Jun 18, 2020

WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A proactive monitoring program for COVID-19 can track illness, provide support, and identify cases that need hospitalization, according to a study publishe...

Jun 18, 2020

WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Health insurance companies are expected to cover vaccines for the new coronavirus without charging copays, U.S. officials say. At a media briefing Tuesday...

Jun 18, 2020

WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- After reopening, states such as Arizona, Florida, and Texas are all seeing record-high one-day increases in COVID-19 cases. According to The New York Ti...

Jun 18, 2020

WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The potential risk for reinfection with COVID-19 remains a concern, but evidence is scarce, according to Jeffrey Shaman, Ph.D., director of the climate and...

Jun 18, 2020

INDIANAPOLIS — It started as a normal day. Dawn Guest, 54, got up and headed out to her job as a nurse around 5 a.m. She heard her 16-year-old son, Andre, stirring in his room, but he had always bee...

Jun 18, 2020

With new daily coronavirus cases rising in at least two dozen states, an explosion of new infections in Arizona is stretching some hospitals and alarming public health experts who link the surge in c...

Jun 17, 2020

Agency strikes another blow for malaria agents’s use against Covid-19 WASHINGTON — Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were dealt a one-two punch by the FDA, when on the same day, not only did t...

Jun 17, 2020

Preliminary RECOVERY study results show mortality reduction for those requiring respiratory support Dexamethasone appears to be beneficial for severely ill Covid-19 patients, according to results f...

Jun 17, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The cumulative incidence of COVID-19 is 403.6 cases per 100,000 persons in the United States, and hospitalization and death rates are six and 12 times higher...

Jun 17, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- In the treatment of COVID-19 patients, chloroquine phosphate or hydroxychloroquine sulfate should not be used with the experimental drug remdesivir because o...

Jun 17, 2020

Emily Brown was stretched thin. As the director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado, she was working 12- and 14-hour days, struggling to respond to the pandemic with...

Jun 17, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic — and the economic fallout that has come with it — boosted health insurance enrollment counselor Mark Van Arnam’s workload. But he wants to be even busier. The loss ...

Jun 16, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Mandated face coverings represent the most effective means to prevent interhuman transmission of COVID-19, according to a study published online June 11 in t...

Jun 16, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Patient-collected lower nasal specimens may be acceptable for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) testing, according to a research le...

Jun 16, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of COVID-19 cases is increased on American Indian reservations with larger proportions of homes lacking complete indoor plumbing, according to a stu...

Jun 16, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The cheap and widely available steroid dexamethasone reduced the risk for death among seriously ill COVID-19 patients by up to a third, according to research...

Jun 16, 2020

MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans are much more likely than other Americans to say a relative or close friend has died of COVID-19, surveys reveal. While 11 percent of black a...

Jun 16, 2020

MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- With most state reopenings well underway, many are now seeing alarming surges in COVID-19 cases, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo warned that a return to lo...

Jun 16, 2020

AMA warns, ’Do not confuse re-opening with returning to normal’ The CDC issued two new guidance documents for Americans — "Considerations for Events and Gatherings" and "Considerations for Dail...

Jun 16, 2020

Climate may play key role in SARS-CoV-2 transmission New research adds to the early evidence that seasonal weather variations which drive influenza outbreaks are playing a role in the spread of Cov...