Mar 17, 2021

TUESDAY, March 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Moderna has launched a study of its COVID-19 vaccine in children younger than 12 years, including babies as young as 6 months. The company expects to enr...

Mar 17, 2021

TUESDAY, March 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Partial vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is estimated to be 63 percent effective for preventing new severe acute respiratory syndrome c...

Mar 17, 2021

The twists and turns of the American health system can sometimes leave people lost, confused and looking for answers. We’ve created a new video series — “Explained by KHN” — in which our cor...

Mar 16, 2021

MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Prehospitalization statin use is associated with lower inpatient mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to research published online ...

Mar 16, 2021

MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Caregivers of childhood cancer survivors are experiencing changes to medical care, financial disruptions, and emotional distress due to COVID-19, according t...

Mar 16, 2021

MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Between March and November 2020, there was a decrease in 30-day mortality rates among nursing home residents with COVID-19, according to a report published o...

Mar 16, 2021

MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There is no scientific evidence linking the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to recent deaths from blood clots, the company said Sunday after a number of Europea...

Mar 16, 2021

MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have now been delivered into the arms of American adults, new government data show. As of Monday, more th...

Mar 16, 2021

Mayo Clinic analysis supports efficacy of mRNA vaccines An analysis of real-world mRNA vaccine data from the Mayo Clinic adds to the evidence that vaccination prevents asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infec...

Mar 16, 2021

Martha Gallagher, a 75-year-old retired school nurse, wanted to volunteer for the Delaware Medical Reserve Corps to administer covid-19 vaccines. Use Our Content It can be rep...

Mar 15, 2021

Most SARS-CoV-2 infections occurred outside workplace Workplace exposure was not a significant source of Covid-19 transmission among health care workers, according to a cross-sectional study that i...

Mar 15, 2021

Modeling study estimated more than 15,000 deaths over 2 month period Weekly home-based, rapid antigen testing for Covid-19 combined with self-enforced isolation of people positive for SARS-CoV-2 in...

Mar 15, 2021

A special retrospective on the year and a conversation with AMA President Susan Bailey, MD To say living through the Covid-19 pandemic is life changing would be the ultimate understatement — it has...

Mar 15, 2021

In January, as Mississippi health officials planned for their incoming shipments of covid-19 vaccine, they assessed the state’s most vulnerable: health care workers, of course, and elderly people in...

Mar 15, 2021

Now that the coronavirus has been in the United States for roughly a year, new numbers are revealing the scale of covid-19’s impact on American health: Covid has become the country’s third-leading...

Mar 12, 2021

CDC study strengthens link between higher BMI and severe disease New research from the CDC adds to the evidence linking obesity with progression to severe Covid-19, with the lowest risk for hospita...

Mar 12, 2021

Documents raise several questions but offer few answers Leaked documents from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed that early commercial batches of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA-based Covid-19 v...

Mar 12, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than two-thirds of women globally say they would vaccinate their children against COVID-19, according to a study published online March 1 in the Euro...

Mar 12, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The majority of Black Americans are not sure they will get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the results of a new survey conducted by the RAND Corporatio...

Mar 12, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An additional 900,000 doses of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines will be sent to states and pharmacies this week, according to the White House. ...