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    Dr. Anthony Fauci, who guided the U.S. through the AIDS and Covid-19 pandemics, announced on Monday that he’s stepping down in December as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and as chief medical advisor to President Biden. Meanwhile, CDC chief Rochelle Walensky has announced plans to overhaul the agency, telling staff

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    Covid 19 cases are on the rise again as various Omicron subvariants spread. Epidemiologists warn that people may not have as much immunity to new variants compared with previous strains of the virus. It can be hard to keep track of changing guidelines such as when to wear a mask or schedule vaccine boosters. Evaluating

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    California’s seven-day COVID positive test rate is at five percent, the California Department of Public Health reported on Tuesday — the highest rate since February. The news comes as COVID cases have more than tripled in the U.S. since April 1, owing in large part to the highly transmissible BA.2 omicron subvariant. With many pandemic

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    Dietary supplements that purport to improve brain health are “pseudomedicine,” according to a recent paper published in JAMA by a team of UCSF researchers. They say that although there is no known nutritional supplement that prevents cognitive decline or dementia, a loosely regulated $3.2 billion brain health industry continues to market ineffective, costly and potentially dangerous products….

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    • @barttels2 @jasonkarlawish @MccabeCJM @jsross119 @ideapharma @mlythoe @ProfRobHoward @AlbertoEspay @SharonLeeMoon @PhilAlz @LonSchneiderMD @macesari @smead2 @signaturedoc @notchuraverage1 @biogen @BosBizRowan @geoperry @MadhavThambiset @gregggonsalves @MariaGlymour @reshmagar @samgandy @drgdanielgeorge @CMSGov @ZacharyBrennan @EWidera @SECGov @FTC @GreenwallFdn @akesselheim @alzassociation @PharmaceuticBen @BethSBulik @Ipsitv @ABC @MedicareGov @NicholasFlorko @Alzheon @AmberTongPW @GOP @adamfeuerstein @matthewherper @damiangarde @US_FDA @UsAgainstAlz @Aging_Research @anjahuja Yup. @UCSF Researchers led by #JoannaHelmuth et al Have Called Out Brain Health Supplements as 'Pseudomedicine' https://t.co/64aiXONI9o via @scottshafer