Health

High demand for flu shots? Experts hope to avoid ‘twindemic’

A flu vaccine is administered to National Foundation for Infectious Diseases staff members in Bethesda, Md., on Wednesday, Sept. 30,…

October 5, 2020

Health

U.S. panel tackles race, poverty in virus vaccine priorities

A woman receives an injection in September during Phase 3 testing for the Janssen Pharmaceutical-Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the…

October 5, 2020

Health

COVID-19 cases rising among U.S. children as schools reopen

A teacher leads her students into an elementary school in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, Sept. 29,…

September 29, 2020

Health

Too much candy: Man dies from eating bags of black licorice

A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life. Eating a bag and a half…

September 23, 2020

Health

CDC changes, then retracts, web posting on how virus spreads

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield puts his mask back Sept. 16 after speaking at a…

September 23, 2020

Health

CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield speaks Sept. 16 at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing…

September 18, 2020

Health

Study hints antibody drug may cut COVID-19 hospitalizations

Drug company Eli Lilly & Co. said Wednesday that partial results from a study testing an antibody drug in mild…

September 16, 2020

Health

Experts: Revamped OxyContin hasn’t curbed abuse, overdoses

On Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said there’s no clear evidence that a…

September 14, 2020

Health

Anti-inflammatory drug may shorten COVID-19 recovery time

The Eli Lilly corporate headquarters is pictured April 26, 2017, in Indianapolis. A drug company says that adding an anti-inflammatory…

September 14, 2020

Health

Study: Kids infected at day care spread coronavirus at home

Children play “pin the mask on Gov. Gary Herbert” on Sept. 5, 2020, during a “Trash Your Mask Protest” rally…

September 11, 2020

Health

Big drop reported in vaping by U.S. teenagers

A researcher holds vape pens in a laboratory in Portland, Ore. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

September 11, 2020

Health

Still too soon to try altering human embryo DNA, panel says

Genetic researcher He Jiankui arrives for the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong. A new report from an international…

September 7, 2020

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Walk to end Alzheimer’s disease will be Sept. 19

will take place Sept. 19 in Southwest Colorado

September 7, 2020

Health

CDC tells states: Be ready to distribute vaccines on Nov. 1

Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during a House Subcommittee hearing on the…

September 2, 2020

Health

Steroids confirmed to help severely ill coronavirus patients

A bottle and box for dexamethasone in a pharmacy in Omaha, Neb. New studies confirm that cheap steroid drugs improved…

September 2, 2020

Health

Depression, anxiety spike amid outbreak and turbulent times

Anxiety and depression are rising among Americans compared with before the pandemic, research suggests. Half of those surveyed in a…

September 2, 2020

Health

Rapid $5 coronavirus test doesn’t need specialty equipment

This image provided by Abbott Laboratories in August 2020 shows the company’s BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 nasal swab test. The Food…

August 28, 2020

Health

Scientists say Hong Kong man got coronavirus a second time

This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility…

August 24, 2020

Health

UN cautions that virus plasma treatment still experimental

Associated Press file<br><br>A doctor holds a bag of blood plasma donated by a COVID-19 survivor at at blood bank in…

August 24, 2020

Health

Trail of bubbles leads scientists to new coronavirus clue

Neurologist Dr. Alexandra Reynolds holds part of a device that tracks blood flow in the brain, at a hospital in…

August 24, 2020

Health

The home front: Virus stalks nurses after they leave work

It’s a clear line of demarcation. On one side, the cold zone, where only a surgical mask, scrubs and shoe…

August 17, 2020

Health

Study hints, can’t prove, survivor plasma fights COVID-19

A doctor holds a bag of blood plasma donated by a COVID-19 survivor at at blood bank in La Paz,…

August 14, 2020

Health

U.S. kids, parents perform DIY tests for coronavirus science

Mendy McNulty swabs the nose of her son, Andrew, 7, on July 28 in their home in Mount Juliet, Tenn.…

August 10, 2020

Health

U.S. reports show racial disparities in kids with COVID-19

Health care workers prepare a COVID-19 test sample before a person self-administered a test at the COVID-19 drive-thru testing center…

August 10, 2020