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Canada Reports No New COVID-19 Deaths for First Time in Six Months

Sep 14, 2020

MONDAY, Sept. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For the first time in six months, Canada on Friday...

AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Trial Halted by Adverse Event Report

Sep 10, 2020

UK participant said to have developed acute transverse myelitis ©Wirestock — stock.adobe.com...

Rather Than Give Away Its COVID Vaccine, Oxford Makes a Deal With Drugmaker

Aug 26, 2020

Advocates of cheap and widely available vaccines thought the pandemic might change business as usual. They were wrong.

The effect of mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK population

Aug 7, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled life in all countries globally, and the UK is no different....

Moderna’s Pipeline Beyond COVID-19 and mRNA 1273

Jul 29, 2020

Moderna, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA)...

For-Profit LTC Home Status Tied to Extent of COVID-19 Outbreaks

Jul 26, 2020

FRIDAY, July 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For-profit status is associated with the extent of...

Mental Health Deteriorated During COVID-19 Lockdown

Jul 26, 2020

FRIDAY, July 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Mental health deteriorated in the United Kingdom by...

School Closures, Other Distancing Measures Slowed Early Covid-19 Spread

Jul 17, 2020

Closing public transport had no additional impact, study found, with other measures in place...

Conference Highlights – AIDS 2020: Virtual – A Focus on COVID-19

Jul 14, 2020

New research was presented at AIDS 2020: Virtual, the 23rd International AIDS Conference, from...

Neurological Symptoms Described in Children With COVID-19

Jul 4, 2020

THURSDAY, July 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Children with COVID-19 may present with new...

Hydroxychloroquine Cuts Mortality by 50%

Jul 2, 2020

DETROIT – Treatment with hydroxychloroquine cut the death rate significantly in sick patients hospitalized with COVID-19 – and without heart-related side-effects, according to a new study published by Henry Ford Health System....

Worst Ever COVID-19 Screening Idea for Airports

Jun 30, 2020

Written by Physician’s Weekly blogger, Skeptical Scalpel In a June 3rd Washington Post article...

Listen: What Counts In Measuring The Full COVID Death Toll? It’s Complicated

Jun 30, 2020

KHN senior Colorado correspondent Markian Hawryluk joined KUNC’s Erin O’Toole on “Colorado Edition” and appeared on WNHN’s “The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen” to discuss his recent story on how difficult it is to measure the full death toll from the pandemic.

The Hidden Deaths Of The COVID Pandemic

Jun 25, 2020

Counting deaths caused by the coronavirus pandemic is easier said than done. Without widespread testing, officials must sort through presumed COVID deaths and those who died with infections rather than from them. Then there are the indirect deaths of people who died from circumstances created by the pandemic.

Covid-19: FDA Warns Companies Selling Antibody Tests

Jun 19, 2020

Agency cites 3 companies for selling unapproved direct-to-consumer tests WASHINGTON — Three...

Phase 3 of Moderna’s Vaccine Starts July 2020 with 30,000 People

Jun 15, 2020

Phase 3 study of 30,000 subjects expected to begin in July 2020 at 100 μg dose level Moderna, a...

COVID-19 Behavior Seems Consistent With Seasonal Virus

Jun 12, 2020

THURSDAY, June 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Eight cities with substantial community outbreaks...

COVID-19 Overwhelms Border ICUs

Jun 9, 2020

Some California hospitals near the Mexican border have received so many COVID-19 patients the past few weeks that they have had to divert some to other facilities. Hospital officials say most of the infected patients are U.S. citizens or legal residents who live in, or recently traveled to, Mexico and came to the U.S. for care.