World leaders launch plan to speed COVID-19 drugs, vaccine; U.S. stays away
GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) – World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests, drugs and vaccines against COVID-19 and to share them around the globe, but the United States did not take
Continue readingHe’s a Doctor, a Heart Disease Survivor and a COVID-19 Patient
WEDNESDAY, April 22, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Nearly a week into suffering from COVID-19, Dr. Tim Martindale started feeling like himself again. The coughing, aching and abdominal
Continue readingCOVID-19 Daily: VA Hydroxychloroquine Study, Relief Funds
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Continue readingMost COVID-19 Patients Placed on Ventilators Died, New York Study Shows
WEDNESDAY, April 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The largest analysis of hospitalized U.S. COVID-19 patients to date finds that most did not survive after being placed on a mechanical ventilator. The
Continue readingWater shortage leaves poorer Mexicans high and dry in coronavirus fight
EL YUGUELITO, Mexico (Reuters) – In the shade of a rust-colored hill, a dozen women gathered on a dusty road to fill buckets from a water tanker truck that pulled up to service their modest community
Continue readingDirtier Air May Bring More COVID-19 Deaths
WEDNESDAY, April 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Parts of Europe with consistently high levels of air pollution have higher COVID-19 death rates, a new study finds. The study compared confirmed COVID-19
Continue readingCoronavirus came to New York from Europe, not China: governor
Emergency Medical Technicians load a patient into an ambulance outside the Elmhurst Hospital Center, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in the Queens borough of New York City,
Continue readingBacterial Blood Infections Tied to Heightened Colon Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, April 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There’s an association between blood infections caused by certain types of bacteria and an increased risk of colon cancer, a new study finds. “At
Continue readingBe Vigilant for Signs of Diabetes During COVID-19 Lockdown
Nevertheless, he says it will be important to systematically gather findings on this issue and examine the impact of COVID-19 on new diagnoses of type 1 diabetes. Remember the
Continue readingCould the Ancient Drug Colchicine Help Fight COVID-19?
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 23, 2020 — As researchers hunt for ways to treat severe COVID-19 infections, a new trial will ask whether an old arthritis
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