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As COVID Cases Spike, California Shifts Its Strategy

Jun 26, 2020

Coronavirus infections are rising so fast in Fresno County that California public health officials have identified it as one of nearly a dozen counties entering dangerous territory as economies reopen...

Covid-19: Cardiac Arrhythmias Linked to Systemic Illness, Not Solely SARS-CoV-2

Jun 25, 2020

Critically ill patients 10 times more likely to develop arrhythmia Among Covid-19 patients admitted to a large academic hospital, those admitted to ICUs were 10 times more likely than other patient...

Gout Drug Shows Promise for Myocardial Injury in Covid-19 Patients

Jun 25, 2020

Colchicine-treated patients had longer time to clinical deterioration in GRECCO-19 study Patients hospitalized with Covid-19 who took an anti-inflammatory agent derived from the autumn crocus flowe...

Is A Second Wave Of Coronavirus Coming?

Jun 25, 2020

As Americans continue to grapple with the novel coronavirus, one question is on a lot of people’s minds: Are we already seeing, or will we eventually see, a second wave of the virus? On June 16, ...

COVID Pandemic Jeopardizes Vote On Oklahoma Medicaid Expansion

Jun 25, 2020

Oklahoma residents going to the polls June 30 have the chance to override state leaders’ decadelong refusal to expand Medicaid, which would cover more than 200,000 low-income adults and bring billio...

Sex In The Time Of COVID: Gay Men Begin To Embrace A ‘New Normal’

Jun 25, 2020

Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a primary care physician in Los Angeles, has treated gay men for decades. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, he said, many patients have so dramatically changed their s...

The Hidden Deaths Of The COVID Pandemic

Jun 25, 2020

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Sara Wittner had seemingly gotten her life back under control. After a December relapse in her battle with drug addiction, the 32-year-old completed a 30-day detox program and st...

Covid-19: Is There An ’Immunity Shield’ Post-Infection?

Jun 24, 2020

An observational study says ’no,’ suggests neutralizing antibodies in SARS-CoV-2 rapidly fade away It appears that Covid-19 is not acting as science has come to expect viruses to act — namely...

As Problems Grow With Abbott’s Fast COVID Test, FDA Standards Are Under Fire

Jun 24, 2020

In mid-May, the Food and Drug Administration issued a rare public warning about an Abbott Laboratories COVID-19 test that for weeks had received high praise from the White House because of its speed: ...

How Those With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Added Angst Of COVID

Jun 24, 2020

Before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States, Chris Trondsen felt his life was finally under control. As someone who has battled obsessive-compulsive disorder and other mental health is...

Blood Type May Play a Role in Covid-19 Severity

Jun 23, 2020

Type O blood linked to lower respiratory failure in study Genetic analysis involving Covid-19 patients in Italy and Spain who developed respiratory failure adds to the evidence linking blood type t...

Covid-19: Study Finds Convalescent Plasma Safe

Jun 23, 2020

Signal promising but efficacy needs to be confirmed Covid-19 convalescent plasma appears safe for use in patients with severe or life-threatening Covid-19 disease, according to a report that looked a...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children and/or adolescents: a meta-analysis.

Jun 22, 2020

To assess the overall prevalence of clinical signs, symptoms, and radiological findings in children and/or adolescents with COVID-19.We systematically researched in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science d...

Trump’s Take On COVID Testing Misses Public Health Realities

Jun 22, 2020

[khn_slabs slabs="1120816" view="inline" /] President Donald Trump sought to downplay the numbers associated with COVID-19 in the United States — which have passed 2 million confirmed cases and a...

Stay-at-Home Orders Tied to Slowing of COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Jun 21, 2020

FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Statewide stay-at-home orders are associated with decreases in COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to a research letter recently published in the Journal of ...

Isolation, Contact Tracing Combo Can Cut COVID-19 Transmission

Jun 21, 2020

FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Combined isolation and tracing strategies can reduce COVID-19 transmission more than mass testing or self-isolation alone, according to a study published onli...

22 Percent Worldwide at Increased Risk for Severe COVID-19

Jun 21, 2020

FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- About 22 percent of the global population has at least one underlying condition that places them at increased risk for severe COVID-19, according to a modelin...

Early Data Show No Protest-Related Increases in COVID-19 Infections

Jun 21, 2020

FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Antiracism protests in the United States have not led to increases in new cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, early data show. The findings from a...

Scientists Say Journal Should Retract Mask Study

Jun 21, 2020

FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A study on the use of masks to protect against the new coronavirus should be retracted by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences because it conta...

Covid-19: FDA Warns Companies Selling Antibody Tests

Jun 19, 2020

Agency cites 3 companies for selling unapproved direct-to-consumer tests WASHINGTON — Three companies received warning letters from the FDA for marketing "adulterated or misbranded Covid-19 antibod...

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