#Covid19
Jun 02, 2020
TUESDAY, June 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Body mass index (BMI) is associated with tracheal intubation and/or death within seven days among individuals with diabetes hospitalized for COVID-19, accordi...
Jun 01, 2020
MONDAY, June 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. childhood obesity rate may increase by 2.4 percent if school closures continue into December as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a stud...
Jun 01, 2020
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Jun 01, 2020
Coronavirus droplets may remain airborne for hours indoors Despite nearly 2 million people infected with Covid-19 and a milestone of more than 100,000 dead, the U.S. is trying to reopen for business....
Jun 01, 2020
8 in 10 infected passengers, crew on Antarctic cruise were asymptomatic There is growing evidence that the prevalence of asymptomatic Covid-19 may be much higher than has been recognized, and experts...
Jun 01, 2020
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will start administering its first approved antiviral drug to treat coronavirus patients next week, its state financial backer t...
Jun 01, 2020
In previous influenza pandemics, bacterial co-infections have been a major cause of mortality. We aimed to evaluate the burden of co-infections in patients with COVID-19.We systematically searched Emb...
May 29, 2020
By Carl O'Donnell and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) - European and South Korean authorities are vying for Gilead Sciences' <GILD.O> potential COVID-19 treatment, remdes...
May 29, 2020
(This May 28 story, adds dropped word "Smart" in paragraph 4 and corrects designation in paragraph 12 to nurse, not doctor) By Danish Siddiqui and Zeba Siddiqui ...
May 29, 2020
Underlying chronic conditions, public insurance, and low income appear to exacerbate susceptibility A retrospective cohort study from Ochsner Health in Louisiana underscores the racial disparity of t...
May 28, 2020
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cancer patients with COVID-19 who were treated with a drug combination promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump to counter the coro...
May 28, 2020
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - The novel coronavirus has killed more than 100,000 people in the United States, according to a Reuters tally on Wednesday, even as the slowdow...
May 28, 2020
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. In early April, Katelyn was in a financial bind. At home and sick with COVID-19, she hadn’t been paid in weeks. And her bills were due. &...
May 28, 2020
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca has partnered with British cell therapy company Oxford Biomedica to make its experimental COVID-19 vaccine as the drugmaker looks to bolster its manufacturing ca...
May 28, 2020
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will continue to prescribe two anti-malaria drugs for coronavirus patients but monitor their use closely, a spokesman for Indonesia COVID-19 taskforce sai...
May 28, 2020
(Reuters) - CVS Health Corp said on Thursday it would open more COVID-19 testing sites at some of its pharmacy drive-thru locations, completing the last leg of the drugstore chain's pla...
May 28, 2020
Antiviral drug shown superior in lessening time to recovery over placebo Peer-reviewed results from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) placebo-controlled trial o...
May 28, 2020
Negative findings from largest study to date prompted the move The World Health Organization has temporarily halted a large, international study of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of Covid-19 du...
May 28, 2020
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche plans to test if mixing its anti-inflammation drug Actemra with Gilead Sciences Inc's anti-viral treatment remdesivir works better against severe COVID-19 pneu...
May 27, 2020
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Along with hair stylists, camera operators and the hundreds of others who make magic happen for TV and film, Hollywood is counting...