Drive-Through IOP Screening Clinic Feasible During COVID-19
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A drive-through intraocular pressure (IOP) screening...
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Perception of Not Returning to Full Health Common After COVID-19
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More than 60 percent of patients with COVID-19 feel...
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Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Protection May Last Years, Company Claims
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said the company’s...
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Three-Quarters of U.S. Adults Likely to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
MONDAY, Jan. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More than three-quarters of U.S. adults report...
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Covid-19: ACAAI Updates Guidance on Risk of Allergic Reactions with mRNA Vaccines
Key: review patient’s vaccine history The American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology...
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Covid-19: Asymptomatic Transmission Seen as Major Source of Infection
Could 1 of every 2 Covid-19 cases be spread by those without symptoms? It seems quarantining...
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Allergists Affirm Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines for Most
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In a special article published online Dec. 30 in...
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Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID-19 Patients
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The American Red Cross is urging COVID-19...
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Covid-19: Anaphylactic Reaction to Vaccine Rare, But Higher Than Expected
CDC recently updated guidance on vaccination contraindications Reported anaphylactic reactions to...
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Covid-19: Among Nursing Home Residents, Who Has the Highest Death Risk?
Study offers tools for better risk stratification among affected patients Older age, male sex, and...
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FDA Warns Against Altering Covid-19 Vax Dosing Schedules
Agency advises caution as state-level issues, vaccine hesitance hamper vaccine rollout WASHINGTON...
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Number of U.S. Adults Willing to Take COVID-19 Vaccine Down
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — From April to December, there was a significant...
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Vast Majority of Mild COVID-19 Patients Lose Sense of Smell
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The majority of patients with mild COVID-19...
Read More‘Last Responders’ Brace for Surge in Covid Deaths Across US
In some parts of the country, the surge in covid cases is overwhelming coroners, morgues, funeral homes and religious leaders. It has required ingenuity and even changed the rituals of honoring the dead.
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Child Physical Abuse Encounters Declined During COVID-19
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Declines in child physical abuse (CPA) encounters...
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Covid-19: Fears of Violence Lead to Increased Gun Purchases
Survey from California also shows less secure firearm storage A survey of California adults found...
Read MoreVideo: The Healthy Nurse Who Died at 40 on the Covid Front Lines: ‘She Was the Best Mom I Ever Had’
Yolanda Coar was 40 when she died of COVID-19 in August 2020 in Augusta, Georgia. She was also a nurse manager, and one of nearly 3,000 frontline workers who have died in the U.S. fighting this virus, according to an exclusive investigation by The Guardian and KHN.
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mRNA-1273 Vaccine Highly Effective for Preventing COVID-19
MONDAY, Jan. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The mRNA-1273 vaccine has 94.1 percent efficacy for...
Read MoreAs the Terror of COVID Struck, Health Care Workers Struggled to Survive. Thousands Lost the Fight.
At least 2,900 health workers have died since the pandemic began. Many were minorities with the highest levels of patient contact.
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COVID Vaccines Appear Safe and Effective, but Key Questions Remain
The federal government expects vaccinations to be available to everyone who wants them by summer — though glitches are inevitable. If enough of us get vaccinated, we could wave goodbye to the pandemic in 2021.
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