Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories Abound, and They Could Cause Real Harm
By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Whenever societies are placed under stress, conspiracy theories blaming this or that nefarious
Continue readingGetting Masks Correct a Key Coronavirus Strategy
CDC: “Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19,” “Cloth Face Coverings: Questions and Answers.” American Academy of Pediatrics: “Masks and Children
Continue readingHouse Passes Another Stimulus Bill as Coronavirus Batters Economy
By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, April 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. House passed a $484 billion deal on Thursday that would replenish
Continue readingTrump’s COVID-19 disinfectant ideas horrify health experts
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s musings on whether injecting disinfectants might treat COVID-19 horrified medical professionals on Friday and raised fresh concerns
Continue readingTechnology Restores Hand Sensitivity to Young Quadraplegic
By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A sense of touch has been restored to a young man who lost it after being left paralyzed
Continue readingPhilippines records 17 new coronavirus deaths, 102 more infections
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask and shield is pictured in the Ninoy Aquino Stadium that has been temporarily turned into a quarantine facility to accommodate coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Continue readingPremature Posting of Remdesivir Findings Were ‘Inconclusive,’ Drug Maker Says
FRIDAY, April 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Inconclusive findings from a study investigating the antiviral drug remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19 were posted to the World Health Organization’s
Continue readingAngiotensin Drugs and COVID-19: More Reassuring Data
“Though the number of patients included in this new report is small, it is startling that hypertensive patients were three times as likely as nonhypertensives to have a fatal outcome, presumably
Continue readingGreenhouse Gases Bad for Your Brain
THURSDAY, April 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Rising levels of greenhouse gases may do more than drive climate change, they may eventually impair your thinking, researchers warn. Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Continue readingMalaysia reports 51 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths
FILE PHOTO: Workers wearing protective suits clean the windows outside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ward at Kuala Lumpur Hospital, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
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