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Oregon is that state which has been in the news for the last few days because of the rising number of coronavirus cases. Recent reports show Oregon recorded the second-highest number of daily coronavirus cases of 277, and the total number of cases has now crossed 8000. A few days ago, Oregon recorded 25 new coronavirus cases, which became a new record of coronavirus cases coming in a single day only. However, Oregon’s citizens have beaten their record; on Saturday, the state recorded 277 new cases. Multnomah and Umatilla county witnessed the newest cases because, from these counties, 59 and 56 new cars were found.

The spread of coronavirus in these counties is increasing from the last few days, and it’s becoming a headache for health authorities to deal with it. The rise of new coronavirus cases is happening quickly in Oregon, which last month did not witness so much problem. The number has now crossed 8000, and it’s becoming hard for health authorities to find the actual reason behind such an increase. Health authorities haven’t given any specific reason why the state is witnessing such a hard situation in the last couple of days.

Health authorities are saying the actual reason behind such increased cases of coromnavi8urs could be the reopening of the economy. Since the reopening of the economy happened, people will go to public gathering places, and not follow any required precautions. Last time several such cases happened was linked to Union County’s church organized marriage and birthday ceremony. Health officials said they support the reopening of the economy, but organizations need to follow the required precautions. People are not following any social distancing rules, which is becoming a massive problem for all other people and the state.

Coronavirus has reached every state, and every district in the united states of America, and a recent report from Alabama shows things are getting quite worse here. The Alabama Public Health Department recently released the latest news on the number of coronavirus patients. It shows the total number of positive cases are now 19700 in Alabama. As of now Saturday, the number of positive patients so far has crossed 19000. Till date, 245000 people have been tested. The report shows, health officials did 72000 tests in the last 14 days, and out of them, 5500 came as positive.

The rate of recovery is also reasonable in the previous few days because so far, more than 11395 people have been recovered. In this report, Montgomery County has reported the most number of new cases nearly 2000 along with 11000 tests conducted. The rate of positive patients from Montgomery county is also seen to be high, and health officials are worried about it. In Montgomery/Prattville County, there are many new cases of coronavirus found. The report shows there are 169 cases of covid19 in Jackson hospital, 28 at Baptists East, 18 at Prattville Baptist, 74 Baptist South, and some in other parts of the county.

The number of tests are also increased as compared to last reports because health officials are trying to cover the most number of areas. The more amount of testing would also increase the number of patients, but it will help the state health department to implement the right strategy to fight against the coronavirus. The Alabama Health Department, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said because of some reason, they have delayed the survey. So it means the number of cases which this report reported might be higher in number.

Since everyone is worried about getting diagnosed with a deadly virus like Coronavirus, some people work day and night for those who are suffering from Coronavirus. However, recent reports show that more than 62000 health workers in the US have tested positive for Coronavirus. A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 62000 health workers in the US have been diagnosed with Coronavirus. However, health officials said this number is an approximation, and it could be more prominent in reality. The cases of Coronavirus have crossed a million benchmark solely in the USA and killed thousands of people. Big cities got the most affected by this deadly virus, killing more older adults where many people found to be nonsymptomatic.

The health officials are trying to make sure people get the necessary treatment, but thousands of health workers are putting their lives at risk. This report solely shows thousands of people who helped coronavirus patients had to face the consequences. The fact that this number could be more significant is scaring health officials since the lack of health workers in big hospitals is going to create more problems. People have been told by hospital authorities to work day and night since the situation demands such dedication. However, since the treatment is done without a proper vaccine on Coronavirus, people who are getting recovered slowly, killing some of them who have low immunity systems.

Surprisingly, the report shows that more than 84% of the nurses have never been tested for Coronavirus. Many health workers complained about not getting protective equipment to deal with this deadly virus while treating patients. Not being able to have proper protective equipment also increases the chances of getting diagnosed with Coronavirus. CDC said this number is going to increase in upcoming days since the picture would be more transparent after getting more data on health workers.

