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Malaysia reports 54 new coronavirus cases and one new death

FILE PHOTO: Nurses wearing protective suits work inside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ward at Kuala Lumpur Hospital, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 21, 2020. Picture taken through glass. REUTERS/Lim

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Drink Up! Coffee Won’t Harm Your Heart, Study Finds

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Your doctor may have cautioned that the caffeine in coffee can set your heart racing and

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Endocrinologists Navigate Deferments, Telehealth Amid COVID-19

What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: MAY 07, 2020 — James V. Hennessey, MD, has been working from home, like so many others, since the lockdowns

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Pets May Help Parents of Kids With Autism Fight Stress

THURSDAY, May 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Pets are stress-relievers for parents of children with autism and benefit their kids, too, a new study suggests. On average, parents of kids with autism

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Slovakia records no new coronavirus cases for first time since March 10

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia on Friday recorded no new cases of coronavirus for the first time since March 10, government figures showed. The central European country of 5.5 million has had

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Depression, Anxiety, PTSD May Plague Many COVID-19 Survivors

By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The ordeal faced by critically ill COVID-19 patients likely won’t end even if they

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Pangolins May Hold Clues to How COVID-19 Began

FRIDAY, May 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — They’re small spiny mammals that look like anteaters with scales. And pangolins — which some credit with playing a role in the emergence

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Pangolins Hold Clues to How COVID-19 Began — and Might End

FRIDAY, May 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — They’re small spiny mammals that look like anteaters with scales. And pangolins — which some credit with playing a role in the emergence of the

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Russia records more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases in past day

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask walks along a street amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina MOSCOW (Reuters)

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Experts Cast Doubt on Notion That New Strain of Coronavirus Is More Infectious

THURSDAY, May 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A new study suggesting that the new coronavirus has mutated to become even more infectious should be viewed with skepticism, multiple experts said Wednesday. Earlier

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