Apr 06, 2021

MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccination of pregnant and lactating women can confer robust maternal and neonatal immunity to COVID-19, according to a study published online March 25 in th...

Apr 06, 2021

MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals previously infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection have antibody responses to one dose of the BNT162b...

Apr 06, 2021

MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Navajo Nation recently reported no coronavirus cases and no COVID-19 deaths in a 24-hour period, a notable achievement considering that the second largest...

Apr 06, 2021

MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 37,300 to 43,000 children have lost a parent to COVID-19, according to a research letter published online April 5 in JAMA Pediatrics. Rachel K...

Apr 06, 2021

Meta-analysis included more than 100,000 patients Pooled data from more than 50 studies suggest that taking ACE-inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) has not led to worse outcomes in pa...

Apr 06, 2021

Covid drives 2020 deaths over 3 million The Covid-19 pandemic caused a nearly 16% increase in the U.S.’s age-adjusted death rate in 2020, claiming the third-place spot for leading causes of dea...

Apr 06, 2021

Scientists and lawmakers agree that over-the-counter covid tests could allow desk workers to settle back into their cubicles and make it easier to reopen schools and travel. ...

Apr 05, 2021

Closing schools should be last resort, researchers say Community-based infection control measures were determined to have a far greater impact on the spread of Covid-19 than closing schools in a newl...

Apr 05, 2021

Expected practice approach may help to preserve access to acute care, enable earlier discharges Discharging Covid-19 pneumonia patients to home with supplementary ambulatory oxygen resulted in low mo...

Apr 05, 2021

Bartenders were pouring Old-Fashioneds at a bar with a bullet hole straight through the wood. Servers in corsets and fishnet stockings roamed the room, passing an old piano that, twice a week, fills t...

Apr 05, 2021

With a mix of relief and caution, older adults fully vaccinated against covid-19 are moving out into the world and resuming activities put on hold during the pandemic. Thi...

Apr 05, 2021

At 70, Linda Findley has long been active in her small town of Fort Scott, Kansas, which sits more than an hour away from any major city. Findley, whose husband died in an accident just after the l...

Apr 02, 2021

THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Acute ischemic stroke is infrequent in patients with COVID-19 and usually occurs in the presence of other cardiovascular risk factors, according to a study ...

Apr 02, 2021

THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals discharged from the hospital after acute COVID-19 have an increased risk for hospital readmission and mortality, according to a study published ...

Apr 02, 2021

THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Seizures and other epileptiform abnormalities are common in patients with COVID-19 undergoing clinically indicated continuous electroencephalogram (cEEG) mo...

Apr 02, 2021

THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An over-the-counter rapid COVID-19 test made by Abbott Laboratories has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company says. It said...

Apr 02, 2021

THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Global maternal and fetal outcomes have worsened overall during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a review published online March 31 in The Lancet Global ...

Apr 02, 2021

THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A production error that ruined about 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson one-dose COVID-19 vaccine could delay upcoming shipments of the vaccine i...

Apr 02, 2021

THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is more than 91 percent effective six months after people get their second dose, according to new test data released by...

Apr 02, 2021

THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 was reported as an underlying or contributing cause of death for 11.3 percent of deaths in 2020 and was the third leading cause of death after hear...