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Trump Returns to a Capital in Chaos as Covid-19 Outbreak Spreads

October 7, 2020

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President Trump announced Tuesday that he was ending talks with Democrats on a stimulus bill. — Credit…Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

As the coronavirus upended the top echelons of the U.S. government on Tuesday — leaving President Trump convalescing in the White House, the Capitol eerily empty after lawmakers tested positive and most of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in quarantine — the president abruptly ended talks on a stimulus bill intended to shore up the nation’s pandemic-stricken economy.

Mr. Trump’s announcement Tuesday that he was ending talks with Democrats on the bill, which aimed to send more aid to Americans grappling with high unemployment and to help state and local governments stay afloat as tax collections plummet, sent the stock market sliding. It came after Jerome H. Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, warned that failing to inject more

COVID-19 Spreads Through Psych Wards; Liquid Quetiapine OK’d

October 7, 2020

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Patients admitted to inpatient psychiatric wards were more likely to contract COVID-19 than those in the community, a retrospective study from London found. (The Lancet Psychiatry)

LGBTQ teens and young adults are experiencing much higher rates of anxiety and depression during the pandemic relative to straight youths, with 75% reporting increased loneliness during this time. (NBC News)

OWP Pharmaceuticals announced that the FDA approved the first-ever liquid formulation of quetiapine fumarate for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Following the FDA’s boxed warning on antidepressants in 2003 regarding suicidality, adolescent suicides quickly spiked thanks to declines in depression treatment. “Our findings suggest the boxed warnings may have contributed to the very thing the FDA was trying to prevent,” said study lead author Stephen Soumerai, ScD, of Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in Boston. (Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice)

AHA News: Beloved San Francisco Drag Queen Spreads Message of Heart Health | Health News

October 6, 2020

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TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Drag queen Mutha Chucka is known for splashy costumes, striking hair and makeup, and humorous, politically pointed performances. A fixture of the San Francisco nightlife scene, Mutha has blossomed into a beloved celebrity, locally and beyond.

“People embraced me, and I just kept pushing the boundaries and pushing the boundaries,” Mutha said. “I love the hair, I love the makeup, I love the clothes. … I love to engage with the audience. I have fun.”

Mutha, also known as Chuck Gutro and to some friends as “Chucka,” first performed in drag in 1976. As a 14-year-old in New England, he donned his mother’s clothes and wig and entertained a surprised audience at a church youth talent show.

“It was quite some time ago,” he said, “and I never looked back.”

Whether lip-syncing to classic songs, sewing dazzling dresses, mentoring other

Beloved San Francisco drag queen spreads message of heart health

October 6, 2020

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Drag queen Mutha Chucka is known for splashy costumes, striking hair and makeup, and humorous, politically pointed performances. A fixture of the San Francisco nightlife scene, Mutha has blossomed into a beloved celebrity, locally and beyond.

“People embraced me, and I just kept pushing the boundaries and pushing the boundaries,” Mutha said. “I love the hair, I love the makeup, I love the clothes. … I love to engage with the audience. I have fun.”

Mutha, also known as Chuck Gutro and to some friends as “Chucka,” first performed in drag in 1976. As a 14-year-old in New England, he donned his mother’s clothes and wig and entertained a surprised audience at a church youth talent show.

“It was quite some time ago,” he said, “and I never looked back.”

Whether lip-syncing to classic songs, sewing dazzling dresses, mentoring other drag queens, raising money for charity or deftly handling a

CDC revises coronavirus guidance to acknowledge that it spreads through airborne transmission

October 6, 2020

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3D illustration of coronavirus on a colored background.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its coronavirus guidance Monday, acknowledging that it can sometimes spread through airborne particles that can “linger in the air for minutes to hours” and among people who are more than 6 feet apart.

The CDC cited published reports that demonstrated “limited, uncommon circumstances where people with COVID-19 infected others who were more than 6 feet away or shortly after the COVID-19-positive person left an area.”

“In these instances, transmission occurred in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces that often involved activities that caused heavier breathing, like singing or exercise,” the CDC said in a statement. “Such environments and activities may contribute to the buildup of virus-carrying particles.”

The agency added that it is “much more common” for the virus to spread through larger respiratory droplets that are

Leaders in Washington region ask White House to follow safety protocols as coronavirus outbreak spreads

October 5, 2020

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The Rose Garden event Sept. 26 that is at the center of the outbreak came as the District’s seven-day rolling average of new infections had trended downward for weeks. The city this month has recorded its lowest number of caseloads since early July, averaging fewer than 40 daily cases with an infection rate lower than that of most states.

During a Monday news conference, Bowser said city leaders “have reached out to the White House on a couple of levels, a political level and a public health level, to make sure that any assistance we could provide could be rendered.”

She suggested that White House officials abide by local public health regulations, including avoiding large gatherings and self-quarantining while waiting for the results of a coronavirus test. The mayor said her administration would not comment on individual cases in the city linked to the White House outbreak.

“Obviously we are

Normal Conversation Spreads Virus-Laden Droplets Beyond 6 Feet | Health News

October 2, 2020

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By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter

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FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Ordinary conversation releases airborne droplets that can spread widely through indoor spaces, a finding with big implications for transmission of the new coronavirus, researchers say.

Their experiments showed that everyday talk can expel droplets farther than the typical “social distancing” limit of 6 feet.

“People should recognize that they have an effect around them,” said Howard Stone, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University in New Jersey. “It’s not just around your head, it is at the scale of meters.” One meter equals just over 3 feet.

How COVID-19 spreads is not fully understood, but it’s believed that people without symptoms could infect others through tiny droplets created when they speak, sing or laugh.

“Lots of people have written about coughs and sneezes and the kinds of things you worry about with the flu,”

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