Children’s Hospital, ICU Admission Rates Similar for COVID-19, Flu
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Among children with COVID-19 or seasonal...
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Median of 36 Days Found From COVID-19 Symptom Onset to Viral Clearance
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The median time from COVID-19 symptom onset to...
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New COVID-19 Test Provides Results in 15 Minutes
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A new portable COVID-19 test that can provide...
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The Effect of COVID-19 in Patients with Thoracic Malignancies
Thoracic malignancies or thoracic cancers include lung cancers, thymic malignancies, lung...
Read MoreWill Labor Day Weekend Bring Another Holiday COVID Surge?
Epidemiologists are having a hard time predicting whether Labor Day will be like the Fourth of July and Memorial Day, when celebrations fanned the flames in coronavirus hot spots around the South and West.
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Livedoid and Purpuric Skin Eruptions with Coagulopathy for COVID-19
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with several cardiovascular...
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Legacy of the Plague
“Blessings for all you do.” “You Rock!” They arose from the grass on the median strip and stood...
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Depression Symptoms Rise During Covid-19 Pandemic
Burden falls harder on people already at increased risk The Covid-19 pandemic is tied to a high...
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Health Officials Worry Nation’s Not Ready for COVID-19 Vaccine
As the nation awaits a vaccine to end the pandemic, local health departments say they lack the staff, money, tools ― and a unified plan ― to distribute, administer and track millions of vaccines, most of which will require two doses. Dozens of doctors, nurses and health officials interviewed by KHN and The Associated Press expressed their concern and frustration over federal shortcomings.
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Covid-19: Pregnant Women More Likely to Need ICU Care
Babies born to infected women at increased risk for preterm birth Pregnant women treated in...
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Fauci Says COVID Vaccine Trials Could End Early If Results Are Overwhelming
The nation’s top infectious disease official is confident that an independent panel will base vaccine approval on science, not politics.
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Covid-19: Metabolic Syndrome Strong Risk Factor for Death
Cluster of high BP, diabetes and obesity linked to 4-fold greater mortality risk from Covid-19...
Read MoreAnother COVID Mystery: Patients Survive Ventilator, But Linger in a Coma
Doctors are diagnosing a new stage of COVID-19 recovery: patients who take much longer than usual to regain consciousness after coming off a ventilator. And a growing number of doctors are worried some patients aren’t being given the time they need to wake up.
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Risk of COVID-19 in Healthcare Workers
Despite the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, frontline healthcare workers in...
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Molecular Testing Strategies for COVID-19
With COVID-19 inflicting substantial damage to the humankind, the WHO has encouraged countries to...
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Covid-19: Hospitalization Risk No Greater for Patients with Lupus, IA
Arthritis patients taking steroids did have higher risk for hospitalization, but not those on...
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Covid-19: CDC Updates Testing Guidance and AMA Gasps
AMA calls change a ’recipe for community spread’ The CDC has changed its Covid-19 testing...
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Covid-19: Hahn Tweets a Mea Culpa on Convalescent Plasma Claim
FDA commissioner raises ire of scientific community in numbers mix up FDA Commissioner Stephen...
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Many People of Color, Immigrants Among 1,080 US Health Workers Lost to COVID
The Guardian and KHN release new figures showing that, among health care workers, a disproportionate number of immigrants and minorities have died.
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Covid-19 Digest: IDSA, WHO on Convalescent Plasma EUA; China’s Vaccine
Meanwhile, the U.S. is mulling an EUA for AstraZeneca’s vaccine After the FDA’s issuance of an...
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