Health Headlines - 6-8-20

Health Headlines - 6-8-20

MANY U-S BUSINESSES... AREGETTING STRICTER WHEN IT COMESTO CLEANING... ACCORDINGTO A NEW POLL.ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF WORKERSSAY... THEIR EMPLOYERS ARE"ALWAYS" USING NEWAND MORE FREQUENT CLEANINGMETHODS... AND ENCOURAGING HANDWASHING ANDDISINFECTANT CLEANINGS.ROUGHLY 60 PERCENT SAY... THEIREMPLOYER IS ALWAYS PROVIDINGPERSONAL PROTECTIVEEQUIPMENT..

LIKE MASKS..

GLOVESOR FACE SHIELDS.

LESS THAN 41PERCENT OF WORKERS SAY..

THEIREMPLOYERS ARE ALWAYS SCREENINGEMPLOYEES FOR COUGH OR FEVER.FREQUENT CLEANING..

SOCIALDISTANCING..

AND HEALTHSCREENINGS AREAMONG THE C-D-C'SRECOMMENDATIONS TO SLOW THESPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.NEW YORK CITY BEGINS A PHASE ONERE- OPENING MONDAY... AMID FEARSOF ASECOND WAVE OF COVID-19.AND AS FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENTSTEVE HARRIGAN REPORTS...OFFICIALSARE OPTIMISTIC THEY CAN KEEPPEOPLE SAFE.ALMOST TWO MILLION CONFIRMEDCASES IN THE U.S., AND THECORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IS STILLSPREADING...BUT GOVERNORS IN ALL 50 STATESARE MOVING AHEAD WITH REOPENINGPLANS -INCLUDING NEW YORK, THEEPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK IN THEU.S.HARD-HIT NEW YORK CITY ENTERS A"PHASE ONE" REOPENING ON MONDAY.OFFICIALS THERE SAY THEY CANBRING FOLKS BACK TO WORK SAFELY- WITHOUT TRIGGERING A SECONDWAVE.DE BLASIO SAYS: "WE ALSO HAVETHE HEALTH DATA TO CONTINUE TOGIVE US HOPE THAT THINGS AREMOVING INTHE RIGHT DIRECTION.... THEREOPENING MEANS MORE AND MOREPEOPLE WILL BE CLOSE TO EACHOTHER.

WENEED TO GET IT RIGHT."BUT THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ARESTILL ATTENDING DEMONSTRATIONSEVERYDAY SPARKED BY THE DEATH OFGEORGE FLOYD...PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS AREINCREASINGLY CONCERNED THEPROTESTS ARE BECOMING A NEWBREEDING GROUND FOR COVID-19...AND MOST ARE NOW SAYING THEYEXPECT AN INCREASE IN NEW CASESIN THE COMING WEEKS.CIRIGLIANO SAYS: "AT THE WORSTWE MIGHT SEE A SECOND PEAK.

IDON'T THINK WE SEE A SECOND WAVEAT THIS TIME BUT WE COULDCERTAINLY SEE AN UPTICK INCASES."THE ONE-TWO PUNCH OF PROTESTSAND PANDEMIC HAS LED SOMELAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL TOCONSIDER ANOTHER STIMULUSBILL...THEY SAY IT'S EVEN MOREIMPORTANT NOW TO GET THE ECONOMYBACK UP AND RUNNING - DESPITETHE FEAR OF A SPIKE IN CASES.COTTON SAYS: "IF WE DO NEEDANOTHER RELIEF PACKAGE, THAT'SGOING TO BE FOCUSED LIKE A LASERON WORKERS AND FAMILIES ANDBUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS, SO ALLOF THEM CAN GET BACK TOSOMETHING LIKE NORMAL."THE CDC HAS UPDATED ITSGUIDELINES FOR PETS AND THECORONAVIRUS, SAYING THERE'S NOEVIDENCE THAT PETS CAN SPREADTHE VIRUS.IN ATLANTA, STEVE HARRIGAN, FOXNEWS.THE C-D-C... PUTTING TOGETHERNEW GUIDELINES ON HOW PET OWNERSCANPROTECT THEIR ANIMALS FROM THECORONAVIRUS.THE HEALTH AGENCY SAYS..

THEREIS CURRENTLY NO EVIDENCE OF PETSSPREADING THE VIRUS TO HUMANS...BUT -- PEOPLE CAN SPREAD THEVIRUS TO ANIMALS... WHICH HASHAPPENED IN THE U-S.ANYONE WITH COVID-19 SHOULDLIMIT THEIR INTERACTION WITHANIMALS... AND ANY PETSWITH THE VIRUS... SHOULD BEMONITORED AND ISOLATED UNTILTHEY RECOVER.HAVING CONSTANT NEGATIVETHOUGHTS..

COULD INCREASE YOURRISK FOR DEMENTIA.RESEARCH OUT OF LONDON... LINKEDREPETITIVE NEGATIVE THINKINGLATER IN LIFE..WITH COGNITIVE DECLINE... ANDTHE TWO PROTEINS RESPONSIBLE FORTHE MOST COMMONFORM OF DEMENTIA -- ALZHEIMER'SDISEASE.MORE THAN 350 PEOPLE... OVER THEAGE OF 55..

TOOK PART IN THETWO-YEAR STUDY.RESEARCHERS SAY... THE DATACOULD LEAD TO NEW WAYS OF RISKREDUCTION FORDEMENTIA IN THE FUTURE.ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTHORGANIZATION SAYS... ABOUT 50MILLIONPEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH DEMENTIAWORLD WIDE..

AND THERE ARENEARLY 10 MILLION NEW CA