Jul 13, 2020

The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the disproportionate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black Americans. Below are the highlights from the chat. You can read the full...

Jul 13, 2020

The same day the Trump administration reaffirmed its support of a lawsuit that would invalidate all of the Affordable Care Act, Joe Biden sharply warned that the suit endangers millions of Americans. ...

Jul 12, 2020

FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Adults taking proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have an increased risk for having a positive COVID-19 test, with evidence of a dose-response relationship, accordi...

Jul 12, 2020

FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For adolescents, understanding the severity of COVID-19 and valuing social responsibility are associated with acting in socially responsible ways, including m...

Jul 12, 2020

FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Many outpatient kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19 have symptomatic resolution without requiring hospitalization, and hospitalized COVID-19 patients o...

Jul 12, 2020

FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online July 9 in JAMA Network Open. Ah...

Jul 12, 2020

FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- There is more good news on the effectiveness of the antiviral drug remdesivir against COVID-19, according to new clinical trial results from the drug's maker....

Jul 12, 2020

FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The World Health Organization will lead an international investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Two WHO experts -- one in animal...

Jul 10, 2020

[UPDATE: Houston city officials on Wednesday worked with the operator of Houston’s convention center to cancel a contract for a GOP party convention slated to occur there later this month. Repub...

Jul 10, 2020

Yes, of course, Americans’ health is priceless, and reining in a deadly virus that has trashed the economy would be invaluable. But a COVID-19 vaccine will have an actual price tag. And given the...

Jul 09, 2020

Fresh off a Caribbean cruise in early March, John Campbell developed a cough and fever of 104 degrees. He went to his primary care physician and got a flu test, which came up negative. Then things got...

Jul 09, 2020

Months into the coronavirus pandemic, older adults are having a hard time envisioning their “new normal.” Many remain fearful of catching the virus and plan to follow strict precautions �...

Jul 09, 2020

The old men live in cramped spaces and breathe the same ventilated air. Many are frail, laboring with heart disease, liver and prostate cancer, tuberculosis, dementia. And now, with the coronavirus ad...

Jul 08, 2020

Shawn Hayes was thankful to be holed up at a city-run hotel for people with COVID-19. The 20-year-old wasn’t in jail. He wasn’t on the streets chasing drugs. Methadone to treat his opioid addic...

Jul 08, 2020

As her mother lay dying in a Southern California hospital in early May, Elishia Breed was home in Oregon, 800 miles away, separated not only by the distance, but also by the cruelty of the coronavirus...

Jul 07, 2020

Food and food-related safety have come to the fore in recent times. There are a whopping 362K online searches on “food safety” since January, with per-day mentions rising up to 60K, which is 70% h...

Jul 07, 2020

Risk factors for severe disease are age, disability, or obesity Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients receiving disease-modifying therapies (DMT) do not have an increased risk of severe Covid-19 infecti...

Jul 07, 2020

New guidance recommends a maximum of two visitors at a time, face coverings The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued new interim guidance urging hospitals to limit visits to hospitalized kids ...

Jul 07, 2020

Pandemic has disrupted care, but data support continuing cancer Tx The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic caused minor and major disruptions in cancer care, and the effect of those disruptions is slowly ...

Jul 07, 2020

July 1 is a big day in medical education. It’s traditionally the day newly minted doctors start their first year of residency. But this year is different. Getting from here to there — from med...