‘Gold Standard’ Clinical Trial Finds Hydroxychloroquine Won’t Prevent COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, June 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug touted and reportedly used by President Donald Trump as a preventative for COVID-19, appears not to have lived up
Continue readingUK’s death toll from confirmed COVID-19 cases tops 40,000
A paramedic takes a blood sample from a medical worker, during an antibody testing program at the Hollymoor Ambulance Hub of the West Midlands Ambulance Service, operated by the West Midlands Ambulance
Continue readingMeds Like Valium, Xanax Linked to Higher Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Taking benzodiazepines — drugs such as Xanax, Valium, Klonopin, Halcion or Ativan
Continue readingAt-Home Gene Test for Breast, Ovarian Cancers Looks Effective
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Screening for breast and ovarian cancer genes might be added to the list of medical tests
Continue reading‘It’s not over’: COVID-19 cases rise in some nations easing lockdowns: WHO
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) are pictured in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo GENEVA (Reuters) – Some countries have
Continue readingPandemic Has Left Nearly 43 Million Americans Without Work
By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters THURSDAY, June 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — As the U.S. coronavirus case count eclipsed 1.8 million and the death toll
Continue readingIs It COVID-19 or Seasonal Allergies?
THURSDAY, June 4, 2020 — In the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, it might be hard to tell if you’ve come down with COVID-19, spring allergies or a cold, which all have some similar symptoms. Fever
Continue readingMalaysia reports 19 new coronavirus cases, one new death
FILE PHOTO: A doctor wearing a protective suit examines a patient at Emergency Department in the Kuala Lumpur Hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May
Continue readingAfter Pakistan’s lockdown gamble, COVID-19 cases surge
ISLAMABAD/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Four weeks ago, with its most important festival coming up and millions of people facing starvation as economic activity dwindled, Pakistan lifted a two-month-long
Continue readingHitachi, Toshiba, Miraca to set up factory for coronavirus antigen tests
FILE PHOTO: Hitachi logos are seen on Electric Power Development Co. (J-Power) Oma Nuclear Power Station under construction in Oma town, Aomori prefecture, Japan December 4, 2015. REUTERS/Kentaro Hamada TOKYO
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