reviewed de-identified data from users wearing Fitbits – the c...
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  • Millennials Are Least Likely To Receive Flu Shot, In Part Because Of Anti-Vaxxer Ideas, Survey Suggests

    NBC News (1/16) reports on its website that the American Academy of Family Physicians surveyed 1,000 adults across the US about influenza and found that millennials were the least likely to receive flu vaccines compared to other generations. According to...
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  • Pilot Program Is Providing Malaria Vaccine To Babies In Ghana, Kenya, And Malawi

    The AP (1/16, Anna, Neergaard) reports on a pilot program that is providing malaria vaccines to babies in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi. The article says that the new vaccine “is only about 40% effective. But experts say it’s worth a try as progress against ma...
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