The coronavirus pandemic condition is getting quite hard for US citizens because the latest report of CDC shows thousands of people are getting infected with this virus. The report indicates the total number of cases has crossed 1,595,885, and the death toll is at 96004. These numbers are scary since it shows how many are fighting with this deadly virus, and many have failed. Things are getting quite hard in big cities since the country can control the pandemic situation properly. Now big metro cities are facing quite different problems because some groups want to end the lockdown.

An increasing daily number of cases is creating a new challenge for ordinary citizens, also health workers. Recently it’s been observed that health workers are afraid because of the current situation. Since they have to risk their lives for the sake of others, they are also not getting any sort of safety. The number of deaths has increased by 1852 as compared to the last counting done by the CDC. Health officials said these numbers depend upon various factors, and people need to know it could be more prominent. Coronavirus cases are getting recorded differently in multiple states, and the CDC is gathering all these data.

They are also trying to send it to other government departments, which will ultimately help them cope with the situation. The government is thinking of reopening the economy, which is going to solve people’s financial problems, but it’s also going to increase the number of cases. These numbers revealed by the CDC might be different, as reported by the various states. However, one thing’s certain people need to take care of themselves more as we are on the verge of reopening the economy.

The coronavirus has infected millions of people and killed thousands; however, after analyzing the data, doctors are more concerned about elderly and infant people. A Newyork hospital report shows that older adults diagnosed with coronavirus and put on ventilators are hardly surviving. Doctors who made the report said they were quite shocked after seeing so many older adults dying because of coronavirus. Researchers analyzed 257 patients who were admitted into the hospital from March 2 to April 1; out of them, two-third were male patients, and the median age of the patient was 62. Out of these patients who were aged above 80 and put on ventilators couldn’t survive.

The mortality rate in older people is quite high compared to those who are fit and healthy. The majority of these patients surveyed were hospitalized in Allen and Milstein hospital. Doctors said they didn’t see any critical patients aged below thirty. People who are having a high mortality rate are less prone to coronavirus. Young people who got infected with coronavirus didn’t see that much worse condition as compared to those elderly people who had to put on ventilators. Doctors said this study shows people who have elderly people in their family should discuss the effects of the novel coronavirus.

The mortality rate in them varies from 50-97 percent. Survey of people who put on ventilators shows nearly 3% of the patients could survive, and the death rate was around 24.5%. Things are getting harder every day for older adults since they have a more significant threat of dying from coronavirus because of the low immunity system. Some are saying to measure the patients’ condition before putting them on ventilators. Family members of elderly adults can predict what their next decision should be considering the situation.

When it comes to coronavirus, NYC is that region which has so far gotten most affected by this deadly virus. Thousands of people have died, and lakhs of people have been diagnosed with this virus, but the recent report from CDC shows a darker side. CDC said the official number of deaths happening in NYC by coronavirus is nearly 14800 deaths. However, experts think the number of fatalities in NYC could be more significant than this official tally number. Health experts said they believe 5200 more fatalities happened where no tests were done on them. So there is a high probability that they died because of the coronavirus outbreak but couldn’t be included in the list.

From March Till 2nd May 24000, more people died than experts prediction, which shows people are dying more by not receiving medical treatment at home. Many experts think the number could be more significant than the actual one because people who have been killed didn’t get to go to the hospital, or tested for it. Now due to a lack of resources, they might not have known about the actual reason behind their death. The burden over hospitals and the staff is impacting severely on heart-related patients also. People are not able to get regular treatment because hospital staff are busy with coronavirus patients.

People who are getting admitted to the hospitals are major because of coronavirus, and others are not getting medical treatment at the right time. Deaths happened because coronavirus are less reported all over the world, and that’s because of less amount of testing. Still, in NYC, many people who have died and couldn’t be tested might be positive for coronavirus, and that’s worrying health experts considering its adverse impact.

Millions of people are still scared of getting infected with the deadly coronavirus; however, some people are still roaming without overthinking. A Florida man who called coronavirus a “fake crisis” has recently been hospitalised because he had been tested positive for it. Florida man who said the virus has “blown out of proportion” is now hospitalised along with his wife. He recently shared his experience on a Facebook post about the current condition of the deadly virus. Brian Hitchen, who is an uber driver, said he believed that the coronavirus is not real and it’s a fake crisis which is created by the government.

