Mar 03, 2021

TUESDAY, March 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- New COVID-19 cases in U.S. nursing homes have fallen to their lowest number since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started keeping trac...

Mar 03, 2021

TUESDAY, March 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than one-third of nonelderly U.S. adults report they are unlikely to get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a report released by the Urban Institute and t...

Mar 02, 2021

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. This story also ran on Reveal. It can be republished for free. This week marks a grim milesto...

Mar 02, 2021

This story also ran on LAist. It can be republished for free. The twinkle in his eyes, the delight in his smile, the joyous way he moved his disease-withered frame. They all proclaimed a single, re...

Mar 02, 2021

MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A single high dose of vitamin D3 does not shorten length of stay or improve other outcomes among patients hospitalized for COVID-19, according to a study publ...

Mar 02, 2021

MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 outcomes are similar for people with or without asthma, according to a review published online Feb. 8 in the Journal of Asthma. Anthony P. Sunjaya...

Mar 02, 2021

MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In two reports published recently in the American Journal of Roentgenology, radiologists address the clinical features of axillary adenopathy seen on breast i...

Mar 02, 2021

MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Walmart said it will expand its COVID-19 vaccination program to more than 1,400 pharmacies in 35 states. The retailer will also partner with local communit...

Mar 02, 2021

MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A COVID-19 vaccine still awaiting U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval may prove to be a powerful weapon in fighting the pandemic, according to its deve...

Mar 02, 2021

ACIP, Fauci urge people to take whatever shot they can get and adhere to mitigation efforts The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is recommending Johnson & Johnson’s...

Mar 01, 2021

USAF used rigorous protective measures, which kept infection rates relatively low Intensive, non-pharmaceutical infection control measures taken to reduce the transmission of Covid-19 at a U.S. Air...

Mar 01, 2021

VRBPAC talks one dose vs two dose vaccinations down the line The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted unanimously to recommend that the FDA issue an Em...

Mar 01, 2021

Survey finds 1 in 3 patients reported symptoms of PASC Federal health officials recently announced that they are studying Covid-19 long haulers who continue to have symptoms related to the illness mo...

Feb 28, 2021

This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. Covid-19 infections from variant strains are quickly spreading across the U.S., but there’s one big problem...

Feb 26, 2021

The latest installment of the #PWChat series was part 2 of a discussion centered around the #ThisIsOurShot campaign, a grassroots movement to elevate the voice of healthcare heroes to build vaccine tr...

Feb 26, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A grouping of seven symptoms has the highest sensitivity for identifying COVID-19 cases, according to a study published online Feb. 12 in the Journal of In...

Feb 26, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A single-shot COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson completely prevented hospitalizations and deaths in a large clinical trial, according to the r...

Feb 26, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pfizer and BioNTech say they plan to update their original COVID-19 vaccine and also test a third booster shot to prepare for the possibility that new coron...

Feb 26, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In a hopeful turnaround during a long pandemic, U.S. nursing homes that were once the epicenter of COVID-19 infections are now seeing both cases and deaths ...

Feb 26, 2021

mRNA vax reduced symptomatic and severe cases, hospitalizations, and deaths An observational study from Israel confirmed that BNT162b2, an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, is highly effective in preventing s...