Disease

Study reveals new factor associated with the risk of severe COVID-19 in people with obesity (medicalxpress.com)

Health officials in the Florida Keys issue a dengue fever alert (nbcnews.com)

A dengue fever alert has been issued in the Florida Keys following two confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne illness.

The local warning comes a week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national advisory about the increased risk of dengue virus infections in the United States.

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New ADHD diagnoses doubled during COVID-19, study suggests New diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Finland doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the largest increase in females aged 13 to 30 years, University of Helsinki researchers report in JAMA Network Open. CIDRAP

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"Individuals with ADHD are often challenged by executive dysfunction, including impairment in organizing, setting schedules, and emotion dysregulation such as lowered tolerance for frustration." 

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Signs of avian flu found in San Francisco wastewater Signs of H5N1 bird flu virus have been detected at three wastewater sites in California's Bay Area, according to sampling data. Medical Xpress

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While positive wastewater samples have been found in seven other states, California is the only one that has yet to report a bird flu outbreak in a herd of dairy cows.

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