However, after getting diagnosed with it, and stopped working, he admitted to being wrong. Hitchens didn’t give that much importance to the pandemic situation and was working without any fear. However, when he started getting sick, and hposp[italsied he finally admitted the pandemic was real. Hitchens said when the couple got sick quite severely, they went to the Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. He mentioned that they were admitted immediately and sent to the ICU. Hitchens started to feel quite right after a few days; however, his wife got sickened worse, and the doctors had to put her on a ventilator.

He mentioned how he felt better without being put on a ventilator and had to face weakness and aches only. But his wife’s been sedated for three weeks now, and he is quite worried about her condition. Since this means the doctors might not be able to save her, but he mentioned believing in miracles, and not losing hope. The coronavirus has killed thousands of people, and health experts are trying to tell people that they should take it off themselves since no one can protect them from this deadly virus.

President Trump and his administration are trying to reopen the US economy as quickly as possible. However, it’s not going to happen soon since health experts have declined the claim of tracing contacts of coronavirus patients. On 27 April Trump said that they have a blueprint which describes how all the states should unblock their capacity and should try to expand their testing platforms which will help them to conduct contract racing. Trump said with full confidence that we have gotten good at tracing, but these claims are told by the Trump administration only.

Health officials from centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said that people who tested positive for coronavirus would need to be traced and isolated to reopen the economy. Even though this plan was good, some experts are now opposing it. Many analysts say that Trump is making a mistake of reviving the economy early because this virus which has killed more than 60000 people in the United States is far more dangerous than anyone imagined.

The thing about contact tracing systems is that they cannot handle the challenge of pandemic situations like a COVID-19 virus. Health officials think we don’t even have sufficient policies that will help us to achieve the target of contact testing coronavirus patients. There are millions of people who will get affected if the economy gets reopened. There are some reports also stating that Google and Apple are trying their best to team up, and build a contact tracing app, which will help to detect positive patients.

Technology will play a key role in developing contact tracing systems; however, it’s not that much easy as it seems. The Trump administration is planning to spend millions of dollars on hiring contract tracers, but this idea might need some more clarification from health experts.

According to a recent report from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 60000 death been reported so far. Rise in the number of death is not only because of the coronavirus but also because of other illnesses. Because of the pandemic situation, many people are not visiting hospitals on the fear of this deadly virus. Dr. Arnold Monto University of Michigan researcher said that everybody is currently afraid to go to the hospital, and that’s why they are dying more frequently in the absence of getting proper treatment. There is no doubt that coronavirus has become popular in some places because many people are getting diagnosed with it daily, and killing hundreds of people. However, it’s not the only thing which is increasing the number of deaths in the country because people with heart disease and other illnesses require daily needs also.

They are not getting medical help because of the lockdowns happening all over the country. In Connecticut, the situation is quite worse because it has reported 2335 coronavirus deaths in April. Statistically, it has an average 2500 deaths in a month; however; the deaths mentioned above happened because of the coronavirus only. Other states like New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan witnessed 3000 more deaths in a single week, and it’s been certified by CDC statistics. The number of fatalities is currently about one week, and health experts think that the number would get significantly increased in upcoming weeks when they will get a more clear picture of the ongoing situation.

So far, the COVID-19 death toll has crossed the 60000 benchmark, which is an indication that this virus is far worse than expected. However, deaths happening because of car crashes are still the same in some areas, even during the lockdown. In some areas, car crash deaths are still the same because some people are deciding to drive like crazy even when there is no traffic.

Since everyone is staying home and waiting to end this situation, things are getting quite serious in Dallas county. According to a recent report from Dallas county reported more than 179 new cases of Coronavirus in a single day along with five more deaths. This is the first time when Dallas County has reported more than 179 cases in a single day, which is making things worse in this region. There had been five new deaths recorded that included a man in his 20s, and four senior residents also. These four residents were in their 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s respectively, which also shows the bad impact of Coronavirus on elderly people.

