Feb 04, 2021

AZD1222 appears effective, reduces positive PCR tests Early results from three trials assessing the safety and efficacy of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, AZD1222, suggest that ...

Feb 03, 2021

Use Our Content It can be republished for free. When getting vaccinated against covid-19, there’s no sense being picky. You should take the first authorized vaccine that̵...

Feb 03, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A decision on whether to allow Moderna to increase the number of doses in its vials of COVID-19 vaccine is expected from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Feb 03, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of self-reported psychological distress among students has been relatively high during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published on...

Feb 02, 2021

With its lively music scene and Ybor City historical district full of bars and restaurants, Tampa has a nightlife hard to beat anywhere in Florida. This story also ran on ...

Feb 02, 2021

Reduced efficacy seen in South African strain Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine candidate was shown to be very effective overall, but significantly less effective against the h...

Feb 02, 2021

Transplacental transfer of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies documented in seropositive pregnant women Maternally derived SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies may protect newborns from coronavirus, according to result...

Feb 02, 2021

Social determinants of health impact Covid-19 survival at the county level Racial disparities in Covid-19 mortality have nothing to do with biology and everything to do with social inequities, rese...

Feb 02, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Interim phase 3 data show that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals of Johnson & Johnson is 66 percent effective in preventing modera...

Feb 02, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) – The National Institutes of Health has launched a new database to collect information and biospecimens from people who have experienced neurological problems a...

Feb 02, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. government has awarded a $231 million contract for production of a recently approved over-the-counter COVID-19 home test kit. With the product from...

Feb 02, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As part of their trip to China to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, a World Health Organization team on Sunday went to two large food markets i...

Jan 31, 2021

The covid-19 variants that have emerged in the United Kingdom, Brazil, South Africa and now Southern California are eliciting two notably distinct responses from U.S. public health officials. First...

Jan 31, 2021

A dozen states are reporting drops of 25% or more in new covid-19 cases and more than 1,200 counties have seen the same, federal data released Wednesday shows. Experts say the plunge may relate to gro...

Jan 29, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients hospitalized with COVID-19, respiratory, physical, and psychological sequelae are common at four months after discharge, according to a study ...

Jan 29, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Interim phase 3 data show that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals of Johnson & Johnson is 66 percent effective in preventing modera...

Jan 28, 2021

Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Americans’ reluctance to get vaccinated for covid-19 is waning, according to a poll released Wednesday. Nearly half of adul...

Jan 28, 2021

This story also ran on CNN. It can be republished for free. As public demand grows for limited supplies of covid-19 vaccines, questions remain about the vaccines’ appro...

Jan 28, 2021

This story also ran on San Francisco Chronicle. It can be republished for free. It was the end of April — just as the U.S. confirmed its millionth covid-19 case and 50,000 deat...

Jan 28, 2021

  This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. Late last month, before President Joe Biden took office and proposed his pandemic relief plan, Congress passed a nearly 5,600-page ...