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Mercy Regional Medical Center’s Southwest Oncology recertified

The QOPI Certification Program builds on the society’s Quality Oncology Practice Initiative, providing a three-year certification for outpatient hematology-oncology practices…

May 20, 2020

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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

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‘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

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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

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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

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Question, Persuade, Refer training to be held Wednesday

This free virtual gatekeeper training offers training about how to recognize the warning signs of suicide crisis and how to…

May 15, 2020

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Mercy welcomes new physician Andrew Carter

Carter specializes in coronary artery disease, acute myocardial infarction, chronic angina, congestive heart failure, cardiogenic shock, structural heart disease and…

May 13, 2020

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Mercy, Good Food Collective to launch Roots of Health program

This program aims to support the health and well-being of Mercy associates, patients and the greater community through connection to…

May 13, 2020

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Health education center offers training to administer medications

QMAP training allows staff working in health care facilities to administer medications. The course will include a self-paced online preparatory…

May 8, 2020

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Mercy Regional Medical Center receives A for patient safety

The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization driven by employers and other purchasers of health care committed to…

May 6, 2020

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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

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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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Household cleaning chemicals, why more is not better

Adobe StockA basket of household cleaners.du1-i-syn Implemented properly, this practice can help reduce the spread of some viruses and food-borne…

April 29, 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