Dec 02, 2020

April 16 was a big day for Moderna, a Massachusetts biotech company on the verge of becoming a front-runner in the U.S. government’s race for a coronavirus vaccine. It had received roughly half ...

Dec 02, 2020

TUESDAY, Dec. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19, the risk for intubation is increased more than fivefold for those with diabetic retinopathy, according ...

Dec 02, 2020

TUESDAY, Dec. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Patients presenting with chilblain-like lesions during the COVID-19 pandemic have histologic and biologic patterns of type I interferonopathy, according to a ...

Dec 02, 2020

TUESDAY, Dec. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of thromboembolism is high in patients with COVID-19 and is associated with increased odds of mortality, according to a review published online Nov. ...

Dec 02, 2020

If approved, first injections could be given before the holidays Moderna, Inc. announced it is requesting an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA for its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, making mRN...

Dec 01, 2020

MONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For adults with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, no significant differences are seen in clinical status or mortality for those receiving convalescent plasma versus ...

Dec 01, 2020

MONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) occurs more often among Black and Hispanic children than White children, according to a research letter ...

Dec 01, 2020

During the current COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a surge in patients requiring intensive care throughout the United States. “Early in the pandemic, US healthcare systems worked to increase the n...

Nov 30, 2020

No efficacy in Covid-19 pneumonia Convalescent plasma did not show benefit over placebo in the treatment of patients with severe Covid-19, according to the results of a double-blind, placebo-contro...

Nov 30, 2020

Seroprevalence below 10% in most states in late September per CDC As of September, SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence across much of the United States remained below 10%, with the highest seroprevalence of ...

Nov 29, 2020

The notice from the federal health insurance marketplace grabbed Andrew Schenker’s attention: ACT NOW: YOU’RE AT RISK OF LOSING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STARTING JANUARY 1, 2021. As he read the not...

Nov 29, 2020

A mom of eight boys, Kim Gudgeon was at her wits’ end when she called her family doctor in suburban Chicago to schedule a sick visit for increasingly fussy, 1-year-old Bryce. He had been up at ni...

Nov 29, 2020

[UPDATED at 2:30 p.m. ET] DENVER — In March, Claire Tripeny was watching her dream job fall apart. She’d been working as an intensive care nurse at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, ...

Nov 27, 2020

This time it fails as a prophylaxis Yet another study fails to find a place for hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of Covid-19, this time as postexposure prophylaxis or preemptive therapy.In a clust...

Nov 26, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can detect COVID-19 on chest X-rays with similar performance to that of a consensus of thoracic radiologists, acc...

Nov 26, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine could start being distributed in the United States "soon after" a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meets on...

Nov 26, 2020

No clear benefit with face coverings found in controversial Danish trial, but results are hardly definitive "My mask protects you, your mask protects me." It’s become the hallmark pandemic anno...

Nov 24, 2020

Use Our Content It can be republished for free. When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, the country was in the midst of a dire economic crisis. Twelve years later, his...

Nov 24, 2020

FRIDAY, Nov. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Office-based visits for behavioral and psychiatric conditions decreased in association with the COVID-19 pandemic, although increases in telemedicine visits o...

Nov 24, 2020

FRIDAY, Nov. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Higher doses of blood thinners are potentially harmful and have no clear benefits for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a study published online No...