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Covid-
19: Link Shown Between Severity, Death From Virus And Smoking, New Study Reveals
A new study has found a strong link between smoking cigarettes and severe outcomes from COVID-19 infection. According to a report from News Medical, researchers for the UK Biobank study looked at "primary care records, COVID-19 test results, hospital admissions data and death certificates" to search for associations between smoking and hospitalizations and death from COVID-19. The news site reported that 59 percent of participants have never smoked, 37 percent were former smokers and 4 percent were smokers. The study found that current smokers were 80 percent more likely to be …
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Covid-
19: Overweight People At Risk For Serious Illness Along With Those With Obesity, CDC Says
People who are merely overweight, not just those who are obese, may be at high risk of serious disease from COVID-19, according to new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since nearly 40 percent of Americans are characterized as being obese and another 32 percent as being overweight, this means about two-thirds of Americans could face higher risks. For CDC data on obesity/overweight percentages, click here. The CDC added the new advisory on Tuesday, Oct. 6 "to reflect recent data supporting increased risk of severe illness from the virus that causes COVID…