Mar 09, 2021

MMWR report gives further evidence that masks work During the Covid-19 pandemic, the ubiquitous face mask has become a lightning rod of controversy. Mandatory masking raised the ire of many despite...

Mar 08, 2021

FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A five-day course of ivermectin does not improve the time to resolution of symptoms compared with placebo for adults with mild COVID-19, according to a study ...

Mar 08, 2021

FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Countries worldwide are struggling to find enough syringes to administer COVID-19 vaccines. Experts say between 8 billion and 10 billion syringes are neede...

Mar 08, 2021

The outbreak of COVID19 soon became a public emergency and led to radical changes in healthcare management. The electronic medical record–assisted telephone follow-up (E-TFU) of cancer survivors (CS...

Mar 08, 2021

When the WHO declared the outbreak of COVID 19, a global pandemic in March 2020, regular patient care was adversely affected. The biggest challenge was faced by the hematology and oncology patients, a...

Mar 08, 2021

Drug failed to reduce symptom duration for mild disease Adults with mild Covid-19 who took a five-day course of the anti-parasite, tropical disease drug ivermectin showed no significant reduction i...

Mar 08, 2021

Return-to-play screening finds inflammatory heart disease in less than 1% of players post-infection A cross-sectional analysis of professional athletes with prior Covid-19 infection found that less...

Mar 07, 2021

This story also ran on USA Today. It can be republished for free. A slumber party to celebrate Delaney DePue’s 15th birthday last summer marked a new chapter — one define...

Mar 07, 2021

This story is part of a reporting partnership that includes NPR, Illinois Public Media and KHN. It can be republished for free. With more than 20 million acres of corn and so...

Mar 07, 2021

As the speed of covid vaccinations picks up, so do the reports of doses going to waste. And it’s more than just a handful at the end of the day because of a few appointment cancellations. Health...

Mar 05, 2021

Telehealth increases failed to offset disruptions in care The Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on projected Medicare spending patterns in the U.S. in the first six months of 2020, according to a rep...

Mar 05, 2021

Study shows care has been curtailed, particularly in low- and middle-income countries The Covid-19 pandemic has globally affected pediatric cancer care. A cross-sectional study, from Dylan Graet...

Mar 05, 2021

THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that suggests overweight people should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccines, a new report released Thursday shows the risk for death from COVID...

Mar 05, 2021

THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- About 40 percent of California's COVID-19 vaccine doses will be set aside for the most vulnerable neighborhoods in the state, officials said Wednesday. M...

Mar 04, 2021

This story is part of a partnership that includes KPCC, NPR and KHN. It can be republished for free. In California, confusion and botched communication has caused some eligible parents and f...

Mar 04, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients presenting with COVID-19, abnormal sodium levels are associated with mortality and needing ventilatory support, according to a study published...

Mar 04, 2021

Treatment is safe but offers no significant benefit The National Institutes of Health (NIH) halted the Clinical Trial of Covid-19 Convalescent Plasma of Outpatients (C3PO) evaluating the safety and...

Mar 04, 2021

AMA, ANA, and APA ask vaccinators to increase efforts to collect race/ethnicity data The American Medical Association (AMA), American Nurses Association (ANA), and American Pharmacists Association ...

Mar 03, 2021

The plaudits have faded for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Once hailed as a paragon of pandemic governing, he’s since come under scorching criticism for undercounting the state’s covid deaths...

Mar 03, 2021

This story also ran on The Washington Post. It can be republished for free. Many parents are filled with angst as they prepare for their children to exit a year of pandemic isola...