Four of the deceased people were reportedly residents of Dallas area long term care facilities. Now after considering this news, the County has confirmed 3531 coronavirus cases so far and 104 deaths also. Earlier, the County recorded 148 cases in a day, and that too happened because many grocery store employees were tested positive. The report shows that many patients who are testing positive are without any symptoms of the covid-19 virus, which is making many people worried about it.

One of the health officials of County said that many people are going for unnecessary shopping trips, and not avoiding crowded places. Now such abandonment of law is making things worse every day. Health officials are worried about people’s health because the government is trying to reopen the businesses that will make many people sick. They are advising people to protect themselves and their family as far as they can since it’s the only solution they have got right now. The county judge currently seemed to be optimistic and said so far everyone had given a good response to lock down hopes to do the same in future also.

Every state in the United States of America is affected by the pandemic situation created by a coronavirus. Recent reports from Oregon state show that one person has died because of coronavirus, which takes the total number of deaths to 92 in this state. State health officials released the data that Oregon 92nd death happened because of a coronavirus 91-year-old woman who lived in Washington County. Her reports show us that she was diagnosed with coronavirus on 17th April and died on 25th April. It’s been told that she was going through some different medical conditions also which is the primary reason for death.

Oregon health officials, along with this, also announced 93 new cases of coronavirus outbreak, which brings the total number of cases in the state to 2354. Older adults and small children are the most vulnerable to this dangerous disease since they have the lowest immunity system. Overall the death rate in Oregon state is relatively low because other states are going through more challenging situations. However, these new cases also raised a few more questions about the spread of infection. Since the number of cases has crossed the 2000 mark, health officials in the state are trying to figure out things carefully.

Findings of 43 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in various counties of Oregon state. These cases have been detected as follows: Washington (9), Yamhill (1) Coos (2), Deschutes (2), Linn (5), Malheur (1), Marion (11), Multnomah (12). This number would be increasing in the next few weeks because more people would be diagnosed with this virus. Health officials are requesting people to follow social Distancing and other guidelines, which will help them to fight against this deadly disease.

Since everybody is currently worried about the pandemic situation which they have to face because of the coronavirus outbreak, famous singer Beyonce has come to the rescue of those suffering mental health issues. The famous Beyonce announced that her charity organisation BEyGOOD is partnering with Twitter founder Jack Dorsey to donate $6 million for mental health betterment. On her website, a statement was released, which stated that the organisation realises the extra burden faced by health workers in psychological pressure as well as financial. They are trying to help those who are giving the essential services during this pandemic situation.

The statement further mentioned the African-American community living in major cities where the condition is worse, and they will need help during this time. The organisation will be able to provide these needy people food, medical services and personal good care facilities which are necessary for them. BeyGOOD has decided to partner with Jack Dorsey to help people, and they will be contributing more than $ 6 million. The statement further mentioned assisting local communities in Houston, New York, Detroit, and New Orleans. Beyonce earlier also honoured those people who have helped others during hard times on various occasions.

She said we all are like family and we need everyone’s voices, abilities and strength to fight this pandemic situation. Before this announcement, Beyonce’s husband Jay-Z also donated $6.2 million along with Rihanna to Jack Dorsey’s charity. Big celebrities coming forward to help needy people is quite encouraging especially for those people who are truly in need. Beyonce also mentioned how everyone should be patient and brave enough to fight the coronavirus pandemic because otherwise, we won’t be able to defeat it. Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, has already pledged to donate more than one-third of his net worth.

Grand Island, Nebraska, is witnessing quite a big problem because the recent report from Public Hospital shows that the number of cases of coronavirus has increased. Health officials from this city said since many people are getting ill because of the coronavirus, they are witnessing a spike in patients. While speaking about the current condition in City Health, director Teresa Anderson said they have no room for error, and everyone should do their required duty. Number of patients who have been put on ventilators are increasing, and hospitals are running out of ventilators for seriously ill patients.

