Dec 14, 2020

As hospitals across the country weather a surge of COVID-19 patients, in Seattle — an early epicenter of the outbreak — nurses, respiratory therapists and physicians are staring down a startling r...

Dec 14, 2020

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The first vaccine to protect against COVID-19 could be approved in the U.S. within days, but legislation...

Dec 14, 2020

Unblinding concerns and vaccinating special populations remain issues WASHINGTON — The FDA had three questions for the members of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, ...

Dec 14, 2020

Patients with a recent cancer diagnosis were the most vulnerable at-risk group for Covid-19 infection Patients with cancer were at significantly greater risk of being infected with Covid-19 than tho...

Dec 14, 2020

Peer-reviewed data reported in NEJM Peer-reviewed findings from a multinational trial of Pfizer’s messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine candidate confirmed previous reports of 95% protection agains...

Dec 14, 2020

Test available for adult use without prescription WASHINGTON — The FDA granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) to LabCorp’s Pixel COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit, the first over-the-coun...

Dec 13, 2020

[khn_slabs slabs="789584" view="pull-right" /] Vaccines that protect against COVID-19 are on the way. What should older adults expect? The first candidates, from Pfizer and Moderna, could arrive...

Dec 11, 2020

But early missteps leave some questioning findings Interim results showed the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to have acceptable efficacy with a good safety profile, but questions remain about th...

Dec 11, 2020

Only 113 cases were reported between early-June and mid-July Confirmed cases of Covid-19 among both students and staff were low in schools and nurseries in England following re-opening after the nati...

Dec 10, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For women with type 2 diabetes or obesity who are admitted to the hospital with COVID-19, metformin use is associated with significantly reduced mortality, ...

Dec 10, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Black gynecologic oncology patients with COVID-19 are more likely to require hospitalization and have a disproportionate rate of death, according to a study...

Dec 10, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- People with a "significant history" of allergic reactions should not receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, U.K. regulators said Tuesday. The ...

Dec 10, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- In a sign that the COVID-19 pandemic is entering its most dire stage yet, new federal data show that more than a third of Americans now live in areas where ...

Dec 10, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by Canada's health agency and the first Canadians could start receiving it next week. In announcing the app...

Dec 10, 2020

Health authorities urge patients with history of allergic reactions to steer clear U.K. health authorities warned that patients with a history of severe allergic reactions should not receive Pfizer...

Dec 10, 2020

Research adds support to previous findings, but should not be generalized to older age groups During the early months of the U.S. Covid-19 pandemic, exposure to child care for children ˂6 years old ...

Dec 09, 2020

Americans have made no secret of their skepticism of COVID-19 vaccines this year, with fears of political interference and a “warp speed” timeline blunting confidence in the shots. As rece...

Dec 09, 2020

Early in the pandemic, Ximena Rebolledo León, a registered nurse at Telluride Regional Medical Center in southwestern Colorado, needed to find everyone who’d been in contact with a sick Lat...

Dec 09, 2020

This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. WASHINGTON, Mo. — In August, local officials in this small city an hour west of St. Louis voted against requiring re...

Dec 09, 2020

Small Italian study supports rooming-in and breastfeeding during pandemic New moms with Covid-19 can safely room with, and breastfeed, their newborns, as mother-to-infant SARS-CoV-2 transmission was ...