Health

Study ties blood type to COVID-19 risk; O may help, A hurt

A health worker draws blood for COVID-19 antibody testing in Dearborn, Mich. A genetic analysis of COVID-19 patients published Wednesday,…

June 19, 2020

Health

Decline in new U.S. virus deaths may be temporary reprieve

Signs remind patrons to wear masks and other protocols because of the coronavirus pandemic as they stroll through the Disney…

June 19, 2020

Health

Cheap drug is first shown to improve COVID-19 survival

Medical workers attend to a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit June 14 at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen.…

June 17, 2020

Local News

Colorado grant builds composting capacity, efficiency at Table to Farm Compost

helps state meet goal of cutting waste by 28%

June 15, 2020

Health

CDC posts long-awaited tips for minimizing everyday risk for COVID-19

Andrea Castaneda cleans the railings at Universal CityWalk on Thursday near Universal City, Calif. On Friday, June 12, 2020, the…

June 12, 2020

Local News

Southern Ute Indian Tribe conducts sweeping communitywide COVID testing

offers free tests for up to 2,000 people

June 10, 2020

Health

Can tear gas and pepper spray increase virus spread?

A protester tries to talk the police back amid tear gas May 31 in downtown Atlanta, as protests continued across…

June 8, 2020

Health

Malaria drug didn’t help virus patients, big UK study finds

An arrangement of hydroxychloroquine pills. On Friday, June 5, 2020, leaders of a large study in the United Kingdom that…

June 8, 2020

Local News

Mental health experts brace for increased need

Pandemic exacerbates anxiety, depression, grief

June 5, 2020

Health

Masks and social distancing work, new analysis finds

Researchers concluded single-layer cloth masks are less effective than surgical masks, while tight-fitting N95 masks provide the best protection. A…

June 1, 2020

Health

Mass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus control

Protesters demonstrate May 30 in Salt Lake City. Protests in Salt Lake City that drew several thousand people are a…

June 1, 2020

Health

Half of Americans would get a COVID-19 vaccine, poll says

The first patient enrolled in Pfizer’s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in…

May 27, 2020

Health

Dangerous blood clots pose a perplexing coronavirus threat

Darlene Gildersleeve thought she had recovered from COVID-19. Doctors said she just needed rest. And for several days, no one…

May 27, 2020

Health

Big study casts more doubt on malaria drugs for coronavirus

A chemist holds a pack of hydroxychloroquine tablets in Mumbai, India. A Friday, May 22, 2029 report in the journal…

May 22, 2020

Health

U.S. health officials quietly release more reopening guidance

As with other recently released guidance, religious organizations were not included. Instead, the document has advice for child care facilities,…

May 21, 2020

Health

U.S. births fall, and virus could drive them down more

The decline is the latest sign of a prolonged national “baby bust” that’s been going on for more than a…

May 21, 2020

Health

Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging

Neal Browning receives a shot March 16 in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19,…

May 18, 2020

Health

‘COVID toes,’ other rashes latest possible rare virus signs

This April 3, 2020 photo provided by Northwestern University shows discoloration on a teenage patient’s toes at the onset of…

May 18, 2020

Health

U.S. begins ‘warp speed’ vaccine push as studies ramp up

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in…

May 16, 2020

Health

Officials release edited coronavirus reopening guidance

Documents that U.S. health officials have released as part of some long-delayed specific guidance that schools, businesses, and other organizations…

May 16, 2020

Health

New coronavirus test is imperfect step toward mass screening

An image from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange) the virus that causes COVID-19…

May 11, 2020

Health

Organ transplants dive amid virus crisis, start to inch back

Herb Hoeptner and his wife, Diane, at the UCSF hospital in San Francisco the day after surgery to donate one…

May 11, 2020

Health

Experts worry CDC is sidelined in coronavirus response

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat, center, accompanied by National Institute for Allergy and Infectious…

May 9, 2020

Health

Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. kids are obese, according to latest data

A display of various size cups and sugar cubes at a news conference at New York’s City Hall. A range…

May 9, 2020