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Weekly Health Quiz: Covid Vaccines, Microbiomes and How We Move

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Which statement about the way we move is supported by research?

Romantic couples unconsciously tend to synchronize their walking pace

Pet dogs tend to synchronize their movements with family members

People who taking up dancing tend to feel greater degrees of closeness

All of the above

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About what percentage of Americans have received at least one Covid vaccine shot?

5 percent

12 percent

23 percent

52 percent

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About what percentage of Americans expressed anxiety about resuming in-person interactions once the pandemic eases?

10 percent

25 percent

50 percent

75 percent

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Compared to those whose gut microbiome stays relatively stable over time, those whose microbiome changes over the decades tend to:

Have shorter life spans

Live longer

The microbiome has little relationship with how successfully you age

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Which statement about maple syrup urine disease is not true?

The name comes from the distinctive smell of urine and sweat

It is a rare genetic disorder that can run in families

Symptoms include periods of disorientation and confusion

People with the disorder must eat a high-protein diet

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Researchers believe that a current outbreak of Ebola in Guinea was likely caused by a survivor of West Africa’s 2014-16 epidemic who harbored the virus for at least five years and then transmitted it via:

Respiratory droplets

Blood transfusion

Semen

Saliva

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Fred Figa, a pharmacist, died recently from coronavirus complications. He is perhaps best known for alerting people to the dangers of an unregulated injection of this vitamin that caused the deaths of 38 infants in the 1980s:

Vitamin A

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

Vitamin E

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