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AstraZeneca trials Farxiga as potential treatment for COVID-19 patients

FILE PHOTO: The company logo for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File

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Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year’s End

By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — While children seem to have been largely spared from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic,

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Sudden Loss of Taste and Smell Should Be Part of COVID-19 Screen

Symptom Checkers Add Weight Several organizations around the world have begun collecting symptom reports from patients and clinicians, which has shone more light

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LA County Coronavirus Infections Are Up to 55 Times That of Reported Cases

TUESDAY, April 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — An early analysis of antibody testing from Los Angeles County finds a coronavirus infection rate that is up to 55 times the number of confirmed COVID-19

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Italian cruise ship in Japan has 48 coronavirus cases

TOKYO (Reuters) – Nearly 50 crew members on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs in Japan’s Nagasaki have tested positive for the new coronavirus, raising concern about the strain on the

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Surge or No Surge, the Midwest Readies for COVID-19

As in the rest of the country, the healthcare system in Iowa was quickly beset by worries about PPE levels. Even before the Iowa Department of Health implemented a PPE shortage order on April 10,

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COVID-19 Daily: Vent Debate Continues, Screening for Taste/Smell

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Ventilation Systems in Restaurants May Spread Coronvirus: Study

TUESDAY, April 21, 2020, (HealthDay News) — A study examining how people at a restaurant in China became infected with the new coronavirus may provide insight into how air currents spread the virus

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Three negatives and a positive: problems with coronavirus tests in China

WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Trader He Ximing in the Chinese city of Wuhan says he has no idea how or where he caught the coronavirus or why repeated nucleic acid tests showed he didn’t have it.

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Coronavirus Pandemic Changing Some Anti-Vaxxers Minds

MONDAY, April 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The coronavirus pandemic may be leading some anti-vaxxers to change their minds about vaccines, according to CNN. There is no vaccine for the new coronavirus

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