Aug 31, 2021

Most symptoms resolved, but half still had at least one related to Covid Among some of the first patients hospitalized with Covid-19, about half still had at least one persistent symptom associated w...

Aug 26, 2021

How cigarette smoke (CS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) infection and severity is controversial. We investigated th...

Aug 26, 2021

Currently, several convolutional neural network (CNN)-based methods have been proposed for computer-aided COVID-19 diagnosis based on lung computed tomography (CT) scans. However, the lesions of pneum...

Aug 24, 2021

TUESDAY, Aug. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Infusion of COVID-19 convalescent plasma with a high titer of antibodies does not prevent COVID-19 progression in outpatients at high risk for severe disease...

Aug 24, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.The vaccine will now be marketed as Comirnaty a...

Aug 24, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Taking a drug meant for horses and cattle to prevent or treat COVID-19 is dangerous and could be fatal, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.The agency...

Aug 24, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Following on full U.S. regulatory approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the Pentagon announced on Monday that all military personnel -- including 1.3 milli...

Aug 23, 2021

FRIDAY, Aug. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Substantially fewer women completed screening mammograms at one safety-net hospital during the first year of the pandemic, with Black women experiencing the l...

Aug 23, 2021

FRIDAY, Aug. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The effectiveness of mRNA vaccination against COVID-19-associated hospitalization is sustained over a 24-week period, according to research published in the A...

Aug 23, 2021

FRIDAY, Aug. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- mRNA COVID-19 vaccines provide protection against infection among nursing home residents, but the vaccine effectiveness was lower after the delta variant beca...

Aug 23, 2021

FRIDAY, Aug. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A decision on booster shots for the approximately 13.8 million Americans who received the Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is likely to take wee...

Aug 23, 2021

FRIDAY, Aug. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine may be linked to a higher risk for myocarditis in younger adults than believed, emerging reports show.Federal health officials ar...

Aug 23, 2021

FRIDAY, Aug. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The seropositivity rate among patients with cancer remains high four months after the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter publ...

Aug 23, 2021

FRIDAY, Aug. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The majority of individuals who experience mild or moderate COVID-19 infection have persistent symptoms more than 30 days after diagnosis, according to a stud...

Aug 23, 2021

The COVID-19 crisis has put many practices under great stress as far as payments as patients lose insurance coverage or cannot cover bills. However, it is essential to remember that the underlying pri...

Aug 20, 2021

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has proven to be a solid solution for helping seniors age in place without consistent trips to the doctor’s office, clinic, or emergency room. The COVID era has incre...

Aug 15, 2021

Among the less-noted consequences of COVID-19, many Americans have become more health-conscious than ever and more aware of the value of self-care. A new national survey by The Harris Poll shows that ...

Aug 05, 2021

“CDC has just announced they will revoke the emergency use authorization of the RT-PCR tests first introduced in 2/20. … Translation: They’ve been adding flu cases to Covid cases when us...

Aug 03, 2021

Data show vaccinated people had similar viral loads to unvaccinated people and were contagious Following its recent Covid-19 guidelines update stating that fully vaccinated Americans should wear a ...

Aug 03, 2021

Use only in unvaxccinated or not fully vaccinated adults and adolescents post-exposure WASHINGTON—The FDA revised its emergency use authorization (EUA) for casirivimab and imdevimab, administer...