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French daily coronavirus death toll tumbles to 83

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s daily death toll from the new coronavirus dropped on Wednesday to 83 from 348 the day before, bringing the total number of dead there to 27,074 and putting it just

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Inhaled Nitric Oxide Explored for COVID-19 Oxygenation

What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: MAY 13, 2020 — The successful treatment of a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension who contracted COVID-19

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Hazard Pay in New COVID-19 Relief Bill Likely a ‘Pipe Dream’

What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: MAY 13, 2020 — Hazard pay for frontline healthcare workers — an idea that has been championed by President

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DiaSorin gets Canada’s approval for sale of COVID-19 antibody tests

MILAN (Reuters) – Italian diagnostics group DiaSorin received on Tuesday approval from Canadian authorities to sell its COVID-19 antibody tests but will not supply its testing kits to the Italian

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Amal Mattu on COVID-19 and Matters of the Heart

What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: MAY 08, 2020 — COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has produced morbidity and

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UK PM Johnson says 275 health and social care workers have died from COVID-19

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a mural depicting a nurse wearing a protective mask in Shoreditch, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON

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COMMENTARY: COVID-19 Dermatologic Manifestations: More Than a Footprint

What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: MAY 08, 2020 — The skin manifestations of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 were not recognized at the early

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Hong Kong reports first locally transmitted coronavirus cases in weeks

FILE PHOTO: A social distancing sign is seen at the Hong Kong International Airport, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hong Kong, China May 7, 2020. Picture taken May 7, 2020.

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PTSD Can Strike Nurses, Especially During COVID-19

TUESDAY, May 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Nursing is not a profession for the fainthearted, but new research shows that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can strike nurses, and suggests the

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UK researchers try to crack genetic riddle of COVID-19

LONDON (Reuters) – British researchers will study the genes of thousands of ill COVID-19 patients to try to crack one of the most puzzling riddles of the novel coronavirus: why does it kill some

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