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Covid-19: Mother-to-Infant Transmission Rare

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 ...

Last Call for COVID: To Avoid Bar Shutdowns, States Serve Up Curfews

Dec 08, 2020

As states and cities around the country enact curfews on bars and restaurants to limit the spread of COVID-19, many different calls are being made on “last call.” In Massachusetts, eaterie...

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Obamacare Alum Andy Slavitt Takes Stock of the COVID Pandemic — So Far

Dec 08, 2020

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Andy Slavitt has spent much of 2020 talking with almost everybody who knows anything about the COVID-19 pandemic — and sharing w...

What Happened When the Only ER Doctor in a Rural Town Got COVID

Dec 07, 2020

Kurt Papenfus, a doctor in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, started to feel sick around Halloween. He developed a scary cough, intestinal symptoms and a headache. In the midst of a pandemic, the news that he...

After a Deadly COVID Outbreak, Maryland County Takes Steps to Protect Health Workers

Dec 07, 2020

This story also ran on The Associated Press. It can be republished for free. A Maryland health department is taking new steps to protect its workers six months after a COVID-...

During ACA Open Enrollment, Picking a Plan Invites New COVID Complications

Dec 06, 2020

People buying their own health insurance have even more to think about this year, particularly those post-COVID-19 patients with lingering health concerns, the “long haulers,” who join the club of...

NYC Hospital Workers, Knowing How Bad It Can Get, Brace for COVID 2nd Wave

Dec 06, 2020

No single municipality in the country suffered more in the first wave of the pandemic than New York City, which saw more than 24,000 deaths, mainly in the spring. Medical staff in New York know precis...

Teens Still Able to Access E-Cigarettes During COVID-19 Pandemic

Dec 04, 2020

THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Underage youth report being able to access electronic cigarettes from online and retail stores during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published o...

Everyone Who Gets COVID-19 Vaccine Will Receive Vaccination Card

Dec 04, 2020

THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- All Americans who get a COVID-19 vaccine will get a vaccination card, officials say. The cards are the "simplest" way to keep track of those who have rece...

Mental Health Symptoms Common for Perinatal Women During COVID-19

Dec 04, 2020

THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Mental health symptoms are common among perinatal women during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Nov. 4 in Psychiatry Research. ...

Visceral Adiposity & COVID-19 Severity

Dec 04, 2020

Data indicate that, depending on the degree of obesity, patients with obesity who are infected with COVID-19 have a 1.3- to 7.4-fold increased risk of requiring critical care when compared with patien...

WHO Trial Finds No Covid-19 Mortality Benefit for Antiviral Drugs

Dec 04, 2020

Antivirals, including remdesiver, failed to reduce ventilation, or length-of-stay Covid-19 treatment regimens including remdesivir or other repurposed antiviral drugs were found to have no impact on ...

Where COVID Is on the Menu: Failed Contact Tracing Leaves Diners in the Dark

Dec 03, 2020

COVID-19 outbreaks have affected restaurants throughout Los Angeles County, from a Panda Express in Sun Valley to the University of California’s Bruin Cafe. If you live in Los Angeles, you can a...

How COVID-19 Highlights the Uncertainty of Medical Testing

Dec 03, 2020

Dr. Jacqueline Chu considered the man with a negative coronavirus test on the other end of the phone, and knew, her heart dropping, that the test result was not enough to clear him for work. The man w...

As Hospitals Fill With COVID Patients, Medical Reinforcements Are Hard to Find

Dec 03, 2020

Hospitals in much of the country are trying to cope with unprecedented numbers of COVID-19 patients. As of Monday, 96,039 were hospitalized, an alarming record that far exceeds the two previous peaks ...

Amid COVID and Racial Unrest, Black Churches Put Faith in Mental Health Care

Dec 03, 2020

Wilma Mayfield used to visit a senior center in Durham, North Carolina, four days a week and attend Lincoln Memorial Baptist Church on Sundays, a ritual she’s maintained for nearly half a centur...

Admission Hyperglycemia Predicts Mortality in COVID-19

Dec 03, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Among noncritical hospitalized COVID-19 patients, admission hyperglycemia is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality, according to a study published...

Britain Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

Dec 03, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Britain became the first Western country to allow emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after approving the Pfizer vaccine candidate in the race ...

Anxiety Doubled in Young People During COVID-19 Pandemic

Dec 03, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Younger people seem to be experiencing increased anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Nov. 24 in the British Journal ...

CDC Shrinks COVID-19 Quarantine Time, Advises Against Holiday Travel

Dec 03, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shortened the recommended length of quarantine after exposure to the new coronavirus but is again as...

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