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The CPSC and Verizon now recall Ellipsis Jetpack Mobile Hotspots.  Their lithium batteries may overheat creating fire and burn hazards.  About 2.5 million were sold via Verizon stores nationwide and on Verizon.com.  If you can do without the internet access the hotspot provides, power it off and store it in a ventilated location away from combustibles.  If you need it for internet access, turn it on but do not continue to charge it while it downloads two over-the-air updates.  After the update, leave the device on and plugged in.  When you can, return the hotspot to Verizon for replacement.  For more information, call Verizon at 1-855-205-2627.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/Verizon-Recalls-2-5-Million-Ellipsis-Jetpack-Mobile-Hotspots-Imported-by-Franklin-Wireless-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards

#verizon #hotspot #battery #overheat #fire #burn #recall

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The CPSC and Verizon now recall Ellipsis Jetpack Mobile Hotspots.  Their lithium batteries may overheat creating fire and burn hazards.  About 2.5 million were sold via Verizon stores nationwide and on Verizon.com.  If you can do without the internet access the hotspot provides, power it off and store it in a ventilated location away from combustibles.  If you need it for internet access, turn it on but do not continue to charge it while it downloads two over-the-air updates.  After the update, leave the device on and plugged in.  When you can, return the hotspot to Verizon for replacement.  For more information, call Verizon at 1-855-205-2627.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/Verizon-Recalls-2-5-Million-Ellipsis-Jetpack-Mobile-Hotspots-Imported-by-Franklin-Wireless-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards

#verizon #hotspot #battery #overheat #fire #burn #recall

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Barring US teens 14 to 17 years of age from using indoor tanning facilities would prevent more than 18,401 melanoma cases and save $205 million healthcare dollars.  This from a microsimulation study just published in the journal Cancer.

Banning tanning bed use for the 17.1 million US minors would prevent 15,101 primary melanoma cases and 3,299 potentially deadly recurrences over their lifetimes.  Exposure to UV radiation is most dangerous for the young, and a 2009 survey showed that 32% of high school students used a tanning bed at least once in the preceding year.

Seven European countries ban teen tanning altogether.  American teens should avoid it themselves.

https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cncr.33499

https://www.aad.org/media/stats-indoor-tanning

#tanning #melanoma

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Barring US teens 14 to 17 years of age from using indoor tanning facilities would prevent more than 18,401 melanoma cases and save $205 million healthcare dollars.  This from a microsimulation study just published in the journal Cancer.

Banning tanning bed use for the 17.1 million US minors would prevent 15,101 primary melanoma cases and 3,299 potentially deadly recurrences over their lifetimes.  Exposure to UV radiation is most dangerous for the young, and a 2009 survey showed that 32% of high school students used a tanning bed at least once in the preceding year.

Seven European countries ban teen tanning altogether.  American teens should avoid it themselves.

https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cncr.33499

https://www.aad.org/media/stats-indoor-tanning

#tanning #melanoma

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The strains of holding down a job and maintaining social relationships increases a woman’s risk of developing heart disease by 21%.  Public health scientists at Philadelphia’s Drexel University report this and other conclusions following their study of 80,825 postmenopausal women over nearly a quarter century.

Relationship stress including a spousal death or a divorce/separation increases the heart disease risk by 12%. General, non-relationship social strains, increase the risk by 9%.  Job stress alone does not appear to increase heart disease risk, but data reveals a strong association between social strain and job strain.

All women must closely monitor their health and consistently use stress reduction strategies.

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.017780

#women #heart #coronary #stress #work #relationships #marriage #social

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The strains of holding down a job and maintaining social relationships increases a woman’s risk of developing heart disease by 21%.  Public health scientists at Philadelphia’s Drexel University report this and other conclusions following their study of 80,825 postmenopausal women over nearly a quarter century.

Relationship stress including a spousal death or a divorce/separation increases the heart disease risk by 12%. General, non-relationship social strains, increase the risk by 9%.  Job stress alone does not appear to increase heart disease risk, but data reveals a strong association between social strain and job strain.

All women must closely monitor their health and consistently use stress reduction strategies.

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.017780

#women #heart #coronary #stress #work #relationships #marriage #social

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Delivering the second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer mRNA vaccines after 3, 4, or 6 months rather than after only 3-4 weeks is a winning public health strategy.  Epidemiologists at Canada’s University of Toronto draw these conclusion from an age-stratified mathematical model.

Second dose delays reduce symptomatic cases by up to 19%, hospitalizations by 14%, and deaths by 10%.  The greatest benefits accrue by delaying that second dose up to 6 months.

Other studies show strong protective immunity 3-4 weeks after that first mRNA dose.  Using those second doses to protect more people sooner will stop viral spread and variant evolution.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.07.21255094v1.full.pdf+html

#mrna #moderna #pfizer #seconddose #delay #vaccine

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Delivering the second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer mRNA vaccines after 3, 4, or 6 months rather than after only 3-4 weeks is a winning public health strategy.  Epidemiologists at Canada’s University of Toronto draw these conclusion from an age-stratified mathematical model.

Second dose delays reduce symptomatic cases by up to 19%, hospitalizations by 14%, and deaths by 10%.  The greatest benefits accrue by delaying that second dose up to 6 months.

Other studies show strong protective immunity 3-4 weeks after that first mRNA dose.  Using those second doses to protect more people sooner will stop viral spread and variant evolution.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.07.21255094v1.full.pdf+html

#mrna #moderna #pfizer #seconddose #delay #vaccine

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Data from the earliest victims of CoVid, infected more than a year ago in Wuhan, now show durable protective immunity against this dread virus for 12 months or more.  The longitudinal study of 1782 blood samples from 869 CoVid-surviving donors now appears online via the pre-publication server biorixiv.org.

Protective anti-CoVid antibody levels were present in 95% 1-2 months after infection but were still present in 89% at 6-7 months and in 81% at 12 months.  Antibody strength does decline over time, but those with the highest initial titers had persistently protective antibodies.

Expect that vaccine-induced antibodies will last longer and be stronger.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.05.437224v1.full.pdf+html

#CoVid #antibodies #vaccine #durability

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Data from the earliest victims of CoVid, infected more than a year ago in Wuhan, now show durable protective immunity against this dread virus for 12 months or more.  The longitudinal study of 1782 blood samples from 869 CoVid-surviving donors now appears online via the pre-publication server biorixiv.org.

Protective anti-CoVid antibody levels were present in 95% 1-2 months after infection but were still present in 89% at 6-7 months and in 81% at 12 months.  Antibody strength does decline over time, but those with the highest initial titers had persistently protective antibodies.

Expect that vaccine-induced antibodies will last longer and be stronger.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.05.437224v1.full.pdf+html

#CoVid #antibodies #vaccine #durability