Forty-eight patients have been put on respirators, and more than 118 cases have been registered in the Intensive Care Unit, where they are getting necessary treatment from doctors. Doctors said that they are witnessing many people who have to put on ventilators, but they are lacking this facility, which is creating a big problem.

Health officials are saying that they want to create more rooms for the upcoming patients because they think the numbers will increase in the next few days, and they have to prepare for it. Hospital business has gone down by more than 30%, which is also affecting the functionality of various hospitals. The number of patients who are on a ventilator requires unique health treatments. Hospital authorities don’t want to take any risk and expect many patients will need a ventilator in upcoming days.

Even though all cases in Grand Island city are less as compared to other Metropolitan cities, doctors are taking care of it neatly. The peak is coming, and it will happen in the next 12 weeks, and they have already been preparing for this situation. They can’t say the exact number of patients will be admitted, the peak is inevitable, and people are requested to follow the required precautions.

When everyone is worried about Coronavirus, a new study shows that many people who might seem healthy could be affected by this virus. A recent survey done by health officials shows the different side of this pandemic because it’s found that many healthy people are not showing the symptoms of Coronavirus but getting affected by it. Cough, headache, fever are the common symptoms of the Coronavirus and many healthy people are not getting these symptoms. Experts are predicting that a person who might be healthy is quite dangerous because they can spread this virus to other people and one can know about the symptoms after 3 to 4 days of getting diagnosed with this virus.

People are already staying at home since it can be spread with the contact of infected people and health officials are telling you to follow the precautions carefully. Investigators are thinking about coronavirus cases differently because a person who found positive Coronavirus might have spread this virus to various people. Health experts are focusing on this new study very carefully because they think that deemed healthy people might be spreading this virus more quickly than any others. People avoid Coronavirus by thinking they are not sick even when they are getting symptoms in terms of cough, fever, headache.

Doctors believe people who are not deemed healthy are more dangerous than the infectious person because they might get in contact with more people and spread it to others. The cure hasn’t been found at doctors who advise people to wear a mask whenever they are going out of the home on meeting new people since it will reduce the risk of transferring a deadly virus to a non-infectious person from an infected person.

Dr. Anthony Fauci recently said that the number of people who are dying because of a coronavirus outbreak might reach 60000. Previously many health officials reports stated the number of death patients might reach 1 lakh to 2 lakh. However, foresee said that this number might not be that much more significant, and it could be less than 60000. He backed up his statement busting the fact that the Trump administration’s decision to make lockdown nationwide. Doctor Anthony thinks in the whole country is in lockdown; there are high chances that the number of patients dying because of a coronavirus outbreak will be significantly reduced.

Dr. Anthony is a member of the White House and also leading the Coronavirus team in discovering the vaccine. According to him, since the US government is trying to create a cure for this deadly virus, they are most likely going to succeed at it. All scientists across the country are trying to find out q cure by implementing the knowledge, and he believes soon there will be an antidote for coronavirus also.

While giving an interview with a famous news channel doctor, Anthony said about the death toll not increasing because of the lockdown decision. He decided to focus on talking about the health issues of ordinary Americans. According to him, many hospitals and health care centers in big cities like New York las Vegas are giving good results because the number of patients in these big cities has reduced significantly. The USA was supposed to follow precaution by locking down the country.

However, negligence has cost country lots of things. But steel governments planning to discover a new vaccine and making sure people stay at their home will get back things to normal. During March, he mentioned about the death toll in between 1 lakh to 2 lakh; however, now he has reversed a statement and said the number could be less than 60000, which could be a good thing in the current situation.

Recently, Abbott, the medical device producer, has gained emergency approval from the U.S. FDA for its new coronavirus test kit. The newly-approved COVID-19 test kit will enable healthcare providers in a wide range of settings to gain results within a few minutes. Even more, the novel kit can deploy positive results in as less as five minutes. Besides, it takes 13 minutes for the kit to reveal negative outcomes. In a notice released on Friday, Abbott said urgent care clinics, hospital ERs, and physicians’ offices could use the test kit. As per the announcement, it will function on Abbott’s ID NOW platform. It is a small toaster-size portable device of the company that already offers potentials to detect strep A and respiratory syncytial virus along with influenza A&B.

