Aug 26, 2020

If all goes according to plan, Penn State University students who opt for an on-campus experience this fall will start in-person classes on Aug. 24 under the banner of a “Mask Up or Pack Up” campa...

Aug 26, 2020

In a business driven by profit, vaccines have a problem. They’re not very profitable — at least not without government subsidies. Pharma companies favor expensive medicines that must be taken repe...

Aug 25, 2020

MONDAY, Aug. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors are beneficial for hypertensive patients with COVID-19, according to a study published online Aug. 24 i...

Aug 25, 2020

MONDAY, Aug. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The world's first confirmed case of reinfection with the new coronavirus has been reported in Hong Kong. That is cause for concern because it suggests that...

Aug 25, 2020

MONDAY, Aug. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- About 1,500 people attended a pop concert in Germany to help researchers learn how the new coronavirus spreads in such situations. Volunteers to the concer...

Aug 25, 2020

Hahn calls early plasma data ’promising’ WASHINGTON — The FDA reversed its stance on convalescent plasma, and on Sunday, Aug. 23, issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of conv...

Aug 25, 2020

Improvement seen with 5-day course, but clinical benefit uncertain In a randomized open-label trial involving close to 600 patients hospitalized with moderate Covid-19 symptoms, treatment with the ...

Aug 25, 2020

Even as his state is a hotbed for COVID-19, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been pushing schools to reopen so parents have the choice of sending children back to the classroom or keeping them home to le...

Aug 25, 2020

From the early days of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, states have wrestled with the best course of action for bars and nightclubs, which largely have their economic prospects tied to social gatherings...

Aug 24, 2020

COVID-19 has prompted rapid global societal change. New word combinations were introduced and made commonplace in our vocabulary, such as social distancing, masking, and flattening the curve. As this ...

Aug 24, 2020

HHS Says labs cleared to developed coronavirus tests, Orleandrin touted by MyPillow guy. Recent developments highlight the start-stop treatment and testing landscape for Covid-19. Convalescent Blo...

Aug 24, 2020

State officials and federal agencies warn there’s a new phone scam circulating: Some callers posing as COVID-19 contact tracers try to pry credit card or bank account information from unsuspecting v...

Aug 24, 2020

HELENA, Mont. — Jon Paul was leery entering his first wildfire camp of the year late last month to fight three lightning-caused fires scorching parts of a Northern California forest that hadn’t bu...

Aug 21, 2020

The latest installment of the #PWChat series was Part 2 of our discussion centering around the reopening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the highlights from the chat. You can re...

Aug 21, 2020

THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The overall incidence of COVID-19 is increased among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons in the United States, according to research published...

Aug 21, 2020

Although kidney injury is not one of the complications of COVID-19, some patients with COVID-19 pneumonia have exhibited renal damage. Yet, little is known about the association between COVID-19 pneum...

Aug 21, 2020

Acute kidney injury (AKI) refers to a sudden episode of kidney damage or failure. The leading cause of AKI is the build-up of waste products in the blood, but centers have reported an increased rate o...

Aug 21, 2020

A significant amount of evidence suggests that COVID-19 is associated with cardiovascular disease, with myocarditis being the most common complication. Yet, the magnitude of myocardial injury among pa...

Aug 21, 2020

In some ways, the nation’s COVID testing system is like a game of Jenga: When one piece falters, the entire tower collapses. Take Sacramento County, home to 1.5 million people and CaliforniaR...

Aug 20, 2020

As the Covid-19 pandemic, unfettered by coherent government action, rolls across the United States, the impact of the disease on a good night’s sleep bothers both those who have to battle the contag...