Four more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19, the Minnesota Department of Health said Friday, while the number of confirmed cases is up 545 from Thursday’s count.
Depression and other psychiatric problems explain more of the cognitive decline among baby boomers than all other diseases combined, the researchers say.
MDH also said Thursday there have been 58,640 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota.
The American Heart Association says research to date has found no cardiovascular benefits from the use of marijuana. It also cites harms from smoking or vaping it.
A good way to think about test positivity is to think about fishing with a net. If you catch a fish almost every time you send the net down (high test positivity), that tells you there are probably a lot of fish around that you haven’t caught (there are a lot of undetected cases).
Minnesota’s seven-day average case positivity rate rose to 5.2%, up from 4.9% a week ago. MDH considers above 5% a concerning trend.
“There was no significant benefit from the supplement for this purpose. It did not prevent depression or improve mood,” says Dr. Oliva Okereke, the study’s lead author.
Four more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19, the Minnesota Department of Health said Tuesday, for a total of 1,620.
“Our study shows that the common idea that ‘music makes children smarter’ is incorrect,” says Giovanni Sala, the lead author of the meta-analysis.
The Minnesota Department of Health said Monday that the number of confirmed cases is up 613 from Sunday’s count.
Evidence suggests a strong connection between exposure to UV radiation during childhood and adolescence and skin cancer later in life.
Thanks to funding provided by the Minnesota Legislature, the program is available free of charge to all schools in the state.
As of Sunday, the Minnesota Department of Health said there have been a total of 55,947 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota since the start of the pandemic.
The Minnesota Department of Health also announced that six more Minnesotans had died of COVID-19, for a total of 1,600 since the start of the pandemic.
In the early days of the pandemic, confirmed cases of COVID-19 were concentrated in U.S. cities, including the Twin Cities. Now, counties in Greater Minnesota are seeing per-capita infection rates comparable to Hennepin and Ramsey.
The differences in the attitudes and behaviors of people who get their news from social media versus traditional media held even after the study took into account such factors as scientific literacy and socio-economic differences.
MDH also said Thursday there have been 53,692 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state.
Researchers from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, analyzed more than 7,500 videos, gathered from YouTube and other video websites.
MDH also reported 83 new cases among residents or staff in long-term care facilities, up from 40 announced Tuesday — with the majority of the new cases among health care workers.
“Promoting a healthy lifestyle over the past 30 years is a key reason that we are seeing less hip fractures each year,” said Dr. Timothy Bhattacharyya, the study’s senior author.
