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States, Pharmacies to Receive Additional Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines

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. ...

Decline in Kidney Function Faster After COVID-19-Related AKI

Mar 12, 2021

THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with in-hospital acute kidney injury (AKI), those with COVID-19-associated AKI have a greater rate of decrease in the estimated glomerular fil...

Rates of Acute Allergic Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccines Extremely Low

Mar 12, 2021

THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Severe reactions consistent with anaphylaxis have occurred among 2.47 per 10,000 health care workers receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a resear...

Most Employees Want Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination at Work

Mar 12, 2021

THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Seven in 10 U.S. employees who started working at home during the pandemic say their companies should introduce mandatory COVID-19 vaccination before worke...

Early Initiation of Prophylactic Anticoagulation for Prevention of COVID-19

Mar 12, 2021

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread across the world and claim lives. Deaths that occurred by COVID-19 have been attributed to arterial thromboses and thromboembolism. Heparin-...

COVID-19 Deaths in Africa

Mar 12, 2021

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has claimed close to 2.5 million lives worldwide. But a puzzling question is why the disease has largely skipped Africa. This study aims to directly measure the...

What Childhood Vaccine Rates Can, and Can’t, Teach Us About Covid Vaccines

Mar 11, 2021

Polls show Americans are increasingly interested in getting vaccinated against covid-19, but such surveys are largely national, leaving a big question: When the vaccines become available to the genera...

For Covid ‘Long Haulers,’ Battling for Disability Benefits Adds Aggravation to Exhaustion

Mar 11, 2021

Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Rickie Andersen took a brief break from work in March after she fell ill. Her cough, fever and chills were typical covid-19 symptoms...

Covid-19: MS Disability, Advanced Age Linked to Severe Outcomes and Death

Mar 11, 2021

Italy study ties Covid severity to anti-CD20 drugs, recent methylprednisolone Disability and advanced age were linked to severe Covid-19 outcomes including death in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients...

Ouch! Needle-Phobic People Scarred by So Many Images of Covid Shots

Mar 10, 2021

This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. Each night it’s the same. Story after story on the TV news is about the covid vaccination effort, and they ...

Researchers Differentiate MIS-C From Severe COVID-19 in Children

Mar 10, 2021

TUESDAY, March 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patterns of clinical presentation and organ involvement may distinguish between children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and sever...

U.K., U.S. COVID-19 Symptom Checkers May Delay Health Contact

Mar 10, 2021

TUESDAY, March 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Symptom checkers could be of use for the health care COVID-19 response, but the U.S. and U.K. symptom checkers may delay health care contact for serious case...

Airlines Ask White House for Standardized COVID-19 Credentials for Passengers

Mar 10, 2021

TUESDAY, March 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Uniform guidelines are needed for credentials showing that travelers have been tested and vaccinated for COVID-19, major airline, airline labor unions, and b...

Mandating Masks Linked to Drop in COVID-19 Cases, Deaths

Mar 10, 2021

TUESDAY, March 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Implementing mask mandates is associated with a reduction in COVID-19 cases and deaths, while on-premises dining at restaurants is associated with increased ...

Covid-19: CDC Issues Guidance for Those Fully Vaccinated

Mar 10, 2021

Vaccinated individuals see some relaxed restrictions, but precautions still apply The CDC has issued its first set of interim public health recommendations for individuals who have been fully vacci...

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Good and Not-So-Good News on Covid

Mar 09, 2021

  Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. There’s good news and bad news on covid-19 this week. On the one hand, several million doses of the one-shot Johnson &...

New Models Predict Risk for Ventilation, Death From COVID-19

Mar 09, 2021

MONDAY, March 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Two new models help predict which hospitalized COVID-19 patients will require mechanical ventilation or die, according to a study published online Feb. 25 in ...

FDA Warns Consumers to Not Use Ivermectin for COVID-19

Mar 09, 2021

MONDAY, March 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a consumer update last week regarding the use of ivermectin for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19. The ...

Neurologic Involvement Common in Children Hospitalized With COVID-19

Mar 09, 2021

MONDAY, March 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For children with COVID-19-related hospitalization, neurologic involvement is common and is usually transient, according to a study published online March 5 i...

AstraZeneca to Seek FDA Approval of COVID-19 Vaccine Within Weeks

Mar 09, 2021

MONDAY, March 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- AstraZeneca says it will file for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine in the United States after it gets the results of a clinical trial withi...

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