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COVID-19 vaccine hunt heats up globally, still no guarantee

A volunteer is injected with either an experimental COVID-19 vaccine or a comparison shot as part of the first human…

May 5, 2020

U.S. allows use of 1st drug shown to help virus recovery

Rubber stoppers are placed onto filled vials of the investigational drug remdesivir at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United…

May 2, 2020

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Health official says U.S. missed some chances to slow virus

Limited testing and delayed travel alerts for areas outside China contributed to the jump in U.S. cases starting in late…

May 2, 2020

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Airway experts’ work puts them inches from where virus lives

Hundreds of times every week during this pandemic, doctors and nurses treating critically ill COVID-19 patients steel themselves for a…

May 2, 2020

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CDC confirms 6 new coronavirus symptoms showing up in patients repeatedly

At the Peak Vista Community Health Center in Colorado Springs, medical assistant Jessica Martin tests a patient for COVID-19 at…

April 27, 2020

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Answers to questions about new coronavirus antibody studies

A woman holds her hand out to have blood collected April 14 for a 15-minute test for COVID-19 coronavirus antibodies…

April 25, 2020

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2 cats in New York state test positive for coronavirus

The cats, which had mild respiratory illnesses and are expected to recover, are thought to have contracted the virus from…

April 22, 2020

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2 types of testing look for COVID-19 infections new and old

Taiwan McCall, left, useless a nasal swab to test James Reese for COVID-19 in the Harlem section of New York,…

April 21, 2020

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U.S. lockdowns coincide with rise in poisonings from cleaners

Customers shop for cleaning products as market employees restock shelves in Aspen, Colo. Reports of accidental poisonings from cleaners and…

April 21, 2020

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Virus forecast model from defense team in Los Alamos draws attention

Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. David Scrase gives an update about the COVID-19 outbreak in the state as New…

April 20, 2020

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Reopening could require thousands more public health workers

A smartphone belonging to Drew Grande, 40, of Cranston, R.I., shows notes he made for contact tracing Wednesday, April 15,…

April 17, 2020

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Some people turn to herbal medicine to fight virus without proof

This is most evident in India and China, densely populated countries with a deep history and tradition of touting such…

April 17, 2020

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Search for a COVID-19 vaccine heats up in China, U.S.

Vials used by pharmacists to prepare syringes used on the first day of a first-stage safety study clinical trial of…

April 16, 2020

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Nurses weigh their principles versus safety in virus fight

“Your heart starts racing,” she said. “You’re thinking, ‘How quickly and safely can we get them intubated?’ Because if we…

April 10, 2020

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Second U.S. study for COVID-19 vaccine uses skin-deep shots

A participant in a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine trial receives an injection in Kansas City, Mo. This early safety study, called…

April 10, 2020

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Virus is mostly mild and rarely fatal for U.S. kids, data show

An adult and a child, both wearing face masks amid the coronavirus outbreak, carry bags in the Chinatown neighborhood of…

April 6, 2020

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What to know about malaria drug and coronavirus treatment

How is it being used? The drug can help tame an overactive immune system. It’s been used since the 1940s…

April 6, 2020

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No COVID-19 testing at home yet but quicker options coming

Medical technicians handle a vial containing a nasal swab at a drive-thru testing site in Wheat Ridge, Colo., as a…

April 6, 2020

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Age is not the only risk for severe coronavirus disease

Medical personnel are silhouetted against the back of a tent before the start of coronavirus testing in the parking lot…

March 30, 2020

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How would overwhelmed hospitals decide who to treat first?

Medical supplies and a stretcher displayed before a news conference at the Jacob Javits Center in New York. Health care…

March 30, 2020

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For seniors, isolation changes life in varied, nuanced ways

Mark Andersen, 60, co-director of the nonprofit organization, “We Are Family DC,” organizes groceries and food to be brought to…

March 28, 2020

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For nursing homes, symptoms aren’t enough to tell who’s sick

A nurse works in the room of a patient who has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Life…

March 28, 2020

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They already had an anxiety disorder. Now comes a pandemic.

Jonathon Seidl sits in his home office in Dallas on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. He said he wasn’t worried about…

March 25, 2020

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Drugmaker backpedals on specialty status for COVID-19 drug

Gilead Sciences said Wednesday, March 25, 2020, it will give up the specialty status it received days earlier for its…

March 25, 2020