Abbott has also announced that it is speeding up the production and hopes to deploy 50,000 tests every day to the American healthcare system. It will start delivering the COVID-19 test kits in the upcoming days. John Frels, VP of R&D at Abbott, said it is a crucial leap forward. He added one could get a positive outcome in five minutes and a negative one in thirteen minutes. John noted people could go to a clinic and literally get results at the same time.

Abbott’s kit is the second test that has gained approval from the FDA that healthcare workers can directly use. In the previous week, the FDA has permitted the use of Cepheid-made kit on the verge of care. Robert Ford, Abbott’s president and chief operating officer, said the COVID-19 pandemic would be battled on several faces, along with a handy molecular test. As per the executive, it takes a few minutes for the test kit to offer results. Even more, an extensive range of diagnostic solutions is essential to contain the virus. Amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA has rushed to approve tests on an urgent basis and has permitted others made by manufacturers like Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and Roche Holding AG.

Hospitals nationwide are terminating elective operations and lessening the quantity of blood they offer. All this is to keep or retain the blood supply. As per the American Association of Blood Banks, rapidly spreading COVID-19 has resulted in the cancellation of more than 4,000 blood donations in the U.S. Even more, the termination has resulted in a loss of around 130,000 blood donations. Well, it is bad news for patients who depend on continuous blood transfusions. AABB’s Chief Medical Officer and the director of the blood bank at the University of Minnesota Medical Center Dr. Claudia Cohn said these circumstances have led to a massive and unprecedented loss of donations.

Currently, they are seeking to delay or lessen the usage of blood, citing that they are failing to re-fill the stock at a higher rate. The American Red Cross noted the fact is someone requires blood every two seconds. Thus it is a probably dangerous condition for the agency’s exceptional health crisis. Even more, the American Red Cross is stepping up on calls for healthy Americans to donate blood between the coronavirus pandemic. On the other hand, Mark C. Poloncarz, an Erie County Executive, has said the region has enough bloodstock that could last for a few days. As per the executive, the cancellation of elective operations could assist them in expanding the existing blood supply.

Meanwhile, ConnectLife and the Red Cross are advising organizations to conduct local blood camps. Apart from this, they are requesting donors to take appointments before donating blood locally. Jay Bonafede, the representative of the American Red Cross, said much of the blood drives are conducted at places like colleges and businesses which are closed now. Bonafede also noted that countrywide they are down around 200,000 blood units. Meanwhile, the US CDC recommends that healthy people donate blood while keeping appropriate social distancing measures. For now, health officials have not found any link between spreading new coronavirus and blood transmission.

A new study has revealed that sperm count in men from North America, Europe, and Australia has reduced by 60 percent from 1973 to 2011. Around the globe, men have been suffering from infertility crisis over the past four decades. The study says that an improved diet might be able to reverse this trend. Researchers have tried to establish a link between food choices and testicular function in the new study. The semen samples of around 3000 Danish men within the average age of 19 years have been taken and observed thoroughly. The participants have been asked about 136 food items they have been eating during the last 90 days. After the follow-up, experts have found out those men who have been eating western diet have the lowest sperm count between 109 to 138 million. At the same time, men who have been consuming a ‘prudent’ diet have the highest sperm count.

A ‘prudent’ diet is considered as a healthy diet that consists of a lot of fruits, vegetables, nuts, fish, chicken, and water. While a western diet includes red meat, fried food, sugar-sweetened drinks, pizzas, and dessert. The author of the study, Feiby Nassan has said that the median sperm count of men who adhere to a prudent diet has been 68 million higher than men who adhere to the western diet. Men who have been following a vegetarian diet, which has a high intake of vegetables, milk, and eggs have shown better sperm count as compared to men who follow a western diet. The author of the study has asserted that dietary factors play an important role in the production of healthy sperms with high fertility potential. The findings of the study show that whole grain, omega-3 fatty acid, seafood, fruits, and vegetables are required for strong sperm production.

