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An empty hospital bed sits inside the former Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo

Covid-19 death toll is a tragedy and ‘massive global failure at multiple levels,’ Lancet commission says

By Naomi Thomas, CNN The death toll from Covid-19 is “both a profound tragedy and a massive global failure at multiple levels,” the Lancet Covid-19 Commission said in a report Wednesday. “Too many governments have failed to adhere to basic norms of institutional rationality and transparency, too many people — often influenced by misinformation —

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A man walks his dog past a mural depicting a frontline worker amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Dublin

End of Covid-19 pandemic is in sight, WHO director-general says, ‘so let’s seize this opportunity’

By Naomi Thomas, CNN The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said in a news briefing in Geneva on Wednesday. “Last week, the number of weekly reported deaths from Covid-19 was the lowest since March 2020,” he said. “We

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People who got intravenous ketamine at three private ketamine infusion clinics had "significant improvement" in symptoms of depression

Ketamine infusions improve symptoms of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, study says

By Katherine Dillinger and Deidre McPhillips, CNN People who got intravenous ketamine at three private ketamine infusion clinics had “significant improvement” in symptoms of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, a new study says. The study, published Monday in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, adds to a growing body of research showing ketamine’s promise in treating

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The earthy

From portobello to shiitake mushrooms, it’s time to put fungi on your plate

By Casey Barber, CNN Mushrooms are having a moment, whether it’s the recent documentary “Fantastic Fungi” or their newfound trendiness as a vegan leather. September is National Mushroom Month, but because of mushrooms’ fertile growing capabilities and versatility in many dishes, any month is a great one to be celebrating fungi. “Mushrooms are recyclers,” said

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A research assistant prepares a PCR reaction for polio at a lab at Queens College on August 25

New York governor declares state disaster emergency amid circulating poliovirus evidence, samples found in 5 counties

By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency amid evidence of circulating poliovirus, a move that will increase the availability of resources including expanding the network of polio vaccine administrators, state health officials said. Sequence analysis of wastewater surveillance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found poliovirus samples in Nassau

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