Dec 21, 2020

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Congress appears to be inching ever closer to agreement on a long-delayed COVID-19 relief bill, which wo...

Dec 21, 2020

TELLURIDE, Colo. — The day after Thanksgiving, Dr. Jana Eller and Dr. Shiraz Naqvi were seated beside an outdoor fire pit at the base of Telluride Ski Resort, taking a short break from skiing. The t...

Dec 21, 2020

Last month we looked at the laws about mask mandates. This month we will look at some questions about how a mandate that you set up in your own office can play out as a practical matter. Before ...

Dec 21, 2020

FRIDAY, Dec. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Among 10 infants hospitalized with COVID-19, most had mild disease and most commonly presented with gastrointestinal symptoms, according to a research letter ...

Dec 21, 2020

FRIDAY, Dec. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Tocilizumab reduces the risk for progression to ventilation or death among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, according to a study published onlin...

Dec 21, 2020

FRIDAY, Dec. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Indigenous communities in the United States have started receiving COVID-19 vaccines from federal and state agencies. The initial focus of the federal gove...

Dec 21, 2020

FRIDAY, Dec. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Allergic reactions to vaccines are generally rare and people with common allergies are not more likely to have a reaction to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vacc...

Dec 21, 2020

REGN-COV2 had greatest effect in patients with higher viral load Peer reviewed findings from an interim analysis of Regeneron’s trial of its neutralizing antibody cocktail for Covid-19 showed tha...

Dec 21, 2020

Previous clinical trials showed little benefit for the drug Among patients hospitalized with Covid-19 pneumonia not on mechanical ventilation, treatment with the biologic tocilizumab was associated...

Dec 18, 2020

The objectives of this study were to  compare and investigate the incidences and risks of venous thromboembolism (VTE) between the two groups of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and C...

Dec 18, 2020

Shipping issues, allergic reactions, and surprise doses crop up during vaccine roll out Pfizer Inc. released a statement claiming that production and distribution of their Covid-19 vaccine, BNT126b...

Dec 18, 2020

FDA action expected within 24 hours or less For the second time this month, the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee overwhelmingly voted to recommend that the FDA is...

Dec 17, 2020

If clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines aren’t expanded soon to include children, it’s unlikely that even kids in their teens will be vaccinated in time for the next school year. The h...

Dec 17, 2020

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — As the pandemic took hold and well-grooved music festivals canceled their mainstream events, Krista Selico saw an opening. She had been organizing the Helix Festival as an op...

Dec 17, 2020

Company says it will have 3 million tests ready in a month WASHINGTON—Americans will soon have two options over-the-counter Covid-19 tests as the FDA granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) ...

Dec 16, 2020

This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. If there’s such a thing as a date with destiny, it’s marked on Dr. Taison Bell’s calendar. A...

Dec 16, 2020

Over the course of the pandemic, COVID-19 infections have battered high-poverty neighborhoods in California on a staggeringly different scale than more affluent areas, a trend that underscores the hei...

Dec 16, 2020

This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. As a boy, Robert Weber chased the blazing lights and roaring sirens of fire engines down the streets ...

Dec 15, 2020

Use Our Content It can be republished for free. High stakes and big challenges await as the U.S. prepares to roll out vaccines against COVID-19, with front-line health care workers...

Dec 15, 2020

Faster recovery reported with baricitinib/remdesivir therapy in ACTT-2 Among patients hospitalized for Covid-19, adding the anti-inflammatory drug baricitinib to remdesivir was associated with redu...