Feiby Nassan has said that changing diet patterns will be beneficial to ensure higher sperm count in men. Experts have indicated that men who ejaculate less than 39 million sperm per release have low sperm count. They have claimed that alcohol consumption, obesity, food chemicals, water radiation, and air pollution also affect the sperm count. This research has been published in the Journal of American Medicine Urology.

Experts fear that San Francisco might be hitting an epidemic of a fatal drug overdose. The Public Health Department has released data stating that there have been more than 300 deaths due to drug overdose in the city last year. Experts have said that this three-digit increase has been driven by the synthetic opioid fentanyl. This drug is more powerful than heroin and pure morphine. San Francisco had seen a short-lived decline with only 186 overdose deaths in 2016; however, it steadily increased with 222 deaths in 2017 and 259 deaths in 2018. The Health Commission has claimed that there have been at least 330 drug overdose deaths in San Francisco last year.

The director of substance research at the Department of Public health Dr. Phillip Coffin has said that deaths due to overdose of cocaine, meth, and opioids have been stable for the past 15 years. However, fentanyl has increased the death toll in recent years in San Francisco and other American cities. He has said that drug overdose deaths have escalated in the second half of 2018 and the first half of 2019. Deaths due to overdose are generally driven by fentanyl. There have been nearly 162 deaths due to fentanyl overdose last year in San Francisco.

Authorities are trying to neutralize the effect of fentanyl’s potency by harm reduction tactic of getting people to smoke it rather than snorting as injecting fentanyl has the highest risk of fatal overdose. Health authorities are working round the clock to make overdose reversal drug naloxone accessible in the city to stabilize the effect of overdose. Nevertheless, there are experts, who do not promote harm reduction tactics. They believe that it creates a permissive culture of drug abuse and increases drug overdose fatality in the long run. Health officials are also promoting prescription of buprenorphine to bring down overdose deaths in the city. Meth related deaths are also on the rise, there had been at least 126 deaths related to meth in 2018.

It has been proven that moderate to vigorous exercise is good for everybody. It improves sleep patterns, blood pressure and protects against many life-threatening diseases. Now, a new study has revealed that moderate to vigorous exercise can also prevent anxiety and depression as it boosts the mood as well. Experts say that parents should encourage their adolescent children to indulge in physical activity when the first sign of depression begins. The study has found out that even light exercise can help in protecting children from depression. However, unless the kid is an athlete, it is difficult to keep them away from social media. Most of the children are severely under the influence of new-age social media platforms and Cellphone, which is not a good sign.

This study has been published in the journal Lancet Psychiatry. The study shows that 60 minutes of physical activity at the age of 12 can reduce the risk of depression at the age of 18 by 10 percent. These physical activities include running, biking, walking, doing house chores, painting, or playing an instrument. The lead author of the study Aaron Kandola has said that we do not need to include more intense exercise in our routine to improve mental health rather it takes easy and light movements. Senior author of the research Dr. Joseph Hayes has said that many initiatives have been taken to promote intense exercise but we need to focus on light movement exercises as well. Dr. Joseph Hayes is a psychiatrist and clinical consultant at the University of London.

Experts have urged school authorities to come forward and include light movement in the exercise schedule of the children. They have said that it does not require much effort to fit these things into the daily routine of the kids. As a part of the study, around 4257 children under the age group of 12 to 16 years were made to wear instruments to track their movements over three days. Accelerometers recorded the physical movement of the children at least for 10 hours each day. These machines turned out to be better than other methods of movement tracking used in prior studies. The study has revealed that sedentary behavior in children has increased, as they grow older. The risk of depression has been reported highest among the physically inactive children. Each additional hour of sitting idle at the age of 12 is associated with an 11 percent increased risk of depression. At the age of 14, it has been linked with an 8 percent higher risk of depression. While at the age of 16, additional hours of being inactive have shown a 10.5 percent higher risk of mental disorder.