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...

Feb 26, 2021

Severity of disease and addition of glucocorticoids may tip the scale The New England Journal of Medicine is considered by many to be the most influential medical journal in the world — the oft-...

Feb 25, 2021

This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. Beating back covid right now comes down to balancing supply and demand. With hopes pinned to vaccines, demand ...

Feb 25, 2021

This story also ran on The Washington Post. It can be republished for free. The Rev. Jose Luis Garayoa survived typhoid fever, malaria, a kidnapping and the Ebola crisis as a mis...

Feb 25, 2021

This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. In his 17 years as an emergency medical provider, Anthony Almojera thought he had seen it all. “...

Feb 25, 2021

When news of the pandemic first reached the men incarcerated at Avenal State Prison in central California, inmate Ed Welker said the prevailing mood was panic. “We were like, ‘Yeah, it’s...

Feb 25, 2021

  This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. It can be republished for free. Many covid vaccination registration and information websites at the federal, state and local levels violate disabilit...

Feb 25, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- About 20 percent of patients with diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19 die within 28 days and about 50 percent are discharged, and predictors of death and dis...

Feb 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Race is the most important predictor of testing positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection but not for outcomes, a...

Feb 25, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Chemosensory dysfunction (CD) persists in a considerable proportion of patients up to five months after COVID-19, according to a study scheduled for presen...

Feb 25, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Children who have received an influenza vaccine are less likely to have symptomatic COVID-19 or severe disease, according to a study recently published in ...

Feb 24, 2021

Opening another front in the nation’s response to the pandemic, medical centers and other health organizations have begun sending doctors and nurses to apartment buildings and private homes to v...

Feb 24, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- About 20 percent of patients with diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19 die within 28 days and about 50 percent are discharged, and predictors of death and dis...

Feb 24, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The emergence of new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants could require a quick pivot on the part of pharmaceutical and medi...

Feb 24, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Long clinical trials will not be needed to prove the effectiveness of approved COVID-19 vaccines that have been adapted to protect against variants of the ne...

Feb 24, 2021

Fauci calls milestone ’stunning;’ FDA issues new guidelines for addressing virus mutations The United States hit a grim milestone on Monday, Feb. 22 — half a million people dead from Covid-19...

Feb 23, 2021

This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. Doctors say a woman in Michigan contracted covid-19 and died last fall two months after receiving a tainted doubl...

Feb 23, 2021

The following was originally posted on February 6 by Kelly Cawcutt, MD, to her personal blog at paragonfire.com. With 2020 in the rearview mirror, I am reminded of the saying that ‘things i...