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Organ Transplants Plummet During COVID-19 Crisis

When COVID-19 hit the United States, most transplants from living donors — which can be rescheduled — were put on temporary hold. One reason was to protect donors from possible exposure to

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Putin’s spokesman becomes fifth senior Russian official to get coronavirus

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, as a new surge in infections gave Russia the third

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COVID-19 Daily: Antiviral Combo, Hospital Volumes

What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: MAY 11, 2020 — Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors around the globe think you need to

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WHO sees ‘potentially positive data’ in treating coronavirus

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID-19 disease and that it was focusing on learning more

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Europe, Asia risk coronavirus relapse if lockdowns eased too soon: IMF

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Asia and Europe risk a coronavirus relapse if they reopen their economies too early and before wide-reaching measures are in place to quickly identify and contain new infections,

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COVID-19 and Psychosis: Is There a Link?

What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: MAY 08, 2020 — Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the research into the SARS-CoV-2 virus has

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FDA Targets Fraudulent COVID-19 Products

What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: MAY 08, 2020 — No form of human misery can be allowed to go unexploited, and the pandemic, it seems, is no exception. As

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WHO sees ‘potentially positive data’ on COVID-19 treatments

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) ahead of a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland, January

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COVID-19 Daily: Be Wary of New Treatments, HCW Infections

These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today. Source link

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Japan to approve first coronavirus antigen test kits on Wednesday

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans to approve its first coronavirus antigen testing kits on Wednesday, a health ministry official said, to boost the number of diagnostic tests available to battle the

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